Top 100 Music Albums of 2023 by 
DommeDamian 
2023 is now over and the listening journey was vastly vastly different than both 2021 and 2022. During all of 2023, I avoided listening to newly released material (mostly), both because I had my "Scaruffi 8/10-Adjacent"-project and to see if my mindset would alter if I didn't immediately hear something a few days or weeks old. I waited until the year was over, and then I went on RateYourMusic and selected the top albums for each of my favorite genres (principally Indie Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Dream Pop, Punk Rock etc). Therefore, this year has a much higher rating on average, because I didn't have to go through albums within genres I have experienced to not be a fan of (even though not all 2023 records I heard was golden by any means). But if you look at the number of albums I have heard - right now, precisely 300 albums - it's still relatively low compared to 2022's 1050 records and even 2021's 544. Although, I have managed to beat 2020's 175 which is good.
Anyway here's my favorites, the first completion in late february 2024.
- Chart updated: 03/26/2025 11:15
- (Created: 06/21/2023 16:18).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Spoiler: this is in my top 100 albums of all time now, so when that list is done, it'll have a description/comment on there. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2024]
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This description is a mess, just like me whenever my head spins around the effortlessness of Blomi.
If Tim Buckley was the cryptic hippie, Susanne Sundfør is the spiritual psychologist. Her 2023 album takes you on a deep dive within and also outward, with her analyzing core feelings but also learning her own tropes in wisdom, maturity among else. These tropes have come even more to life in audio aka music. This album that barks on absolute intellectualism, is where digital electronic pieces not only meet properly with nature-tendencies, but become one. Never before has an album erased that thick line. From Leikara Ljoo's amazing structure of field recordings (actual musical field recordings) of sensual humming to choir and hand-clapping (perhaps sambo mixed with gospel) to a sudden outro of Celtic. Every segment transcends the other, I cannot believe what I am hearing. To Sannu Yarru Li's third stream avant clothing: one of my eyes are going through a normal day at a bright spring day drinking tea at home, while other one is at a foreign carnival. To the way the last tone of Náttsongr turns into a drone that drains all shades of grey away from my consciousness...then accompanied by fireplace field recording before going full-circle of the philosophy-aspect with body, mind and heart having "yes" as the word.
After the genuinely entrancing electro-acoustic opener, Susanne writes the most whimsical ballad of the decade with Ashera's Song (with levitating sparkly bleeps in the background that signify the point of gravity), uprooted more in neo-classical impressionism than a pop song but with a rich vocal display that makes any pop singer look pale. That elegance also reeks of maturity, as these pieces never give a trace of bad faith, whilst never being self-indulgent. In other words, Sundfør does not display whine or obnoxious depression, but has crafted, squeezed and orchestrated the observant side of somberness to its most crisp and least devastating.
She's not afraid to dip her hands in Adult Contemporary and Soundtrack/Video-game balladry on Alyosha. I just love these songs written for specific figures and you feel the same love for someone you don't know, that the artist do. The brightest song, and just as painstakingly whimsical as Ashera's Song, it speaks to me in such a love-thy-soulful-neighbor way. If there's any I guess answers in the journey of this album, the "It's you" part is it, and is the catchiest moment here. And still, Sundfør chooses to throw a segment of mosquito-sounds in the end, just to make sure it isn't toooo pleasing or theater-kidsy. Náttsongr might be more conventional of a new agey singer-songwriter ballad, but with no less effect, it's still an excellent joint. Vocal jazz and chamberly slowcore embrace in the title track, and Sundfør's elegance is angelic, melancholic, old-fashioned and finnessing. "Nobody told you" might also be a high point in the category of catchiness. It elevates with both a flute and a STUNNING piano outro. Not to mention Runä's effortless way of bridging Brill Building and Art Pop into a progressive tune, full of flowery and liquid depth, especially in the guitar waving with Susanne singing "But everything aligns with a mysterious purpose" and later harmonizing lalala. Those elements summarizes the purpose the album Blomi; a purpose that is far from obvious, but very real and carries true musical elements of passion, personality, creativity and what else you can find whenever you press play again. [First added to this chart: 02/26/2024]
This description is a mess, just like me whenever my head spins around the effortlessness of Blomi.
If Tim Buckley was the cryptic hippie, Susanne Sundfør is the spiritual psychologist. Her 2023 album takes you on a deep dive within and also outward, with her analyzing core feelings but also learning her own tropes in wisdom, maturity among else. These tropes have come even more to life in audio aka music. This album that barks on absolute intellectualism, is where digital electronic pieces not only meet properly with nature-tendencies, but become one. Never before has an album erased that thick line. From Leikara Ljoo's amazing structure of field recordings (actual musical field recordings) of sensual humming to choir and hand-clapping (perhaps sambo mixed with gospel) to a sudden outro of Celtic. Every segment transcends the other, I cannot believe what I am hearing. To Sannu Yarru Li's third stream avant clothing: one of my eyes are going through a normal day at a bright spring day drinking tea at home, while other one is at a foreign carnival. To the way the last tone of Náttsongr turns into a drone that drains all shades of grey away from my consciousness...then accompanied by fireplace field recording before going full-circle of the philosophy-aspect with body, mind and heart having "yes" as the word.
After the genuinely entrancing electro-acoustic opener, Susanne writes the most whimsical ballad of the decade with Ashera's Song (with levitating sparkly bleeps in the background that signify the point of gravity), uprooted more in neo-classical impressionism than a pop song but with a rich vocal display that makes any pop singer look pale. That elegance also reeks of maturity, as these pieces never give a trace of bad faith, whilst never being self-indulgent. In other words, Sundfør does not display whine or obnoxious depression, but has crafted, squeezed and orchestrated the observant side of somberness to its most crisp and least devastating.
She's not afraid to dip her hands in Adult Contemporary and Soundtrack/Video-game balladry on Alyosha. I just love these songs written for specific figures and you feel the same love for someone you don't know, that the artist do. The brightest song, and just as painstakingly whimsical as Ashera's Song, it speaks to me in such a love-thy-soulful-neighbor way. If there's any I guess answers in the journey of this album, the "It's you" part is it, and is the catchiest moment here. And still, Sundfør chooses to throw a segment of mosquito-sounds in the end, just to make sure it isn't toooo pleasing or theater-kidsy. Náttsongr might be more conventional of a new agey singer-songwriter ballad, but with no less effect, it's still an excellent joint. Vocal jazz and chamberly slowcore embrace in the title track, and Sundfør's elegance is angelic, melancholic, old-fashioned and finnessing. "Nobody told you" might also be a high point in the category of catchiness. It elevates with both a flute and a STUNNING piano outro. Not to mention Runä's effortless way of bridging Brill Building and Art Pop into a progressive tune, full of flowery and liquid depth, especially in the guitar waving with Susanne singing "But everything aligns with a mysterious purpose" and later harmonizing lalala. Those elements summarizes the purpose the album Blomi; a purpose that is far from obvious, but very real and carries true musical elements of passion, personality, creativity and what else you can find whenever you press play again. [First added to this chart: 02/26/2024]
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Nature is indifferent to humanity, unpredictable and untamed. When we challenge it with pollution and exploitation, it inevitably pushes back. In doing so, it forces us to confront our own actions, our relationship with the world, and how we coexist with everything around us. Deep within, we carry an inner journey—a confrontation with the destabilizing forces of our internal monologue and its ripple effect on our shared reality. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we cannot escape our own nature until we face it, understand it, immerse in its unauthorized territories, and learn to live in imperfect harmony. RWB embarked on this introspective path in a uniquely unconventional way, crafting the only album that blends the fragile beauty of indie folk with the stark brutality of industrial noise. The result is a sonic exploration of wonder and desolation - what we cherish, and what we’d rather forget. The worse the sound equipment, the better the feel. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2024]
Nature is indifferent to humanity, unpredictable and untamed. When we challenge it with pollution and exploitation, it inevitably pushes back. In doing so, it forces us to confront our own actions, our relationship with the world, and how we coexist with everything around us. Deep within, we carry an inner journey—a confrontation with the destabilizing forces of our internal monologue and its ripple effect on our shared reality. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we cannot escape our own nature until we face it, understand it, immerse in its unauthorized territories, and learn to live in imperfect harmony. RWB embarked on this introspective path in a uniquely unconventional way, crafting the only album that blends the fragile beauty of indie folk with the stark brutality of industrial noise. The result is a sonic exploration of wonder and desolation - what we cherish, and what we’d rather forget. The worse the sound equipment, the better the feel. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2024]
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The perfect shoegaze album, point blank. Layered, fully-realized, unfolding, extensively satisfying soundscapes with thematic The Last of Us-esque melodies, deafeningly ethereal guitar waves that are both spacey and airy, and liquid vocals where you don't understand a word. If Knifeplay's Animal Drowning is a sublime student of the genre, Rippedd's Maybe In Another Life is an underground teacher that have reinvented the formula the way many thought they had. I'm mind-boggled at how much on another level this is, how inventive and anti-corporate, despite never trying to stand out, making it also a super humble piece of audio rapture. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2024]
The perfect shoegaze album, point blank. Layered, fully-realized, unfolding, extensively satisfying soundscapes with thematic The Last of Us-esque melodies, deafeningly ethereal guitar waves that are both spacey and airy, and liquid vocals where you don't understand a word. If Knifeplay's Animal Drowning is a sublime student of the genre, Rippedd's Maybe In Another Life is an underground teacher that have reinvented the formula the way many thought they had. I'm mind-boggled at how much on another level this is, how inventive and anti-corporate, despite never trying to stand out, making it also a super humble piece of audio rapture. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2024]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2023 composition
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| Mary Lattimore | 1 | 1% | |
| The Dreadnoughts | 1 | 1% | |
| Nac/Hut Report | 1 | 1% | |
| Bdrmm | 1 | 1% | |
| Leith Ross | 1 | 1% | |
| Blur | 1 | 1% | |
| Rippedd | 1 | 1% | |
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48 | 48% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2023 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 1 from 79th to 78thAbsent by Nac/Hut Report |
| Up 1 from 78th to 77th Smartwoods by Piotr Kurek |
| Up 1 from 77th to 76th Rest Of Life by Steve Roach |
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| Down 20 from 59th to 79th Nightmarish Paths by Borderline Issues |
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