Albums of the Year | 2013
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- After giving a brief overview of the year in music, Jason, Kramzer, and Joe each make their picks for the best albums of the year 2013 and discuss what they think makes them so great.
Best-Selling Album: The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake
Longest No. 1 Single: Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Parrell
Grammy - Album of the Year: Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
Grammy - Record of the Year: Get Lucky by Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Grammy - Song of the Year: Royals by Lorde
Groups Formed: Beach Slang, Big Data, BTS, Crying, Japanese Breakfast, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, Pup, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Royal Blood, Run the Jewels, Sunflower Bean, Sylvan Esso
Groups Disbanded: The Calling, The Click Five, Jonas Brothers, Lostprophets, The Mars Volta, My Chemical Romance, Static-X, Sunny Day Real Estate, Underoath, Wild Flag
Musicians Who Died: Patti Page, Steve Knight, Patty Andrews, Reg Presley, Rick Huxley, Mindy McCready, Kevin Ayers, Cleotha Staples, Dan Toler, Bobby Rogers, Alvin Lee, Peter Banks, Clive Burr, Annette Funicello, Cordell Mosson, Chrissy Amphlett, Richie Havens, George Jones, Jeff Hanneman, Ray Manzarek, Trevor Bolder, Marshall Lytle, Joey Covington, Slim Whitman, Bobby Bland, JJ Cale, George Duke, Allen Lanier, Lou Reed, Pete Haycock, Jim Hall
Top-Grossing Film: Iron Man 3
TIME’s Person of The Year: Pope Francis
Don't forget to comment below with your favorite albums of 2013, and if you'd like, take a stab at guessing what our picks for 2014 will be.
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1. Southeastern - Jason Isbell
2. On My Page - Courtney Marie Andrews
3. Rain Plans - Israel Nash
4. From the Hills Below the City - Houndmouth
5. Sundowning at the Station - Doc Feldman & The LD50
6. High Top Mountain - Sturgill Simpson
7. Blur the Line - Those Darlins
8. Desert Skies - Beachwood Sparks
9. Made Up Mind - Tedeschi Trucks Band
10. Dream River - Bill Callahan
11. La Costa Perdida - Camper Van Beethoven
1. Southeastern-Jason Isbell
2. The Weatherman-Gregory Alan Isakov
3. Trouble Will Find Me-The National
4. Stories Don't End-Dawes
5. The Beast In It's Tracks-Josh Ritter
6. Magpie & Dandelion-The Avett Brothers
7. Cheater's Game-Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
8. I'm A Stranger Here-The Devil Makes Three
9. The Low Highway-Steve Earle
10. Gone Away Backwards-Robbie Fulks
Runner-Ups:
-Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
-David Bowie - The Next Day
-Beastmilk - Climax
-Arctic Monkeys - AM
-Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
AOTY: Cage the Elephant - Melophobia 🏆
Other nods missing the cut:
-Arcade Fire - Reflektor
-Still Corners - Strange Pleasures
-Phoenix - Bankrupt!
-Tim Hecker - Virgins
-Cults - Static
-Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
5. Mothership
4. The Winery Dogs
3. Land of the Free - Gamma Ray
2. Scorpion Child
1. Sacrifice - Saxon
David Bowie: The Next Day
Eliza Doolittle: In Your Hands
Goldfrapp: Tales Of Us
KT Tunstall: Invisible Empire// Crescent Moon
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused To Sing
1. Push The Sky Away - Bad Seeds
2. mbv - My Bloody Valentine
3. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
4. Yeezus - West
5. The Next Day - Bowie
My list goes like this:
5) Yeezus - Kanye West
4) Trouble Will Find Me - The National
3) Matangi - MIA
2) Seasons of Your Day - Mazzy Star
1) Tales of Us - Goldfrapp
Tales of us is fantastic! 🤘 Greetings fellow Goldfrapp fan
That Goldfrapp album is a stunner
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
2. The Dear Hunter - Migrant
3. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
4. The Winery Dogs - The Winery Dogs
5. Kassini - Immune
Another lump of grandma-rock this year.
I agree with Kramzer on the amount of good records this year, 26 with 4 star or better, even though only the top 2 are 5 stars. (I expected that 1 overlap with Joe...)
HM - Richard Thompson - Electric, Alpha Blondy - Mystic Power, Eric Burdon - 'Til Your River Runs Dry, Queens of the Stone Age - Like Cloackwork, Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks, Deniz Tek - Detroit
5. June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren - Quercus (A lone saxophone, a piano, and a singer for 59 minutes? There is not a single minute I would want to miss, it is incredible which depth and atmosphere these three masters create while making it appear almost effortless. Is it folk, jazz - music like this needs no label and speaks to anyone with an open mind and open ears.)
4. Wire - Change Becomes Us (Even though most of these tunes go back to original ideas from their first heyday in the late 70s/early 80s, the new approach is later day Wire at their best. Songs that were sketched for the successor of 154 are now the logical consequence of Red Barked Trees and this album is even better than both.)
3. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Your Turn (Sonic Youth meets Lounge Lizards meets James Blood Ulmer to really rock out. All this noise is at its heart very melodic and driven on by great rhythm momentum. At the center of each of these explosions is a song that stays with you once the record has finished. Take 5 has been waiting for decades for this treatment, worth alone to listen to this album. Avantgarde does not necessarily imply that the stuff is unlistenable, nobody needs to be scared by labels like Noise-Rock or Experimental.)
2. Throwing Muses - Purgatory/Paradise (While Purgatory/Paradise is just the name of a street junction in their town, it also describes the extremes that the songs/snippets constantly take you to - not just between songs but sometimes even within a single short tune. The number of tracks and the album length already signal ambition, even more the single songs. But the sum is in fact much larger than the small parts and when listened to in sequence, it all starts to make sense.)
1. Roy Harper - Man & Myth (The myth of the title is not himself but the topic he sings about although of course he is his own myth since five decades. The album starts harmless with an opener that takes off were One of These Days in England left 35 years before. But then...he sings about the times long gone - after all he was 72 now - with a voice that is the same that made his 70s albums classics. Pete Townshend adds some electric guitar that comes right from Quadrophenia. Of course the 16 minute myth of Jason and the golden fleece as delivered by the acoustic "one man rock'n'roll band" is another landmark in the man's own myth.)
The other 4 star albums:
11. David Bowie - The Next Day
12. Arctic Monkeys -AM
13. Meat Puppets - Rat Farm
14. James Cotton - Cotton Mouth Man
15. Deep Purple - Now What?
16. Soft Machine Legacy - Burden of Proof
17. Guru Guru - Electric Cats
18. Bad Religion - True North
19. Motorhead - Aftershock
20. Iggy & the Stooges - Ready to Die
21. Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
22. Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now
23. Vibrators - On the Guest List
24. Big Country - The Journey
25. Garland Jeffreys - Truth Serum
26. Black Sabbath - 13
@@roxannewalsh I bought that Black Sabbath album as a present in a record store. A guy saw me holding it and said "Don't buy it! It's shit!" I bought it nonetheless and the person I bought it for liked it. So, never trust a random person in a record store!
The only one on your list I know is the Wire LP. And I like it but did not relisten for my list. Better than 154? I will sure as hell be listening to it now. That is some heady praise.
@@roxannewalsh No love for Gregory Porter and his flap cap? I know he is not "cool" but his voice is so pure and beautiful. I think every song on Liquid Spirit is great.
@@rhonda8900 Me? Take a look at my #19 or # 20...
David Bowie - The Next Day
Diane Birch - Speak a Little Louder
Amos Lee - Mountains of Sorrow
Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
John Mayer - Paradise Valley
Linda Thompson - Won’t Be Long Now
Jack Johnson - From Here to Now
Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up From Bones
Trent Dabbs - The Way We Look at Horses
david bowie-the next day, depeche mode-delta machine, john mayer-paradise valley, katy perry-prism, paul mccartney-new.
My Favorite Five, of 2013:
1. Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
2. Future Bible Heroes - Partygoing
3. Rhye - Woman
4. Josh Rouse - The Happiness Waltz
5. Elton John - The Diving Board
1. Modern Vampires Of The City. Vampire
Weekend
2. Push The Sky Away. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
3.AM. Artic Monkeys
4.Trouble Will Find Me. The National
5.Waking On A Pretty Daze. Kurt Vile
6.Heartthrob. Tegan and Sarah
7.Night Time My Time. Sky Ferreira
8.Dream River. Bill Callahan
9.The Next Day. David Bowie
10.The Worse Things Get The Harder I Fight. Neko Case
11.Muchacho. Phosphorescent
12.Pale Green Shots. John Grant
13.The Electric Lady. Janelle Monae
14.Bloodsports. Suede
15.Loud City Song. Julia Holter
Terrific list as always. Oddly enough, Vampire Weekend never really does it for me, :) however, I liked this particular album more than the others. Will give it some more listens. Nick Cave was a contender this year. Loved some of the songs particularly "Wide Lovely Eyes" which is one of the most beautiful songs of the year. Probably should have listed as a HM at least . . I plan to check out Tegan and Sarah.
I see we have more overlap than just Sky Ferreira. I've tried to get on board with Vampire Weekend. They are my son's favorite band, and he can't understand why I don't like them as much as he does. I don't know, they just don't do it for me. I like them, but not top 10 for me.
1. Suede - Bloodsports
2. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
3. The Dandelion - Strange Case of The Dandelion
4. Palma Violets - 180
5. Bleached - Ride Your Heart
The return of Suede. Yay!!
Hey Kram - We have the same #2 album.
Very cool.
Great list Naughty! This year we have more in common. I was kind of expecting we will coincide with Suede but Sky Ferreira has been a nice surprise. Take care!
I'm surprised to see Sky Ferreira on so many lists, including Kramzer's. Before today I thought I was the only person here who had heard of her.
I stole it from you at Amazon
Bleached is a band I've enjoyed with each release they put out
@@frangarcia7774 Hi Fran. Thanks. Yep. Glad to see you got Suede as well. Sky Ferreira's album is terrific. It was a close call for the top spot.
2013 was a fantastic year. I clearly remember so many great releases all at once and how much I (and the contents of my wallet) was blown away. My favorite year 2000-2020.
1) Exai by Autechre
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You by Neko Case
Lady From Shanghai by Pere Ubu
R Plus Seven by Oneohtrix Point Never
Virgins by Tim Hecker
Very Honorable mentions many equal to the five above:
Change Becomes Us by Wire
Konstellaatio by Ø (Mika Vainio)
Shadowplay by 36
The Next Day by David Bowie
Run the Jewels
Chance of Rain by Laurel Halo
The Inheritors by James Holden
Engravings by Forest Swords
The Man Who Died In His Boat by Grouper
Colored Sands by Gorguts
The Night’s Gambit by Ka
Re-Mit by The Fall
Purgatory/Paradise by Throwing Muses
Tomorrow’s Harvest by Boards of Canada
Machine Gun Nest by Alberich
mbv by My Bloody Valentine
Chasing the Habitual by The Knife
Kingdoms of Conspiracy by Immolation
More Constant Than The Gods by SubRosa
Monomania by Deerhunter
Favorite compilations/archival/reissues: The Road to Red by King Crimson, The Complete Sun Ship Session by John Coltrane, 5 Albums by The Fall, Who is William Onyeabor? by William Onyeabor and White Light / White Heat Super Deluxe by The Velvet Underground. Favorite EP: Rival Dealer by Burial
1. Steven Wilson - The Raven
2. QOTSA - Like Clockworks
3. Suede - Bloodsports
4. Alter Bridge - Fortress
5. NIN - Hesitation Marks
1 thundercat - apocalypse
2 john wizards - john wizards
3 haim - days are gone
4 my bloody valentine - mbv
5 (tie) savages - silence yourself/sunns - images du futur
A brilliant year - the best of the last decade
1. AM - Arctic Monkeys
2. Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend
3. Crimson/Red - Prefab Sprout
4. Fanfare - Jonathan Wilson
5. Rewind The Film - Manic Street Preachers
6. Purgatory/Paradise - Throwing Muses
7. The Graceless Age - John Murry
8. Pale Green Ghosts - John Grant
9. Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze - Kurt Vile
10. The Happiness Waltz - Josh Rouse
Bubbling under:
The Next Day - David Bowie
Antiphon - Midlake
Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
The Electric Lady - Janelle Monae
Days Are Gone - Haim
Trouble Will Find Me - The National
Who Is William Onyeabor? - William Onyeabor
From The Sea To The Land Beyond - British Sea Power
Loud City Song - Julia Holter
Warp and Weft - Laura Veirs
Pure Heroine - Lorde
Standards - Lloyd Cole
Top 5!
5. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
4. David Bowie - The Next Day
3. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2. Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock - Bridge the Gap
1. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Good stuff
1. Melophobia - Cage The Elephant
2. Like Clockwork - QOTSA
3. Wakin On A Pretty Daze - Kurt Ville
4. Reflektor - Arcade Fire
5. AM - Arctic Monkeys
5 Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
4 ...Like Clockwork - Queens Of The Stone Age
3 Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
2 X'ed Out - Tera Melos
1 The Raven That Refused To Sing... And Other Stories - Steven Wilson
1 Arctic Monkeys AM
2 Low The invisible way
3 Daft Punk Random access memory
4 Prefab Sprout Crimson/Red
#1 MARK KOZELEK & DESERTSHORE
#2 Join The Dots - Toy
#3 One Breath - Anna Calvi
#4 The Chronicles Of Marnia - Marnie Stern
#5 Trouble Will Find Me - The National
Tegan and Sara's, Heartthrob!! Kramzer - thank you so much for introducing me to this incredible album! I cranked up CZcams and from the first moment I fell completely in love with it. But my album of the year would have to be Pure Heroine. I simply adore this album! When I put it on the stereo, I find it very difficult to take it off again. Another homework year (as all the years are for me now) but I knew well beforehand that Lorde would take my number 1 spot.
Hon mentions: Suede - Bloodsports; Savages - Silence Yourself; Caveman - Caveman
5. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
4. David Bowie - The Next Day
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
2. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
1. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze (AKA Walkin on a Hazy Day ;-0)
1. Daft punk- Random access memories
2. Carcass- Surgical steel
3. Danny Brown- Old
4. Dillinger escape plan- One of us is the killer
5. Tyler the creator- Wolf
1. DJ Rashad - Double Cup
2. Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
3. Run The Jewels - s/t
4. Uncle Acid - Mind Control
5. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Top 50 Albums of 2013:
1. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
2. My Bloody Valentine - m b v
3. Iceage - You’re Nothing
4. Melt-Banana - Fetch
5. Savages - Silence Yourself
6. Kvelertak - Meir
7. The Drones - I See Seaweed
8. Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
9. The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer
10. Polvo - Siberia
11. Future of the Left - How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
12. Deafheaven - Sunbather
13. Pissed Jeans - Honeys
14. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
15. Carcass - Surgical Steel
16. Low Culture - Screens
17. Crusades - Perhaps You Deliver This Judgement with Greater Fear Than I Receive It
18. Bill Callahan - Dream River
19. Greg MacPherson Band - Fireball
20. Mark Kozelek & Desertshore - Perils from the Sea
21. Mariam the Believer - Blood Donation
22. Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
23. Beastmilk - Climax
24. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
25. Touché Amore - Is Survived By
26. Armand Hammer - Race Music
27. Mind Spiders - Inhumanistic
28. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
29. Iron Chic - The Constant One
30. Tim Hecker - Virgins
31. Marnie Stern - The Chronicles of Marnia
32. Grant Hart - The Argument
33. Daniel Romano - Come Cry with Me
34. Throwing Muses - Pugartory/Paradise
35. Grave Babies - Crusher
36. of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar
37. Ulcerate - Vermis
38. Superchunk - I Hate Music
39. The Bronx - IV
40. Robert Pollard - Honey Locust Honky Tonk
41. Radioactivity - Radioactivity
42. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
43. The Flaming Lips - The Terror
44. Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister
45. Deathfix - Deathfix
46. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
47. Wavves - Afraid of Heights
48. Richard Buckner - Surrounded
49. Wire - Change Becomes Us
50. Tony Molina - Dissed and Dismissed
Loaded year.
Bowie - The Next Day
NIN- Hesitation Marks
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
Sabbath- 13
The 1975
Disclosure- Settle
KOL- Mechanical Bull
Motörhead- Aftershock
AIC- Devil put Dinosaurs here
Queens- Like Clockwork
8 The Terror -Flaming Lips 7 Wakin on a Pretty Daze -Kurt Vile 6 Made Up Mind -Tedeschi Trucks Band 5 The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here -Alice in Chains 4 Electric -Richard Thompson 3 13 -Black Sabbath 2 ...Like Clockwork -Queens of the Stone Age 1 Shout! -Gov't Mule. Live: at the Cellar Door -Neil Young, Clockwork Angels Tour -Rush. h/m: Rush remixed Vapor Trails.
2013
AotY: The Branches, Radical Face (third nomination, second win)
Runners up:
Trouble Will Find Me, The National
The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars
Desire Lines, Camera Obscura
Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
Honorable Mention:
Lightening Bolt, Pearl Jam
Modern Vampires of the CIty, Vampire Weekend
Delta Machine, Depeche Mode
10. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
9. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
8. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
7. Darkside - Psychic
6. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daz
5. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
4. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
3. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
1. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Julia holter is the greatest artist of last decade!
@@droquet6961 I’m inclined to agree.
@@afermata949 I'm glad someone else can recognise how amazing she is. Saw her live a few years back and it just confirmed to me that she is an all time great for me. Extremely underrated. Particularly her last album.
1. Trouble Will Find Me - The National
2. Push The Sky Away - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. Pure Heroine - Lorde
4. The Raven That Refused To Sing - Steve Wilson
5. Dream River - Bill Callahan
6. If You Wait - London Grammar
7. Days Are Gone - HAIM
8. Wrote A Song For Everyone - John Fogerty
9. In The Silence - Asgeir
10. The Bones Of What You Believe - Chvrches
11. Hungry Ghost - Violent Soho
12. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
13. Asymmetry - Karnivool
David Bowie - The next day, Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the film, Suede - Bloodsports, Paul McCartney - New
Kramzer, I liked what you said about Trouble Will Find Me. It kind of happened the same to me. I felt a bit disappointed when it came out but it has really grown in me.
5. "The Next Day" David Bowie
4. "Amok" Atoms for Peace
3. "Reflector" Arcade Fire
2. "The Mountain" Haken
1. "The Raven that Refused to Sing" Steven Wilson
2013 is ok for me
1. m b v - My Bloody Valentine
2. Virgins - Tim Hecker
3. Hit Vibes - Saint Pepsi
4. Late Night Delight - Luxury Elite & Saint Pepsi
5. The Knights Gambit - Ka
2013 / Here are my favorites for that year / Mes favoris pour cette année sont :
1 : Made Up Mind - TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND .
2 : Black Wind Howlin' - SAMANTHA FISH .
3 : Old Sock - ERIC CLAPTON .
4 : Speak A Little Louder - DIANE BIRCH .
5 : Universal Breakdown Blues - POPA CHUBBY .
My top 5
5. 13 (Black Sabbath)
4. Now What ! (Deep Purple)
3. Sacrifice (Saxon)
2. No More Hell To Pay (Stryper)
1. Nemesis (Stratovarius)
1. Farazi v Kayra - Hayalet Islığı
2. Gorguts - Colored Sands
3. The Kniφe - Shaking the Habitual
4. 幸福大街 - 萨岁之歌
5. Tamikrest - Chatma
6. Kanye West - Yeezus
7. Arctic Monkeys - AM
Brilliant as always☺️
Please, please, please do a listography on The Jam
(Punk sons of the Who, godfathers of (and much better than) Oasis. Your UK subscribers will love it (and there’s only 5 albums to get through)
The Jam's top songs are the real challenge, a top 20 would be adequate here.
1. Endless Boogie * Long Island *
2. Valerie June * Pushin' Against A Stone *
3. Jason Isbell * Southeastern *
4. Eric Clapton * Old Sock *
5. Dawes * Stories Don't End *
6. Kevin Morby * Harlem River *
7. Leyla McCalla * Vari Coloured Songs *
8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds * Push The Sky Away *
9. Richard Buckner * Surrounded *
10. David Bowie * The Next Day *
11. Patty Griffin * Silver Bell *
12. Arctic Monkeys * AM *
13. The National * Trouble Will Find Me *
14. Still Corners * Strange Pleasures *
15. The White Buffalo * Shadows, Greys And Evil Ways *
16 Kings Of Leons * Mechanical Bull *
17. Jonathan Wilson * Fanfare *
18. Tedeschi Trucks Band * Made Up Mind *
19. Hugh Laurie * Didn't It Rain *
20. VA * Virgin Records * 40 Years Of Disruptions *
1. Queens of the Stone Age: …Like Clockwork
2. Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks
3. Alice In Chains: Devil Put the Dinosaurs Here
4. Avenged Sevenfold: Hail to the King
5. Pearl Jam: Lightning Bolt
5. Bill Callahan - Dream River
4. James Blake - Overgrown
3. Daft Punk - Random Access
2. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
1. Kelela - Cut 4 Me
Honorable Mentions
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Devendra Banhart - Mala
Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away
Scott Matthew - Unlearned
Hayden - Us Alone
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Savages - Silence Yourself
1. Future of the Left - How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
2. The Drones - I See Seaweed
3. The Ex & Brass Unbound - Enormous Door
4. Clutch - Earth Rocker
5. QoTSA - Like Clockwork
6. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
7. Bill Callahan - Dream River
8. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
9. Earthless - From the Ages
10. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Honourable mentions:
Foals - Holy Fire
Haken - The Mountain
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
Midlake - Antiphon
Jars Of Clay - Inland
Eels - Wonderful, Glorious
Prefab Sprout - Crimson/Red
Manic Street Preachers - Rewind The Film
Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
Monster Magnet - Last Patrol
Black Sabbath - 13
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork
Sulk - Graceless
British Sea Power - Machineries Of Joy
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - Black Pudding
Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
Deep Purple - Now What?!
Motorhead - Aftershock
Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
My top 5 of 2013:
5. Roy Harper - Man & Myth
4. Julian Cope - Revolutionary Suicide
3. Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs here
2. Amplifier - Echo Street
1. Suede - Bloodsports
I did not expect anyone to mention Roy Harper (my #1 this year), I also have Motorhead, Deep Purple, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney and Black Sabbath among my 4 stars for 2013.
@@roxannewalsh You know what they say about great minds.....It could've easily been my number 1 also. What a cracking comeback album after 13 years. He's 80 in a couple of months!
Alright! Another #1 vote for Suede's triumphant return.
Not a great year for me, but still strong at the top. My top two were locked in from the start. Number 3 was a pleasant surprise. The more I listen to that album, the more I like it. Numbers 4-10 are all essentially tied. Each went up and down my list this week. All start strong, but fade on the back end. The biggest drop was Mosquito, which started the week at number 3 but fell upon subsequent listens.
1. The Next Day - David Bowie - Tremendous surprise birthday drop. Bowie's last true rock album is a gem featuring his best song in 30 years.
2. Reflektor - Arcade Fire - Not their best collection of songs, but the studio production finally captures the magic of their live performances. I have the special edition, which is even longer than the 2 disc standard edition. The standard edition is the better version
3. Seasons of Your Day - Mazzy Star - Huge surprise that this one ended here. Just consistently good from beginning to end whereas the the next 7 are a mix of great and not so hot.
4. Pushin Against a Stone - Valerie June - A very unique voice in music. Many different styles here, but all good.
5. AM - Arctic Monkeys - I expected this one to finish higher, but still has some great songs. My favorite AM album.
6. Mosquito - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Started the week at 3, but some weak stuff in the middle caused it to slide to 6. Best production, but a few too many wasted moments for a top 5 finish.
7. The Electric Lady - Janelle Monae - Incredible songs but way too long and too much filler. I know it tells a story, but some chapters should have been edited out.
8. Right Words Right Thoughts Right Action - Franz Ferdinand - Their weakest album to date, but still good enough for a top 10 finish.
9. The 1975 - Impressive debut, but also compromised by filler.
10. Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira - Funny story about this album. I absolutely love her song "Everything is Embarrassing." I wanted to buy the album, so I put this one in my cart at Amazon. Other priorities popped up, and sat in the cart for three years. I finally listened to the full album, and found that the song I loved isn't even on it. It was on the EP from the previous year.
I know the situation...AM started in my top 5 (in the list I had from that year's end), finally it did not make the top 10 and ended #12, Bowie ended #11 but I still agree to what you say about it.
Hi Mark: Good list. Totally missed Mazzy Star. Will check it out. Honestly I was a bit disappointed with albums from Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and even Arcade Fire from 2013. All have been on my prior top 5 lists (or at least HMs). Arcade Fire came the closest this time. Too bad about Fran stealing yer Sky Ferreira album.
Wow your top two are in my top 3🤩🤘 nice. They were pipped by Wilsons Raven That Refused to Sing bit of modern prog genius though...the Next Day would be my no 1 if had been released as double album to include the essential extras....which are brilliant...the weight of all that peerless song writing would have left me no choice but to crown it...
@@roxannewalsh Your list contains some obscure stuff I've never heard of. But I'm going to check out that Roy Harper album. I first encountered him almost 40 years ago when I was going through a friend's record crate. Good stuff. The other discovery I made that day was an artist you probably know, Mose Allison.
@@NaughtyVampireGod This was the year Arcade Fire replaced Yeah Yeah Yeahs as my favorite band, and Reflektor was the reason why. Listening to it several times reinforced my appreciation of it. I really love that album. Mosquito, however, did not fare well on repeated listenings. Same with Right Action. They both fell several notches over the week.
1. The Ex & Brass Unbound-Enormous Door 2. Bevis Frond-White Numbers 3. Alastair Roberts-A Wonder Working Stone 4. Neko Case-The Worse Things Get... 5. Spider Bags-Singles 6. Jacco Gardner-Cabinet Of Curiosities 7. The Mallard- Finding Meaning In Deference 8. Richard Buckner-Surrounded 9. Thee Oh Sees-Floating Coffin 10. Mikal Cronin-MC II
1. MBV - My bloody Valentine
2. Loud city song - Julia Holter
3. Monomania - Deerhunter
4. Embracism - Kirin J Calinan
5. Wakin on a pretty daze - Kurt Vile
I started to drop off the grid a bit on the music front around this year.
1. Opposites - Biffy Clyro
2. Pedestrian Verse - Frightened Rabbit
3. The Weight of Your Love - Editors
4. Big TV - White Lies
5. Listen to Keep - Roddy Woomble
Best albums of 2013:
Long.Live.ASAP - ASAP Rocky
mbv - My Bloody Valentine
Matangi - M.I.A.
The Next Day - David Bowie
False Idols - Tricky
Yeezus - Kanye West
Born Sinner - J. Cole
Pure Heroine - Lorde
Atoms for peace - amok
Boards of Canada - tommorrows harvest
Jon hopkins - immunity
Deafheaven - sunbather
James Blake - overgrown
Good call BOC
@@keithmarus8554 good taste sir, BOC is'nt getting enough love here :)
Some interesting lists from you three. I have one from each of you in my 10. I don't think that has happened for a while. And you list others I will have to search out.
I appreciated you clarifying your thoughts on Vampire Weekend, Kramzer. I must be living under a rock because the hype machine had not reached Beatles proportions in earshot of me. This 3rd LP is something special though. I probably feel the crushing hipster accolades with the National and Arcade Fire. I have tried but both leave me cold.
Joe, you have been on this public channel critiquing music for a year. I think you have to face facts and admit you are a critic. You are officially one of them.
Two songs from LPs that didn't make my list are worth noting. Cayucas - High School Lover and Phosphorescent - Song For Zula. Both instant classics.
There were a lot of LPs I loved this year. White Denim/Savages/She & Him/Steve Earle/Josh Rouse/Janelle Monae/Eleanor Friedberger/Arctic Monkeys/Laura Marling/Lorde/Ron Sexsmith/Broken Bells/Atoms For Peace/Wire are ones I wanted to fit in but couldn't
10 for '13
Desire Lines - Camera Obscura
Keyboard player Carey Lander passed away soon after this LP and Camera Obscura has unfortunately been on recording hiatus ever since. Melodic, pop that will make your heart ache. Not their best but wonderful nonetheless. New Year's Resolution and Fifth In Line To The Throne are classics.
We are The 21st Century Ambassadors...- Foxygen
Great to see this on Jason's list. Foxygen's 3rd but the first to get my attention. At times they remind me of Dylan and at other times Sparks. It is an intoxicatingly chaotic blend with some very pointed lyrics.
No Destruction and San Francisco were the hits that never were.
Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello & the Roots
A sadly neglected LP. if Elvis' lyrics create their meaning through tone & context rather than literal interpretation, what happens when he moves that tone & context? If Wise Up Ghost is any indication the re-configured lyrical motifs breath new life into his word-play without denying any oxygen to their original home.
Their new context is set to a Roots groove that coerces Elvis to sing with more melody and restraint than he has shown in some of his post-Millenium releases.
Dream River - Bill Callahan
His 4th LP since abandoning the Smog name. Dream River is a beautiful rumination on all things Callahan. Observational lyrics that can cut you deep, make you laugh, and tell a heck of a story. Deceptively simple, reduction of excess is the path that Bill Callahan has been traveling. Down to the essentials, Dream River is beautiful.
Fade - Yo La Tengo
Following on from Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo has become almost minimalist. Between the two LPs, they had contributed to the benefit LP for Flying Nun founder and Toy Love/Tall Dwarfs leader Chris Knox who had suffered a stroke. ( A great compilation called Stroke).
And Fade bears the hallmarks of some of Chris Knox's more restrained efforts. It was nice to see that one of the architects of the Dunedin sound was still holding sway.
Days Are Gone - Haim
I am with Joe on this one. A pop classic that wears its influences proudly but still sounds as new as anything in 2013. The harmonies are as good as you would expect from three sisters. It is impossible not to be pulled along by their obvious love for the music they are making.
Tooth & Nail - Billy Bragg
Ignoring the Wilco collaboration this is Billy's best since 1991s Don't Try This At Home. And with No One Knows Nothing Anymore he produced one of his best songs ever. And one of two songs in my top 10 that reference the Higgs boson particle. It really was in the public consciousness in 2013.
The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas - Courtney Barnett
A total cheat as it compiles two previously released hard-to-get EPs as an LP. But it is longer than 30 minutes.
For most of us, this was our introduction to Courtney Barnett. The single-handed argument that lyrical prowess is not a thing of the past. Her wordy tongue-twisting lyrics would be hell to cover but work perfectly for her.
Come for Avant Gardner, stay for the rest.
Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I had affection for The Birthday Party but Nick Cave's solo work was always very hit and miss for me. Until 2004's Abbatoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus. And Push The Sky Away continues the upward trend. Finally, Nick Cave has grown into the schtick he adopted very early on. The weary preacher is adamant he doesn't know the answers. He carries the gravitas of the role now and it is powerful.
With Higgs Boson Blues the 2nd LP in the list to reference the particle.
Modern Vampires Of The City - Vampire Weekend
I enjoy the first two LPs a lot but this is the one that really breaks them from the pack. The hype may be overwhelming but 8 years later and this LP still makes its way into my rotation pretty regularly. They have been advancing with every LP and I am loving the ride. Co-writer, co-founder, and producer Rostam Batmanglij left after this LP. So, where to from here?
Really packed year
( In no order )
Violent Soho- Hungry Ghost
Wavves- Afraid of heights
Cage the elephant- Melophobia
Mac Miller-Watching movies with the sound off
Tyler, the creator-Wolf
Earl sweatshirt- Doris
The 1975- The 1975
Chief keef- Almighty so
Asap Ferg- Trap lord
yes!!! violent soho rules!!
@@northgeorgiahex6663 yes they do!!!
5) Lightning Bolt- Pearl Jam
4) Paradise Valley- John Mayer
3) Magpie and the Dandelion- The Avett Brothers
2) Southeastern- Jason Isbell
1) The Beast In Its Tracks- Josh Ritter
Honorable Mention- like 2012, I got nuffin'. But I think this year it's because I could not stop listening to 1, 2, and 3. 4&5 were actually just stretches to round out a top 5.
Just wanted to take this timely (today's video) opportunity to say that I explored Dinosaur Jr.'s '90s albums (and Bug) inspired by Jason's great love for them, and my music-listening life is very much the better for it. Thank you! Waiting for the three of you to do that band.
Did you listen to the new album already? Sweep it Into Space was released yesterday or so.
Very cool to hear. Dig into the new one yet? -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic Goodness, no! I haven’t heard any of the reunion albums and would want to hear them first to put the new one in context.
@@scottanthonyweidner8692 This is the perfect way to do it...
1. Queens of the stone age-Like clockwork
2. Steak number eight-The hutch
3. Amplifier-Echo street
4. Riverside-Shrine of new generation slaves
5. Institute-Distort yourself
Yanks 4, Canucks 1
Wakin On A Pretty Daze - K Vile
Sunbather - Deafheaven
Same Trailer - K Musgraves
Heartthrob - Tegan & Sara
Country Sleep - Night Beds
Woah, that’s a very Listographic list. -Jason
1. The Raven that refused to sing - Steven Wilson (not just this year's standout album, possibly the album of the decade)
2. The Mountain - Haken (their best, heavy at times, delicate other times)
3. New - Paul McCartney (his best album since the 80's)
4. Feast of consequences - Fish (a great return to form)
5. Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter
It will be near top on my 2010 decade list for sure....it is astonishing record... 🤘🤠
1. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
2. Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
3. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
4. Kanye West - Yeezus
5. Churches - The Bones Of What You Believe
Lots of very decent but not stunning albums for me this year and very closely matched. Another list dominated by perennial personal fave bands with one debutante interloper:
Honourable mentions:
Machineries of Joy - British Sea Power
The Terror - The Flaming Lips
5 Mechanical Bull - Kings of Leon
4 Reflektor - Arcade Fire
3 Rewind the Film - Manic Street Preachers
2 Days are Gone - Haim
1 AM - Arctic Monkeys
Trivia Fact - Mechanical Bull was the Kings of Leon's 6th album but was their first to sell more copies in their native US than in the UK.
1.Talib Kweli - Prisoner Of Conscious
2.J.Cole - Born Sinner
3.A$AP Rocky - Long Live A$AP
4.Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
5.Tyga - Hotel California
Other Albums I Dig From 2013:
Tyler The Creator - Wolf
Beyonce - Beyonce
Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Queens Of the Stone Age - ....Like Clockwork
Jay-Z - Magna Carta..Holy Grail
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Pt.1
Kayne West - Yeezus
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Earth, Wind, and Fire - Now, Then & Forever
Run the Jewels - Run The Jewels
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love
Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being II
Wale - The Gifted
B.O.B. - Underground Luxury
2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II
Drake - Nothing Was The Same
Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
Decent year. Southeastern is one of my favorite of the decade. Here is my list:
1. Southeastern-Jason Isbell
2. High Top Mountain-Sturgill Simpson
3. Honky Tonk-Son Volt
4. The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You-Neko Case
5. Same Trailer Different Park- Kacey Musgraves
6. Texas & Tennessee (EP) -Lucero
7. Lightning Bolt-Pearl Jam
8. Devour-Dave Hause
9. The Highway-Holly Williams
10. Where You Stand-Travis
11. American Kid-Patty Griffin
12. Tin Star-Lindi Ortega
13. Alabama Ass Whuppin’-Drive-By Truckers
14. Boy Crazy-Lydia Loveless
15. Outlaws Still At Large-Various Artists
16. The Low Highway-Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)
17. The Stand-In-Caitlin Rose
18. Death of the Self-Preservation Society-Two Cow Garage
19. Annie Up-Pistol Annies
20. Like A Rose-Ashley Monroe
21. Massachusetts- Lori McKenna
22. 13-Black Sabbath
23. The Diving Board-Elton John
24. Wrote A Song For Everyone- John Fogerty
25. Cerulean Salt-Waxahatchee
best year in music for the decade for me. when i look back nostalgically on pop music from this era (early to mid 2010s) the hits fron this year stand out as both catchy and have aged very well, meaning there is not as much cringe stuff. the edm stuff really hit its stride this year, which i prefer over the four-on-the-floor club stuff from the late 2000s-early 2010s but i love both genres. solid year in hip hop and country. but this year really stands out for its rock and alternative. lots of comebacks and lots of great albums. queens of the stone age, arctic monkeys, vampire weekend, paramore, fall out boy, panic at the disco and others put out great albums this year. also a lot of great music that released at the very end of 2012 bled into this year. also a lot of the biggest pop acts of the decade dropped some of their best work this year (or late 2012).
BIG 5
1. {Awayland} by Villagers
2. Shulamith by Poliça
3. Shaking the Habitual by The Knife
4. Pure Heroine by Lorde
5. Kveikur by Sigor Ros
✌🏼🎧
Because the Internet by Childish Gambino, Overgrown by James Blake, Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails and The Terror by Flaming Lips just missed out. Love Daft Punk but yeah that one is overrated.
5-The Winery Dogs
4-Valerie June-Pushin' Against A Stone
3-Sting-The Last Ship
2-Avett Brothers-Magpie And The Dandelion
1-Boston-Life, Love & Hope.............Just kidding, lol
1-Johnny Marr-The Messenger
My list:
1. Deerhunter: Monomania
2. Atoms for Peace: Amok
3. Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest
4. Primal Scream: More Light
5. Devendra Banhart: Mala
Glad to see someone with Mala -Jason
Damn, pleasantly surprised to see that Foxygen pick make it in there. My pick for the year! Can't think of many other albums that give me that late 60s/early 70s vibe more authentically than this one.
My list:
(Honourable Mentions: Sleaford Mods - Austerity Dogs, Chvrches - The Bones of what you Believe)
Good Albums (3 Stars):
5. Lebanon Hanover - Tomb for Two
(Cool Post-Punk/Darkwave. They will release better albums in future years, but ‘Gallowdance’ is a classic.)
Really Good Albums (4 Stars):
4. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
(This is a pretty unique album. I would call it Art Rock-esque but has a unique classical touch to it. Great songs on here. This is one to prove people wrong who say ‘There is no original music anymore’.)
3. OneRepublic - Native
(For a Pop band a very consistent album. Even the deep cuts are great songs. ‘Burning Bridges’ is probably their best song.)
2. Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
(So, I guess everyone hates this band, but I think they’re pretty good. The lyrics are interesting, sometimes a bit too try-hard depressive but it’s alright. The songs are also cleverly written and mostly pretty catchy. Great album.)
1. Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
(DM’s most underrated album. The blues may be a bit too much, but the synth sounds on here are some of the best they’ve done and the songwriting is also great. The songs written by Dave Gahan are actually the better ones on here. It feels a bit like Martin Gore has lost some of the magic he had.)
Nice list, Sir Eyeball. I haven't checked w DM in awhile.
@@NaughtyVampireGod They're my favorite band.
I totally missed These New Puritans!! Love this album, in my top 3 of the year. I bought it when it came out and played non stop for a while. For some reason it wasn't in any of the websites where I check every year 's releases
@@frangarcia7774 I make my lists in advance. Since a fail I had in 2007, I look very precautious if I missed something haha.
It's a great album. Really intriguing.
Mark Kozelek and Jimmy Lavalle - Perils from the Sea
Holopaw - Academy Songs volume 1
Volcano Choir - Repave
Phosphorescent - Muchacho
Night Beds - Country Sleep
Jim Guthrie - Takes Time
Gregory Alan Isakov - the Weatherman
Pat Lepoidevin - American Fiction
Leif Vollebekk - North Americana
The Kissaway Trail - Breach
Typhoon - White Lighter
the National - Trouble Will Find Me
Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Moonface - Julia with Blue Jeans on
1. Foxygen -- We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
2. Queens of the Stone Age -- ...Like Clockwork
3. Arctic Monkeys -- AM
4. Cage the Elephant -- Melophobia
5. Kanye West -- Yeezus
Agree with Kramzer that this might be the best year of the decade. I think my top 3 are all nearly perfect albums. The other two aren't too shabby either.
1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
3. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
4. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
5. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
1) If You Wait - London Grammar 5
2) The Invisible Way - Low 4.5
3) Strange Pleasures - Still Corners 4
4) Graffiti on the Train - stereophonics 3.5
5) If You Leave - Daughter 3.5
6) For Now I Am Winter - Ólafur Arnalds 3.5
7) Kveikur - Sigur Ros 3.5
8) Infestissumam - Ghost 3.5
9) You & I (EP) - the dig 3.5
10) We Were Here - Turin Brakes 3.5
11) Holy Fire - Foals 3
12) Tired Hearts (EP) - the dig 3
13) Flourish // Perish - Braid 2.5
14) BE - Beady Eye 2.5
15) Where You Stand - Travis 2
16) Trouble Will Find Me - The National 2
17) Pure Heroine - Lorde 2
18) Reflektor - Arcade Fire 2
19) The Next Day - David Bowie 2
20) Dream River - Bill Callahan 2
21) m b v - My Bloody Valentine 2
22) Loud City Song - Julia Holter 2
23) Cerulean Salt - Waxahatchee 1.5
24) Shaking the Habitual - The Knife 1
It’s good to see how highly you rate Graffiti On The Train. That is probably the Stereophonics’ best album in my opinion, with Kelly’s vocals sounding much smoother than before.
Greetings fellow Still Corners fan🤘very good album that is...but strangely not that strange lol...🤠
@@bryanbyrde8338 I'd have to check but it's probably the highest rating I've given them. Nope I gave Performance and Cocktails a 9.9
@@threestringsomg well, That was my first listen to them as well. I'm not sure if I listened to other albums of theirs after this
Without a doubt, the best Stereophonics record is You’ve Gotta Go There to Come Back -Jason
5. Nikki Bluhm and the Gramblers - s/t
4. Streelight Manifesto - The Hands that Thieve
3. The Temperance Movement - S/T
2. The Shouting Matches - Grownass Man
1. Valerie June - Pushin Against a Stone
The cuts
Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth
Caveman - s/t
Death Angel - This Dream Calls for Blood
Deep Purple - Now What?!
Earthless - From the Ages (my number 6)
Havok - Unatural Selection
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves
Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu
Robert Walter's 20th Congress - Get Thy Bearings
William Tyler - Impossible Truth
The Winery Dogs - s/t
Special shout out to the Songs for Slim compilation. Double album of Slim Dunlap songs performed by Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Jeff Tweddy, an almost Replacements reunion on the opening track, and many others. All proceeds going to help Dunlap after he suffered a stroke in 2012
I'm with Joe! The mid 2010's are just incredible. I can't believe some of the records that won't make my top 5 in 2014. I also agree with what you three said back in one of the the 70's lists that 1969-1974 might just be the best 5 years stretch in music. I believe that 2011-2016 may be my 2nd favorite 5 year stretch.
Also, I'm picking Beck's "Morning Phase" as Jason's winner in 2014
11-16 is a six year stretch.
I missed the Valerie June album this year... I’ll have to take a listen. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Dang. Now I got to cut one. I'll get back to you
@@TastesLikeMusic This album has a lot of echo that fits with her Appalachian twang like a glove.
Shout out to Slow Phaser by Nicole Atkins & Old by Danny Brown...
1. The Strokes- Comedown Machine (excellent underrated album. miles better than The New Abnormal)
2. Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
3. Sky Ferreira- Night Time, My Time
4. Courtney Barnett- The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
5. Beady Eye- Be (i like the production on this one)
great lists! heres mine...
winner: vampire weekend - modern vampires of the city
runners up:
car seat headrest - nervous young man
kanye west - yeezus
tyler the creator - wolf
the strokes - comedown machine
i appreciate the half-love you guys are giving this vampire weekend, im fascinated by your "thinks vw are the second coming of jesus" strawmen though. ive never met anyone like that really but whoever you guys are talking about i'd love to meet them, they seem to have great taste!
They have won and made a tonnn of lists. Kramzer knows a lot of Chicago hipsters in real life. So maybe he means them. - Joe
Watched everything you guys have done. Love the reviews. For 2019, hope you listen to Richard Dawson “2020”. Rated #3 by needledrop and #9 by UK Guardian. My album of the decade!
Since Jason got me hooked on Dawes, I've ordered Night Beds... Will be an interesting listen.
I thought these five very pretty good 2013:
Tom Odell - The Long Way Down
Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes
Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit
Team Ghost - Rituals
Elton John - The Diving Board (His best since the 70s IMHO)
And I also enjoyed the albums by Vampire Weekend, Jonas Alaska, MGMT, Motorpsycho and Sting quite a lot.
Glad to hear that you’re liking Dawes. Hope you like Night Beds too. -Jason
Great list. You guys going to review the new Dinosaur Jr. album? Surely Jason is stoked about that one.
Just gave it my first listen. We’ll see if a review makes it onto the channel. Going through finals right now and about to get away for a few weeks right after that so it might not happen, but you will eventually hear my thoughts on it, if not in a proper review. -Jason
I saw Tegan and Sara live during that album cycle and it was a really fun concert. Lights opened for them and was really great too.
My #1 was easy as it is album that meant a lot to me during that year and continues to be one I love.
#1- Trouble Will Find Me by The National
Runners up
- Reflektor by Arcade Fire
- ...Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age
- Tin Star by Lindi Ortega
- Annie Up by Pistol Annies
HM: Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves, Silence Yourself by Savages, Art Pop by Lady Gaga, New Moon by The Men
Finally, someone mentions Lady Gaga. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic My love for Lady Gaga ended after her debut. I don't know why, but the following albums weren't just that good.
@Vanessa Picard Thumbs up for the Lindi Ortega mention. Good album.
That’s kinda weird. Always thought her debut had good singles but that’s it. Fame Monster was pretty similar. Art Pop is pretty close to Fame Monster and the debut. Very cold and European. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Maybe I have to go back and listen to these albums again...On paper, I like the kind of music she does.
Not a loaded year IMO. That's not to take away from:
1. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors....
2. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
3. Polvo - Siberia
4. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
5. Neko Case - The Worse Thing Get...
HMs: Savages - Silence Yourself; John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts; Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze; Deerhunter - Momomania
🏆Trouble Will Find Me -The National (those who follow my lists know I've never nominated The National before... none of their albums have really connected with me, until now... I love this one)
RUNNERS-UP:
▪︎Evil Friends -Portugal. The Man (their 2nd appearance in my top 5)
▪︎The Mountain -Haken (if Yes and Dream Theater had a baby... technical but tuneful)
▪︎m b v -My Bloody Valentine (22 weeks ago on the "1991" video I was forced to leave Loveless out of my top 5... I promised MBV I would make it up to them and here we are)
▪︎Lousy With Sylvianbriar -of Montreal (to my ears this is their most song-oriented release yet... and most of the songs are memorable)
JUST MISSED THE CUT:
▪︎Fade -Yo La Tengo
▪︎...Like Clockwork -QOTSA
▪︎The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You -Neko Case
▪︎AM -Arctic Monkeys
▪︎Woman -Rhye
LIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
▪︎Sunshine Daydream (Vanetta, Oregon 8/27/72) -The Grateful Dead (one of the better places to start for nascent Deadheads... this is The Dead's second appearance as my live album winner)
Shoutouts to Daft Punk, Kurt Vile, Steven Wilson, Kasey Musgraves, North Mississippi All-Stars, Courtney Barnett, Haim, David Bowie, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Foxygen, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Lucy Spraggan, Paul McCartney, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Bombino, and Kings Of Leon
It felt like 2013 was the deepest year of the decade so far. My 'shoutout' section could've been even longer.
Trouble Will Find Me is a great album. I got into them around Alligator, and I like that album and Boxer quite a bit. I was kind of disappointed in High Violet, but Trouble Will Find Me is a great rebound. There are so many great tracks on that album.
Lousy With Sylvianbriar is really good. Might make my top 20 of the year. -Jason
I mistakenly omitted Phosphorescent's Muchacho... too damn many albums to keep track of! It would either be in the outskirts of my top 10 are one of my first 'shoutouts.'
Someday somebody might explain My Bloody Valentine to me. They always make me think of Tangerine Dream's weaker albums.
@@roxannewalsh For me, MBV is mostly mood music that puts me in a state half-hypnosis. I also think they have some interesting melodies and chord changes though I'll admit the album from this year is not as good as their '80s and early '90s music.
My penultimate year (up to the present) of which my faves are not dominated by metal and related genres...
My sole runner-up to the runners-up is MBV by My Bloody Valentine.
5. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
4. The Ocean Blue - Ultramarine. I really liked this band's first two albums waaaay back in the day; this was a very nice return to form. Pleasant pop-rock listening.
3. Dream Theater - Dream Theater. I like this one a great deal more than most DT fans seem to.
2. Arcade Fire - Reflektor. To date, their last worthwhile album. I don't find it to be that big of a comedown from the quality of their first three.
1. Amorphis - Circle. Ditto this - I think it's virtually as good as their other albums in this period.
Kind of a meh year for me. All six of those are four stars. Then again, I'm the curmudgeon who only has three four and a half star albums from 2014-present.
The album Country Sleep by Night Beds was beautiful. Thanks for recommending it.
Glad you like it! -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic They/he didn't seem to do much later. Bad sign when "what happened to Night beds" is one of the first options when you do google serach for them-lol.
@@rhonda8900 Yeah. The follow up went in a different direction. He tried to do more of a Bon Iver meets modern R&B type of thing. There are some nice moments on that record but overall I don't think it was the right move. -Jason
1. Reflektor - Arcade Fire
2. Pure Heroine - Lorde
3. The Next Day - David Bowie
4. Desire Lines - Camera Obscura
5. Bankrupt! - Phoenix
6. The 1975 - The 1975
7. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
8. Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend
9. Heartthrob - Tegan and Sara
10. Wonderful, Glorious - Eels
11. Ghost On Ghost - Iron & Wine
12. Float Along/Fill Your Lungs - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
13. m b v - My Bloody Valentine
14. Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello & The Roots
15. Fade - Yo La Tengo
16. MGMT - MGMT
17. Trouble Will Find Me - The National
18. Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira
19. AM - Arctic Monkeys
20. Comedown Machine - The Strokes
Finally, some MGMT self-titled appreciation!
2013 was a great year for music but to me there was only one Perfect record released. LIQUID SPIRIT by GREGORY PORTER. It is his third album and first released by the legendary Blue Note label. Mr. Porter and his flap cap might not be very hip but when you have a once in a generation voice, who cares. In less than 10 years of release, this is already a jazz classic. His voice is so beautiful and so athletic and technically impressive that it almost physically hurts to listen to him at times. When Love Was King made me cry the first time I heard it. The song Wolfcry is an absolute masterclass in singing. Vocal jazz, and music in general, does not get much better than this. I rank it a hundred ShihTzus.
Love the Steely Dan / SY shirt Joe, I ordered the same one after seeing yours!
Nice. Southern Gentlemen better give me a commission. - Joe
I like how you guys are mentioning star ratings with your videos now. I wish you had included those on the older videos you recorded before you started doing that, ESPECIALLY the Beatles album ranking videos.
They’re all 5 stars for me except yellow sub -Jason
Rubber Soul, Revolver, MMT, Sgt. Pepper, White and Abbey are my 5-stars. - Joe
But we do have a website now and as we start to add content there we may eventually have a database of all of our star ratings. -Jason
Agreed with all of Joe’s 5 stars.
@@TastesLikeMusic that is awesome. I hope you guys do that database and have it updated to include all of the previous ranking video albums.
My Top 5:
1. STEVEN WILSON - The Raven That Refused to Sing
2. DEPECHE MODE - Delta Machine
3. ALICE IN CHAINS - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
4. DAVID BOWIE - The Next Day
5. HAKEN - The Mountain
Greetings from Canary Islands
We share Haken. It was my #3. Nice list. Cheers!
Nice list sir... surprised Next Day below The Devil...have you heard the extras?...still don't get why it's not a double album...such a great mass of song writing for this album...
@@threestringsomg Yes,, I have the digi-cd with 18 tracks, maybe I have below Devil and Delta because the awfull cover, numbers 2,3 and 4 are very close for me . Greetings
@@benderrodriguez5934 eh? I like the next day cover...a ret con of an iconic cover that's become iconic...
@@threestringsomg I guess it's a matter of taste, but for me it's the worst album cover by the great David Bowie, he has put a white sticker on ´´Heroes´´ with the title ´´The Next Day´´ and it's over. I did not like anything. Fortunately, the most important thing that is music is at a high level. Greetings.
My favorite album of 2013 is Orthodox by Beware of Darkness. This band (yes, named after the George Harrison song) had a mildly successful rock radio track called "Howl" with strong Zeppelin vibes which also served as the lead off track to this album, but I think the song may have given people the wrong impression of the album as a whole. Rather than a straightforward hard rock album, Orthodox is a deeply personal exploration of grief, depression, and the struggle of self-improvement. The voice of frontman Kyle Nicolaides can be a tough sell, as the voice is a bit "ugly" for lack of a better word, but he's really quite soulful (with R&B influence) and pushes the limits of emotional expression (almost like emo, even though the music on the album is not emo). It's easy for me to become lost in the immersive, introspective world the album presents, with highlights including "Amen Amen", "Morning Tea", "End of the World", and "Salvation is Here." Not sure why this album speaks to me so much, but I just love it!
The rest of my top 5 is-
2. A.G. Cook- Radio Tank Mix- another lesser known one (although this guy's fame is rising due to Charli XCX), I think you can only find this on Soundcloud but great futuristic, avant-pop, bubblegum work, almost like a happy Kid A.
3. Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City
4. The 1975- The 1975
5. Portugal. the Man- Evil Friends
You are the only other person I've seen who has Evil Friends by Portugal. The Man... I love that record. It was my first runner-up this year. Only The National's Trouble Will Find Me kept it out of the top spot.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Yeah it's a great album, Danger Mouse production at his best, my favorites are "Creep in a T Shirt" and "Atomic Man", I just played those on repeat like crazy. I like that album by the National too, just kinda need to listen to everything by that band a bit more.
Please do a prefab sprout list!
I think that Joe would love a good part of their catalogue
My favorite albums of 2013 are:
1. One Direction - “Midnight Memories”
2. Suede - "Bloodsports"
3. Vampire Weekend - "Modern Vampires of the City"
4. Deerhunter - "Monomania"
Real good Top 5; close to mine.
I use that phrase when I demo stencil cutting😂😂😂
Wow I think that Chvrches album is the first one I have in common with Jason on an AOTY, at least as an Honourable Mention. Never thought I would have a record in my list that he has haha. Maybe I have to look back to 2002, because that Wilco record seems to be really good and I didn't know it when I made the list.
I don't know about in USA but in UK Churches were one of the sounds of the summer here for next couple of years...great album👍
The only two albums I've heard from 2013 are Paramore's self titled and Deafheaven's Sunbather and I love both, but I think I have to give the edge to the former.
I like these late era lists now, because so much great stuff is coming out; and it is almost impossible to keep up, and digest it all. The last few years I keep getting good pointers from you guys. Joe is totally on the $ about the Kanye album. I know it is good, even very good, but it is a chore to listen to. I would add Nick Cave, IMO one of the few artists who has gotten better and better with passing years. You guys don't seem to like him too much. The Savages - GREAT band; MBV, Deerhunter, Phoenix, McCartney's album was very good, Blood Orange. Edit - just reading other folks' comments - how could I forget Foxygen, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, and Suede? Even my main guys Primal Scream put out an album - and I love all their stuff.
For me 2013 was dominated by Random Access Memories from Daft Punk and the self-titled debut from The Winery Dogs in constant rotation.
Also really enjoy the soundtrack to "Sound City - Real To Reel" headed up by Dave Grohl and a bunch of other great artists. Paul McCartney with 2/3's of Nirvana doing "Cut Me Some Slack" is fantastic.
Please check out the band London Grammar’s album If You Wait that came out in 2013 (and their two subsequent albums) - dream pop/art rock/electronica kinda style but so good!!
I listened to the new London Grammar album, was not my cup of tea, but I can see why people like them. The singer's got a great voice.
Sir Eyeball have you listened to their first two as I think they’re better/ a bit less poppy
@@emma-461 I didn't unfortunately. Maybe I will listen to a song here and there and then decide if I take the jump into the LG pool.
Well done mates! Joe, ...Like Clockwork is my fav Queens album.
It’s real good. I saw them play it live. It was excellent. - Joe