Your 2013 album of the year

[Alpha]

What has been your stand-out album of 2013?

My shortlist, in no particular order as I scroll about my 2013 Spotify playlist:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
The Flaming Lips - The Terror
Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Wavves - Afraid of Heights
Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric - CZARFACE
Bleached - Ride Your Heart
Collen Green - Sock it to Me
Public Service Broadcasting - Inform - Educate - Entertain
Surfer Blood - Pythons
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Deep Vally - Sistrionix
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Jaill - There's No Sky (Oh My My)

I think I'm going to go with Pure Heroine, with honourable mentions to ...Like Clockwork, Random Access Memories and Evil Friends.



What's your album of the year?

[Taco-Calamitous]

Here are albums from 2013 that I thought were the most complete and enjoyable:

Larry and his Flask - By the Lamplight
Five Iron Frenzy - Engine of a Million Parts
Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Sombear - Love You in the Dark
Reggie and the Full Effect - No Country for Old Musicians
Less Than Jake - See the Light
Authority Zero - The Tipping Point
The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law

For me, it comes down between Five Iron Frenzy and Larry and his Flask. I think By the Lamplight gets the nod from me, just barely.

By the Lamplight is just more upbeat and diverse in its sound. Engine of a Million Plots is a much more mature album than some of their previous albums, and also more dark. It's great, but it probably wasn't really what I wanted at the time it came out, heh...

[charliepanayi]

I haven't quite decided yet, but I think my No. 1 album of the year will be Modern Vampires of the City, with the likes of Tegan and Sara, Janelle Monae and Daft Punk close behind.

[Blackbird VIII]

Like Clockwork was really sick! Props on that pick, Alpha!

I bought several albums but the only one that ended up entirely on my IPOD was Jimmy Eat World-Damage. So, I'm gonna go with that one as my main album of the year.

Honorable mentions:

Bad Religion-True North
Jake Bugg-Shangri La
Mark Kozelek-Like Rats
Yellowcard-Ocean Avenue Acoustic
Cage The Elephant-Melophobia

[Epicpenguin13]

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Daft Punk did well though.