The FADER's 50 Best Albums of 2023

From bar italia to billy woods and yeule to Yves Tumor, these are the albums The FADER loved in 2023.

Published: December 12, 2023 15:37 Source

# 1

a.s.o. by a.s.o

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Trip Hop Ethereal Wave

# 2

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 3

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 4

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 5

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 6

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 7

CBD Reiki Moonbeam by Neggy Gemmy

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 House Dance-Pop Chillwave Electropop

# 8

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 9

Spirit World Tour by Sword II

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Indie Rock

# 10

DÉTWAT by HiTech

Album • May 26 / 2023 Juke Ghettotech

# 11

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 12

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 13

Hood Hottest Princess by Sexyy Red

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Trap

# 14

Heaven by Cleo Sol

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 15

GÉNESIS by Peso Pluma

Album • Jun 22 / 2023 Corrido tumbado

# 16

Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 17

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 18

SAVED! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Hymns Southern Gospel Singer-Songwriter

# 19

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 20

Ganger by Veeze

Album • Jun 27 / 2023 Detroit Trap

# 21

hypochondriac by brakence

Album • Dec 02 / 2022 Emo Rap Glitch Pop

# 22

Perfect Saviors by The Armed

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 23

PANICO NO SUBMUNDO by DJ K

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Beat bruxaria

# 24

Revanchist by Evian Christ

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Trance

# 25

SOS by SZA

Album • Dec 09 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 26

10,000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop

# 27

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 28

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 29

High School Football by Brevin Kim

Album • Apr 14 / 2023

# 30

Spike Field by Maria BC

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 31

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

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

# 32

Perspective by Jlin

EP • Sep 29 / 2023 Footwork IDM

# 33

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 34

Sundial by Noname

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 35

YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ by Diego Raposo

Album • Aug 24 / 2023 Art Pop Indietronica

# 36

Living by mark william lewis

Album • Jan 23 / 2023 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 37

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by Jaimie Branch

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 39

Sugar World by jonatan leandoer96

Album • Feb 02 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 40

Pressure Sensitive by Anysia Kym + Jadasea

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Glitch Hop Electronic Dance Music

# 41

Atlas by Laurel Halo

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Ambient

# 42

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 43

Erotic Probiotic 2 by Nourished by Time

Album • Mar 21 / 2023

# 44

Work Of Art by Asake

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Afropiano

# 45

Romantic Piano by Gia Margaret

Album • May 26 / 2023 Ambient

# 46

homeless n*gga pop music by Jim Legxacy

Album • Apr 26 / 2023 Alternative R&B UK Hip Hop Emo Rap Pop Rap

# 47

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 48

Tracey Denim by bar italia

Album • May 19 / 2023 Slacker Rock

# 49

Honey by Samia

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 50

Burning Desire by MIKE

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop