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Best Albums of 2013 14:54 - Nov 19 with 5296 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Any recommendations for the end of year list?

Mine:-

1) Arcade Fire - Reflektor
2) Sigur Ros - Kveikur
3) Johnathan Wilson - Fanfare
4) Daughter - If You Leave
5) Bill Callahan - Dream River

Maybe only Arcade Fire's album is good enough to be Top 5 material in a good year. Haven't found much I like this year. Any pointers?


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Best Albums of 2013 on 15:03 - Nov 19 with 4207 viewsMetallica_Hoop

Blood Ceremony:The Eldritch Dark
Black Sabbath: Thirteen
Amon Amarth: Deceiver Of the Gods
Carcass Surgical: Surgical Steel.
Jex Thoth: Blood Moon Rise



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Best Albums of 2013 on 15:29 - Nov 19 with 4171 viewsdermyqpr

Little Green Cars Absolute Zero. Really like there sound Brian (Dublin Based).


Love Arcade Fire but not sure if I like new stuff. Gone a bit discoey??????
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Best Albums of 2013 on 15:37 - Nov 19 with 4159 viewsBluce_Ree

Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Luscious Jackson - Magic Hour

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Best Albums of 2013 on 15:57 - Nov 19 with 4135 viewsKernowRanger

Smith Westerns-Soft Will
Kurt Vile-Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Laura Marling-Once I was an Eagle
Arctic Monkeys-AM
Parquet Courts' album was released over here in 2013, but in America in 2012 if that still counts...

The albums by Jagwar Ma, Peace, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Melody's Echo Chamber, Fear of Men, Savages, and Connan Mockasin were all pretty great as well
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Best Albums of 2013 on 16:03 - Nov 19 with 4130 viewsBklynRanger

Ah, good, recommendations. I've been trying to catch up on previous years, but of what I got that was released this year I'd include:

Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle - Perils From The Sea

The National's album was good in the sense that it fitted perfectly into their usual, mumbly yet melodic template.

The Arctic Monkey's album started out solid but is continuing to grow on me a lot.

For a single song I think Neko Cases's 'City Swan' is a great song. Quite a good album too really.

Best Coast's album was good but maybe not quite as good as the previous one.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 16:21 - Nov 19 with 4110 viewsFDC

Best Albums of 2013 on 15:57 - Nov 19 by KernowRanger

Smith Westerns-Soft Will
Kurt Vile-Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Laura Marling-Once I was an Eagle
Arctic Monkeys-AM
Parquet Courts' album was released over here in 2013, but in America in 2012 if that still counts...

The albums by Jagwar Ma, Peace, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Melody's Echo Chamber, Fear of Men, Savages, and Connan Mockasin were all pretty great as well
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Good shout on Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring For My Halo was my album of 2011, need to give the new one a proper listen but like what I've heard.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 16:32 - Nov 19 with 4101 viewssimmo

I don't listen to new music all that much anymore, so couldnt throw much new stuff in, although Arctic Monkeys new album is strong. Also

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (not always my thing but a good album)
Kendrick Lamar - good kid m.A.A.d city
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
Royal Headache - Royal Headache is an album I really enjoyed. Although that might have been a 2012 release....

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Best Albums of 2013 on 16:47 - Nov 19 with 4073 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Good responses so far.

That Neko Case song is good. Very Rilo Kiley.

Will check out the Jimmy LaValle album. I like my Album Leaf.

And will get to the other new ones in time

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Best Albums of 2013 on 17:01 - Nov 19 with 4049 viewsElHoop

Wasn't sure about AM when i first heard it but it's a real grower. Best album that I've heard this year but I've not been inspired to buy many new albums in the past few years, let alone this year, so I'm not in any position to judge this one.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 17:29 - Nov 19 with 4023 viewsSonofNorfolt

Well AM was produced by Josh Homme, who should also be mentioned for QOTSA's 'Like Clockwork.'
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Best Albums of 2013 on 17:38 - Nov 19 with 4016 viewsnedflanders

Best Albums of 2013 on 17:29 - Nov 19 by SonofNorfolt

Well AM was produced by Josh Homme, who should also be mentioned for QOTSA's 'Like Clockwork.'


AM was produced by James Ford not Homme.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 17:52 - Nov 19 with 4005 viewsSonofNorfolt

My mistake, he appears on it though, produced earlier songs.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 18:00 - Nov 19 with 3991 viewsnedflanders

Best Albums of 2013 on 17:52 - Nov 19 by SonofNorfolt

My mistake, he appears on it though, produced earlier songs.


Tbh I haven't listened to it- I only know cos he's family. Should give it a listen really, got great reviews
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Best Albums of 2013 on 18:14 - Nov 19 with 3970 viewsBklynRanger

I've just spend the last hour or two looking into all these. I got 6 or 7 great additions to the old CD library but may need to send extra funds to Xmas-present-buying neices and nephews.

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Best Albums of 2013 on 18:25 - Nov 19 with 3952 viewsderbyhoop

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Laura marling - One I was an Eagle

all above previously mentioned
David Bowie - The Next Day
Everything, Everything - Arc
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others

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Best Albums of 2013 on 18:36 - Nov 19 with 3934 viewsKernowRanger

Best Albums of 2013 on 18:25 - Nov 19 by derbyhoop

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Laura marling - One I was an Eagle

all above previously mentioned
David Bowie - The Next Day
Everything, Everything - Arc
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others


Forgot Bowie's album was released this year-feels so long ago! Same with My Bloody Valentine's album is another superb album. Traams, Drenge, Savages, Joanna Gruesome and Yuppies' debut albums are all well worth checking out too. Can't wait to hear TOY's and Kevin Morby's new LPs too!
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Best Albums of 2013 on 01:24 - Nov 20 with 3811 viewsSonofNorfolt

Best Albums of 2013 on 18:00 - Nov 19 by nedflanders

Tbh I haven't listened to it- I only know cos he's family. Should give it a listen really, got great reviews


Lie to us, and say that Josh Homme is QPR.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 16:05 - Nov 20 with 3700 viewsnedflanders

Best Albums of 2013 on 01:24 - Nov 20 by SonofNorfolt

Lie to us, and say that Josh Homme is QPR.


Josh Homme might well be QPR- but it's James Ford who's my brother in law!

In fact, I reckon Josh Homme is definitely QPR - he wrote a song about us rangers fans- 'everybody knows you are insane ....'
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Best Albums of 2013 on 16:14 - Nov 20 with 3690 viewsKendo_Nagasaki

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Best Albums of 2013 on 17:45 - Nov 20 with 3661 viewssmegma

Best Albums of 2013 on 16:14 - Nov 20 by Kendo_Nagasaki

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Seeing them tonight


Agreed. Going as well, really looking forward to it.

Other honourable mentions : Savages and Motorhead.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 21:36 - Nov 20 with 3584 viewsLimehouseR

I liked amongst other things this year:

Bonobo - The North Borders

James Blake - Overgrown

Nightmares on Wax - Feelin' Good

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and not strictly albums but

Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Bubblers vol. 10

and Bonobo's mix from the Late night Tales series

I think 2012 had some better offerings to be honest but maybe I'm just getting more picky as I age.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 06:47 - Nov 21 with 3520 viewsQPR_Nippon

Best Albums of 2013 on 21:36 - Nov 20 by LimehouseR

I liked amongst other things this year:

Bonobo - The North Borders

James Blake - Overgrown

Nightmares on Wax - Feelin' Good

Moderat - II

and not strictly albums but

Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Bubblers vol. 10

and Bonobo's mix from the Late night Tales series

I think 2012 had some better offerings to be honest but maybe I'm just getting more picky as I age.


Good shouts, Limehouse. Thought James Blake's second album was stronger than his debut - seems the Mercury panel agreed. Always enjoy Bonobo's stuff.

Other stuff I liked this year in a similar electro vein were:
Machinedrum - Vapor City
Jon Hopkins - Immunity

In terms of singer-songwriter albums, Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant definitely deserves a mention.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 09:13 - Nov 21 with 3486 viewsade_qpr

Best Albums of 2013 on 18:36 - Nov 19 by KernowRanger

Forgot Bowie's album was released this year-feels so long ago! Same with My Bloody Valentine's album is another superb album. Traams, Drenge, Savages, Joanna Gruesome and Yuppies' debut albums are all well worth checking out too. Can't wait to hear TOY's and Kevin Morby's new LPs too!


Yep another vote for the Bowie album here.

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Best Albums of 2013 on 11:18 - Nov 21 with 3449 viewsRedbourneR

With you on Arcade Fire, saw them at the Roundhouse last week, they were great, a really good night. I also liked the new Vampire Weekend album too.

I also thought the Civil Wars album, imaginatively titles The Civil Wars, was good.
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Best Albums of 2013 on 14:04 - Nov 21 with 3412 viewsSonofNorfolt

Best Albums of 2013 on 16:05 - Nov 20 by nedflanders

Josh Homme might well be QPR- but it's James Ford who's my brother in law!

In fact, I reckon Josh Homme is definitely QPR - he wrote a song about us rangers fans- 'everybody knows you are insane ....'


Ned, have a word with your b-i-law and see if he can sort out a couple of tickets for QOTSA at Wembley either Friday or Saturday this weekend please?
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