1.Queens of the Stone Age
…like clockwork
2.Agnes Obel
Aventine
3.Retribution Gospel Choir
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4.Trentemøller
Lost
5.The Soft Hills
Chromatisms
6.Lloyd Cole
Standards
7.Alela Diane
About Farewell
8.John Grant
Pale Green Ghosts
9.Chvrches
The Bones of What You Believe
10.The Joy Formidable
Wolf’s Law
11.Woodkid
The Golden Age
12.Laura Stevenson
Wheel
13.Low
The Invisible Way
14.Villagers
{Awayland}
15.Wax Idols
Discipline & Desire
16.Laura Veirs
Warp & Weft
17.David Bowie
The Next Day
18.Mark Mulcahy
Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You
19.Marnie
Crystal World
20.Volcano Choir
Repave
21.Jim James
Regions of Light and Sound of God
22.James Blake
Overgrown
23.Neko Case
The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
24.Goldfrapp
Tales of Us
25.Lorde
Pure Heroine
There was no competition for best album of the year. Nine of the ten tracks on “…like clockwork” are in my top ten most listened to tracks for 2013 (the other one is all the way down at 13th most listened to).
Gig of the year goes to John Grant at the Queen’s Hall – which is just one of the most extraordinary gigs I’ve ever been to.
Track of the year goes to Seven by Retribution Gospel Choir. Over twenty minutes of transcendent beauty to get yourself lost in.