MLWZ's Best Albums of 2023 Poll - Results Part I
| 1. IQ | Headlong | 7:30 | "40 Years Of Prog Nonsense" | 2023 |
| 2. MARILLION | Reprogram The Gene | 7:00 | "An Hour Before It's Dark - Live In Port Zelande" | 2023 |
| 3. ARENA | The Visitor | 7:40 | "Lifian Tour MMXXII" | 2023 |
| 4. Steve HACKETT | Can Utility And The Coastliners | 6:00 | "Foxtrot At Fifty & Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton" | 2023 |
| 5. PORCUPINE TREE | Blackest Eyes | 5:05 | "Closure / Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 7/11/22" | 2023 |
| 6. 5TH SEASON | Daylight's End | 5:00 | "5th Season" | 2023 |
| 7. John GREENWOOD | Inside | 7:15 | "Dark Blue" | 2023 |
| 8. THE CHRONICLES OF FATHER ROBIN | Unicorn | 8:25 | "The Songs & Tales Of Airoea - Book 1: The Tale Of Father Robin (State Of Nature)" | 2023 |
| 9. THE FOUNDATION | Climbing Mountains | 5:00 | "Mask" | 2023 |
| 10. OBLIVION PROTOCOL | Vertigo | 5:00 | "The Fall Of The Shires" | 2023 |
| 11. THE ADEKAEM | Disassociation | 3:45 | "All The Dreams" | 2023 |
| 12. HIDDEN BY IVY | The Deepest Sleep | 3:10 | "The Disappeared" | 2023 |
| 13. FRAMAURO | Lost In Music | 5:40 | "Alea Iacta Est" | 2023 |
| 14. RIVERSIDE | Friend Or Foe? | 7:25 | "ID.Entity" | 2023 |
| 15. THE RYSZARD KRAMARSKI PROJECT | Twelve Spaceships | 7:20 | "Odyssey 9999" | 2023 |
