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Highest Rated Albums of 2013

Decade

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Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Art Rock
- Country
- Dance Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Jazz
- Metal
- Pop
- Pop Rock
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop

2013

This is an ordered list of The Guardian's highest rated albums of 2013. Check out The Guardian's Year End List.

1. Beyoncé - Beyoncé

December 13, 2013

R&B

Score

100

2. Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net

February 5, 2013

Avant-Garde Jazz

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

3. Ezra Furman - Day of the Dog

October 8, 2013

Indie Rock

Score

100

4. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

November 5, 2013

Hip Hop

Score

100

5. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

August 20, 2013

Hip Hop

Score

100

6. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

June 26, 2013

Hip Hop

Score

100

7. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)

February 25, 2013

Progressive Rock

Score

100

8. Oblivians - Desperation

May 28, 2013

Garage Punk

Score

100

9. Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa

January 8, 2013

World

Score

100

10. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

May 21, 2013

Indie Rock

Score

100

11. Stornoway - Tales From Terra Firma

March 11, 2013

Indie Folk

Score

100

12. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

March 11, 2013

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

13. James Blake - Overgrown

April 8, 2013

Art Pop

Score

100

14. My Bloody Valentine - m b v

February 3, 2013

Shoegaze

Score

100

15. Dawn Richard - Goldenheart

January 15, 2013

R&B

Score

100

16. Veronica Falls - Waiting For Something to Happen

February 4, 2013

Indie Pop

Score

100

17. Dirtmusic - Troubles

June 10, 2013

Score

Source →

Amazon

18. Various Artists - Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War

November 5, 2013

Score

19. Chris Wood - None the Wiser

July 1, 2013

Score

20. Kit Downes - Light From Old Stars

April 22, 2013

Score

21. Mike Gibbs - Mike Gibbs + Twelve play Gil Evans

August 12, 2013

Score

22. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Clychau Dibon

October 0, 2013

Score

Source →

Amazon

23. Treacherous Orchestra - Origins

Score

Source →

Amazon

24. Soweto Kinch - The Legend of Mike Smith

February 18, 2013

Score

Source →

Amazon

25. Terri Lyne Carrington - Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue

February 5, 2013

Score

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Guardian awarded albums throughout 2013.

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