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2023 Music

New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2023

30 November 2023

SOS - SZA

Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2023, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2011]

  1. SOS
    SZA
  2. Mañana Será Bonito
    Karol G
  3. the record
    boygenius
  4. Seven Psalms
    Paul Simon
  5. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
  6. Multitudes
    Feist
  7. Fuse
    Everything but the Girl
  8. Quaranta
    Danny Brown
  9. Rabbit Rabbit
    Speedy Ortiz
  10. Love in Exile
    Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily

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