Clash's Top Albums of 2013

Clash's Top Albums Of 2013: 10-1... with the very best of the year that's been, LPs from Earl Sweatshirt, Lorde, Moderat, Vampire Weekend, James Holden...

Published: December 13, 2013 13:27 Source

# 1

Doris by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Aug 16 / 2013 West Coast Hip Hop

# 2

Overgrown by James Blake

Album • Apr 08 / 2013 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 3

Yeezus by Kanye West

Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Experimental Hip Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 4

Amok by Atoms for Peace

Album • Feb 20 / 2013 Glitch Pop

# 5

6 Feet Beneath The Moon by King Krule

Album • Aug 24 / 2013 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock Indie Rock

# 6

Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards of Canada

Album • Jun 10 / 2013 IDM Ambient Techno

# 7

The Inheritors by James Holden

Album • Jun 24 / 2013 IDM

# 8

II by Moderat

Album • Aug 05 / 2013 IDM

# 9

Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend

Album • May 13 / 2013 Indie Pop

# 10

Pure Heroine by Lorde

Album • Sep 27 / 2013 Alt-Pop

# 11

AM by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Sep 09 / 2013 Indie Rock Pop Rock

# 12

The Next Day by David Bowie

Album • Mar 08 / 2013 Art Rock Alternative Rock

# 13

The North Borders by Bonobo

Album • Mar 21 / 2013 Downtempo

# 14

Push the Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Feb 18 / 2013 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 15

Matangi by M.I.A.

Album • Nov 05 / 2013 UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Electropop

# 16

Vapor City by Machinedrum

Album • Sep 30 / 2013 Footwork UK Bass Footwork Jungle

# 17

Wolf by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Apr 01 / 2013 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 18

Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant

Album • May 14 / 2013 Synthpop Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Slow Focus by Fuck Buttons

Album • Jul 23 / 2013 Electronic Neo-Psychedelia

# 20

Soul Music by Special Request

Album • Oct 21 / 2013 Jungle Hardcore Breaks

# 21

Engravings by Forest Swords

Album • Aug 27 / 2013 Ambient Dub

# 22

Beautiful Rewind by Four Tet

Album • Oct 04 / 2013 Tech House

# 23

The Redeemer by Dean Blunt

Album • May 01 / 2013 Art Pop

# 24

Mechanical Bull (Expanded Edition) by Kings of Leon

Album • Sep 24 / 2013

# 25

Embracism by Kirin J Callinan

Album • Jul 01 / 2013 Art Rock

# 26

Shaking The Habitual by The Knife

Album • Apr 05 / 2013 Electronic Post-Industrial Experimental

# 27

Watching Movies with the Sound Off by Mac Miller

Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Abstract Hip Hop Cloud Rap

# 28

Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 26 / 2013 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 29

Apocalypse by Thundercat

Album • Jul 09 / 2013 Neo-Soul Funktronica Nu Jazz

# 30

Old by Danny Brown

Album • Oct 08 / 2013 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 31

Life After Defo by Deptford Goth

Album • Mar 19 / 2013 Art Pop Alternative R&B Ambient Pop

# 32

Immunity by Jon Hopkins

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 Microhouse IDM

# 33

Shangri La by Jake Bugg

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 34

If You Leave by Daughter

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Indie Pop Dream Pop

# 35

The Shadow of Heaven by MONEY

Album • Aug 26 / 2013 Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 36

Cold Spring Fault Less Youth by Mount Kimbie

Album • May 27 / 2013 Future Garage

# 37

Sunbather by Deafheaven

Album • May 28 / 2013 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 38

Drone Logic by Daniel Avery

Album • Oct 07 / 2013 Tech House

# 39

My Name Is My Name by Pusha T

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 40

John Wizards by John Wizards

Album • Sep 02 / 2013 Indietronica Kwaito