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Highest Rated Albums of 2013

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2013

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

1. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

April 8, 2013

Score

90

2. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

June 4, 2013

Alternative Rock

Score

90

3. Tim Hecker - Virgins

Tim Hecker - Virgins

October 14, 2013

Score

90

4. Melt-Banana - Fetch

Melt-Banana - Fetch

October 1, 2013

Score

90

5. Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury

April 30, 2013

Atmospheric Black Metal

Score

90

6. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

January 22, 2013

Psychedelic Rock

Score

80

7. Buke and Gase - General Dome

Buke and Gase - General Dome

January 29, 2013

Score

80

8. Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth

Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth

February 19, 2013

Score

80

9. Iceage - You're Nothing

Iceage - You're Nothing

February 19, 2013

Score

80

10. My Bloody Valentine - m b v

My Bloody Valentine - m b v

February 3, 2013

Score

80

11. Autechre - Exai

Autechre - Exai

February 7, 2013

Score

80

12. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze

Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze

April 9, 2013

Score

80

13. Shlohmo - Laid Out

Shlohmo - Laid Out

March 4, 2013

Score

80

14. Smith Westerns - Soft Will

Smith Westerns - Soft Will

June 25, 2013

Score

80

15. The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

April 15, 2013

Score

80

16. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

May 21, 2013

Score

80

17. Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons To Die

Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons To Die

April 16, 2013

Score

80

18. Kvelertak - Meir

Kvelertak - Meir

March 25, 2013

Score

80

19. Savages - Silence Yourself

Savages - Silence Yourself

May 6, 2013

Score

80

20. The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer

The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer

May 14, 2013

Score

80

21. The Drones - I See Seaweed

The Drones - I See Seaweed

March 1, 2013

Alternative Rock

Score

80

22. Deafheaven - Sunbather

Deafheaven - Sunbather

June 11, 2013

Score

80

23. Julia Holter - Loud City Song

Julia Holter - Loud City Song

August 19, 2013

Score

80

24. clipping. - Midcity

clipping. - Midcity

February 5, 2013

Score

80

25. Jon Hopkins - Immunity

Jon Hopkins - Immunity

June 3, 2013

Score

80

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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