NME's 50 Best Albums of 2013

Published: November 26, 2013 12:35 Source

# 1

AM by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Sep 09 / 2013 Indie Rock Pop Rock

# 2

Yeezus by Kanye West

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

# 3

...Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 Alternative Rock

# 4

Holy Fire by Foals

Album • Jan 31 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 5

Silence Yourself by Savages

Album • May 07 / 2013 Post-Punk

# 6

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

Album • May 17 / 2013 Disco Electronic

# 7

Reflektor by Arcade Fire

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Alternative Dance Indie Rock

# 8

Push the Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Feb 18 / 2013 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Once I Was An Eagle by Laura Marling

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 10

The Next Day by David Bowie

Album • Mar 08 / 2013 Art Rock Alternative Rock

# 11

Immunity by Jon Hopkins

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 Microhouse IDM

# 12

Matangi by M.I.A.

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

# 13

Drenge by Drenge

Album • Jul 22 / 2014 Garage Rock Garage Punk

# 14

Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend

Album • May 13 / 2013 Indie Pop

# 15

In Love by Peace

Album • Mar 25 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 16

Howlin by Jagwar Ma

Album • Jun 11 / 2013 Baggy / Madchester Alternative Dance

# 17

Cerulean Salt by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 05 / 2013 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 18

Pearl Mystic by Hookworms

Album • Sep 02 / 2013 Psychedelic Rock

# 19

Settle by Disclosure

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 UK Garage Deep House Deep Tech

# 20

Trouble Will Find Me by The National

Album • May 17 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 21

You're Nothing by Iceage

Album • Feb 18 / 2013 Post-Punk Art Punk Post-Hardcore

# 22

Monomania by Deerhunter

Album • May 06 / 2013 Indie Rock Noise Pop

# 23

The Bones of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Album • Sep 20 / 2013 Synthpop Electropop

# 24

Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts

Album • Jan 15 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 25

Days Are Gone by HAIM

Album • Sep 30 / 2013 Pop Rock

# 26

Factory Floor by Factory Floor

Album • Sep 09 / 2013 Minimal Wave Tech House

# 27

Doris by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Aug 16 / 2013 West Coast Hip Hop

# 28

Field of Reeds by These New Puritans

Album • Jun 10 / 2013 Post-Rock Art Rock

# 29

m b v by my bloody valentine

Album • Feb 02 / 2013 Shoegaze Dream Pop

# 30

Mosquito by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 31

Totale Nite by Merchandise

Album • Apr 02 / 2013 Post-Punk Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 32

180 by Palma Violets

Album • Mar 12 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 33

Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Electropop

# 34

The Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe

Album • Sep 10 / 2013 Contemporary R&B Funk

# 35

Dream River by Bill Callahan

Album • Sep 17 / 2013 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 36

Sistrionix by Deap Vally

Album • Jul 01 / 2013 Garage Rock Blues Rock

# 37

Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

Album • Apr 08 / 2013 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 38

The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas by Courtney Barnett

Album • Oct 14 / 2013 Indie Pop Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Slacker Rock

# 39

Run Fast by The Julie Ruin

Album • Sep 03 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 40

Slow Focus by Fuck Buttons

Album • Jul 23 / 2013 Electronic Neo-Psychedelia

# 41

Comedown Machine by The Strokes

Album • Mar 25 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 42

Mug Museum by Cate Le Bon

Album • Nov 12 / 2013 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop

# 43

Shaking The Habitual by The Knife

Album • Apr 05 / 2013 Electronic Post-Industrial Experimental

# 44

Major Arcana by Speedy Ortiz

Album • Jul 09 / 2013 Indie Rock

# 45

How To Stop Your Brain In an Accident by Future of the Left

Album • Oct 20 / 2013 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 46

More Light by Primal Scream

Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Neo-Psychedelia Alternative Dance Space Rock

# 47

6 Feet Beneath The Moon by King Krule

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

# 48

My Name Is My Name by Pusha T

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 49

If You Leave by Daughter

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Indie Pop Dream Pop

# 50

Overgrown by James Blake

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