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    The 11 Best New Albums We Heard In February

    Ariana Grande, Offset and Jessica Pratt are a few of the artists who made albums we'll remember all year long.
    by Robin Hilton Mar 02, 2019 6 minutes

    Much of the best new music we heard in February was deeply personal, with lots of room for reflection. Ariana Grande delivered the most anticipated album of the month, a highly polished pop diary on the need for hope. On the other end of the sonic spectrum was singer Julia Jacklin's uncluttered call for strength and resilience in a post-Me Too universe that's still very much evolving. The German composer and pianist Hauschka released one of the month's most beautiful albums, a collection of transfixing instrumentals inspired by the vast wonder of nature and humankind's relatively infinitesimal place in it.

    Below you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 11 albums for February. Be sure to check out our top 11 songs from the month as well, which are also available in our Spotify playlist.

    Jeremy Denk
    c.1300-c.2000

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    Remember those Music History 101 courses – the ones that stacked centuries of composers into one semester-long sandwich? The deep-thinking

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