Top 50 Albums of 2023

50. Gentle Confrontation (Loraine James)

49. AUSTIN (Post Malone)

48. Auto Repair/Auto Destroy (MyKey)

47. Seven Psalms (Paul Simon)

46. House Party (Keaton Henson)

45. Higher (Chris Stapleton)

44. Point no Point (Lost Cousins)

43. Archives & Lullabies (Sabrina Claudio)

42. Disposable Everything (AJJ)

41. & The Charm (Avalon Emerson)

40. I Was Mature For My Age, But I Was Still a Child (grouptherapy.)

39. All That Was East Is West of Me Now (Glen Hansard)

38. Family Ties (Charles Wesley Godwin)

37. SOS (SZA)

36. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Caroline Polachek)

35. Dizzy (Dizzy)

34. Weathervanes (Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit)

33. All of This Will End (Indigo de Souza)

32. Salt (Half Moon Run)

31. My Soft Machine (Arlo Parks)

30. Food for Worms (shame)

29. Madres (Sofia Kourtesis)

28. In Times New Roman... (Queens of the Stone Age)

27. Meantime (Slow Leaves)

26. When We Were That What Wept for the Sea (Colin Stetson)

25. Gigi's Recovery (The Murder Capital)

24. Gettin' Old (Luke Combs)

23. A Cat in the Rain (Turnpike Troubadours)

22. Good Living Is Coming for You (Sweeping Promises)

21. I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care (Hannah Georgas)

20. Angel Numbers (Hamish Hawk)

19. Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Lana Del Rey)

18. Lustre Parfait (Gord Downie & Bob Rock)

17. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? (McKinley Dixon)

16. To Learn (Leith Ross)

15. Grade 2 (Grade 2)

14. Playing Robots into Heaven (James Blake)

13. LET'S START HERE. (Lil' Yachty)

12. Scaring the Hoes (JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown)

11A & 11B. Magic 2 & Magic 3 (Nas)

10. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (Kara Jackson)

9. LINDENAVE! (Oblé Reed)

8. GUTS (Olivia Rodrigo)

7. UTOPIA (Travis Scott)

6. the record (boygenius)

5. Since I Have a Lover (6LACK)

4. Lahai (Sampha)

3. Zach Bryan (Zach Bryan)

2. Everything Harmony (The Lemon Twigs)

1. Unreal Unearth (Hozier)

One of my favourite albums in a long time. Will likely be a strong contender for best album of the 2020's.