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SOS - SZA

Best Pop Music Albums of 2023 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Hellmode - Jeff Rosenstock

Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek

Top 50 Albums of 2023 Dork

Lucky for You - Bully

Top 55 Releases of 2023 The Alternative

Rat Wars - HEALTH

Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023 mxdwn

False Lankum - Lankum

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Guardian

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

Best Albums of 2023 Passerby

everything is alive - Slowdive

Top 20 Albums of 2023 Spectrum Culture

That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware

Best Albums of 2023 Daily Mail: Adrian Thrills

The Omnichord Real Book - Meshell Ndegeocello

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Albumism

chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger - awakebutstillinbed

The Best Emo Albums Of 2023 Uproxx: Ian Cohen

The Age of Pleasure - Janelle Monáe

Best Albums of 2023 San Francisco Chronicle: Adrian Spinelli

Javelin - Sufjan Stevens

The Best Albums of 2023 Entertainment Weekly

Lahai - Sampha

The Best Albums Of 2023 HuffPost

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

the record - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

the record - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2023 Vogue

A Gift & a Curse - Gunna

The Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2023 XXL

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

Top 55 Albums of 2023 Brooklyn Vegan

Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae

Albums of the Year for 2023 God Is In The TV

Jaguar II - Victoria Monét

The Best Albums of 2023 Essence

the record - boygenius

Best Albums of 2023 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

the record - boygenius

Favorite Albums 2023 Bob Boilen

Tête-à-tête - Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood

The Best Of 2023 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

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