The Atlantic's 10 Best Albums of 2023

A year of great music offers a reminder that more really can be more: more melodies, more breakthroughs, more art.

Published: December 13, 2023 12:00 Source

# 1

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 2

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 3

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic

# 4

SOS by SZA

Album • Dec 09 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 5

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 6

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock

# 7

Wallsocket by underscores

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indietronica Indie Rock Electropop

# 8

Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country Red Dirt

# 9

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 10

Look Over the Wall, See the Sky by John Francis Flynn

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Progressive Folk Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk