Year-End Lists

Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 30 Rock Albums of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. The Rolling Stones
   Hackney Diamonds
2. Paul Simon
   Seven Psalms
3. The Pretenders
   Relentless
4. Iggy Pop
   Every Loser
5. Depeche Mode
   Memento Mori
6. Peter Gabriel
   I/O
7. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
   Weathervanes
8. Foo Fighters
   But Here We Are
9. Duran Duran
   Danse Macabre
10. Metallica
    72 Seasons
11. Mammoth WVH
    Mammoth II
12. Queens of the Stone Age
    In Times New Roman...
13. Alice Cooper
    Road
14. Wilco
    Cousin
15. John Mellencamp
    Orpheus Descending
16. Ann Wilson & Tripsitter
    Another Door
17. Blur
    The Ballad of Darren
18. Dirty Honey
    Can't Find The Brakes
19. Neil Young
    Before and After
20. Nils Lofgren
    Mountains
21. Ian Hunter
    Defiance Part 1
22. Gov't Mule
    Peace... Like a River
23. Roger Waters
    The Dark Side of the Moon Redux
24. Yes
    Mirror to the Sky
25. Dolly Parton
    Rockstar
26. Joe Perry
    Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII
27. Duff McKagan
    Lighthouse
28. Jethro Tull
    RökFlöte
29. Last in Line
    Jericho
30. Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young
    All Roads Lead Home