Year-End Lists

Q Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Arctic Monkeys
   AM
2. Vampire Weekend
   Modern Vampires of the City
3. David Bowie
   The Next Day
4. Daft Punk
   Random Access Memories
5. Jon Hopkins
   Immunity
6. Manic Street Preachers
   Rewind the Film
7. Cass McCombs
   Big Wheel and Others
8. Bill Ryder-Jones
   A Bad Wind Blows
9. John Grant
   Pale Green Ghosts
10. Haim
    Days Are Gone
11. Jagwar Ma
    Howlin’
12. My Bloody Valentine
    m b v
13. Steve Mason
    Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time
14. Queens of the Stone Age
    …Like Clockwork
15. Foals
    Holy Fire
16. Laura Mvula
    Sing to the Moon
17. Matthew E. White
    Big Inner
18. Laura Marling
    Once I Was an Eagle
19. Factory Floor
    Factory Floor
20. Biffy Clyro
    Opposites
21. Palma Violets
    180
22. Suede
    Bloodsports
23. Disclosure
    Settle
24. Empire of the Sun
    Ice on the Dune
25. Boards of Canada
    Tomorrow’s Harvest
26. Kanye West
    Yeezus
27. Bill Callahan
    Dream River
28. Franz Ferdinand
    Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
29. Daniel Avery
    Drone Logic
30. Pet Shop Boys
    Electric
31. Janelle Monáe
    The Electric Lady
32. Savages
    Silence Yourself
33. Parquet Courts
    Light Up Gold
34. Prefab Sprout
    Crimson/Red
35. Devendra Banhart
    Mala
36. Kurt Vile
    Wakin on a Pretty Daze
37. The National
    Trouble Will Find Me
38. Goldfrapp
    Tales of Us
39. AlunaGeorge
    Body Music
40. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
41. Neon Neon
    Praxis Makes Perfect
42. These New Puritans
    Field of Reeds
43. The Knife
    Shaking the Habitual
44. Pearl Jam
    Lightning Bolt
45. Sigur Rós
    Kveikur
46. James Blake
    Overgrown
47. The Strokes
    Comedown Machine
48. Cate Le Bon
    Mug Museum
49. Primal Scream
    More Light
50. Mazzy Star
    Seasons of Your Day