Favorite 2023 albums in no particular order, but roughly chronological.
Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers
Holly Henderson - The Walls
Quasi - Breaking The Balls Of History
Daisy Jones & The Six - Aurora
Punk Rock Factory - It's Just A Stage We're Going Through
Mike Viola - Paul McCarthy
Aristos The Musical - Original Cast Recording
O'Hooley & Tidow - Coudheads
Jethro Tull - RökFlöte
Joy Oladokun - Proof Of Life
April March Meets Staplin
The Muppets Mayhem - Original Soundtrack
The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
The Little Mermaid - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy
Ben Folds - What Matters Most
Schmigadoon! - Season 2 Soundtrack
Yusuf/Cat Stevens - King Of A Land
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold
The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore
Bethany Cosentino - Natural Disaster
Lucy Spraggan - Balance
Rhiannon Giddens - You're The One
Barbie: The Album - Soundtrack
Margo Cilker - Valley Of Heart's Delight
Allison Russell - The Returner
Tele Novella - Poet's Tooth
Theater Camp - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Anna Hillburg - Tired Girls
Dear Dear - Death of a Fairytale
KC Bowman - Crushes of Context
Joe Jackson - Mr. Joe Jackson Presents Max Champion in What a Racket!
Jenny Owen Youngs - Avalanche
Jim Bob - Thanks For Reaching Out
Sparkle*jets UK - Best Of Friends
Lane Steinberg - Head Space
Wonka - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ron Sexsmith - The Vivian Line
Jim Moray - Beflean
Full list of albums I heard for the first time in 2023. In January I entertained the notion of trying to listen to one new album every day. I did not accomplish this. I ended the year with 263 albums, more than 100 short of the goal.
Favorite songs of 2023 in 4 Spotify playlists:
Favorite movies / TV seen in 2023, from all years:
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Afterlife of the Party (2021)
Feel the Beat (2020)
Interstellar (2014)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
The Lost Bird Project (2012)
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
Early Man (2018)
Rye Lane (2023)
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
A Tourist's Guide to Love (2023)
One More Time (2023)
Still Time (2022)
Living (2022)
Firefly Lane (2021-2023)
The Mindy Project (2012-2017)
The 1619 Project (2023- )
Cunk on Earth (2022- )
Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023- )
You (2018-2024)
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story (2022)
Abbott Elementary (2021- )
The Mandalorian (2019- )
Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)
Ted Lasso (2020-2023)
Schmigadoon! (2021- )
Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021- )
Beef (2023- )
Workin' Moms (2017-2023)
The Muppets Mayhem (2023- )
Manifest (2018-2023)
The Lost King (2022)
Enola Holmes (2020)
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Barbie (2023)
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
Love at First Sight (2023)
Elemental (2023)
The Little Mermaid (2023)
Theater Camp (2023)
Last Night in Soho (2021)
Leo (2023)
Wonka (2023)
Ghosts (2019-2023)
Ghosts (2021- )
Only Murders in the Building (2021- )
Outlander (2014- )
Black Mirror (2011- )
Kim's Convenience (2016-2021)
Upload (2020- )
Bodies (2023)
If Only (2022- )
Full list of movies seen in 2023. Full list of TV shows seen in 2023.