Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2023

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Published: November 07, 2023 11:46 Source

# 1

False Lankum by Lankum

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

# 2

Seven Psalms by Paul Simon

Album • May 19 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 3

Cousin by Wilco

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 4

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 5

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock

# 6

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 7

Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Soul Ambient

# 8

First Two Pages of Frankenstein by The National

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Chamber Pop

# 9

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Mercy by John Cale

Album • Jan 20 / 2023 Art Pop Electronic

# 11

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 12

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 13

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 14

Black Rainbows by Corinne Bailey Rae

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock

# 15

Valley Of Heart's Delight by Margo Cilker

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Country Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 16

I Am Not There Anymore by The Clientele

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Chamber Pop Indie Pop Art Pop

# 17

All of This Is Chance by Lisa O'Neill

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Contemporary Folk

# 18

Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Pop Rock Blues Rock

# 19

Sea Of Mirrors by The Coral

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Psychedelic Folk Indie Folk Baroque Pop

# 20

Jump for Joy by Hiss Golden Messenger

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Folk Rock

# 21

Travel by The Necks

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 22

Archangel Hill by Shirley Collins

Album • May 26 / 2023 English Folk Music

# 23

Dear Departed by Sam Burton

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 24

The Candle and the Flame by Robert Forster

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing by Kassi Valazza

Album • Apr 20 / 2023 Americana Progressive Country Singer-Songwriter

# 26

the record by boygenius

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 27

An Ever Changing View by Matthew Halsall

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Spiritual Jazz

# 28

Joan Of All by Sarabeth Tucek

Album • May 19 / 2023

# 29

Memento mori by Depeche Mode

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Synthpop

# 30

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 31

Being by Baaba Maal

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Fula Music

# 32

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

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 33

Love in Exile by Arooj Aftab + Vijay Iyer + Shahzad Ismaily

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Ghazal Chamber Jazz

# 34

Anarchist Gospel by Sunny War

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Americana

# 35

Nothing Lasts Forever by Teenage Fanclub

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 36

Billy Valentine & the Universal Truth by Billy Valentine

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Soul

# 37

Sundown by Eddie Chacon

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Smooth Soul

# 38

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 39

villagers by Califone

Album • May 19 / 2023 Folk Rock Alt-Country Americana

# 40

Ozarker by Israel Nash

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Heartland Rock

# 41

V by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock

# 42

The Last Rotation of Earth by BC Camplight

Album • May 12 / 2023 Progressive Pop Art Pop

# 43

Jelly Road by Blake Mills

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Chamber Folk Neo-Psychedelia

# 44

Fuse by Everything But the Girl

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative R&B Downtempo UK Bass

# 45

Multitudes by Feist

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 46

No Fixed Point In Space by Modern Nature

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Chamber Folk

# 47

She Brings Me Back To the Land of the Living by Cian Nugent

Album • May 05 / 2023 Folk Rock

# 48

The Returner by Allison Russell

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Strays by Margo Price

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Contemporary Country Heartland Rock

# 50

Standers by Craven Faults

Album • May 12 / 2023 Progressive Electronic