The B&C Best Albums of 2013 Thread

[cobl04]

Shaking the Habitual's easily the worst thing I heard this year. Phoenix and YYYs were big disappointments.

 

[Danny Boy]

I liked the Strokes album.

 

[phanan]

Reflektor may not reach the level of The Suburbs, but it's still a very good album, and an excellent one if you knock out a couple of tracks.

And with that, here's my list. Perhaps a bit predictable at #1 around these parts, although I don't think anyone else has put it at the top yet, and it doesn't seem to be going very high on a lot of year end lists, either.

1. The National - Trouble Will Find Me (14)
2. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (13)
3. Russian Circles - Memorial (11)
4. Disclosure - Settle (10)
5. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (10)
6. Lucius - Wildewoman (7)
7. Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe (7)
8. God Is An Astronaut - Origins (6)
9. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (6)
10. My Bloody Valentine - m b v (5)
11. Arcade Fire - Reflektor (4)
12. Washed Out - Paracosm (3)
13. Kanye West - Yeezus (2)
14. Sigur Rós - Kveikur (1)
15. Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium (1)

Honorable Mentions:

Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
HAIM - Days Are Gone
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing

 

[iron yuppie]

Am I the only one who enjoyed Shaking the Habitual? I got into every track, even if a lot of them aren't songs I'll go back to very often.

The Phoenix album is the epitome of average.

 

[cobl04]

Probably no surprise that Reflektor is my fav Arcade Fire album.

 

[Danny Boy]

a lot of them aren't songs

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[HeartlandGirl]

8. God Is An Astronaut - Origins (6)

Not sure whether it's been mentioned here yet, but Rolling Stone has also given their #1 position to Vampire Weekend. The National were #8.

About Vampire Weekend: "It's one of rock's great albums about staring down adulthood and trying not to blink..." Yeah, I don't know about that.

 

[iron yuppie]

About Vampire Weekend: "It's one of rock's great albums about staring down adulthood and trying not to blink..." Yeah, I don't know about that.

Right - the perfect album about that topic has already been made: The National's Alligator.

 

[mikal]

Funny about the Arcade Fire comments. It's going to be my #1 album when I release my list.

 

[Imperor]

Well as we're all painfully aware, it won't be the first time people pretended to like an Arcade Fire album.

 

[mikal]

Well as we're all painfully aware, it won't be the first time people pretended to like an Arcade Fire album.

I pretend to like Ordinary Love too.

 

[iron yuppie]

There are only two possible positions on Ordinary Love: either you like it and therefore are a blind sheep, or you don't like it, meaning you do not understand U2 and you need to find a new band.

 

[cobl04]

I'm in the latter. I have begun to branch out beyond U2. Have you guys heard of this great band called Imagine Dragons? I mean, they're no U2, but I think they could be the next U2.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

I still haven't listened to Ordinary Love.

 

[iron yuppie]

I'm in the latter. I have begun to branch out beyond U2. Have you guys heard of this great band called Imagine Dragons? I mean, they're no U2, but I think they could be the next U2.

Bands I know:

U2
Coldplay
Bon Jovi
Rush
Rolling Stones, but only as a cliche about cash-grab tours that I actually know nothing at all about

 

[mikal]

Do you guys like Creed at all? I've rediscovered them. Too bad I never got to see them live.

 

[gvox]

Please tell me your joking. First you diss Rush, now this?

Lol

 

[PhilsFan]

You guys ever hear a U2 song called Window in the Skies? Recently saw some article mentioning this song and have no idea what it's referring to.

 

[mikal]

Please tell me your joking. First you diss Rush, now this?

Lol

Scott Stapp is amazing. Reminds me of a young Bono with the range of Eddie Vedder. It's like they joined forces to create a super lead vocalist.

 

[gvox]

Ok thanks for clarifying that you're either yanking my chain or certifiably insane. "Vocal range" and "Eddie Vedder" don't belong in the same sentence.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I love the chorus of With Arms Wide Open. The way he pronounces those words is something special.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

What in the seven hells is happening in here.

 

[gump]

You guys ever hear a U2 song called Window in the Skies? Recently saw some article mentioning this song and have no idea what it's referring to.

It's Beatleesque.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Balerion the Black Dread

 

[mikal]

I love the chorus of With Arms Wide Open. The way he pronounces those words is something special.

It's almost like he "opans" up the words in the chorus.

 

[PhilsFan]

did you guys like this year's music

 

[iron yuppie]

No. I dreaded all of it. I stared into the abyss until it stared back at me.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I liked the art project.

 

[LMP]

did you guys like this year's music

I like "Blurred Lines," even if Robin Thicke says that he hates those blurred lines. Confusing!!!

 

[lazarus]

Please tell me your joking. First you diss Rush, now this?

Lol

Ok thanks for clarifying that you're either yanking my chain or certifiably insane. "Vocal range" and "Eddie Vedder" don't belong in the same sentence.

Wow.