Year-End Lists

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

NME: Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

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

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 2023 • 2022 • 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 2023 • 2022 • 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

Pitchfork: Top 50 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. Settle
   Disclosure
4. mbv
   My Bloody Valentine
5. Old
   Danny Brown
6. Sunbather
   Deafheaven
7. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
8. Impersonator
   Majical Cloudz
9. Silence Yourself
   Savages
10. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
11. Psychic
    Darkside
12. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
13. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    Kurt Vile
14. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
15. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
16. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
17. Days Are Gone
    Haim
18. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
19. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
20. demos
    Jai Paul
21. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
22. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
23. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
24. R Plus Seven
    Oneohtrix Point Never
25. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
26. Overgrown
    James Blake
27. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
28. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
29. Excavation
    The Haxan Cloak
30. Monomania
    Deerhunter
31. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
32. Amygdala
    DJ Koze
33. Truant / Rough Sleeper
    Burial
34. Engravings
    Forest Swords
35. Muchacho
    Phosphorescent
36. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
37. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
38. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
39. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
40. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
41. Love’s Crushing Diamond
    Mutual Benefit
42. Woman
    Rhye
43. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
44. The 20/20 Experience
    Justin Timberlake
45. Slow Focus
    Fuck Buttons
46. Matangi
    M.I.A.
47. Nonfiction
    The Range
48. Major Arcana
    Speedy Ortiz
49. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
50. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T

Carl Wilson: 10 Favorite Albums of 2013, in alphabetical order by artist, published by Slate in their 2013 edition of The Music Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

• 12 Stories
  Brandy Clark
• Carey’s Cold Spring
  Frog Eyes
• Days Are Gone
  Haim
• Virgins
  Tim Hecker
• Run Fast
  The Julie Ruin
• Shaking the Habitual
  The Knife
• Pure Heroine
  Lorde
• Like a Rose
  Ashley Monroe
• Woman
  Rhye
• Run the Jewels
  Run the Jewels

Aquarium Drunkard: 2013 Year in Review, an "unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention"

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2014 • 2012]

• Dream River
  Bill Callahan
• Time Off
  Steve Gunn
• Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
  Bob Dylan
• Push the Sky Away
  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• The Next Day
  David Bowie
• Comme à la radio
  Brigitte Fontaine
• Monomania
  Deerhunter
• Long Island
  Endless Boogie
• Solar Motel
  Chris Forsyth
• Haw
  Hiss Golden Messenger
• Sleeper
  Ty Segall
• Mercury
  Marisa Anderson
• Outer Face
  Matthew E. White
• Impossible Truth
  William Tyler
• Muchacho
  Phosphorescent
• Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound
  various artists
• World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 5: Who Is William Onyeabor
  William Onyeabor
• Free and Easy
  Apple and the Three Oranges
• Crows In The Basilica
  Chuck Johnson
• Visions of the Country
  Robbie Basho
• Between Two Worlds
  Danny Paul Grody
• Graduation
  Henry Flynt
• Hard For To Win And Can't Be Won
  Nathan Salsburg
• Born With The Caul
  Cian Nugent & The Cosmos
• Me Moan
  Daughn Gibson
• MCII
  Mikal Cronin
• Psychic
  Darkside
• One Track Mind
  Psychic Ills
• Pale Green Ghosts
  John Grant
• Appalachian Excitation
  Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun
• The Coincidentalist
  Howe Gelb
• Wooden Wand & the World War IV
  Wooden Wand & the World War IV
• Blood Oaths Of The New Blues
  Wooden Wand
• Wakin on a Pretty Daze
  Kurt Vile
• We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
  Foxygen
• Fade
  Yo La Tengo
• Mug Museum
  Cate Le Bon
• Waiting for Something to Happen
  Veronica Falls
• Torres
  TORRES
• Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971–1972
  Townes Van Zandt
• Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
  various artists
• Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Black Religious Music
  various artists
• Artist Proof
  Chris Darrow
• Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992
  various artists
• Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?
  Peter Walker
• Nomad
  Bombino
• What the Brothers Sang
  Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
• The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
  Courtney Barnett
• White Light
  Gene Clark
• Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
  Matana Roberts
• Let Me Play This For You: Rare Cajun Recordings
  various artists
• Siberia
  Polvo
• Stitches
  Califone
• Idle No More
  King Khan and the Shrines
• R Plus Seven
  Oneohtrix Point Never
• Virgins
  Tim Hecker
• mbv
  My Bloody Valentine
• Surrender To the Fantasy
  Magik Markers
• Sunken
  Twin Peaks
• Floating Coffin
  Thee Oh Sees
• I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
  various artists
• The Magnolia Electric Co. (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
  Songs: Ohia
• I Heard The Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
  various artists
• One True Vine
  Mavis Staples
• Good God! Apocryphal Hymns
  various artists
• Lee Hazlewood Industries: There's a Dream I've Been Saving (1966-1971)
  various artists
• The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
  Neko Case
• Jesus I'm A Sinner
  Daniel Bachman
• Southeastern
  Jason Isbell

Mojo Magazine: Top 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Dream River
   Bill Callahan
2. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
3. The Next Day
   David Bowie
4. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
5. Pale Green Ghosts
   John Grant
6. Monomania
   Deerhunter
7. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
8. Perils From The Sea
   Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
9. Push the Sky Away
   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
10. The Graceless Age
    John Murry
11. Muchacho
    Phosphorescent
12. Crimson/Red
    Prefab Sprout
13. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
14. The Inheritors
    James Holden
15. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
16. Factory Floor
    Factory Floor
17. Victim of Love
    Charles Bradley
18. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
19. Sing to the Moon
    Laura Mvula
20. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
21. One True Vine
    Mavis Staples
22. Once I Was an Eagle
    Laura Marling
23. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
24. Personal Record
    Eleanor Friedberger
25. Overgrown
    James Blake
26. Awayland
    Villagers
27. Settle
    Disclosure
28. Rewind the Film
    Manic Street Preachers
29. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
30. More Light
    Primal Scream
31. Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
    Elvis Costello and The Roots
32. My Garden State
    Glenn Jones
33. Tooth & Nail
    Billy Bragg
34. Needs Continuum
    Karen Gwyer
35. Antiphon
    Midlake
36. The Invisible Way
    Low
37. Mug Museum
    Cate Le Bon
38. Yeezus
    Kanye West
39. Man & Myth
    Roy Harper
40. 13
    Black Sabbath
41. Tales of Us
    Goldfrapp
42. New
    Paul McCartney
43. Days Are Gone
    Haim
44. The Messenger
    Johnny Marr
45. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
46. We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
    Foxygen
47. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
48. The Terror
    The Flaming Lips
49. Virgins
    Tim Hecker
50. Time Is a Mountain
    Time Is a Mountain