Best Albums of 2013
Listed below are the best albums of 2013 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 34 minutes ago).
"Okay, yeah, I know, I know, "Lorde is pop and pop is the devil". For the most part, I agree with you, hypothetical BEA member. Pop is, generally, not even good on accident. Modern pop is the cantina from Star Wars: a wretched hive of scum and villainy; but even among the weird aliens and that one..." [+] Reply
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"Overall, I found this album to be fairly underwhelming. It was hyped up a lot for me for two reasons: First, I’m a huge David Bowie fan, so there’s that, and second, everyone was talking about how great it was. So those two things combined created big expectations for me. While this is a good alb..." [+] Reply
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RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Chance has a very similar sound to Kendrick Lamar, whose debut album last year received all kinds of praise. The music is great, and more importantly, Chance’s rapping ability is great. He has a playful youthfulness to him, but isn’t afraid to get serious. Perhaps the line that really stuck in my..." [+] Reply
- RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (10 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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"An incredibly inspired, otherworldly, captivating, dramatic album. Her ethereal shapeshifting voice, the beautiful, brutally unconventional but highly accomplished arrangements... It's as if she's conjuring a new world into existence with the power of sound. I want to live inside this album and w..." [+] Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Everyone of course this sounds like Thom Yorke's solo project. The reason the band formed was to initially perform songs from The Eraser live, a few years later they decided to release an album so that's why it sounds similar. Flea is so talented, you think the only way he knows how to play bass ..." [+] Reply
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"From my end of 2013 personal top 10 Number 1 of 2013 by a country mile and some. The clearest winner of the poll, I ever did hear. Backed up with my concert of the year at The Royal Festival Hall, which was even better than the performance at The Royal Albert Hall, later in 2013. This album has a..." [+] Reply
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Yoooreds | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"Yeah, it rips off almost every great record from '66 to '70 but, boy, it's a whole lot of fun to listen to!" Reply
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ButterThumbz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (11 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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"This is a "blind-and-you'll-miss-it" kind of album. It flows so well, and it's marvelously engaging, but it also requires that attention. Not a weak moment, and not a dull track." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"After half of a year trying to find the best way to describe this album i think I've finally decided. Maturity. Isbell as come so far from his days with DBT that he truly has become a force of nature in the Country genre with this album. My hope is that will it grow in our little BEA community, a..." [+] Reply
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samistake2ice | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A very pleasant album. The instrumentation is lush and diverse and the melodies are blissful. At times the lyrics are kind of iffy and some songs overstay their welcome a tad, but its forgivable because as a whole this album is a beautiful experience." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 2013 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Justin Timberlake | 3 | 0% | |
| Courtney Barnett | 2 | 0% | |
| Daft Punk | 2 | 0% | |
| Patty Griffin | 2 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 0% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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470 | 47% | |
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198 | 20% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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