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31.

Doris 

 Earl Sweatshirt

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"Production was really good throughout, which I didn't really expect. Especially towards the end from the instrumental track onwards. As expected, Earl delivers as a lyricist, though thematically this album seems all over the place and without a clear direction. Earl's flow and delivery, always a ...""Production was really good throughout, which I didn't really expect. Especially towards the end from the instrumental track onwards. As expected, Earl delivers as a lyricist, though thematically this album seems all over the place and without a clear direction. Earl's flow and delivery, always a bit laid back (and sorta "sleepy" if you know what I mean) has never been his strongest point I think (though admittedly it fits perfectly with some verses like on Super Rich Kids, or Chum), at least compared to someone like Tyler, but while I was worried it could get grating in large doses, I have to say it didn't bother me at all on the album. Partly because there was some attempt to change that (also by vocal effects on some tracks) but I think also because there were a lot of features. Which were rarely on Earl's level (Domo is one exception), but I for one welcomed them... Overall, I expected a lot, and I am not disappointed. Also, I have to say, since it dropped at the end of last year, Chum has become one of my favourite hip hop songs ever."  [+]  Reply

- 19loveless91 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,105

Rank in 2013:

31

Rank in 2010s:

241

Overall Rank:

1,552

Average Rating:

 76 (314 votes)

Comments:

20

32.

Days Are Gone 

 Haim

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"When these sisters nail a pop/rock song, they do so just as good if not better than female-fronted artists of the 80s like fleetwood mac and the bangles. I think it was a pitchfork article that brought my attention to how much their music seems influenced by music of 1987, or the late 80s to be l...""When these sisters nail a pop/rock song, they do so just as good if not better than female-fronted artists of the 80s like fleetwood mac and the bangles. I think it was a pitchfork article that brought my attention to how much their music seems influenced by music of 1987, or the late 80s to be less specific. From their predilection to rock out a bit like heart or the bangles or the Jacko-like vocal tics of lead singer Este, both elements illustrated well on "forever", these girls bring the pop/rock with a splash of R&B. (Ok, check out defiant breakup song "the wire" for even more michael jacksonesque singing style and stevie nicks-like rhythm.) For this type of music, the first 4 songs are UNstoppable with an awesome display of songcraft. The rest is pretty good too, but just short of the near perfection of "falling" and "if i could change your mind" (with awesome backing vox on chorus). But DAMN -- this is their debut and a stellar debut at that. I look forward to hearing their interpretation of pop/rock circa 1990 on their next album! ;-)"  [+]  Reply

- paladisiac | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,102

Rank in 2013:

32

Rank in 2010s:

242

Overall Rank:

1,556

Average Rating:

 72 (277 votes)

Comments:

12

33.

Nothing Was The Same 

 Drake

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"The beat for Tuscan Leather is amazing. And Hold On We're Going Home is an incredible song.. I wouldn't be surprised if he released an album of strictly R&B tracks."  Reply

- Hayden | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

984

Rank in 2013:

33

Rank in 2010s:

271

Overall Rank:

1,738

Average Rating:

 70 (340 votes)

Comments:

21

34.

Vessel 

 Twenty One Pilots

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"I'm upset they removed "slowtown" from "regional at best" in remaking it to become "vessel" but the album is still high quality. good work from an upcoming band"  Reply

- joehara23 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

964

Rank in 2013:

34

Rank in 2010s:

276

Overall Rank:

1,771

Average Rating:

 69 (231 votes)

Comments:

20

35.

Run The Jewels 

 Run The Jewels

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"This is one of the best modern rap albums I have heard. The two rappers flow so well together. It's easy to listen to again and again."  Reply

- joewooley24 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

245 charts

Rank Score:

935

Rank in 2013:

35

Rank in 2010s:

284

Overall Rank:

1,816

Average Rating:

 77 (389 votes)

Comments:

15

36.

II 

 Unknown Mortal Orchestra

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"This album is an amalgamation of a few different genres. It has its lo-fi sound to it in places, it has some great guitar-work like you would expect out of straight rock music, and it has the reverb and spacey vocals you’d expect from dream pop. It’s a strange combination that actually works quit...""This album is an amalgamation of a few different genres. It has its lo-fi sound to it in places, it has some great guitar-work like you would expect out of straight rock music, and it has the reverb and spacey vocals you’d expect from dream pop. It’s a strange combination that actually works quite well. It’s not often in indie rock that you come across someone like Ruban Nielson, someone who is a very good guitar player, but also an insane partier. Like, it’s amazing that he’s alive right now, and this is only their second album. But it works, and it works very well. You get some inventive melodies and some great rhythm to work with and you get a very solid album."  [+]  Reply

- RockyRaccoon | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

890

Rank in 2013:

36

Rank in 2010s:

300

Overall Rank:

1,890

Average Rating:

 76 (265 votes)

Comments:

7

37.

Holy Fire 

 Foals

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"In my personal opinion, this this is Foals best album, most of its tracks, except of Bad Habit, Stepson, Out of the Woods (which are average songs), the rest of the album is phenomenal, just crazy!! I cant take it out of my head. My number, Inhaler, Providence, Last Night, Milk & Black Spiders......""In my personal opinion, this this is Foals best album, most of its tracks, except of Bad Habit, Stepson, Out of the Woods (which are average songs), the rest of the album is phenomenal, just crazy!! I cant take it out of my head. My number, Inhaler, Providence, Last Night, Milk & Black Spiders... just massive tunes! Fuck everyone who says its an average or bad album, this is just greatness "  [+]  Reply

- meruizh | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

198 charts

Rank Score:

889

Rank in 2013:

37

Rank in 2010s:

301

Overall Rank:

1,891

Average Rating:

 73 (352 votes)

Comments:

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38.

Paramore 

 Paramore

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"Okay, so.. Paramore... I never payed too much attention to this band, I knew that song with the Twilight vid + I guess I heard a couple of their most famous songs at one point or another, without really caring about them. Didn't seem like my thing at all. Still, after seeing that this album was h...""Okay, so.. Paramore... I never payed too much attention to this band, I knew that song with the Twilight vid + I guess I heard a couple of their most famous songs at one point or another, without really caring about them. Didn't seem like my thing at all. Still, after seeing that this album was highly regarded by a couple of users, I felt like I should give them a proper chance. And so I did. At first I just watched some of their vids on youtube (not just from this album), which gave me an idea of what the band was actually like and gave me some expectations of what I'll get from the album. A lot of them did turn out to be justified, but unexpectedly the album managed to positively surprise me throughout its length and ended up being something I never thought a Paramore album could be. I expected that the album would be filled with those poppy overly-anthemic choruses - see songs like Still Into You, Proof, Last Hope or Now for biggest offenders. But I did not expect that even these songs would manage to have enough going for them for me to still like them. I expected that the album, being more than an hour and 17 tracks long, would have its share of stinkers, but I did not expect that the number would be so low - I mean I could easily do without Daydreaming or Be Alone, but they hardly put a damper on the overall experience of the album. What I most certainly didn't expect is that even at this length the album doesn't drag at any point. Even more so - the album manages to be a varied but cohesive effort, more than justifying its length. Did I say varied? Well here's another thing I certainly didn't expect. I expected a more or less fun, but often generic and uninteresting pop punk album - having heard Riot! and Brand New Eyes afterwards, I'll say that those two albums were a lot more like that (I still liked BNE though). But this album takes their sound while drawing influences from all over the place. It's not just about slowing it down at some points and going more "aggressive" at others, there are songs here with influences from country (Hate to See You Break Your Heart), some gospel (Ain't it Fun) and even post-rock (Future). What's more - they do it really well! In general the production and the quality of instrumentation was another thing I didn't expect at all. Future in particular excells here, that transition after the third minute is just fantastic simultaneously going louder and more muffled before evolving into something any acclaimed post-rock band would be proud to have done. But there's little gems all the way through - from the fantastic drumming on Part II to the synth pop influenced ending to Grow Up, to that little guitar riff towards the end of Ain't It Fun, some Yeah Yeah Yeahs inspired guitar on a few tracks. There's a lot of that even on those tracks that I mentioned earlier which I think get a bit ruined by their choruses.. Fuck me, but those songs seem like such a wasted opportunity to me. Now features some of Hayley's best vocals on the album, from doing her best Karen O impression at one point, before showing off her big voice later on, not to mention the great guitar work throughout. Great guitar on Proof as well.. Lyrically I guess the album is what you'd expect, but even here the album manages to be cohesive and with a clear overall message - even after two core members left, Paramore is still here, moving on, leaving them behind, looking towards the future etc. In case you don't get it there's three interludes reiterating the point. Strangely enough I even loved them (or the idea of them). Certainly fit on the album. Oh well.. I guess another thing that I most certainly didn't expect is that I would still be regularly listening to this album over a week later. I think it's already easily in my top 5 of most listened to albums of 2013. But you know what, I have hopes for more. If those positives on the album are the result of the former rhythm guitarist Taylor York stepping up to songwriting duties, then I'll certainly keep an eye on what they do from now on. Track picks: Future, Grow Up, Anklebiters, Ain't it Fun, Fast in My Car."  [+]  Reply

- 19loveless91 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

877

Rank in 2013:

38

Rank in 2010s:

306

Overall Rank:

1,918

Average Rating:

 68 (248 votes)

Comments:

16

39.

Settle 

 Disclosure

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"Electro-house or IDM, if you're accustomed to such genre classifications, then you'll have an idea what's going on with Disclosure. To (possibly) give you an idea of what they sound like: 01) "when a fire starts to burn" sounds like a behaving death grips atop ibiza, 02) "latch" sounds like sharo...""Electro-house or IDM, if you're accustomed to such genre classifications, then you'll have an idea what's going on with Disclosure. To (possibly) give you an idea of what they sound like: 01) "when a fire starts to burn" sounds like a behaving death grips atop ibiza, 02) "latch" sounds like sharon jones atop an araabmuzik jam, and 03) "f for you", my fav track on the album, reminds me of a playful hot chip track. Those are the first 3 songs. It's spacey, club-minded and soulful...and a lot of fun."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

218 charts

Rank Score:

875

Rank in 2013:

39

Rank in 2010s:

309

Overall Rank:

1,926

Average Rating:

 75 (318 votes)

Comments:

19

40.

Silence Yourself 

 Savages

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"The more we progress into the 21st Century the more it becomes apparent that male dominated rock has nothing new to say. Indeed, it is only right that an all female band like Savages should symbolise punk rock RIGHT NOW, as theirs is the true voice of rage and discontent in a system that is STILL...""The more we progress into the 21st Century the more it becomes apparent that male dominated rock has nothing new to say. Indeed, it is only right that an all female band like Savages should symbolise punk rock RIGHT NOW, as theirs is the true voice of rage and discontent in a system that is STILL dominated by white, male, hetrosexual men. Sure, there have been others like The Slits or The Raincoats but none have yet to push through the ranks to emerge as a fully fledged first division band to potently address the ranks of the misfits, the outsiders, and the freaks - and Savages are that band. All of the songs that brought the band to the public eye are here as are the visceral guitar dynamics that as so much spill from the speakers. Often coming across as an oceanic Stooges - circa Fun House - what's more than notable is the use of space leaving an airy tension between Gemma Thompson's roiling burst's of guitar show(wo)manship. Whatever, Silence Yourself is brilliant and this is the debut album of 2013. Buy it. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

226 charts

Rank Score:

851

Rank in 2013:

40

Rank in 2010s:

317

Overall Rank:

1,977

Average Rating:

 77 (274 votes)

Comments:

19

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Best Albums of 2013 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	7	1%
Justin Timberlake	3	0%
British Sea Power	2	0%
James Ferraro	2	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	2	0%
Lorde	2	0%
The Flaming Lips	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	468	47%
	196	20%
	47	5%
	37	4%
	31	3%
	29	3%
	22	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	976	98%
Yes	24	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%