Spin's 50 Best Albums of 2013

Here's what happens when Tomorrow's Harvest becomes yesterday's news. To complement our Top 50 Songs of 2013, it's time to count down the year's best

Published: December 02, 2013 13:00 Source

# 1

Yeezus by Kanye West

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

# 2

Acid Rap by Chance the Rapper

Album • Apr 30 / 2013 Pop Rap Hip Hop

# 3

Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend

Album • May 13 / 2013 Indie Pop

# 4

Days Are Gone by HAIM

Album • Sep 30 / 2013 Pop Rock

# 5

Settle by Disclosure

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

# 6

Virgins by Tim Hecker

Album • Oct 14 / 2013 Ambient Drone Electroacoustic

# 7

Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards of Canada

Album • Jun 10 / 2013 IDM Ambient Techno

# 8

The Night's Gambit by KA

Album • Jul 13 / 2013 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 9

Shaking The Habitual by The Knife

Album • Apr 05 / 2013 Electronic Post-Industrial Experimental

# 10

Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

Album • Apr 08 / 2013 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 11

Matangi by M.I.A.

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

# 12

Old by Danny Brown

Album • Oct 08 / 2013 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 13

Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Electropop

# 14

Excavation by The Haxan Cloak

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Dark Ambient Ambient Dub

# 15

Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails

Album • Aug 27 / 2013 Electro-Industrial

# 16

Wenu Wenu by Omar Souleyman

Album • Oct 21 / 2013 Dabke

# 17

Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Contemporary Country

# 18

MCII by Mikal Cronin

Album • May 07 / 2013 Power Pop

# 19

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

Album • May 17 / 2013 Disco Electronic

# 20

Cerulean Salt by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 05 / 2013 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 21

Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 26 / 2013 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 22

Sunbather by Deafheaven

Album • May 28 / 2013 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 23

R Plus Seven by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Sep 30 / 2013 Progressive Electronic

# 24

I Don't Give a F**k by DJ Rashad

EP • Jul 22 / 2013

# 25

The Stand-In by Caitlin Rose

Album • Mar 05 / 2013 Country Pop

# 26

Woman by Rhye

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Sophisti-Pop Smooth Soul Alternative R&B

# 28

The Marshall Mathers LP2 by Eminem

Album • Jan 01 / 2013

# 29

Home (Deluxe Edition) by Rudimental

Album • Feb 22 / 2013

# 30

B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME (Deluxe) by 2 Chainz

Album • Jan 01 / 2013

# 31

Doris by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Aug 16 / 2013 West Coast Hip Hop

# 32

The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version) by Justin Timberlake

Album • Mar 15 / 2013

# 33

Once I Was An Eagle by Laura Marling

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 34

Meir by Kvelertak

Album • Mar 22 / 2013 Black 'n' Roll Hardcore Punk

# 35

Like a Rose by Ashley Monroe

Album • Mar 05 / 2013 Contemporary Country Country Pop

# 36

CUT 4 ME by Kelela

Album • Oct 01 / 2013 UK Bass Alternative R&B

# 37

Reflektor by Arcade Fire

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Alternative Dance Indie Rock

# 38

The Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe

Album • Sep 10 / 2013 Contemporary R&B Funk

# 39

m b v by my bloody valentine

Album • Feb 02 / 2013 Shoegaze Dream Pop

# 40

Dream River by Bill Callahan

Album • Sep 17 / 2013 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 41

New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light by Colin Stetson

Album • Apr 30 / 2013 Post-Minimalism Experimental

# 42

The Inheritors by James Holden

Album • Jun 24 / 2013 IDM

# 43

Government Plates by Death Grips

Album • Nov 13 / 2013 Industrial Hip Hop Glitch Hop Abstract Hip Hop Deconstructed Club

# 44

Impossible Truth by William Tyler

Album • Mar 19 / 2013 American Primitivism Ambient Americana

# 45

I Hate Music by Superchunk

Album • Sep 03 / 2013 Indie Rock Power Pop

# 46

My Name Is My Name by Pusha T

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 47

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Deluxe Edition) by Neko Case

Album • Sep 03 / 2013 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 48

Coming Apart by Body/Head

Album • Sep 09 / 2013 Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 49

...Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 Alternative Rock

# 50

Nothing Was The Same by Drake

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B