What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I have re-ranked both singles and albums in December 2024, and I have also included the original charts I wrote at the end of 2013.
| Top albums of 2013 |
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1 | Franz Ferdinand | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action |
2 | History of Apple Pie | Out Of View |
3 | Others | Songs For The Disillusioned |
4 | Sea Power | Machineries Of Joy |
5 | Public Service Broadcasting | Inform - Educate - Entertain |
6 | My Bloody Valentine | MBV |
7 | Low Frequency In Stereo | Pop Obskura |
8 | Duckworth Lewis Method | Sticky Wickets |
9 | Pre New | Music For Homeowners |
10 | Taffy | Lixiviate |
11 | David Bowie | The Next Day |
12 | Young Knives | Sick Octave |
13 | They Might Be Giants | Nanobots |
14 | Chvrches | The Bones Of What You Believe |
15 | Fiction | The Big Other |
16 | Marsheaux | Inhale |
17 | Suede | Bloodsports |
18 | Bettie Serveert | Oh, Mayhem! |
19 | Vile Electrodes | The Future Through A Lens |
20 | Haiku Salut | Tricolore |
21 | Juliana Hatfield | Wild Animals |
22 | Sulk | Graceless |
23 | Toy | Join The Dots |
24 | Splashh | Comfort |
25 | Ida Maria | Love Conquers All |
26 | Dutch Uncles | Out Of Touch In The Wild |
27 | Kitchens Of Distinction | Folly |
28 | Wonder Stuff | From The Midlands With Love |
29 | Sea Power | From The Sea To The Land Beyond |
30 | Julie Ruin | Run Fast |
31 | WeirdGear | Cosmonautes Discotheque |
32 | Sigur Rós | Kveikur |
33 | Foals | Holy Fire |
34 | John Lees' Barclay James Harvest | North |
35 | Corporal Machine and the Bombers | Richard Feaver In Goal |
36 | Jagwar Ma | Howlin |
37 | Joy Formidable | Wolf's Law |
38 | Comanechi | You Owe Me Nothing But Love |
39 | Fall | Re-Mit |
40 | Everything Everything | Arc |
41 | I Am Waiting For You Last Summer | Edge Party |
42 | Plantman | Whispering Trees |
43 | Is Tropical | I'm Leaving |
44 | Pigbag | Year Of The Pigbag |
45 | Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs | Clarietta |
46 | Savages | Silence Yourself |
47 | Phoenix | Bankrupt! |
48 | Indelicates | Diseases of England |
49 | Modovar | The Sea Of Unspoken Words |
50 | I Plead Irony | This Statement Is False |
51 | Broadcast | Berberian Sound Studio |
52 | Adam Ant | Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter |
53 | Senser | To The Capsules |
54 | Naked Lunch | All Is Fever |
55 | Billy Bragg | Tooth & Nail |
| Original chart - top albums of 2013 |
|
1 | Franz Ferdinand | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action |
2 | Public Service Broadcasting | Inform - Educate - Entertain |
3 | British Sea Power | Machineries Of Joy |
4 | Taffy | Lixiviate |
5 | History Of Apple Pie | Out Of View |
6 | Low Frequency In Stereo | Pop Obskura |
7 | Young Knives | Sick Octave |
8 | Suede | Bloodsports |
9 | Splashh | Comfort |
10 | Vile Electrodes | The Future Through A Lens |
11 | Sulk | Graceless |
12 | Duckworth Lewis Method | Sticky Wickets |
13 | Pre New | Music For Homeowners |
14 | Haiku Salut | Tricolore |
15 | Modovar | The Sea Of Unspoken Words |
16 | My Bloody Valentine | MBV |
17 | Marsheaux | Inhale |
18 | Weirdgear | Cosmonautes Discotheque |
19 | Chvrches | The Bones Of What You Believe |
20 | Toy | Join The Dots |
21 | David Bowie | The Next Day |
22 | British Sea Power | From The Sea To The Land Beyond |
23 | Dutch Uncles | Out Of Touch In The Wild |
24 | John Lees' Barclay James Harvest | North |
25 | Bettie Serveert | Oh, Mayhem! |
26 | Hot Chip | Dark and Stormy |
27 | I Plead Irony | This Statement Is False |
28 | Joy Formidable | Wolf's Law |
29 | Plantman | Whispering Trees |
30 | Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs | Clarietta |
31 | Everything Everything | Arc |
32 | Kitchens Of Distinction | Folly |
33 | Foals | Holy Fire |
34 | Wonder Stuff | From The Midlands With Love |
35 | Ida Maria | Love Conquers All |
36 | Adam Ant | Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter |
37 | They Might Be Giants | Nanobots |
38 | Fall | Re-Mit |
39 | Savages | Silence Yourself |
40 | Corporal Machine and the Bombers | Richard Feaver In Goal |
41 | Jagwar Ma | Howlin' |
42 | Juliana Hatfield | Wild Animals |
43 | Senser | To The Capsules |
44 | Is Tropical | I'm Leaving |
45 | Naked Lunch | All Is Fever |
46 | Billy Bragg | Tooth And Nail |
47 | Pigbag | Year Of The Pigbag |
48 | Phoenix | Bankrupt! |
49 | Sigur Rós | Kveikur |
50 | Indelicates | Diseases Of England |
51 | Broadcast | Berberian Sound Studio |
52 | Comanechi | You Owe Me Nothing But Love |
53 | I Am Waiting For You Last Summer | Edge Party |
54 | Fiction | The Big Other |
| Original chart - top tracks of 2013 |
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1 | Bloc Party | Ratchet |
2 | David Bowie | Where Are We Now |
3 | Johnny Marr | New Town Velocity |
4 | Mighty Roars | Solid Hollow |
5 | Republica | Hallelujah |
6 | Chvrches | Gun |
7 | Franz Ferdinand | Treason! Animals. |
8 | Bleech | Not Like You |
9 | Cud | Louise |
10 | Hot Chip | Flutes |
11 | Suede | Barriers |
12 | Foals | My Number |
13 | British Sea Power | A Light Above Descending |
14 | Jonny Cola and the A Grades | Tropical Beach |
15 | Superfood | Superfood |
16 | Tenek | Another Day |
17 | Taffy | Snowberry |
18 | Public Service Broadcasting | Signal 30 |
19 | Young Knives | Green Island Red Raw |
20 | History Of Apple Pie | The Warrior |
21 | Omelettes | Perfect Wave |
22 | Low Frequency In Stereo | Cybernautic |
23 | Splashh | Lemonade |
24 | Haiku Salut | Sounds Like There's A Pacman Crunching Away At Your Heart |
25 | Veronica Falls | Nobody There |
26 | Public Service Broadcasting | Elfstedentocht Part 1 |
27 | Limbic Void | Stay Strong |
28 | Vile Electrodes | The Future Through A Lens |
29 | Sulk | Marian Shrine |
30 | Fake Club | Beauty Queen |
31 | Paul McCartney | Queenie Eye |
32 | Marsheaux | Alone |
33 | Eva On The Western Castle Island | California Shrills |
34 | mum | Toothwheels |
35 | Young Knives | Maureen |
36 | Bleech | So Here I Am |
37 | Blindness | Last One Dies |
38 | Suede | It Starts And Ends With You |
39 | British Sea Power | Loving Animals |
40 | Republica | Christiana Obey (radio edit) |
41 | Jake Bugg | What Doesn't Kill You |
42 | Iskaa and the Red Cars | Desire |
43 | Desperate Journalist | Cristina |
44 | Apu And The Dentist | No Messages For Rumi |
45 | History Of Apple Pie | Do It Wrong |
46 | Franz Ferdinand | Bullet |
47 | Duckworth Lewis Method | Out In The Middle |
48 | We Are Scientists | Something About You |
49 | Toy | Join The Dots |
50 | Two Door Cinema Club | Changing Of The Seasons |
51 | Secret Affair | Black Cat |
52 | Maximo Park | Brain Cells |
53 | Keebo | Native American |
54 | David Bowie | The Stars (Are Out Tonight) |
55 | Plantman | Lunaria |
56 | Universal Disappointment Sponge | The Lost Art of Steeplejacking |
57 | Metronomy | I'm Aquarius |
58 | Primitives | Lose The Reason |
59 | Superfood | Melting |
60 | Jagwar Ma | The Throw |
61 | Erland Oye | La Prima Estate |
62 | Decade In Exile | Patti's Town |
63 | Art Brut | Arizona Bay |
64 | Belter | The Invisible Cat |
65 | Arctic Monkeys | Why D'You Only Call Me When You're High |
66 | Kill City Defectors | Purges |
67 | Taffy | Boys Don't Cry |
68 | 1975 | Chocolate |
69 | Bracknall | It Always Ends The Same |
70 | Eddie Argos And The Lo Fi Punk Rock Motherfuckers | Wam! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out! |
71 | Au Revoir Simone | Crazy |
72 | April March and Aquaserge | Black Bars |
73 | Dutch Uncles | Flexxin |
74 | Kitchens Of Distinction | Japan To Jupiter |
75 | Pond | O Dharma |
76 | Jensen Code | Flight To London |
77 | Beady Eye | Second Bite Of The Apple |
78 | Back | Defriended |
79 | China Rats | N.O.M.O.N.E.Y. |
80 | Honeyblood | Bud |
81 | Light Light | Kilo |
82 | Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs | Things We Be |
83 | Abdoujaparov | Married To The Rock |
84 | Joanna Gruesome | Sugarcrush |
85 | Manic Street Preachers | Show Me The Wonder |
86 | Venera 4 | Deaf Heartbeats |
87 | Lois and the Love | War |
88 | A Star Band | Lotus |
89 | El Deyma | Time Out (UK edit) |
90 | Wobbly Lamps | Neon Tepee |
91 | Swervedriver | Deep Wound |
92 | Eye Emma Jedi | Places |
93 | Sky Larkin | Loom |
94 | Hippies vs Ghosts | Fatstack |
95 | Bastille | Things We Lost In The Fire |
96 | Dingus Khan | Second In The Beauty Pageant |
97 | Good Natured | Lovers |
98 | Shine 2009 | Older |
99 | E-Jitz | Def Con Wan |
100 | Be The Bear | Bump |
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