Corinne Bailey Rae’s Black Rainbows is the most acclaimed album of the year.
The ADM Report 2023
Now everyone's had their say with the Best Albums of 2023
roundups, it's time to take stock of the cold hard facts of what
really were the most critically-acclaimed albums over the past 12
months.
The AnyDecentMusic top 10 of 2023 is the most reliable guide to
what earned the most extensive overall praise from reviewers.
We have excluded from the rankings any albums with fewer than ten
reviews from our list of more than 50 sources from the UK, US,
Canada, Australia and Ireland, and the formula we apply to arrive
at the ADM rating takes the number of reviews into account.
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8.73
Corinne Bailey Rae
Black Rainbows
"A hugely impressive, frequently stunning return, 'Black
Rainbows' ranks as one of the year's most imposing comebacks"
Clash
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8.62
Sufjan Stevens
Javelin
"Continuing his prolific run, this magical, magnificent album is
both blissfully sad and gloriously uplifting"
musicOMH
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8.58
Sampha
Lahai
"A generational talent who has once again delivered a rich,
emotional work for us to process. Lahai is phenomenal"
The Line Of Best Fit
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8.57
Mitski
The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We
"Mitski's seventh record is a brutally honest chronicle of the
struggle to find self-love"
The Skinny
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8.50
boygenius
The Record
"Ambitious and inimitable, their first debut album is an
earth-shattering feat"
Dork
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8.47
Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy
"Unique, raw and totally joyous"
DIY
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Caroline Polachek
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
"In its sensual world - at once humid and arid, shadowy and
blinding, silky and jagged - you feel the endless, vividly
destructive possibility of all-consuming desire"
Exclaim
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Olivia Rodrigo
Guts
"This is the album of a truly brilliant rock star"
Rolling Stone
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Paramore
This Is Why
"The trio's clear-eyed and powerful sixth album encapsulates
their journey to becoming a generation-defining band"
NME
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The Murder Capital
Gigi's Recovery
"The Irish post-punk band go bigger and deeper on a second album
that exudes muscular drama"
The Observer
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11. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
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12. Lankum - False Lankum
Reviews
13. Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
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14. Róisín Murphy -
Hit Parade Reviews
15. CMAT -
Crazymad, For Me Reviews
16. Wednesday - Rat Saw
God Reviews
17. Foo Fighters
- But Here We Are Reviews
18. Paul
Simon - Seven Psalms
Reviews
19. Fucked Up - One Day
Reviews
20. Anohni - My Back Was A Bridge For You To
Cross
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