Best Albums of 2023
Explore the best albums of 2023, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"His best work since Carrie & Lowell. Delicate, powerful and heartwrenching. AOTY candidate, to me." Reply
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2023
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2,458
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"It's a shame because there is easily a 50 minute 9/10 album in here. The first 4 tracks, track 6, and tracks 10-15 are utterly incredible, and on par with NFR. The interludes and the piano ballads in the middle of the album grind the momentum to a halt, and while the "Taco Truck" part of the last..." [+] Reply
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2023
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2,195
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"Easily one of the most interesting and exciting albums this year so far." Reply
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2023
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1,625
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"Very quirky and playful. Polachek excitedly ruffles around in her toy box of production tricks. Those whistles, chirps and finger snaps gilding the beat of “Bunny is a Rider” dropping right into the flamenco strings of “Sunset”, then the echoing quartz crystal pops of “Crude Drawing of An Angel”,..." [+] Reply
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2023
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1,576
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"Remarkable how these three idiosyncratic songwriters consciously decide to subsume their quirks within a group voice. Individual traits haven't been erased so much as they've been sanded so they can fit neatly together. Boygenius feels heftier and hookier than Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus do on the..." [+] Reply
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2023
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1,160
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"Of all their album releases, this us mprobably my second favourite." Reply
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2023
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1,154
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"“That! Feels Good!” is one big groove. In exchange for range, it delivers solid focused boogie after solid focused boogie. The instrumentation is tight with piano lines, horns, and strings hitting with expert precision. There is a nice introduction of disco revival to the existing style of classi..." [+] Reply
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2023
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1,017
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"Are they about the secure album of the year AGAIN???" Reply
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2023
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986
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"Pure poetry from Woods, matched by the illest beats cooked up by Segal" Reply
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2023
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838
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"Really interesting mix of things going on here… a lot of influences and genres that come together to create something totally unique !" Reply
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2023
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828
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2023 composition
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| Patricia Taxxon | 4 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 4 | 0% | |
| Tha God Fahim | 4 | 0% | |
| Guided By Voices | 3 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 3 | 0% | |
| Nas | 2 | 0% | |
| Paramore | 2 | 0% | |
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466 | 47% | |
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202 | 20% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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21 | 2% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 2023 chart changes
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Decade Charts (2020s)
