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This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2013. Check out
Drowned in Sound's Year End List
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1
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Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
March 4, 2013
Psychedelic Rock
Score
100
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Music
Spotify
2
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Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia
August 6, 2013
Experimental
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Spectres - Hunger
March 11, 2013
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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MONEY - The Shadow of Heaven
August 26, 2013
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw - You Have Already Gone To The Other World
April 2, 2013
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Nils Frahm - Spaces
November 18, 2013
Ambient
,
Modern Classical
,
Minimalism
,
ECM Style Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
October 21, 2013
Post-Hardcore
,
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno - Doobie Wonderland
September 2, 2013
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
9
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Teeth of the Sea - Master
October 7, 2013
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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65daysofstatic - Wild Light
September 16, 2013
Post-Rock
,
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
September 17, 2013
Funk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
September 3, 2013
Electro-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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London Grammar - If You Wait
September 9, 2013
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Superchunk - I Hate Music
August 20, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
August 20, 2013
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Raffertie - Sleep of Reason
August 5, 2013
Dubstep
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Oliver Wilde - A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years
July 22, 2013
Indie Folk
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Icarus Line - Slave Vows
July 8, 2013
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
19
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Pet Shop Boys - Electric
July 15, 2013
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Daughn Gibson - Me Moan
July 9, 2013
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Neils Children - Dimly Lit
June 10, 2013
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Thundercat - Apocalypse
June 4, 2013
Neo-Soul
,
Nu Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Zomby - With Love
June 17, 2013
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sigur Rós - Kveikur
June 17, 2013
Art Rock
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
June 10, 2013
Post-Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Drowned in Sound awarded albums throughout 2013.
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