(in no particular order, except for #1)

Kanye West- Yeezus
Thee Oh Sees- Floating Coffin
Parquet Courts- Light Up Gold (technically came out last year, but was re-issued in January)
Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City
El-P and Killer Mike- Run The Jewels
Haim- Days Are Gone
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
Earl Sweatshirt- Doris
Washed Out- Paracosm
Swearin'- Surfing Strange
Pusha T- My Name is My Name
Superchunk- I Hate Music
Kurt Vile- Walkin on a Pretty Daze
Mikal Cronin- MCII
A$AP Rocky- LONG.LIVE.A$AP

hell of a goddamn year, jesus.

12/6/2013 5:48:09 PM

rhye - woman
deerhunter - monomania
youth lagoon - wondrous bughouse
arcade fire - reflektor
the national - trouble will find me
david bowie - the next day
my bloody valentine - mbv

[Edited on December 6, 2013 at 6:00 PM. Reason : .]

12/6/2013 5:57:23 PM

The top 3 that I've heard so far:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

[Edited on December 6, 2013 at 6:36 PM. Reason : ]

12/6/2013 6:36:20 PM

1. Kanye West
2. The Field
3. CHVRCHES
4. Fuck Buttons
5. Vampire Weekend

plenty more but i'm only doing top 5

[Edited on December 6, 2013 at 7:00 PM. Reason : .]

12/6/2013 7:00:20 PM

Incorrect. The best album of the year was the cookbook that came with B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time.

12/6/2013 8:20:28 PM

really, really good year. Deafheaven's Sunbather is my AOTY though. I'll come back with my full list later.

[Edited on December 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM. Reason : ]

12/6/2013 10:47:09 PM

1. the knife and the haxan cloak (tie! both blew my head into tiny pieces. unbelievably inventive and goddamn gorgeous records.)
3. the love triangle (if you like energetic rock music that isn't just 90s throwback bullshit... catchiest thing i heard all year: http://sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/clever-clever)
4. the dreebs (a one-sided 12", but i'm counting it. future music that makes just about everything else look mundane and mindless. also the best set i saw all year)
5 - 10 in any order: ghostface/adrian younge (younge is a genius), joint d/ (rock and/or roll tough party times), run the jewels (contemporary hitmakers), yeezus (true), nate young (better than the wolf eyes record), wolf eyes (better than most other records)

and rp boo at no. 11 cuz it's tight.

12/8/2013 11:14:27 AM

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" ?@TIME 8h Get ready for another Kanye rant: Looks like 'Yeezus' was among this year's #Grammy snubs http://ti.me/18wNKt1 "

12/9/2013 9:24:34 PM

I have a hard time really putting stuff in "order" anymore, so here's my input.

Deafheaven - Sunbather was my AOTY. Haven't had a metal album hit me like that in a long time.

I probably gave significant listen to 40ish albums this year? I'm sure I missed plenty of records I would really enjoy, but these are the rest of my highlights or favorites from the year:

My Favorites
The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Whenever, If Ever
The Dismemberment Plan - Uncanney Valley
Mansions - Doom Loop
Candy Claws - Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time
The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of us is the Killer
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Foxing - The Albatross


Other HMs
Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Washed Out - Paracosm
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Scale the Summit - The Migration
Haken - The Mountain
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing

12/9/2013 9:47:53 PM

this was a really good year for music. the Darkside album is probably my favorite of the year. listened to it a million times and it still isn't old.

12/9/2013 11:42:11 PM

Disclosure
Tyler the Creator

12/10/2013 12:07:59 AM

my list off the top of my head:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Bliss n Eso - Circus in the Sky
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Eminem - MMLP2
J. Cole - Born Sinner
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

12/10/2013 1:21:45 PM

had no idea you were into Thee Oh Sees

next time we get beers we are going to listen to them exclusively

12/10/2013 1:31:50 PM

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"the Darkside album"

not sure how i missed this. it's pretty great.

12/10/2013 7:28:34 PM

^ ha same here. listened to it all day yesterday after seeing it in this thread

12/11/2013 8:33:22 AM

well, now I've been listening to it all morning, thanks to this thread

they kinda remind me of Ratatat, which is a big plus in my book

[Edited on December 11, 2013 at 11:36 AM. Reason : asdf]

12/11/2013 11:25:03 AM

http://flavorwire.com/428848/stereotyping-you-by-your-favorite-album-of-2013/

12/12/2013 1:33:48 PM

Quote :

"Kanye West — Yeezus People who like arguing about music more than they like listening to it"

That shit sucks. on point.

12/12/2013 1:49:34 PM

other favorites of the year that haven't been mentioned in this thread yet:
Classixx - Hanging Gardens
Flume - Flume
DJ Koze - Amygdala
John Talabot - DJ Kicks

12/12/2013 3:53:04 PM

Beyonce just put out the greatest album of all time fam and only 11 people knew about it fam


just gold shitted on the game. LOL

12/14/2013 1:14:56 AM

what does that even mean?

12/14/2013 11:40:45 AM

Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety

needs a mention here

12/20/2013 11:13:24 AM

The yellow river boys - urinal st. station

12/20/2013 2:55:59 PM

my top 10:

arcade fire - reflektor
my bloody valentine - m b v
candy claws - ceres & calypso in the deep time
deerhunter - monomania
the love language - ruby red
eleanor friedberger - personal record
the besnard lakes - until in excess, imperceptible ufo
vampire weekend - modern vampires of the city
the national - trouble will find me
kurt vile - wakin on a pretty daze

12/23/2013 1:31:15 PM

I probably would have added Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap had I listened to it by the time I created my list.

2/21/2014 12:47:55 AM