Top 3ish Albums of 2023 (THE REUNION)

Shaking up the bottle again because the new year doesn’t really count till February, it’s Strictly Butter! 5 years later we return (we know, nobody asked for this) and share with you some of our favorite albums from 2023. We drop it from our usual top 5 to 3, and name a few honorable mentions. We really enjoyed conversing about music like old times and hope to pick the show up again (in likely a newer more loose format) and talk about more new music releases later this year. Thanks for listening!

**SPOILERS?**
Alex’s Favorites
Kelsea Ballerini-Rolling Up The Welcome Mat (For Good)
Ryuchi Sakamoto-12
Sleep Token-Take Me Back For Eden

Alex’s full list: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=249267

Ryan’s Favorites
Olivia Rodrigo-GUTS
The Hives-The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons
Jessie Ware-That Feels Good!

Jeremy’s Favorites
Caroline Polachek-Desire I Want To Turn Into You!
Jaimie Branch-Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die!
Billy Woods & Kenny Seagal-Maps

LINKS
Aesop Rock mad words: https://pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html
Kelsea Ballerini short film EP: https://youtu.be/aMZ5VpfYQJw?si=HIGIQrHZ5I_zuZFt
Ryuichi Sakamoto (inspired MV courtesy of emof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyV7bZjI0kc
Sleep Token: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFHBOKa_ZG0
Olivia Rodrigo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPNh_PBZb4
Jessie Ware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1pOvK9URyU
Caroline Polacheck (tiny npr desk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5cc
Jaimie branch: https://youtu.be/yhSUtC50ahc?si=gKn7KnrxhaZ3EH08
Billy Woods/Kenny Seagal: https://youtu.be/ZVur7jaIYTc?si=-idpReMcIORL-gGU