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Highest Rated Albums of 2013
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This is an ordered list of SPIN's highest rated albums of 2013. Check out
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Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
December 13, 2013
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
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2
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Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
October 1, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
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Spiritual Jazz
Score
90
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3
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Tim Hecker - Virgins
October 14, 2013
Ambient
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Electroacoustic
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Drone
Score
90
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4
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Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
September 3, 2013
Electro-Industrial
Score
90
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5
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KA - The Night's Gambit
July 13, 2013
Abstract Hip Hop
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East Coast Hip Hop
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Drumless
Score
90
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6
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Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
June 11, 2013
IDM
Score
90
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7
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Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose
March 5, 2013
Contemporary Country
Score
90
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8
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Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
March 19, 2013
Contemporary Country
Score
90
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9
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Mikal Cronin - MCII
May 7, 2013
Garage Rock
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Power Pop
Score
90
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10
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Deerhunter - Monomania
May 3, 2013
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
Score
90
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11
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The Flaming Lips - The Terror
April 1, 2013
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
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12
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The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Drone
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Dark Ambient
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Electronic
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Ambient
Score
90
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13
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The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
April 8, 2013
Electronic
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Post-Industrial
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Experimental
Score
90
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14
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Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
April 9, 2013
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
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15
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William Tyler - Impossible Truth
March 19, 2013
American Primitivism
Score
90
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16
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Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In
February 25, 2013
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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17
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Carmen Villain - Sleeper
March 12, 2013
Score
80
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18
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Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
October 22, 2013
Contemporary Country
Score
80
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19
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Date Palms - The Dusted Sessions
June 11, 2013
Drone
Score
80
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20
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Case Studies - This Is Another Life
June 11, 2013
Folk
Score
80
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21
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Alela Diane - About Farewell
June 25, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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22
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Locrian - Return To Annihilation
June 25, 2013
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
Score
80
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23
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The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
June 11, 2013
Melodic Death Metal
Score
80
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24
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Mathew Jonson - Her Blurry Pictures
June 11, 2013
Score
80
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25
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George Issakidis - Karezza
May 13, 2013
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings SPIN awarded albums throughout 2013.
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