Best Albums of 2023

Listed below are the best albums of 2023 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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2023 year summaryThe best artists of 2023 were Sufjan Stevens, Lana Del Rey, JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown, Caroline Polachek, The National, Boygenius, Slowdive, 파란노을 [Parannoul], Jessie Ware and Black Country, New Road.
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"Fix My Face Aka Alt Rock with a Hefty Dose of Iggy In The Night The truth is it's AMAZING! Showcasing what a sympathetic producer (Andrew Watt) and a diehard, unapologetic lifer can achieve even at the end of his run. Fantastic production, sequencing and guest performances make it endlessly playa..."  [+]  Reply
- Repo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"This makes a really welcome change from so much recent singer songwriter music which, even if it's not outright bad, leaves very little impact on me. Central here is Joanna's voice, which has a roughness that seizes you through each of these pared back tracks. They remind me a little of Joanna Ne..."  [+]  Reply
- JamesMowbray | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"My favorite breakout album of the year. This synthy-distorted-punk jaunt gallops at such a pace that you have to keep returning to let those earworms set and those grooves integrate into your psyche. This is not Post-Punk, this is not Synth-Punk this is "post-modeM" If Hardwired doesn't hook you ..."  [+]  Reply
- SubzeroButcher | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Oh my god, what a great rock opera that’s concise, doesn’t overstay it’s welcome an, most of all, is fun! Interesting twist within and one of the most enjoyable first listens I’ve had from an album in a bit. Highly, highly, highly recommend!"  Reply
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