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This is an ordered list of The Needle Drop's highest rated albums of 2013. Check out
The Needle Drop's Year End List
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Melt-Banana - Fetch
October 1, 2013
Noise Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
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2
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Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
April 30, 2013
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Post-Black Metal
Score
90
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3
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Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
June 4, 2013
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Score
90
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Spotify
4
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The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
April 8, 2013
Electronic
,
Post-Industrial
,
Experimental
Score
90
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5
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Tim Hecker - Virgins
October 14, 2013
Ambient
,
Electroacoustic
,
Drone
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
6
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Da Mafia 6ix - 6ix Commandments
November 12, 2013
Hip Hop
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
7
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Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise
October 15, 2013
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Hip Hop
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
8
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Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
October 8, 2013
Tech House
,
Minimal Techno
,
Acid Techno
,
Techno
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar
October 8, 2013
Indie Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
10
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Bill Callahan - Dream River
September 17, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Score
80
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11
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Flatbush Zombies - BetterOffDEAD
September 11, 2013
Trap
,
Boom Bap
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
12
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Touché Amoré - Is Survived By
September 24, 2013
Screamo
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
13
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YC The Cynic - GNK
August 26, 2013
Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
September 3, 2013
Darkwave
,
Ethereal Wave
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
15
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KA - The Night's Gambit
July 13, 2013
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Drumless
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Smith Westerns - Soft Will
June 25, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
June 26, 2013
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Young Fathers - Tape Two
June 11, 2013
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
June 3, 2013
Microhouse
,
IDM
,
Ambient
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer
May 14, 2013
Mathcore
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons To Die
April 16, 2013
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
April 9, 2013
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
,
Electronic
,
Ambient
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Autechre - Exai
February 7, 2013
IDM
,
Glitch
,
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Shlohmo - Laid Out
March 4, 2013
Glitch Hop
,
Electronic
,
Wonky
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2013.
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