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    The 20 best albums of 2023

    As the lines between private and public spaces became ever blurrier, the music of 2023 pondered the meaning of self — who creates it, who defines it, who controls the rights to manipulate it. Here are our 20 favorite albums of 2023, in descending order. 1. SZA, "SOS" Technically, it came out at the tail end of 2022. But SZA does so many things so well on her instant classic of a second studio ...
    by Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times Dec 08, 2023 3 minutes
    Singer SZA performs in concert at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, on March. 14, 2023.

    As the lines between private and public spaces became ever blurrier, the music of 2023 pondered the meaning of self — who creates it, who defines it, who controls the rights to manipulate it.

    Here are our 20 favorite albums of 2023, in descending order.

    1. SZA, "SOS"

    Technically, it came out at the tail end of 2022. But does so many things so well on her instant classic of a second studio album — plush R&B slow jams,

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