Best Albums and Songs of 2013: This Shit My Favorite Songs, You Just Don’t Know the Words

This is a television blog, but first and foremost it’s my blog and it should not surprise anyone that I have interests other than television (how I find time for that while watching 45 TV shows is a good question). Thus, I like to talk about them sometimes. Today, though, it’s simply to officially post my top 50 albums and top 100 songs of 2013. Sure, I may come back and realize how wrong I was and how much I hate some of these songs and albums later in the year, but now it’s on record so at least I’ll have something to compare it to.

First, in case you want to hear the list without having all the songs revealed for you – links to my top 40 songs on 8tracks

40-31
30-21
20-11
10-1

And next Spotify lists of my top 100 songs – first web based, second app-based.

Best of 2013 , Best of 2013

And now the lists – top 100 songs of 2013

1. Rhye – Open
2. Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener
3. Tegan And Sara – Closer
4. Haim – The Wire
5. John Grant – GMF
6. Sky Ferreira – I Blame Myself
7. Generationals – Put a Light On
8. Daft Punk – Get Lucky
9. Charli XCX – Take My Hand
10. Drake – Hold On, We’re Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan)
11. Vampire Weekend – Unbelievers
12. Foxygen – No Destruction
13. Foals – My Number
14. Autre Ne Veut – Counting
15. Bastille – Pompeii
16. Empire Of The Sun – Alive
17. Paramore – Still Into You
18. CHVRCHES – We Sink
19. Shout Out Louds – 14th Of July
20. Robin Thicke (ft. TI and Pharrell) – Blurred Lines
21. Janelle Monáe – Primetime [feat. Miguel]
22. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)
23. Lorde – Royals
24. Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
25. Chance The Rapper – Cocoa Butter Kisses (ft. Vic Mensa & Twista)
26. Cults – I Can Hardly Make You Mine
27. Cut Copy – Free Your Mind
28. AlunaGeorge – Attracting Flies
29. James Blake – Retrograde
30. Speedy Ortiz – Tiger Tank
31. The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?
32. Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out
33. Daughn Gibson – Phantom Rider
34. Waxahatchee – Lips and Limbs
35. Summer Camp – Fresh
36. Suede – Barriers
37. Crystal Antlers – Rattlesnake
38. Disclosure – White Noise
39. Johnny Marr – The Right Thing Right
40. Kacey Musgraves – Follow Your Arrow
41. Deap Vally – End Of The World
42. Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
43. Kanye West – Blood On The Leaves
44. Ace Hood – Bugatti
45. Torres – Jealousy and I
46. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good at Being in Trouble
47. Superchunk – Me & You & Jackie Mittoo
48. Summer Camp – Everything Has Changed
49. Blood Orange – You’re Not Good Enough
50. Drake – Started From The Bottom
51. Parquet Courts – Stoned and Starving
52. Guards – Coming True
53. Zedd – Clarity
54. Emeli Sandé – Next to Me
55. Janelle Monáe – Dance Apocalyptic
56. Autre Ne Veut – Play by Play
57. Charli XCX – You – Ha Ha Ha
58. Neko Case – Night Still Comes
59. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
60. Cherub – Doses & Mimosas
61. Peace – Wraith
62. MØ – XXX 88
63. Brandy Clark – Pray To Jesus
64. Chance The Rapper – Favorite Song (ft. Childish Gambino)
65. Thee Oh Sees – Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster
66. Pusha T – King Push
67. A$AP Ferg – Shabba
68. Phosphorescent – Ride On / Right On
69. New Politics – Harlem
70. Miley Cyrus – We Can’t Stop
71. Rich Homie Quan – Type of Way
72. Empire Of The Sun – DNA
73. Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
74. Eric Church – The Outsiders
75. J. Cole – Power Trip
76. Rhye – 3 Days
77. Kelela – Floor Show [Prod. Girl Unit]
78. Ka – Barring the Likeness
79. Camera Obscura – Do It Again
80. The Men – Half Angel Half Light
81. Chris Malinchak – So Good To Me
82. Mike Will Made It – 23
83. Man Man – Head On [Hold On To Your Heart]
84. Rihanna – Stay
85. Bottomless Pit – Fleece
86. Yuck – Rebirth
87. Paramore – Fast In My Car
88. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
89. Lorde – Tennis Court
90. Mount Kimbie – You Took Your Time (feat. King Krule)
91. The National – I Need My Girl
92. The Weeknd – The Town
93. CAZZETTE – Beam Me Up
94. Telekinesis – Power Lines
95. Youth Lagoon – Mute
96. The War On Drugs – Red Eyes
97. Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Day
98. Smallpools – Dreaming
99. C2C – Down The Road
100. Pittbull ft. Ke$ha – Timber

And my top 50 albums of 2013:

1. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
2. Chance the Rapper –Acid Rap
3. CharliXCX – True Romance
4. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
5. Drake – Nothing Was the Same
6. Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana
7. Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
8. Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic
9. Haim – Days are Gone
10. Paramore – Paramore
11. Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe
12. AlunaGeorge – Body Music
13. Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer Different Park
14. Kanye West – Yeezus
15. Pusha T – My Name is My Name
16. Summer Camp – Summer Camp
17. Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt
18. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
19. Rhye – Women
20. Daughn Gibson – Me Moan
21. Deap Valley – Sistronix
22. Suede – Bloodsports
23. Johnny Marr – The Messenger
24. Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune
25. Cults – Statis
26. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – We the Common
27. Bastille – Bad Blood
28. Kurt Vile – Walkin on a Pretty Daze
29. Kelela – CUT 4 ME
30. Ka – The Night’s Gambit
31. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
32. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
33. Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
34. Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
35. Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
36. Shout Out Louds – Opitca
37. Foals – Holy Fire
38. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
39. Yuck – Glow & Behold
40. Majical Cloudz – Impersonator
41. Disclosure – Settle
42. Fear of Men – Early Fragments
43. Guards – In Guards We Trust
44. The Men – New Moon
45. Torres – Torres
46. David Bowie – The Next Day
47. Justin Timberlake – The 20-20 Experience
48. Phosphorescent – Muchcacho
49. Lucius -Wildewoman
50. The Weeknd – Kiss Land