Slant Magazine's 25 Best Albums of 2013

As our list attests, if album-as-format is dead, it’s enjoying one hell of an afterlife.

Published: December 12, 2013 13:55 Source

# 1
Album • May 13 / 2013 Indie Pop
# 2
Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Alternative Dance Indie Rock
# 3
Album • Sep 27 / 2013 Alt-Pop
# 4
Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Experimental Hip Hop Industrial Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Jun 03 / 2013 UK Garage Deep House Deep Tech
# 6
Album • Aug 20 / 2013 Indie Rock Chamber Pop
# 7
Album • Apr 05 / 2013 Electronic Post-Industrial Experimental
# 8
Album • May 17 / 2013 Indie Rock
# 9
Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 10
Album • Jul 15 / 2013 Synthpop Electro House
# 11
Album • Sep 10 / 2013 Contemporary R&B Funk
# 12
Album • Sep 03 / 2013 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 13
Album • Apr 08 / 2013 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 14
Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Jan 29 / 2013 Indie Rock Indie Pop
# 16
Album • Sep 09 / 2013 Indie Rock Pop Rock
# 17
Album • Nov 13 / 2013 Industrial Hip Hop Glitch Hop Abstract Hip Hop Deconstructed Club
# 18
Album • Apr 12 / 2013 Electropop Synthpop
# 19
Album • Jul 23 / 2013 Electronic Neo-Psychedelia
# 20
Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 21
Album • Jun 25 / 2013 Synthpop Indie Pop
# 22
Album • Sep 20 / 2013 Synthpop Electropop
# 23
Album • Aug 02 / 2013 Folk Pop Indie Folk Alt-Country
# 24
Album • Feb 02 / 2013 Shoegaze Dream Pop
# 25
Album • May 05 / 2013 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco