The Best Albums of 2023

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🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their highly-anticipated “Best Albums” of 2023. Plus, they’ll also hear selections from production staff.

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Featured Songs:

boygenius, "Not Strong Enough," the record, Interscope, 2023

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Ladytron, "We Never Went Away," Time's Arrow, Cooking Vinyl, 2023

Kelela, "Contact," Raven, Warp, 2023

Underscores, "Locals (Girls like us)," Wallsocket, Mom + Pop, Corporate Rockmusic, 2023

Margo Price, "Lydia," Strays, Loma Vista, 2023

Genesis Owusu, "Leaving The Light," Struggler, Ourness, AWAL, 2023

Kicksie, "Sinking In," Slouch, Counter Intuitive, 2023

Big Freedia, "Booty Like A Drummer," Central City, Queen Diva, 2023

Mitski, "Bug Like an Angel," The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, Dead Oceans, 2023

Joanna Sternberg, "I've Got Me," I've Got Me, Fat Possum, 2023

Louise Post, "God I Know," Sleepwalker, El Camino, 2023

Jaimie Branch, "Burning Grey," Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), International Anthem, 2023

Troye Sivan, "Got Me Started," Something To Give Each Other, EMI Australia, Capitol, 2023

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, "Save the World," Weathervanes, Southeastern, Thirty Tigers, 2023

Young Fathers, "Drum," Heavy Heavy, Ninja Tune, 2023

Lydia Loveless, "Runaway," Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again, Bloodshot, 2023

billy woods and Kenny Segal, "FaceTime (feat. Samuel T. Herring)," Maps, Backwoodz Studioz, Fat Possum, 2023

boygenius, "Satanist," the record, Interscope, 2023

Wednesday, "Quarry," Rat Saw God, Dead Oceans, 2023

Mary White, "Rudolph Pouts," Rudolph Pouts (Single), Cowtown, 1960

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0:00.0	Hey Sound Opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast
0:05.8	Ad Free on Patreon. He took the bomb. You're listening to sound opinions and this week we share our best albums or at least
0:31.1	our favorites of 2023.
0:33.7	I'm Jim De Regattis.
0:35.0	And I'm Greg Kott.
0:35.9	We'll also hear selections from our production staff.
0:38.6	Let's get to it.
0:40.0	Yes, Greg, it is that time, once again, our favorite show of the year.
0:45.2	We both listen to so much music non-stop all year.
0:49.6	We talk about only a fraction of it on the show and on our bonus podcasts.
0:54.3	I can keep the list going all year long so as not to lose track.
0:58.4	I know you do something similar.
0:59.7	Absolutely and the favorites is the key word you know
1:04.1	can't possibly say best because five million records get released every year
1:08.0	we have listed to every one of those
1:10.6	but these are the records that we listen to the most and we enjoy the most.
1:14.0	Absolutely. So I get to lead us off.
1:17.0	We're going to have our entire top 20s on sound opinions.org on the website.
1:22.0	I am starting at number nine with Times Arrow by Lady Tron.
1:28.0	Weird thing happened to Lady Tron not all that long ago, a 21 year old song named 17 became a viral hit on
1:38.0	Tik-Tok. And you know here was a new album from Lady Tron as well. This group essentially a duo
1:48.8	started by a pair of producers and DJ's centered around vocalist keyboardists Helen, Marney, and Mira Arroyo.
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