The Line of Best Fit's Albums of the Year 2023

From Mandy, Indiana and Mitski to Julie Byrne and Mick Jenkins, we rank the records that defined 2023.

Published: December 04, 2023 00:00 Source

# 1

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

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

# 2

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 3

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 4

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 5

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 6

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 7

Sundial by Noname

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

# 8

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 9

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 10

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 11

Famous Last Words by CASISDEAD

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 UK Hip Hop

# 12

Am I British Yet? by V V Brown

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Spoken Word Conscious Hip Hop UK Hip Hop

# 13

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? by McKinley Dixon

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 14

I Dont Know by bdrmm

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Dream Pop Space Rock Revival

# 15

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 16

The Patience by Mick Jenkins

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Hardcore Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 17

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 18

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 19

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 20

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 21

Life Under The Gun by Militarie Gun

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 22

Lahai by Sampha

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Alternative R&B

# 23

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 24

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 25

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 26

Honey by Samia

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 27

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 28

Time Ain't Accidental by Jess Williamson

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 29

Black Rainbows by Corinne Bailey Rae

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock

# 30

Quaranta by Danny Brown

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 Conscious Hip Hop

# 31

The Whaler by Home Is Where

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore

# 32

Beautiful and Brutal Yard by J Hus

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Afroswing UK Hip Hop

# 33

False Lankum by Lankum

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 34

In The End It Always Does by The Japanese House

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Alt-Pop Indietronica Indie Pop

# 35

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 36

Messy by Olivia Dean

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Pop Soul

# 37

MID AIR by Paris Texas

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop

# 38

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 39

The Worm by HMLTD

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Rock Opera Art Rock Progressive Rock

# 40

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 41

Kaytraminé by KAYTRAMINÉ + Aminé + KAYTRANADA

Album • May 19 / 2023 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 42

Nails by Benefits

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Poetry Noise Rock Post-Punk

# 43

QUEST FOR FIRE by Skrillex

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Electronic Dance Music Trap [EDM]

# 44

Trip9love...??? by Tirzah

Album • Sep 05 / 2023 Alternative R&B Trap

# 45

Stillness, Softness... by Hinako Omori

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 46

Perfect Picture by Hannah Diamond

Album • Aug 17 / 2023 Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 47

Chaos For The Fly by Grian Chatten

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 48

Sorry I Haven't Called by Vagabon

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Alt-Pop

# 49

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 50

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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