Year-End Lists

NME: Best Albums of 2013

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1. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
2. Yeezus
   Kanye West
3. …Like Clockwork
   Queens of the Stone Age
4. Holy Fire
   Foals
5. Silence Yourself
   Savages
6. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
7. Reflektor
   Arcade Fire
8. Push the Sky Away
   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
9. Once I Was an Eagle
   Laura Marling
10. The Next Day
    David Bowie
11. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
12. Matangi
    M.I.A.
13. Drenge
    Drenge
14. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
15. In Love
    Peace
16. Howlin’
    Jagwar Ma
17. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
18. Pearl Mystic
    Hookworms
19. Settle
    Disclosure
20. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
21. You’re Nothing
    Iceage
22. Monomania
    Deerhunter
23. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
24. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
25. Days Are Gone
    Haim
26. Factory Floor
    Factory Floor
27. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
28. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
29. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
30. Mosquito
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
31. Totale Nite
    Merchandise
32. 180
    Palma Violets
33. Heartthrob
    Tegan and Sara
34. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
35. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
36. Sistrionix
    Deap Vally
37. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    Kurt Vile
38. The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
    Courtney Barnett
39. Run Fast
    The Julie Ruin
40. Slow Focus
    Fuck Buttons
41. Comedown Machine
    The Strokes
42. Mug Museum
    Cate Le Bon
43. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
44. Major Arcana
    Speedy Ortiz
45. How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
    Future of the Left
46. More Light
    Primal Scream
47. 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
    King Krule
48. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T
49. If You Leave
    Daughter
50. Overgrown
    James Blake