Ultimate Classic Rock's Top 30 Rock Albums of 2023

A look at the best rock albums of 2023.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Hackney Diamonds The Rolling Stones Oct-20-2023, Pop Rock
#2 Seven Psalms Paul Simon May-19-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#3 Relentless Pretenders Sep-15-2023, Alternative Rock
#4 EVERY LOSER Iggy Pop Jan-06-2023, Garage Rock Revival
#5 Memento mori Depeche Mode Mar-24-2023, Synthpop
#6 i/o Peter Gabriel Jan-01-2023, Art Pop
#7 Weathervanes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country
#8 But Here We Are Foo Fighters Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock
#9 DANSE MACABRE Duran Duran Oct-27-2023, Synthpop
#10 72 Seasons Metallica Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal
#11 Mammoth II Mammoth WVH Aug-04-2023, Hard Rock
#12 In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock
#13 Road Alice Cooper Aug-25-2023, Hard Rock
#14 Cousin Wilco Sep-29-2023, Indie Rock
#15 Orpheus Descending John Mellencamp Jun-16-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#16 Another Door Ann Wilson & Tripsitter Sep-29-2023,
#17 The Ballad Of Darren Blur Jul-21-2023, Art Rock
#18 Can't Find The Brakes Dirty Honey Nov-03-2023, Hard Rock
#19 Before and After Neil Young Dec-08-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#20 Mountains Nils Lofgren Jul-21-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#21 Defiance, Pt. 1 Ian Hunter Apr-21-2023,
#22 Peace...Like A River Gov't Mule Jun-16-2023, Blues Rock
#23 The Dark Side of the Moon Redux Roger Waters Oct-06-2023, Art Rock
#24 Mirror to the Sky Yes May-19-2023, Symphonic Prog
#25 Rockstar Dolly Parton Nov-17-2023, Pop Rock
#26 Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII Joe Perry May-26-2023, Hard Rock
#27 Lighthouse Duff McKagan Oct-20-2023, Hard Rock
#28 RökFlöte Jethro Tull Apr-21-2023, Folk Rock
#29 Jericho Last In Line Mar-31-2023, Heavy Metal
#30 All Roads Lead Home Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young Mar-31-2023,
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Album, Oct-20-2023, Pop Rock |
| #2 | Seven Psalms | Paul Simon | Album, May-19-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | Relentless | Pretenders | Album, Sep-15-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #4 | EVERY LOSER | Iggy Pop | Album, Jan-06-2023, Garage Rock Revival |
| #5 | Memento mori | Depeche Mode | Album, Mar-24-2023, Synthpop |
| #6 | i/o | Peter Gabriel | Album, Jan-01-2023, Art Pop |
| #7 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country |
| #8 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Album, Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #9 | DANSE MACABRE | Duran Duran | Album, Oct-27-2023, Synthpop |
| #10 | 72 Seasons | Metallica | Album, Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal |
| #11 | Mammoth II | Mammoth WVH | Album, Aug-04-2023, Hard Rock |
| #12 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Album, Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #13 | Road | Alice Cooper | Album, Aug-25-2023, Hard Rock |
| #14 | Cousin | Wilco | Album, Sep-29-2023, Indie Rock |
| #15 | Orpheus Descending | John Mellencamp | Album, Jun-16-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Another Door | Ann Wilson & Tripsitter | Album, Sep-29-2023,  |
| #17 | The Ballad Of Darren | Blur | Album, Jul-21-2023, Art Rock |
| #18 | Can't Find The Brakes | Dirty Honey | Album, Nov-03-2023, Hard Rock |
| #19 | Before and After | Neil Young | Album, Dec-08-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #20 | Mountains | Nils Lofgren | Album, Jul-21-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #21 | Defiance, Pt. 1 | Ian Hunter | Album, Apr-21-2023,  |
| #22 | Peace...Like A River | Gov't Mule | Album, Jun-16-2023, Blues Rock |
| #23 | The Dark Side of the Moon Redux | Roger Waters | Album, Oct-06-2023, Art Rock |
| #24 | Mirror to the Sky | Yes | Album, May-19-2023, Symphonic Prog |
| #25 | Rockstar | Dolly Parton | Album, Nov-17-2023, Pop Rock |
| #26 | Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII | Joe Perry | Album, May-26-2023, Hard Rock |
| #27 | Lighthouse | Duff McKagan | Album, Oct-20-2023, Hard Rock |
| #28 | RökFlöte | Jethro Tull | Album, Apr-21-2023, Folk Rock |
| #29 | Jericho | Last In Line | Album, Mar-31-2023, Heavy Metal |
| #30 | All Roads Lead Home | Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young | Album, Mar-31-2023,  |