Year-End Lists

The Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2013

1. Kanye West
   Yeezus
2. John Grant
   Pale Green Ghosts
3. Daft Punk
   Random Access Memories
4. Vampire Weekend
   Modern Vampires of the City
5. James Blake
   Overgrown
6. Disclosure
   Settle
7. Kelela
   Cut 4 Me
8. John Wizards
   John Wizards
9. Janelle Monáe
   The Electric Lady
10. My Bloody Valentine
    m b v
11. The National
    Trouble Will Find Me
12. Haim
    Days Are Gone
13. Lorde
    Pure Heroine
14. Chance The Rapper
    Acid Rap
15. Earl Sweatshirt
    Doris
16. Kacey Musgraves
    Same Trailer Different Park
17. Laura Marling
    Once I Was an Eagle
18. These New Puritans
    Field of Reeds
19. Arctic Monkeys
    AM
20. David Bowie
    The Next Day
21. Paramore
    Paramore
22. DJ Rashad
    Double Cup
23. Savages
    Silence Yourself
24. Matthew E. White
    Big Inner
25. Deerhunter
    Monomania
26. Pet Shop Boys
    Electric
27. Sky Ferreira
    Night Time, My Time
28. Jai Paul
    demos
29. Autre Ne Veut
    Anxiety
30. Julia Holter
    Loud City Song
31. Drake
    Nothing Was the Same
32. John Murry
    The Graceless Age
33. White Denim
    Corsicana Lemonade
34. Miley Cyrus
    Bangerz
35. Jessy Lanza
    Pull My Hair Back
36. Hookworms
    Pearl Mystic
37. Jon Hopkins
    Immunity
38. King Krule
    6 Feet Beneath the Moon
39. Ciara
    Ciara
40. London Grammar
    If You Wait