Year-End Lists

Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2013, as aired on Sound Opinions

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1. Light Up Gold
   Parquet Courts
2. Acid Rap
   Chance The Rapper
3. Songbook
   Allen Toussaint
4. Psychic
   Darkside
5. Silence Yourself
   Savages
6. Woman
   Rhye
7. Innanetape
   Vic Mensa
8. Event II
   Deltron 3030
9. As Plantas Que Curam
   Boogarins
10. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
11. Nobody Knows.
    Willis Earl Beal
12. Inspiration Information / Wings of Love
    Shuggie Otis
13. Electric
    Richard Thompson
14. Nomad
    Bombino
15. Push Any Button
    Sam Phillips
16. I Hate Music
    Superchunk
17. Back to Land
    Wooden Shjips
18. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
19. Beautiful Africa
    Rokia Traoré
20. The Next Day
    David Bowie

Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2013, as aired on Sound Opinions

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1. Silence Yourself
   Savages
2. Light Up Gold
   Parquet Courts
3. Acid Rap
   Chance The Rapper
4. We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
   Foxygen
5. Pure Heroine
   Lorde
6. Off the Record
   Karl Bartos
7. Change Becomes Us
   Wire
8. She's Gone
   Upset
9. Back to Land
   Wooden Shjips
10. The Invisible Way
    Low
11. Electric
    Richard Thompson
12. Mosquito
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13. Double Exposure
    Kelley Stoltz
14. Sleeper
    Ty Segall
15. True
    Solange
16. Fade
    Yo La Tengo
17. Event II
    Deltron 3030
18. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
    Franz Ferdinand
19. MGMT
    MGMT
20. Nobody Knows.
    Willis Earl Beal
21. The Recipe Volume 2
    Probcause
22. 180
    Palma Violets
23. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
24. Woman
    Rhye
25. Skull Worship
    The Warlocks
26. Fourth Corner
    Trixie Whitley
27. Amok
    Atoms for Peace
28. Crashes On the Platinum Planet
    Big Dipper
29. PillowTalk
    Pantyraid
30. Under the Covers, Vol. 3
    Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums Of 2013

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1. Southeastern
   Jason Isbell
2. American Kid
   Patty Griffin
3. Muchacho
   Phosphorescent
4. My Favorite Picture of You
   Guy Clark
5. The Graceless Age
   John Murry
6. Trouble Will Find Me
   The National
7. Same Trailer Different Park
   Kacey Musgraves
8. New
   Paul McCartney
9. Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
   Elvis Costello and The Roots
10. Build Me Up From Bones
    Sarah Jarosz
11. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
12. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
13. Old Yellow Moon
    Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
14. Like a Rose
    Ashley Monroe
15. Magpie and the Dandelion
    The Avett Brothers
16. Stories Don't End
    Dawes
17. The Ash & Clay
    The Milk Carton Kids
18. Push the Sky Away
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
19. The Civil Wars
    The Civil Wars
20. Once I Was an Eagle
    Laura Marling
21. Pushin’ Against a Stone
    Valerie June
22. Still Fighting the War
    Slaid Cleaves
23. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
24. Country Mile
    Johnny Flynn
25. Days Are Gone
    Haim
26. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
27. 12 Stories
    Brandy Clark
28. The Beast in Its Tracks
    Josh Ritter
29. Carry On
    Willy Mason
30. Fossils
    Aoife O'Donovan
31. The Low Highway
    Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)
32. Honky Tonk
    Son Volt
33. Privateering
    Mark Knopfler
34. The Stand-In
    Caitlin Rose
35. Caves
    Tristen
36. Tape Deck Heart
    Frank Turner
37. Tooth & Nail
    Billy Bragg
38. Country Sleep
    Night Beds
39. The Diving Board
    Elton John
40. Negativity
    Deer Tick
41. Rubberband
    Charlie Worsham
42. Matt Costa
    Matt Costa
43. Feeling Mortal
    Kris Kristofferson
44. Let's Be Still
    The Head and the Heart
45. Not Cool
    Tim Easton
46. Down Fell the Doves
    Amanda Shires
47. Love Has Come for You
    Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
48. Dad Country
    Jonny Fritz
49. Love and Forgiveness
    Courtney Jaye
50. Runaway Freeway Blues
    The Black Lillies

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 50 Albums of 2013

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1. Reflektor
   Arcade Fire
2. Psycho Tropical Berlin
   La Femme
3. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
4. Push the Sky Away
   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
5. Howlin’
   Jagwar Ma
6. Parcs
   Bertrand Belin
7. The Electric Lady
   Janelle Monáe
8. Racine carrée
   Stromae
9. Les chansons de l'innocence retrouvée
   Étienne Daho
10. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
11. Settle
    Disclosure
12. If You Wait
    London Grammar
13. Psychic
    Darkside
14. Overgrown
    James Blake
15. Yeezus
    Kanye West
16. 180
    Palma Violets
17. Aventine
    Agnes Obel
18. Images du Futur
    Suuns
19. Body Music
    AlunaGeorge
20. The Golden Age
    Woodkid
21. Bankrupt!
    Phoenix
22. Lanterns
    Son Lux
23. Antiphon
    Midlake
24. We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
    Foxygen
25. Drone Logic
    Daniel Avery
26. AM
    Arctic Monkeys
27. Archipel
    Peau
28. Aleph
    Gesaffelstein
29. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
30. Comedown Machine
    The Strokes
31. Nobody Knows.
    Willis Earl Beal
32. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
33. Glow
    Jackson and His Computerband
34. Sing to the Moon
    Laura Mvula
35. Holy Fire
    Foals
36. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
37. No Deal
    Mélanie De Biasio
38. More Light
    Primal Scream
39. Drenge
    Drenge
40. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
41. Matangi
    M.I.A.
42. Pushin’ Against a Stone
    Valerie June
43. The Child of Lov
    The Child of Lov
44. Seasons of Your Day
    Mazzy Star
45. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
46. Silence Yourself
    Savages
47. Super Forma
    Orval Carlos Sibelius
48. No Ceremony
    No Ceremony
49. Kiss Land
    The Weeknd
50. The Next Day
    David Bowie