We’re now ten days into April, so I figured it might be a good idea to do a recap of my top albums of Q1 2023. 

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So far, I’ve listened to 145 albums this year.

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Here are my top 8:

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1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
2. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes
3. Parannoul - After The Magic
4. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
5. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
6. Black Country, New Road - Live At Bush Hall
7. Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My
8. Boygenius - The Record

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Here are other honorable mentions (in no particular order):

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• Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
• Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
• Paramore - This Is Why
• Kelela - Raven
• Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
• The Neck - Travel
• Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
• Slowthai - UGLY
• Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed
• Lia Kohl - The Ceiling Reposes
• Scree - Jasmine On A Night in July
• Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues
• 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
• Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
• Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile
• Icecoldbishop - Generational Curse
• Navy Blue - Ways of Knowing
• Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lose: The Estate Sale

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What are your favorites? Is there anything I missed? Email me at slothmannino@gmail.com.