Wavelength Music Special: The Best New Albums of 2023

Playlist

Introduction    (01.38) Feist/Of Womankind ('Multitudes')   (05.12) Kevin Morby/Like A Flower ('Music From Montana Story')   (08.25) Jen Cloher/Harakeke ('I Am The River The River Is Me')   (12.39) Rickie Lee Jones/Just In Time ('Pieces Of Treasure')   (15.39) Ringo Starr/Rewind Forward (title track)   (20.03) Arlo Parks/Pegasus (ft. Phoebe Bridgers, 'My Soft Machine')    (23.04) Explosions In The Sky/Moving On ('End')  (27.30) Tia Gostelow/Spring To Life ('Head Noise')   (29.56) Blur/Russian Strings (live BBC Radio concert, 'The Ballad Of Darren')  (33.16) Låpsley/Lifeline ('Cautionary Tales Of Youth')   (37.31) The National/This Isn't Helping (ft. Phoebe Bridgers, 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein'   (41.22) The Pretenders/Let The Sun Come ('Relentless')   (45.09) Smashing Pumpkins/That Which Animates The Spirit ('Atum Act 3')   (49.03)Julie Byrne/Portrait Of A Clear Day ('The Greater Wings')   (52.17) Bruce Coburn/Haiku ('O Sun O Moon')   (56.08) Def Leppard & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Paper Sun ('Drastic Symphonies')   (01.01.58) Body Type/Miss The World ('Expired Candy')   (01.04.46) Everything But The Girl/No One Knows We're Dancing ('Fuse')   (01.08.51) Yes/Living Out Their Dream (' Mirror To The Sky')   (01.13.31) Cowboy Junkies/Blue Sky ('Such Ferocious Beauty')   (01.17.37) John Cale/Night Crawling ('Mercy')  (01.22.25) Agnetha Fältskog/Where Do We Go From Here ('A Plus')   (01.25.34) Lana Del Rey/Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard (title track)   (01.30.07) Gorillaz/New Gold (ft Tame Impala & Bootie Brown, 'Cracker Island')   (01.34.38) Natalaie Merchant/Come On Aphrodite (ft Abena Koomson Davis, 'Keep Your Courage')   (01.39.51) Jethro Tull/Ginnungagap ('RökFlöte')   (01.43.35) Sparks/The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte (title track)   (01.46.29) Fever Ray/Carbon Dioxide ('Radical Romantics')   (01.53.02) Depeche Mode/Wagging Tongue ('Memento Mori')   (01.56.27) Rhiannon Giddens/You're The One (title track)  (01.59.50) Government Mule/Head Full Of Thunder ('Peace...Like A River')   (02.04.16) Dream Wife/Social Lubrication (title track)   (02.07.41) The Chemical Brothers/Fountains ('For That Beautiful Feeling')   (02.11.25) Ben Harper/Trying Not To Fall In Love With You ('Wide Open Light')   (02.14.52)  Half Moon Run/Salt (title track)   (02.19.49) Portugal. The Man/Anxiety_Clarity (ft Paul Williams, 'Chris Black Changed My Life')   (02.25.29) Robyn Martin/Milk And Honey (title track)   (02.28.37) Public Image Ltd/Penge ('End Of World')   (02.31.39) PJ Harvey/I Inside The Old I Dying ('I Inside The Old Year Dying')   (02.34.38) Paul Simon/Wait ('Seven Psalms')   (02.39.05) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark/Bauhaus Staircase (title track)  (02.42.55) Slowdive/Prayer Remembered ('Everything Is Alive')   (02.47.19) Sigur Rós/Klettur ('Átta')   (02.53.38) Jessie Ware/Free Yourself ('That Feels Good')   (02.57.28) The Rolling Stones/Sweet Sounds Of Heaven (ft Lady Gaga, 'Hackney Diamonds')   (03.06.08) Ryuichi Sakamoto/20220302 ('12')  (03.08.41) Susanne Sundfør/Blómi (title track)   (03.13.32) Lucinda Williams/New York Comeback ('Stories From A Rock 'N Roll Heart')   (03.17.40) Maple Glider/Don't Kiss Me ('I Get Into Trouble')   (03.21.31) Young Fathers/Tell Somebody ('Heavy Heavy')   (03.27.07) Pat Metheny/Blue In Green (ft Charlie Haden bass, 'Dream Box' [live version])   (03.33.23) Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra/Mikos ('Racing The Storm')   (03.36.50) Steven Wilson/Actual Brutal Facts ('The Harmony Codex')   (03.41.48) Roger Waters/Time ('Dark Side Of The Moon - Redux')

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