Year-End Lists

Q Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
2. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
3. The Next Day
   David Bowie
4. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
5. Immunity
   Jon Hopkins
6. Rewind the Film
   Manic Street Preachers
7. Big Wheel and Others
   Cass McCombs
8. A Bad Wind Blows
   Bill Ryder-Jones
9. Pale Green Ghosts
   John Grant
10. Days Are Gone
    Haim
11. Howlin’
    Jagwar Ma
12. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
13. Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time
    Steve Mason
14. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
15. Holy Fire
    Foals
16. Sing to the Moon
    Laura Mvula
17. Big Inner
    Matthew E. White
18. Once I Was an Eagle
    Laura Marling
19. Factory Floor
    Factory Floor
20. Opposites
    Biffy Clyro
21. 180
    Palma Violets
22. Bloodsports
    Suede
23. Settle
    Disclosure
24. Ice on the Dune
    Empire of the Sun
25. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
26. Yeezus
    Kanye West
27. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
28. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
    Franz Ferdinand
29. Drone Logic
    Daniel Avery
30. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
31. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
32. Silence Yourself
    Savages
33. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
34. Crimson/Red
    Prefab Sprout
35. Mala
    Devendra Banhart
36. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    Kurt Vile
37. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
38. Tales of Us
    Goldfrapp
39. Body Music
    AlunaGeorge
40. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
41. Praxis Makes Perfect
    Neon Neon
42. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
43. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
44. Lightning Bolt
    Pearl Jam
45. Kveikur
    Sigur Rós
46. Overgrown
    James Blake
47. Comedown Machine
    The Strokes
48. Mug Museum
    Cate Le Bon
49. More Light
    Primal Scream
50. Seasons of Your Day
    Mazzy Star