Year-End Lists

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