Last week we brought to you our editors “albums of the year” list. This week it’s the turn of our writers who, for the first year ever, have their say in our inaugural Writers Albums Of The Year list.
The top 20 will begin in earnest tomorrow, but before that here’s some of our writers favourite albums from 2013. Each and every one of these comes highly recommended with the stamp of approval from at least one of our writers.
Your thoughts, as ever are welcome.
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Thought Forms – Ghost Mountain
Jagwar ma – Howlin
Ed Harcourt – Back in the Woods
Woodkid - The Golden Age
Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
Sebadoh – Defend Yourself
Gold Blade – The Terror Of Modern Life
Elton John – The Diving Board
Stephen Steinbrink – Arranged Waves
Sweet Benifca – The Sliding Stones of Death Valley
Guy Clark – My Favorite Picture Of You
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Humanfly – Awesome Science
Ruts DC – Rhythm Collision Vol 2
Quasi – Mole City
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
Fuzz – S/T
Lorna – Heart of Wire
Doldrums – Lesser Evil
Chvrches – The Bones Of What You Believe.
Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon.
Daughter – If You Leave
Cabaret Voltaire – #8385 (Collected Works 1983-1985)
Arcane Roots – Blood & Chemistry
The Bone Idles/Danger!Man – The Kaos Conspiracy
Glasvegas – Later When the TV Turns to Static
God Damn Whores – Heya-Heya-Heya-Heya-Ho!
James Skelly & The Intenders – Love Undercover
Wave Machines – Pollen
Teeth Of The Sea – Master
The Oblivians – Desperation
California X – S/T
Sigur Ros – Kveikur
Omar – The Man
Adam Ant – Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter
The Courteeners – ANNA
Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
New Model Army – Between Dog and Wolf
Violent Arrest - Distorted View
Protest The Hero – Volition
Phildel – The Disappearance Of The Girl
Goldheart Assembly – Long Distance Song Effects
Kiran Leonard – Bowler Hat Soup
Luke Haines – Rock and Roll Animals
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Live At KCRW
Kanye West – Yeezus
Caitlin Rose – The Stand In
Pulco – 15 Pulco Songs Covered By Various Artists
Emperor X – 19 Live Recordings
James Blake – Overgrown
Melt Yourself Down – S/T
Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
Magic Arm – Images Rolling
Neils Children – Dimly Lit
Anna Calvi – One Breath
Pond – Hobo Rocket
Nils Frahm – Spaces
Daniel Avery – Drone Logic
Nadine Shah – Love your dum and mad
Janelle Monae – Electric Lady
New Order – Lost Sirens
Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus
Marc Bolan At The BBC
How to Destroy Angels – Welcome oblivion
The Restarts – A Sickness of the Mind
Cults – Static
Michael Monroe – Horns And Halos
Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven
The Pastels – Slow Summits
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
No Joy – Wait To Pleasure
Time Hecker – Virgins
Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello!
The Cribs – Payola
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Specter at the Feast
Radical Dance Faction – Ammunition
The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer
Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
Cut Copy – Free Your Mind
John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
Scott and Charlene’s Wedding – Any Port in a Storm
Pantha du Prince & the Bell Laboratory – Elements In Light
Big Sexy Noise – Collision Course
Carcass – Surgical Steel
Iceage – You’re Nothing
Atoms For Peace – Amok
Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
John Vanderslice – Dagger Beach
Euros Childs – Situation Comedy
Steve Earle and the Dukes and Duchesses – The Low Highway
Fat White Family – Champagne Holocaust
Clutch – Earth Rocker
Pussy Cat & The Dirty Johnsons – Dirty Rock ‘n’ Roll
Rotifer – The Cavalry Never Showed Up
Veronica Falls – Waiting For Something To Happen
Burial - Rival Dealer
Chapel Club – Good Together
Wire – Change becomes us
Dirtmusic – Troubles
Pere Ubu – Lady From Shanghai
Jonny Cola And The A Grades – Spitfire
Jimi Hendrix - People Hell & Angels
Beady Eye – BE
Public Service Broadcasting – Inform Educate Entertain
Primal Scream – More Light
On an On – Give In
Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
Deerhunter – Monomania
Theme Tune Boy – Return Of The Living Dead
Merchandise – Totale Nite
Peace – In Love
M O N E Y – Shadow of Heaven
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
De Staat – I_Con
Toy – Join The Dots
Moderat – ii
Girls Names – The New Life
Haiku Salut – Tricolore
Six by Seven - Love and peace and sympathy
Dead Flowers – Midnight At The Wheel Club.
letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful
Steve Ignorant & Paranoid Visions – When?
UK Decay – New Hope for the Dead
Eureka Machines – Remain In Hope
Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Everything Everything – Arc
Steve Cradock - Travel Wild, Travel Free
Still Corners – Strange Pleasures
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
65daysofstatic – Wild Light
Joanna Gruesome – Weird Sister
Factory Floor - S/T
The Strypes – Snapshot
Mazzy Star – Seasons Of Your Day
Maps – Vicissitude
John Vanderslice – John Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs
Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones – Long Time Gone
Johnny Marr – The Messenger
Richard Thompson – Electric
Alcohol Licks – Life Is Sweet
Robyn Hitchcock – Love From London
Congo Natty – Jungle Revolution
White Fence – Cyclops Reap
The Secret Colours – Peach
Antlered Man - The Devil Is Them
Datblygu – Y Tapiay Cynnar/The Early Tapes
Paul Haig – Kube.
Snippet – D.I.Y.
The Quireboys – Beautiful Curse
Paul McCartney – NEW
PINS – Girls Like Us
Surf City – We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This
Big Deal – June Gloom
The Fall – Re-Mit
That Fucking Tank – Document Of The Last Set
Out Cold – Invasion Of Love
Motorhead – Aftershock
The Jeffrey Lewis 8 Pete Stampfel Band – Hey Hey It’s…
Biffy Clyro – Opposites
Martin Stephenson & The Daintess – California Star
Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull
Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind
Irok – Intergalactic Republic of Kongo
Alright the Captain – Conversation Skills for the Socially Nervous
Esben and The Witch – Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
CTMF – All Our Forts are with You
Anathema – Universal
The Knife – Shaking The Habitual
Ezra Furman – My Zer0 – 2 (single)
Seazoo – Uncle Ken EP
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
White Lies – Big TV
The Fallen Leaves – If Only We’d Known
Concrete Knives – Be Your Own King
Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir
Beat Mark – Howls of Joy
The Haxan Cloak – Excavation
Blancmange – Happy Families Too
The Bronx – The Bronx (IV)
Dregen – S/T
Babyshambles – Sequel To The Prequel
Feathers – If All Now Here
Petrels – Onkado
Yamantaka/Sonic Titan – Uzu
Chelsea Light Moving – S/T
Dutch Uncles – Out Of Touch In The Wild
Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Ginger Wildheart’s Mutation Project – The Frankenstein Effect’
Billy Bragg – Tooth and Nail
The Varukers – 1984-2000
Jamie Lenman – Muscle Memory
Dan Friel – Total Folklore
The work in compiling this list was done by Simon Tucker who you can find on Twitter as @simontucker1979.
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