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51.

R Plus Seven 

 Oneohtrix Point Never

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"Daniel Lopatin creates on this record a sonic representation of the virtual world's fragmented false memory. This is the least decipherable album he's yet released, which makes it quite a 'hard' listen, but this is definitely the most bold one too. This is a contemplating on themes of virtual mem...""Daniel Lopatin creates on this record a sonic representation of the virtual world's fragmented false memory. This is the least decipherable album he's yet released, which makes it quite a 'hard' listen, but this is definitely the most bold one too. This is a contemplating on themes of virtual memory and lack thereof; hence the synthetic sound collage. Not as emotionally gripping as Replica though, which is one of my favorite albums."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

608

Rank in 2013:

51

Rank in 2010s:

418

Overall Rank:

2,577

Average Rating:

 76 (179 votes)

Comments:

8

52.

Same Trailer Different Park 

 Kacey Musgraves

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"A small, beautiful gem. Musgraves is an especially gifted songwriter and intelligent observer, and her view of the American Heartland has a mixture of warmth and cynicism, and one that ultimately is optimistic if well-aware of her familiar surronding's many struggles (sometimes self-inflicted) an...""A small, beautiful gem. Musgraves is an especially gifted songwriter and intelligent observer, and her view of the American Heartland has a mixture of warmth and cynicism, and one that ultimately is optimistic if well-aware of her familiar surronding's many struggles (sometimes self-inflicted) and seemingly endless tribulations. Really on to something special here, can only wait for her next album."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

604

Rank in 2013:

52

Rank in 2010s:

428

Overall Rank:

2,603

Average Rating:

 77 (144 votes)

Comments:

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53.

The 1975 

 The 1975

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"Really impressive debut. They've really taken the sound of their hit 'Chocolate' and ran with it - all the songs have plunky sounding guitars and plenty of atmospheric reverb. It's a pop album at heart, and there are some great tunes, but sadly it doesn't feature as much ambient moments as found ...""Really impressive debut. They've really taken the sound of their hit 'Chocolate' and ran with it - all the songs have plunky sounding guitars and plenty of atmospheric reverb. It's a pop album at heart, and there are some great tunes, but sadly it doesn't feature as much ambient moments as found on their EPs which I thought made them really special. The vocalist is strong, but doesn't always use his eccentric way of singing as best as he could. The last song feels like a bad effort to include a sad final moment, but some nice lyrics. The band are capable of making slower tunes, 'Me' on their EP 'Music For Cars' is perhaps their strongest effort - but moments like that have been ditched for a much bigger album, that I'm sure will help sell more copies."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

595

Rank in 2013:

53

Rank in 2010s:

432

Overall Rank:

2,629

Average Rating:

 69 (189 votes)

Comments:

10

54.

Dream River 

 Bill Callahan

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"One of the most pleasant albums I've heard in a long time. I have only listened to one Smog album before I heard this album. Dream River reminds me of Nick Drake's Bryter Layter; it's the same jazzy/folky sleepy and comfortable sound, yet Bill Callahan has a universe of his own. Music don't have ...""One of the most pleasant albums I've heard in a long time. I have only listened to one Smog album before I heard this album. Dream River reminds me of Nick Drake's Bryter Layter; it's the same jazzy/folky sleepy and comfortable sound, yet Bill Callahan has a universe of his own. Music don't have to be radical all the time, sometimes the best stuff is derived from formulas used hundred of times before. This folk sound is so rich is layers and musicality that you can't help but fall in love with the album."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

137 charts

Rank Score:

569

Rank in 2013:

54

Rank in 2010s:

448

Overall Rank:

2,734

Average Rating:

 76 (124 votes)

Comments:

8

55.

Old 

 Danny Brown

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"I actually loved the contrast, first half being conscious and second half being turned up and ignorant. The second half is also AMAZING if you want to turn up your speakers and go wild!"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

556

Rank in 2013:

55

Rank in 2010s:

459

Overall Rank:

2,790

Average Rating:

 75 (205 votes)

Comments:

12

56.

The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas 
Compilation

 Courtney Barnett

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"She's fantastic! life's getting hard in here so I do some gardening anything to take my mind away from where its supposed to be"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

539

Rank in 2013:

56

Rank in 2010s:

471

Overall Rank:

2,854

Average Rating:

 78 (114 votes)

Comments:

1

57.

0 

 青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

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"Amazing voice. I don't really think this album has any business having any songs over 10 minutes, much less two, as I think the brevity of songs that are typical in this style are what make them work so well. Great nonetheless."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

521

Rank in 2013:

57

Rank in 2010s:

485

Overall Rank:

2,928

Average Rating:

 80 (71 votes)

Comments:

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58.

Long.Live.A$AP 

 A$AP Rocky

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"Can i quote the last person? It's disappointing with a couple of salvagable songs near the end, "f!@#king problems" and "1train", both coincidentally featuring many guests."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

515

Rank in 2013:

58

Rank in 2010s:

492

Overall Rank:

2,963

Average Rating:

 71 (219 votes)

Comments:

13

59.

13 

 Black Sabbath

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"It feels like spitting in my idols' face, but this album was just alright for me. Look, when musicians age, they either age gracefully, letting their work age gracefully with them (see: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon) or they keep making albums hoping that maybe the fact that their music sort of sounds si...""It feels like spitting in my idols' face, but this album was just alright for me. Look, when musicians age, they either age gracefully, letting their work age gracefully with them (see: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon) or they keep making albums hoping that maybe the fact that their music sort of sounds similar to the great music they made 30+ years ago, people will like it despite the fact that they tend to sound like a retiree on a karaoke machine (see: Van Halen, anything Sammy Hagar has done lately, The Who). This falls somewhere in between. Somehow, Ozzy’s voice hasn’t changed in the past 40 years. Ok, maybe it’s changed a little, but it could be a lot worse. He sounds ok here, and the lyrics he’s written are whatever, but really, they’ve always been like that. Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler sound great though, especially Iommi, his guitar work, his riffs, his solos, are as good as ever, I love listening to him play guitar. Brad Wilk doesn’t sound awful, but in all reality, he’s a different drummer than what Sabbath needed, he’s from a different era and you can tell. The area that “13" fails in most is in the quality of the songs, which in all honesty, are alright. There are some good moments here and there, but generally speaking, the album feels pretty uninspired. There are some obvious throwbacks, especially in “Zeitgeist", which really calls back to Sabbath’s slower songs, songs like “N.I.B." and “Planet Caravan", but they sound like an imitation rather than the real thing. Like I said, there are some good moments, one thing I really love is that Sabbath retained their love of long guitar solos, which sound great, but generally speaking the album is pretty lacking. It’s unfortunate, but I can’t say that I’m horribly surprised. Maybe if Bill Ward joins back up one day, they’ll really crank out something special."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 2013:

59

Rank in 2010s:

500

Overall Rank:

2,999

Average Rating:

 72 (228 votes)

Comments:

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60.

The Terror 

 The Flaming Lips

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"Lately, The Flaming Lips have entered a very experimental stage of their career. They’ve always been fairly experimental and odd in their music, but lately they’ve been going in a very different direction from some of their earlier albums like “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" and “The Soft Bulle...""Lately, The Flaming Lips have entered a very experimental stage of their career. They’ve always been fairly experimental and odd in their music, but lately they’ve been going in a very different direction from some of their earlier albums like “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" and “The Soft Bulletin". It’s been good though, and I feel like it reaches it’s apex here on this album. There are a few moments where this album gets a little over-indulgent, on the roughly 13-minute long “You Lust", for example, but generally speaking this album is great. The songs are beautiful, dealing mostly with themes of depression and loneliness, and musically they sound that way too. Songs like “Try To Explain" and “Be Free, A Way" are so ethereal, they transport you to another place. The music is beautiful."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2013:

60

Rank in 2010s:

543

Overall Rank:

3,227

Average Rating:

 72 (238 votes)

Comments:

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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%
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	%
	470	47%
	198	20%
	47	5%
	35	4%
	29	3%
	28	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%