Q Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2013
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011]
- Arctic Monkeys — AM
- Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
- David Bowie — The Next Day
- Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
- Jon Hopkins — Immunity
- Manic Street Preachers — Rewind the Film
- Cass McCombs — Big Wheel and Others
- Bill Ryder-Jones — A Bad Wind Blows
- John Grant — Pale Green Ghosts
- Haim — Days Are Gone
- Jagwar Ma — Howlin’
- My Bloody Valentine — mbv
- Steve Mason — Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time
- Queens of the Stone Age — …Like Clockwork
- Foals — Holy Fire
- Laura Mvula — Sing to the Moon
- Matthew E. White — Big Inner
- Laura Marling — Once I Was an Eagle
- Factory Floor — Factory Floor
- Biffy Clyro — Opposites
- Palma Violets — 180
- Suede — Bloodsports
- Disclosure — Settle
- Empire of the Sun — Ice on the Dune
- Boards of Canada — Tomorrow’s Harvest
- Kanye West — Yeezus
- Bill Callahan — Dream River
- Franz Ferdinand — Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
- Daniel Avery — Drone Logic
- Pet Shop Boys — Electric
- Janelle Monáe — The Electric Lady
- Savages — Silence Yourself
- Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
- Prefab Sprout — Crimson/Red
- Devendra Banhart — Mala
- Kurt Vile — Wakin on a Pretty Daze
- The National — Trouble Will Find Me
- Goldfrapp — Tales of Us
- AlunaGeorge — Body Music
- Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels
- Neon Neon — Praxis Makes Perfect
- These New Puritans — Field of Reeds
- The Knife — Shaking the Habitual
- Pearl Jam — Lightning Bolt
- Sigur Rós — Kveikur
- James Blake — Overgrown
- The Strokes — Comedown Machine
- Cate Le Bon — Mug Museum
- Primal Scream — More Light
- Mazzy Star — Seasons of Your Day