The B&C Best Albums of 2013 Thread

[intedomine]

That's shitty. No one is gonna list Travis' album from this year.

 

[LemonMelon]

I think Peef arbitrarily says an album's gotta appear on three people's lists to make the final count?

Setting the minimum at two ought to be enough to keep Beady Eye off of there.

 

[bono_212]

Setting the minimum at two ought to be enough to keep Beady Eye off of there.

We're still not sure if Mad1 and MadForIt aren't the same person...beware.

 

[PhilsFan]

I've done this for two or three years and, yeah, that's a pretty good metric I figure. It always has a slight impact on the very end of the rankings.

 

[MadForIt]

So expect HAIM to top the list then
boring

 

[PhilsFan]

So expect HAIM to top the list then
boring

What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[Danny Boy]

No, it will either be Yeezus or The National.

 

[cobl04]

It'll be The National, surely. Those of us who love Yeezus that much are a small but vocal group, I think,

 

[MadForIt]

What the fuck are you talking about?

I heard the album and its rubbish

 

[PhilsFan]

No, I mean why would HAIM top the album of the year list? Like six people on this entire board have commented on it at all. Obviously you wouldn't know since you came back yesterday, but that's kind of the point: what indication has anyone given that would possibly make you think that HAIM would be the number one album of 2013 on this board?

 

[MadForIt]

No, I mean why would HAIM top the album of the year list? Like six people on this entire board have commented on it at all. Obviously you wouldn't know since you came back yesterday, but that's kind of the point: what indication has anyone given that would possibly make you think that HAIM would be the number one album of 2013 on this board?

Hahaha i just thought you guys would pick something as random as HAIM as #1

I might go and give Reflecktor a go this weekend

Do you do a seperate thread for song of the year? Worth starting one?

 

[PhilsFan]

We usually do that here in conjunction with the albums, albeit not with any rankings.

 

[gump]

Hahaha i just thought you guys would pick something as random as HAIM as #1

I might go and give Reflecktor a go this weekend

Do you do a seperate thread for song of the year? Worth starting one?

Working class spelling right there. Well done.

 

[Hewson]

Working class Spelling right there.

 

[lazarus]

Why does everyone keep feeding the troll? Don't we want it to go away.


Also, if I'm the only one who lists Los Camp then Imma cut a bitch.

 

[u2popmofo]

We usually do that here in conjunction with the albums, albeit not with any rankings.

I already listed song of the year. Shitty song of the year. Then again, I haven't heard Beady Eye, I'm sure they're making quite the argument for that honor as well.

 

[trojanchick99]

This is a heck of a good year. I imagine my top 5 will include AM, Trouble will Find Me and Yeezus.

 

[gump]

LC! will be in my top 10, Laz. I'm spared from being hit by your hand.

 

[Imperor]

No Blues will definitely make my list as well.

 

[lazarus]

 

[mikal]

I may have to throw in the Strokes in my list. My alters may vote too, and The National will not appear on any of the lists just to throw it off.

 

[PhilsFan]

Alright, so I think now is a good time to throw some suggestions out there of albums you really enjoyed that might have flown under-the-radar for some forum members. Everyone here by now knows about Kanye, Arcade Fire, The National, Vampire Weekend, etc. But what other albums have been really good that people should listen to before they put their lists together?

Spoiler

 

[lazarus]

Naturally.

 

[gump]

I think Autre Ne Veut, Phosphorescent, Rhye, James Blake and Eleanor Friedberger all deserve to be listened to.

 

[LemonMelon]

Here's my list of 32 that I intend to break down to 25 and then 15:

Spoiler

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Kanye West – Yeezus
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
The Flaming Lips - The Terror
No Joy - Wait to Pleasure
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
Sigur Rós – Kveikur
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
Rhye - Woman
David Bowie - The Next Day
Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves
Torres – Torres
Bill Callahan - Dream River
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
Charli XCX - True Romance
The Range – Nonfiction
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Whenever, If Ever
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
Washed Out – Paracosm
Bonobo - The North Borders
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
James Holden - The Inheritors

Thee Oh Sees, Laura Marling, No Joy and Waxahatchee deserve more love than they've been getting.

 

[gump]

I really liked the Julia Holter album, will be in my shortlist too.

 

[Imperor]

But what other albums have been really good that people should listen to before they put their lists together?

 

[MadForIt]

If ever proof was needed that music in 2013 is shite
Music is dead

Blame Miley, Lorde, Gaga and Mumford

Here's my list of 32 that I intend to break down to 25 and then 15:

Spoiler

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Kanye West – Yeezus
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
The Flaming Lips - The Terror
No Joy - Wait to Pleasure
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
Sigur Rós – Kveikur
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
Rhye - Woman
David Bowie - The Next Day
Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves
Torres – Torres
Bill Callahan - Dream River
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
Charli XCX - True Romance
The Range – Nonfiction
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Whenever, If Ever
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
Washed Out – Paracosm
Bonobo - The North Borders
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
James Holden - The Inheritors

Thee Oh Sees, Laura Marling, No Joy and Waxahatchee deserve more love than they've been getting.

 

[lazarus]

Shut the fuck up, troll.

 

[LemonMelon]

If ever proof was needed that music in 2013 is shite
Music is dead

Blame Miley, Lorde, Gaga and Mumford

I make far too much money to understand this post.