Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2013

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2013

16 January 2014

Yeezus - Kanye West

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2013 (an annual poll of critics, published by The Village Voice)

[see also 2018201720162015201420122011]

Dennis Cooper: 20 Favorite Albums of 2013

06 January 2014

No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers - Vår

Dennis Cooper: 20 Favorite Albums of 2013 (as numbered on Cooper’s site, but note that he precedes the list with “in no order”)

[see also 2019201520122011]

Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2013

06 January 2014

mbv - My Bloody Valentine

Uncut Magazine: 80 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20232022202120202019201820172016201520142012]

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2013

06 January 2014

Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20232022202120202010s20192018201720162015201420122011]

Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2013

02 January 2014

The Redeemer - Dean Blunt

Fact Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2018201720162015201420122011]

Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2013

31 December 2013

…Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age

Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20142011]

NME: Best Albums of 2013

31 December 2013

AM - Arctic Monkeys

NME: Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20232022202120202010s20192018201720162015201420122011]

Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2013

29 December 2013

Carey’s Cold Spring - Frog Eyes

Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2015201420122011]

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2013

29 December 2013

R Plus Seven - Oneohtrix Point Never

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2010s2018201720162015201420122011]

Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2013

28 December 2013

Yeezus - Kanye West

The Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20232022202120202019201820172015201420122011]