We here @ JV love lists, and are always looking forward to the “end year lists” published by different magazines & websites.

Here are 3 English lists, my next post will be American end year lists, and in the final post I’ll pull it all together adding the numbers and land a “Critics list of 2013”.

Check out:

• American “Best albums of 2013″ lists (Rolling Stone Mag, Paste & American Songwriter)
• Best Albums of 2013 based on lists from 5 different Magazine’s

 

Uncut

 

JV’s fav English music magazine (at least mine..)

UNCUT’s albums of the year 2013 
1. My Bloody Valentine – m b v
New You (Live at Hammerstein Ballroom):

2. David Bowie – The Next Day
3. Nick Cave – Push the Sky Away
4. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
5. Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle

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6. Roy Harper – Man and Myth
7. Bill Callahan – Dream River
8. Kurt Vile – Wakin’ On a Pretty Daze
9. Artic Monkeys – AM
10. Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest
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11. Matthew E White – Big Inner (was this not 2012?)
12. Prefab Sprout – Crimson/Red
13. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
14. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
15 Julie Holter – Loud City Song
16. Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
17. Kanye West – Yeezus
18. Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
19. Endless Boogie – Long Island
20. Vampire weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
21: Broadcast – Berberian Sound Studio
22: The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
23: Jonathan Wilson – Fanfare
24: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
25: Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
26: Jason Isbell – Southeastern
27: Atoms For Peace – Amok
28: Johnny Marr – The Messenger
29: Hiss Golden Messenger – Haw
30: Yo La Tengo – Fade
31: Neko Case – The Worse Things Get…
32: These New Puritans – Field of Reeds
33: Richard Thompson – Electric
34: White Denim – Corsicana Lemonade
35: Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle – Perils From The Sea
36: Mark Kozelek & Desertshore – S/T
37: Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
38: Haim – Days Are Gone
39: Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
40: Chris Forsyth – Solar Motel
41: Low – The Invisible Way
42: Arcade Fire – Reflektor
43: Okkervil River – Silver Gynasium
44: Fuzz – S/T
45: Manic Street Preachers – Rewind The Film
46: Factory Floor – S/T
47: Phoenix – Bankrupt!
48: Iron & Wine – Ghost On Ghost
49: Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day
50: Houndstooth – Ride Out The Dark

 

MOJO

 

Mojo Magazine – Top 50 LPs of 2013
1. Bill Callahan – Dream River
Youtube playlist from “Dream River”:

2. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
3. David Bowie – The Next Day
4. Arctic Monkeys – AM
5. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts

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6. Deerhunter – Monomania
7. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
8. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle – Perils from the Sea
9. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
10. John Murry – The Graceless Age

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11. Phosphorescent – Muchacho
12. Prefab Sprout – Crimson Red
13. My Bloody Valentine – MBV
14. Holden – Inheritors
15. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork
16. Factory Floor – Factory Floor
17. Charles Bradley – Victim of Love
18. Arcade Fire – Reflector
19. Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon
20. Pet Shop Boys – Electric
21. Mavis Staples – One True Vine
22. Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
23. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
24. Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
25. James Blake – Overgrown
26. Villagers {Awayland}
27. Disclosure – Settle
28. Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
29. John Hopkins – Immunity
30. Primal Scream – More Light
31. Elvis Costello and The Roots – Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
32. Glenn Jones – My Garden State
33. Bill Bragg – Tooth & Nail
34. Karen Gwyer – Needs Continuum
35. Midlake – Antiphon
36. Low – The Invisible Way
37. Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
38. Kanye West – Yeezus
39. Roy Harper – Man & Myth
40. Black Sabbath – 13
41. Goldfrapp – Tales of Us
42. Paul McCartney – New
43. Haim – Days Are Gone
44. Johnny Marr – The Messenger
45. These New Puritans – Fields of Reeds
46. Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
47. Julia Holter – Loud City Song
48. The Flaming Lips – The Terror
49. Tim Hecker – Virgins
50. Time is a Mountain – S/T

 

Q Magazine

 

Q Magazine’s 50 Albums of 2013

1. Arctic Monkeys – AM
Full album from youtube:

2. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
3. David Bowie – The Next Day
4. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
5. Jon Hopkins – Immunity
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6. Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
7. Cass McCombs – Big Wheel and Others
8. Bill Ryder Jones – A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart
9. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
10. Haim – Days Are Gone
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11. Jagwar Ma – Howlin’
12. My Bloody Valentine – MBV
13. Steve Mason – Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time
14. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork
15. Foals – Holy Fire
16. Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon
17. Matthew E White – Big Inner
18. Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
19. Factory Floor – S/T
20. Biffy Clyro – Opposites
21. Palma Violets – 180
22. Suede – Bloodsports
23. Disclosure – Settle
24. Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune
25. Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest
26. Kanye West – Yeezus
27. Bill Callahan – Dream River
28. Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
29. Daniel Avery – Drone Logic
30. Pet Shop Boys – Electric
31. Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
32. Savages – Silence Yourself
33. Parquet Courts – LIght Up Gold
34. Prefab Sprout – Crimson Red
35. Devendra Banhart – Mala
36. Kurt Vile – Walkin on a Pretty Daze
37. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
38. Goldfrapp – Tales of Us
39. Alunageorge – Body Music
40. Run the Jewels – S/T
41. Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
42. These New Puritans – Field of Reeds
43. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
44. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
45. Sigur Ros Kveikur
46. James Blake – Overgrown
47. The Strokes – Comedown Machine
48. Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
49. Primal Scream – More Light
50. Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day

 

-Egil