The Best Albums Of 2013 According To Me
This is an even weirder list than films, because music is even more subjective than films, and so this is basically a list of albums I like. And I share my music tastes with nobody so I can tell this is definitely going to be a popular list.
Anyway the best part is I only bought six new release albums this year so every single one of them is going to make the list. So essentially this is just a list of the albums I bought this year. Woohoo!
6. Dropkick Murphys – Signed and Sealed in Blood
Not a particularly strong showing from the Celtic punk band, with at least half of the material here being largely forgettable. There are some standouts though, most notable of all being the brilliant festive tune above.
5. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
It’s pretty by-the-numbers as Pearl Jam goes (hell, as alt rock goes) but it’s still got solid hooks and more great vocal work from Eddie Vedder. It stumbles slightly into a one-man show with Future Days, much in the way Backspacer did on more than one occasion, but it makes for a good change of pace anyway.
4. London Grammar – If You Wait
A new discovery for 2013. Solemn and haunting but all the more captivating because of that, If You Wait is the debut album from London Grammar, a band that’s surely made for me. Cos I live in London. And I can do that grammar thing. Geddit? Yeah. Woo.
3. Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
Something so simultaneously sober and lurid as …Like Clockwork should be all over the place. Instead it’s a refreshingly tight effort that boasts quality, quantity and variety, with not a dud in the pack.
2. Paramore – Paramore
Paramore ditches band members, Paramore improves. Brand New Eyes was lacklustre to say the least, and yet Paramore is somehow the strongest effort yet from Hayley Williams and those other guys who may or may not be part of this band or something? Anyway, Hayley Williams. Yes. Woo.
1. Chvrches – The Bones Of What You Believe
Something else completely new for me, sitting at number one purely because it’s refreshing, diverse, easy to listen to on repeat forever and also boasts my favourite song of the year, which you can listen to simply by clicking play on the handy embedded video above. Go on, you won’t regret it. Probably.
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