Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Songs of Innocence
   U2
2. High Hopes
   Bruce Springsteen
3. Turn Blue
   The Black Keys
4. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
5. Platinum
   Miranda Lambert
6. SUCKER
   Charli XCX
7. Ultraviolence
   Lana Del Rey
8. Run the Jewels 2
   Run the Jewels
9. Salad Days
   Mac DeMarco
10. 1989
    Taylor Swift
11. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
12. Sonic Highways
    Foo Fighters
13. More Than Any Other Day
    Ought
14. Everything Will Be Alright In the End
    Weezer
15. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
16. LP1
    FKA twigs
17. The Voyager
    Jenny Lewis
18. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
19. Standing In the Breach
    Jackson Browne
20. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
21. The Outsiders
    Eric Church
22. Recess
    Skrillex
23. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
24. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
25. My Krazy Life
    YG
26. Hypnotic Eye
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
27. This Is All Yours
    alt-J
28. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
29. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
30. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
    Thom Yorke
31. Black Portland
    Young Thug & Bloody Jay
32. Everyday Robots
    Damon Albarn
33. Midnight Sun
    The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
34. Art Official Age
    Prince
35. Strut
    Lenny Kravitz
36. Alvvays
    Alvvays
37. Benjamin Booker
    Benjamin Booker
38. Small Town Heroes
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
39. Our Love
    Caribou
40. Lazaretto
    Jack White
41. Syro
    Aphex Twin
42. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
43. Honest
    Future
44. El Pintor
    Interpol
45. The Future’s Void
    EMA
46. Sukierae
    Tweedy
47. Gary Clark Jr. Live
    Gary Clark Jr.
48. Ghost Stories
    Coldplay
49. Emmaar
    Tinariwen
50. Clearing the Path to Ascend
    YOB

NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
2. Salad Days
   Mac DeMarco
3. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
4. Syro
   Aphex Twin
5. Our Love
   Caribou
6. Trouble in Paradise
   La Roux
7. After the End
   Merchandise
8. Carry On the Grudge
   Jamie T
9. Divide and Exit
   Sleaford Mods
10. Rips
    Ex Hex
11. Singles
    Future Islands
12. The Physical World
    Death from Above 1979
13. Everyday Robots
    Damon Albarn
14. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
15. Eagulls
    Eagulls
16. Plowing Into the Field of Love
    Iceage
17. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
18. Everybody Down
    Kate Tempest
19. Royal Blood
    Royal Blood
20. Lazaretto
    Jack White
21. LP1
    FKA twigs
22. To Be Kind
    Swans
23. 13
    Black Sabbath
24. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
25. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
26. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
27. Jungle
    Jungle
28. World Peace Is None Of Your Business
    Morrissey
29. Alvvays
    Alvvays
30. Warpaint
    Warpaint
31. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
32. Lacuna
    Childhood
33. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
34. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
35. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
36. Commune
    Goat
37. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
    Thom Yorke
38. This Is All Yours
    alt-J
39. Under Color of Official Right
    Protomartyr
40. So Long, See You Tomorrow
    Bombay Bicycle Club
41. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
42. The Hum
    Hookworms
43. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
44. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
45. Honeyblood
    Honeyblood
46. Wild Onion
    Twin Peaks
47. American Interior
    Gruff Rhys
48. Sun Structures
    Temples
49. El Pintor
    Interpol
50. Tyranny
    Julian Casablancas+The Voidz

Mojo Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2014

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Morning Phase
   Beck
2. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
3. Divide and Exit
   Sleaford Mods
4. Lazaretto
   Jack White
5. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
6. Way Out Weather
   Steve Gunn
7. Rooms With Walls And Windows
   Julie Byrne
8. Everyday Robots
   Damon Albarn
9. LP1
   FKA twigs
10. Angels & Devils
    The Bug
11. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
12. Our Love
    Caribou
13. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
14. The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
    Elbow
15. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
16. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
17. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
18. Everybody Down
    Kate Tempest
19. lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
    Robert Plant
20. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
21. Syro
    Aphex Twin
22. Singles
    Future Islands
23. Soused
    Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
24. When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day
    Mirel Wagner
25. GIRL
    Pharrell Williams
26. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
27. Total Strife Forever
    East India Youth
28. Atlas
    Real Estate
29. Beware The Fetish
    Kasai All Stars
30. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
31. World Peace Is None Of Your Business
    Morrissey
32. Sun Structures
    Temples
33. Songs of Innocence
    U2
34. Turn Blue
    The Black Keys
35. First Mind
    Nick Mulvey
36. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
37. Cold World
    Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
38. A Turn Of Breath
    Ian William Craig
39. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
40. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
41. KOCH
    Lee Gamble
42. To Be Kind
    Swans
43. End Times Undone
    David Kilgour And The Heavy 8s
44. Going Back Home
    Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey
45. A Letter Home
    Neil Young
46. Tied To A Star
    J Mascis
47. Dead
    Young Fathers
48. Indie Cindy
    Pixies
49. From Scotland With Love
    King Creosote
50. Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch
    Dr. John

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
   Sturgill Simpson
2. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
3. HEAL
   Strand of Oaks
4. 1989
   Taylor Swift
5. Ryan Adams
   Ryan Adams
6. Small Town Heroes
   Hurray for the Riff Raff
7. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
   Angel Olsen
8. Lateness of Dancers
   Hiss Golden Messenger
9. Songs
   John Fullbright
10. Stay Gold
    First Aid Kit
11. Give My Love to London
    Marianne Faithfull
12. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
13. The Lights from the Chemical Plant
    Robert Ellis
14. The Avenues
    Lera Lynn
15. Upside Down Mountain
    Conor Oberst
16. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
17. Favorite Waitress
    The Felice Brothers
18. The Way I’m Livin’
    Lee Ann Womack
19. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
20. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
21. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
22. Rips
    Ex Hex
23. Boxers
    Matthew Ryan
24. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
25. The Voyager
    Jenny Lewis
26. The River & the Thread
    Rosanne Cash
27. Sukierae
    Tweedy
28. Wig Out At Jagbags
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
29. Single Mothers
    Justin Townes Earle
30. American Middle Class
    Angaleena Presley
31. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
32. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
33. Lazaretto
    Jack White
34. Blind Water Finds Blind Water
    Adam Faucett
35. The Outsiders
    Eric Church
36. Hypnotic Eye
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
37. Bahamas Is Afie
    Bahamas
38. Most Messed Up
    Old 97’s
39. Warpaint
    Warpaint
40. Hozier
    Hozier
41. Strong Feelings
    Doug Paisley
42. Atlas
    Real Estate
43. Remedy
    Old Crow Medicine Show
44. Tarpaper Sky
    Rodney Crowell
45. A Reasonable Amount of Trouble
    Jesse Winchester
46. Morning Phase
    Beck
47. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
48. Make My Head Sing…
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
49. English Oceans
    Drive-By Truckers
50. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten

Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2014

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Black Metal
   Dean Blunt
2. Angels & Devils
   The Bug
3. Plowing Into the Field of Love
   Iceage
4. Present Tense
   Wild Beasts
5. Soused
   Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
6. Tha Tour Part 1
   Rich Gang
7. LP1
   FKA twigs
8. It’s Album Time
   Todd Terje
9. More Than Any Other Day
   Ought
10. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
11. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
12. To Be Kind
    Swans
13. Bestial Burden
    Pharmakon
14. Workshop 19
    Kassem Mosse
15. Where We Come From
    Popcaan
16. Black Light Spiral
    Untold
17. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
18. So It Goes
    Ratking
19. Ruins
    Grouper
20. Wildest Dreams
    DJ Harvey's Wildest Dreams
21. Faith In Strangers
    Andy Stott
22. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
23. Eagulls
    Eagulls
24. Happiness Is Happening
    Roman Flügel
25. Divide and Exit
    Sleaford Mods
26. The Satanist
    Behemoth
27. That’s Harakiri
    Sd Laika
28. Ghettoville
    Actress
29. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
30. Singles
    Future Islands
31. The Power and the Glory
    Perc
32. Here and Nowhere Else
    Cloud Nothings
33. Da Mind Of Traxman Vol. 2
    Traxman
34. My Krazy Life
    YG
35. American Intelligence
    Theo Parrish
36. DSU
    (Sandy) Alex G
37. Drop The Vowels
    Millie & Andrea
38. High Life
    Eno • Hyde
39. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
40. Asiatisch
    Fatima Al Qadiri
41. A U R O R A
    Ben Frost
42. Commune
    Goat
43. Through Force Of Will
    Torn Hawk
44. International
    Lust For Youth
45. Submit X
    Gesloten Cirkel
46. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
47. Aquarius
    Tinashe
48. Our Love
    Caribou
49. Moodymann
    Moodymann
50. Syro
    Aphex Twin
51. Familiars
    The Antlers
52. Tied To A Star
    J Mascis
53. Biology
    Young Marco
54. Luck
    Tom Vek
55. Annabel Dream Reader
    The Wytches
56. Seek Warmer Climes
    Lower
57. Flatland
    Objekt
58. If Anything
    Greys
59. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
60. Love Letters
    Metronomy
61. The Hum
    Hookworms
62. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
63. Oxymoron
    Schoolboy Q
64. See You When You Get There
    Session Victim
65. Nabuma Rubberband
    Little Dragon
66. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
67. Yellow Memories
    Fatima
68. Mess
    Liars
69. Nothing Important
    Richard Dawson
70. Atlas
    Real Estate
71. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
72. Gay Dog Food
    Mykki Blanco
73. Total Strife Forever
    East India Youth
74. Dude Incredible
    Shellac
75. Xen
    Arca
76. Snakes & Ladders
    Wiley
77. Welcome to Fazoland
    Lil Herb
78. Celestite
    Wolves in the Throne Room
79. Blank Project
    Neneh Cherry
80. Full Time Freaks
    White Fang
81. Rave tapes
    Mogwai
82. Deep Fantasy
    White Lung
83. After Forever
    Joey Anderson
84. Warpaint
    Warpaint
85. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
86. Silver Album
    Philipp Gorbachev
87. Psychic 9-5 Club
    HTRK
88. After the End
    Merchandise
89. Red Tide Opal In The Loose End Womb
    Olivia Wilde
90. El Pintor
    Interpol
91. Niggas on the Moon
    Death Grips
92. Alternate / Endings
    Lee Bannon
93. Picture You Staring
    TOPS
94. NehruvianDoom
    NehruvianDoom
95. Rivers of the Red Planet
    Max Graef
96. Revelation
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre
97. Diploid Love
    Brody Dalle
98. Kiasmos
    Kiasmos
99. Black Silk
    Spooky Black
100. Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse
     Mariah Carey

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 2023 • 2022 • 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 2023 • 2022 • 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