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Highest Rated Albums of 2013

Year

2013
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  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
- - 2012
  - 2011
  - 2010
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  - 2008
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  - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
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Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Art Pop
  - Country
  - Dream Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Experimental
  - Folk
  - Garage Rock
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Pop
- - Indie Rock
  - Lo-Fi
  - Metal
  - Pop
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Rock
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Shoegaze
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

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

1. Russian Circles - Memorial

October 29, 2013

Post-Rock

Score

100

2. Patty Griffin - Silver Bell

October 8, 2013

Folk

Score

100

3. Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium

September 3, 2013

Indie Rock

Score

100

4. Miles Davis - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2

January 29, 2013

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

5. Nils Frahm - Spaces

November 18, 2013

Score

6. Cara Neir - Portals to a Better, Dead World

October 31, 2013

Black Metal

Score

Source →

Amazon

7. John Newman - Tribute

October 14, 2013

Score

8. Tim Hecker - Virgins

October 14, 2013

Score

9. Melt-Banana - Fetch

October 1, 2013

Score

10. Leverage Models - Leverage Models

October 1, 2013

Score

11. Kitchens of Distinction - Folly

September 30, 2013

Score

12. Matthew Shipp - Piano Sutras

September 24, 2013

Score

13. Ulcerate - Vermis

September 17, 2013

Score

14. Carcass - Surgical Steel

September 17, 2013

Score

15. Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady

September 10, 2013

Score

16. London Grammar - If You Wait

September 9, 2013

Score

17. John Wizards - John Wizards

September 2, 2013

Score

18. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

August 24, 2013

Score

19. Superchunk - I Hate Music

August 20, 2013

Score

20. Julia Holter - Loud City Song

August 19, 2013

Score

21. True Widow - Circumambulation

July 23, 2013

Score

22. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus

July 23, 2013

Score

23. Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy

July 23, 2013

Score

24. Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go

July 16, 2013

Score

25. The Icarus Line - Slave Vows

July 8, 2013

Score

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

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