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These are Globe music writers’ favorites of 2023, 50 long-players spanning pop, jazz, hip-hop, rock, country, world music, Americana, and even a few less-definable genres.
Amid the chaos and confusion of the past 12 months, critics Mark Beaumont, Helen Brown, Annabel Nugent and Roisin O’Connor found plenty of comfort and solace in the year’s musical offerings
It was a year of comebacks with such heavyweights as the Rolling Stones and — remarkably — the Beatles releasing new material. Veteran artists such as Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel also rolled back the years.
This year's best albums were made by big rock bands, new-age pop stars, and a whole mess of indie darlings.