Year-End Lists

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2013 (an annual poll of critics, published by The Village Voice)

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Yeezus
   Kanye West
2. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
3. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
4. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
5. Acid Rap
   Chance The Rapper
6. mbv
   My Bloody Valentine
7. Days Are Gone
   Haim
8. The Electric Lady
   Janelle Monáe
9. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
   Kurt Vile
10. Same Trailer Different Park
    Kacey Musgraves
11. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
12. Silence Yourself
    Savages
13. Settle
    Disclosure
14. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
15. The Next Day
    David Bowie
16. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
17. Southeastern
    Jason Isbell
18. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
19. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
20. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
21. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
22. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
23. Like a Rose
    Ashley Monroe
24. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
25. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
26. Push the Sky Away
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
27. Old
    Danny Brown
28. Matangi
    M.I.A.
29. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
30. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T
31. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
32. Virgins
    Tim Hecker
33. Heartthrob
    Tegan and Sara
34. Paramore
    Paramore
35. Monomania
    Deerhunter
36. Once I Was an Eagle
    Laura Marling
37. Surgical Steel
    Carcass
38. I Hate Music
    Superchunk
39. MCII
    Mikal Cronin
40. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
41. Impersonator
    Majical Cloudz
42. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
43. R Plus Seven
    Oneohtrix Point Never
44. AM
    Arctic Monkeys
45. 12 Stories
    Brandy Clark
46. Nomad
    Bombino
47. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
48. Fade
    Yo La Tengo
49. Woman
    Rhye
50. Muchacho
    Phosphorescent
51. The 20/20 Experience
    Justin Timberlake
52. Run Fast
    The Julie Ruin
53. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
54. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
55. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
56. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
57. Slow Focus
    Fuck Buttons
58. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
    Eminem
59. Psychic
    Darkside
60. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
61. Pushin’ Against a Stone
    Valerie June
62. Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
    Elvis Costello and The Roots
63. Pale Green Ghosts
    John Grant
64. 13
    Black Sabbath
65. Cut 4 Me
    Kelela
66. Hesitation Marks
    Nine Inch Nails
67. Amok
    Atoms for Peace
68. Colored Sands
    Gorguts
69. Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
    Bob Dylan
69. The Night’s Gambit
    Ka
71. The Invisible Way
    Low
71. True Romance
    Charli XCX
73. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
74. Sing to the Moon
    Laura Mvula
75. Hokey Fright
    The Uncluded
76. Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
    Matana Roberts
77. Major Arcana
    Speedy Ortiz
78. ARTPOP
    Lady Gaga
79. More Constant Than The Gods
    SubRosa
79. Engravings
    Forest Swords
81. Meir
    Kvelertak
82. FIDLAR
    FIDLAR
83. Amygdala
    DJ Koze
84. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
85. Coming Apart
    Body/Head
86. World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 5: Who Is William Onyeabor
    William Onyeabor
87. Zoom
    Rachid Taha
88. Excavation
    The Haxan Cloak
89. Sister
    In Solitude
90. Overgrown
    James Blake
91. Twelve Reasons To Die
    Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge
92. The Redeemer
    Dean Blunt
93. Keeping a Record of It
    Lonnie Holley
94. The Inheritors
    James Holden
95. Honeys
    Pissed Jeans
96. Apocalypse
    Thundercat
97. Jama Ko
    Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
98. The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
    Steven Wilson
99. Howlin’
    Jagwar Ma
100. Floating Coffin
     Thee Oh Sees

Dennis Cooper: 20 Favorite Albums of 2013 (as numbered on Cooper’s site, but note that he precedes the list with “in no order”)

[see also 2019 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers
   Vår
2. Government Plates
   Death Grips
3. Excavation
   The Haxan Cloak
4. R Plus Seven
   Oneohtrix Point Never
5. Loud City Song
   Julia Holter
6. Julia With Blue Jeans On
   Moonface
7. Virgins
   Tim Hecker
8. Obsian
   Castevet
9. Honey Locust Honky Tonk
   Robert Pollard
10. You’re Nothing
    Iceage
11. Cassette Memories, Vol. 3: South of the Border
    Aki Onda
12. English Little League
    Guided By Voices
13. Chance of Rain
    Laurel Halo
14. Monomania
    Deerhunter
15. Change Becomes Us
    Wire
16. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
17. Through A Pre-Memory
    ÄÄNIPÄÄ
18. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
19. Abandon
    Pharmakon
20. Rival Dealer
    Burial

Uncut Magazine: 80 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012]

1. mbv
   My Bloody Valentine
2. The Next Day
   David Bowie
3. Push the Sky Away
   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
4. Pale Green Ghosts
   John Grant
5. Once I Was an Eagle
   Laura Marling
6. Man & Myth
   Roy Harper
7. Dream River
   Bill Callahan
8. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
   Kurt Vile
9. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
10. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
11. Big Inner
    Matthew E. White
12. Crimson/Red
    Prefab Sprout
13. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
14. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
15. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
16. Floating Coffin
    Thee Oh Sees
17. Yeezus
    Kanye West
18. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
19. Long Island
    Endless Boogie
20. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
21. Berberian Sound Studio
    Broadcast
22. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
23. Fanfare
    Jonathan Wilson
24. II
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
25. The Stand-In
    Caitlin Rose
26. Southeastern
    Jason Isbell
27. Amok
    Atoms for Peace
28. The Messenger
    Johnny Marr
29. Haw
    Hiss Golden Messenger
30. Fade
    Yo La Tengo
31. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
32. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
33. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
34. Corsicana Lemonade
    White Denim
35. Perils From The Sea
    Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
36. Mark Kozelek & Desertshore
    Mark Kozelek & Desertshore
37. Personal Record
    Eleanor Friedberger
38. Days Are Gone
    Haim
39. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
40. Solar Motel
    Chris Forsyth
41. The Invisible Way
    Low
42. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
43. The Silver Gymnasium
    Okkervil River
44. Fuzz
    Fuzz
45. Rewind the Film
    Manic Street Preachers
46. Factory Floor
    Factory Floor
47. Bankrupt!
    Phoenix
48. Ghost on Ghost
    Iron & Wine
49. Seasons of Your Day
    Mazzy Star
50. Ride Out The Dark
    Houndstooth
51. Jama Ko
    Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
52. Open
    The Necks
53. Won’t Be Long Now
    Linda Thompson
54. Beautiful Africa
    Rokia Traoré
55. Mind Control
    Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
56. Understated
    Edwyn Collins
57. Pedestrian Verse
    Frightened Rabbit
58. MCII
    Mikal Cronin
59. Rock and Roll Animals
    Luke Haines
60. 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
    King Krule
61. Caramel
    Connan Mockasin
62. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
63. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
64. One Breath
    Anna Calvi
65. The Civil Wars
    The Civil Wars
66. Muchacho
    Phosphorescent
67. Regions of Light and Sound of God
    Jim James
68. Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time
    Steve Mason
69. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
70. Impossible Truth
    William Tyler
71. Temperamental
    Don Cavalli
72. Old Yellow Moon
    Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
73. Warp and Weft
    Laura Veirs
74. Lonesome Dreams
    Lord Huron
75. The Diving Board
    Elton John
76. Images du Futur
    Suuns
77. Mug Museum
    Cate Le Bon
78. Pearl Mystic
    Hookworms
79. Love From London
    Robyn Hitchcock
80. Hoodoo
    Tony Joe White

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
2. Yeezus
   Kanye West
3. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
4. New
   Paul McCartney
5. Reflektor
   Arcade Fire
6. …Like Clockwork
   Queens of the Stone Age
7. Pure Heroine
   Lorde
8. Trouble Will Find Me
   The National
9. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
10. Wrote A Song For Everyone
    John Fogerty
11. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
12. Jake Bugg
    Jake Bugg
13. Settle
    Disclosure
14. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
15. Amok
    Atoms for Peace
16. The Next Day
    David Bowie
17. Old
    Danny Brown
18. Like a Rose
    Ashley Monroe
19. Hesitation Marks
    Nine Inch Nails
20. Once I Was an Eagle
    Laura Marling
21. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
22. Bankrupt!
    Phoenix
23. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
24. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
    Eminem
25. The Diving Board
    Elton John
26. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
27. Bangerz
    Miley Cyrus
28. Same Trailer Different Park
    Kacey Musgraves
29. Nomad
    Bombino
30. Heartthrob
    Tegan and Sara
31. Days Are Gone
    Haim
32. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
33. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T
34. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
35. Fade Away
    Best Coast
36. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
37. Blowout
    The So So Glos
38. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    Kurt Vile
39. Fuse
    Keith Urban
40. Lightning Bolt
    Pearl Jam
41. Born Sinner
    J. Cole
42. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
43. Silence Yourself
    Savages
44. Pushin’ Against a Stone
    Valerie June
45. TRUE
    Avicii
46. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
    Franz Ferdinand
47. Matangi
    M.I.A.
48. Slow Focus
    Fuck Buttons
49. The Terror
    The Flaming Lips
50. Song Reader
    Beck

Fact Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Redeemer
   Dean Blunt
2. Night Time, My Time
   Sky Ferreira
3. Yeezus
   Kanye West
4. 100% Galcher
   Galcher Lustwerk
5. Cut 4 Me
   Kelela
6. Joy One Mile
   Stellar OM Source
7. The Luca Brasi Story
   Kevin Gates
8. The Three Sided Tape Volume One
   Lil Ugly Mane
9. Rollin’
   DJ Rashad
10. Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself
    Omar S
11. The Night’s Gambit
    Ka
12. leaked demos
    Jai Paul
13. Cold Mission
    Logos
14. The Weighing of the Heart
    Colleen
15. Beautiful Pimp
    Rome Fortune
16. The Inheritors
    James Holden
17. Twists and Turns
    Mumdance
18. Untitled
    Powell
19. Ketchup
    DJ Mustard
20. MssingNo
    MssingNo
21. Through The Window
    Prurient
22. Bucolica
    The House In the Woods
23. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
24. Glynnaestra
    Grumbling Fur
25. The Near Future
    MGUN
26. A Blink of an Eye
    Syclops
27. Spit
    Ron Morelli
28. Old
    Danny Brown
29. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
30. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
31. Colonial Patterns
    Huerco S
32. EP2
    FKA twigs
33. Life Cycle of a Massive Star
    Roly Porter
34. R Plus Seven
    Oneohtrix Point Never
35. Kismet
    Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire
36. Chance of Rain
    Laurel Halo
37. Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out
    Tree
38. Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask
    Donato Dozzy
39. Jeep Music
    King Louie
40. Japan
    suicideyear
41. Ciara
    Ciara
42. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
43. You’ve Never Been To Konotop
    Vakula
44. Space Loops
    Filter Dread
45. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
46. Exai
    Autechre
47. DX
    Friendzone
48. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
49. Bangerz
    Miley Cyrus
50. Man Feelings
    Cream Juice

Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2014 • 2011]

1. …Like Clockwork
   Queens of the Stone Age
2. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
3. Hesitation Marks
   Nine Inch Nails
4. Amok
   Atoms for Peace
5. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
   Eminem
6. Lightning Bolt
   Pearl Jam
7. Specter at the Feast
   Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
8. Earth Rocker
   Clutch
9. Evil Friends
   Portugal. The Man
10. The Next Day
    David Bowie
11. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
12. False Idols
    Tricky
13. Yeezus
    Kanye West
14. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
15. Welcome to Oblivion
    How to Destroy Angels
16. Memorial
    Russian Circles
17. Junip
    Junip
18. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
19. Palms
    Palms
20. Opposites
    Biffy Clyro

Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Carey’s Cold Spring
   Frog Eyes
2. Old
   Danny Brown
3. DX
   Friendzone
4. R Plus Seven
   Oneohtrix Point Never
5. mbv
   My Bloody Valentine
6. Virgins
   Tim Hecker
7. Impersonator
   Majical Cloudz
8. Sunbather
   Deafheaven
9. Innocence Is Kinky
   Jenny Hval
10. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
11. Stitches
    Califone
12. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
13. Fade
    Yo La Tengo
14. Flourish//Perish
    Braids
15. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
16. Julia With Blue Jeans On
    Moonface
17. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
18. Woman
    Rhye
19. Nepenthe
    Julianna Barwick
20. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
21. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
22. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
23. Abandon
    Pharmakon
24. Cassette
    Viet Cong
25. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
26. Overgrown
    James Blake
27. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
28. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
29. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
30. Silence Yourself
    Savages

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. R Plus Seven
   Oneohtrix Point Never
2. The Redeemer
   Dean Blunt
3. Loud City Song
   Julia Holter
4. Abandon
   Pharmakon
5. Yeezus
   Kanye West
6. Anxiety
   Autre Ne Veut
7. Photographs
   Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet
8. MIXTAP3
   18+
9. &&&&&
   Arca
10. Engravings
    Forest Swords
11. Virgins
    Tim Hecker
12. Som Sakrifis
    Mohammad
13. Music for Private Ensemble
    Sean McCann
14. Chance of Rain
    Laurel Halo
15. Fresh Roses
    D/P/I
16. Syzygy
    Lucrecia Dalt
17. NYC, Hell 3:00am
    James Ferraro
18. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
19. Stone Island
    Dean Blunt
20. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
21. Cover Versions
    Andrew Pekler
22. A History Of Every One
    Bill Orcutt
23. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
24. Drifters/Love Is the Devil
    Dirty Beaches
25. Overgrown
    James Blake
26. Higher Powers
    Inga Copeland
27. Old
    Danny Brown
28. Cień Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem
    Stara Rzeka
29. Christs, Redeemers
    The Body
30. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
31. Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
    Matana Roberts
32. Nu.wav Hallucinations
    Nmesh
33. Ruiner
    Lee Noble
34. The Terror
    The Flaming Lips
35. Nepenthe
    Julianna Barwick
36. No Answer: Lower Floors
    Wolf Eyes
37. New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light
    Colin Stetson
38. World Music
    Ahnnu
39. Almighty So
    Chief Keef
40. Innocence Is Kinky
    Jenny Hval
41. Government Plates
    Death Grips
42. Colonial Patterns
    Huerco S
43. Armed Courage
    The Dead C
44. The Man Who Died In His Boat
    Grouper
45. Hell on Earth
    Earn
46. Бｈ○§†
    Paisley Parks
47. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
48. Carey’s Cold Spring
    Frog Eyes
49. Shokuhin
    Foodman
50. Three Sided Tape (Volumes One and Two)
    Lil Ugly Mane

The Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

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

Billboard: 15 Best Albums of 2013 (as voted by Billboard staff)

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
2. Yeezus
   Kanye West
3. Settle
   Disclosure
4. Pure Heroine
   Lorde
5. Nothing Was the Same
   Drake
6. Days Are Gone
   Haim
7. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
8. Woman
   Rhye
9. Reflektor
   Arcade Fire
10. Same Trailer Different Park
    Kacey Musgraves
11. The 20/20 Experience
    Justin Timberlake
12. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
13. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
14. ARTPOP
    Lady Gaga
15. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper