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1
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Arcadi Volodos - Volodos Plays Mompou
Classical
Score
100
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Amazon
2
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Jeremy Denk - J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
September 30, 2013
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
3
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Angela Hewitt - Fauré: Piano Music
September 2, 2013
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Ekaterina Gubanova / Anja Kampe / Jonas Kaufmann / René Pape / Mikhail Petrenko / Nina Stemme / Valery Gergiev - Wagner: Die Walküre
February 11, 2013
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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5
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Dunedin Consort / John Butt - Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos
September 9, 2013
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
6
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Gustavo Dudamel / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
September 16, 2013
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Haken - The Mountain
September 2, 2013
Progressive Metal
,
Progressive Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Terri Lyne Carrington - Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue
February 5, 2013
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Special Request - Soul Music
October 7, 2013
Techno
,
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Kvelertak - Meir
March 25, 2013
Hardcore Punk
,
Black 'n' Roll
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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DJ Rashad - Double Cup
October 22, 2013
Footwork
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Tony Molina - Dissed and Dismissed
February 26, 2013
Power Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
December 13, 2013
Contemporary R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
October 22, 2013
Contemporary Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
October 29, 2013
Noise Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Danny Brown - Old
October 8, 2013
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Foreign Exchange - Love In Flying Colors
September 24, 2013
Contemporary R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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CHVRCHΞS - The Bones of What You Believe
September 24, 2013
Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Arctic Monkeys - AM
September 9, 2013
Pop Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Marc Anthony - 3.0
July 23, 2013
Latin Pop
,
Salsa
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
21
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Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Kanye West - Yeezus
June 18, 2013
Industrial Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Disclosure - Settle
June 3, 2013
UK Garage
,
Deep House
,
House
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
June 4, 2013
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
May 21, 2013
Electro-Disco
,
Nu-Disco
,
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2013.
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