AOTY 2023

Best Albums

Gigwise

Highest Rated Albums of 2023

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s
- 2000s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alt-Pop
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Art Punk
- Art Rock
- Bedroom Pop
- Chamber Pop
- Contemporary Folk
- Country
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Pop
- Post-Punk
- Psychedelic
- Punk
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soft Rock
- Synthpop
- UK Hip Hop

2023

1. Harriette - I Heart The Internet

Harriette - I Heart The Internet

April 27, 2023

Score

100

2. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

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

March 24, 2023

Singer-Songwriter, Art Pop

Score

100

3. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

Gorillaz - Cracker Island

February 24, 2023

Synthpop, Electropop

Score

100

4. Blur - The Ballad of Darren

Blur - The Ballad of Darren

July 21, 2023

Art Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Chamber Pop, Indie Pop

Score

90

5. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

June 2, 2023

Alternative Rock, Hard Rock

Score

90

6. Temps - Party Gator Purgatory

Temps - Party Gator Purgatory

May 19, 2023

Experimental Hip Hop, Art Pop, Abstract Hip Hop, Jazz Rap

Score

90

7. Angel Olsen - Forever Means

Angel Olsen - Forever Means

April 14, 2023

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk

Score

90

8. David Keenan - Crude Boyo

David Keenan - Crude Boyo

March 24, 2023

Score

90

9. MF Tomlinson - We Are Still Wild Horses

February 17, 2023

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Alt-Country, Folk

Score

90

10. Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises

Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises

February 17, 2023

Pop Rock, Post-Punk Revival

Score

90

11. Tennis - Pollen

Tennis - Pollen

February 10, 2023

Indie Pop, Twee Pop, Soft Rock

Score

90

12. Samia - Honey

January 27, 2023

Indie Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

13. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery

The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery

January 20, 2023

Post-Punk Revival, Art Rock

Score

90

14. Green Gardens - This Is Not Your Fault

Green Gardens - This Is Not Your Fault

August 18, 2023

Score

80

15. Birdy - Portraits

Birdy - Portraits

August 18, 2023

Alt-Pop, Synthpop

Score

80

16. Dizzy - Dizzy

August 18, 2023

Score

80

17. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

August 11, 2023

Garage Rock Revival, Garage Punk

Score

80

18. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying

PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying

July 7, 2023

Art Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

19. The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does

The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does

June 30, 2023

Indie Pop, Indietronica, Alt-Pop

Score

80

20. Squid - O Monolith

Squid - O Monolith

June 9, 2023

Art Punk, Experimental Rock

Score

80

21. Lola Young - My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely

Lola Young - My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely

May 26, 2023

Indie Pop, Alt-Pop, Ambient Pop

Score

80

22. Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine

Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine

May 26, 2023

Bedroom Pop, Indie Pop, Alt-Pop

Score

80

23. Leith Ross - To Learn

Leith Ross - To Learn

May 19, 2023

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

24. Sad Boys Club - Lullabies From The Lightning Tree

Sad Boys Club - Lullabies From The Lightning Tree

May 5, 2023

Score

80

25. Cub Sport - Jesus at the Gay Bar

Cub Sport - Jesus at the Gay Bar

April 7, 2023

Indie Pop, Synthpop, Dance-Pop, Electropop

Score

80

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Gigwise awarded albums throughout 2023.

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