Rough Trade unveil Albums of the Year list for 2013

UK Independent music store, Rough Trade have revealed a list of their Top 100 favourite albums of the year, with John Grant taking top spot.

Grant heads the list with his recent LP, Pale Green Ghosts, while Savages finish as runners-up. The likes of Jon Hopkins, Parquet Courts and Dan Avery are elsewhere in the Top 10, while My Bloody Valentine, Factory Floor, Nick Cave and more feature in the Top 20.

Rough Trade state that releases from the twelve months between late 2012 and late 2013 are included in the list. Also worth mentioning is that Sonic Youth side-ventures, Chelsea Light Moving and Body/Head get joint 49th position, while Four Tet is a honorable mention at number 101.

The full countdown of Top 100 releases is as below. Rough Trade are set to open a new shop in New York shortly.

1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
2. Savages - Silence Yourself
3. Matthew E White - Big Inner
4. Dan Avery - Drone Logic
5. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
6. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
7. Valerie June - Pushin’ Against A Stone
8. Moderat - 2
9. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
10. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt
11 Jagwar Ma – Howlin
12 Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
13 My Bloody Valentine – m b v
14 Connan Mockasin – Caramel
15 Factory Floor – Factory Floor
16 Charles Bradley – Victim of Love
17 London Grammar – If You Wait
18 Queens Of The Stone Age – ….Like Clockwork
19 Nick Cave And The Bad – Push Seeds The Sky Away
20 Mazzy Star – Seasons Of Your Day
21 Arctic Monkeys – AM
22 Public Service Broadcasting Inform – Educate – Entertain
23 Arcade Fire – Reflektor
24 Haim – Days Are Gone
25 Daughter – If You Leave
26 John Wizards – John Wizards
27 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – 2
28 Veronica Falls – Waiting For Something to Happen
29 Maps – Vicissitude
30 Sigur Ros – Kveikur
31 Goldfrapp – Tales of Us
32 Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest
33 Patty Griffin – American Kid
34 Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus
35 Daughn Gibson – Me Moan
36 Darkside – Psychic
37 Satellites – 2
38 Cat Power – Sun
39 Primal Scream – More Light
40 Blondes – Swisher
41 Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down
42 Nadine Shah – Love Your Dum And Mad
43 The Strypes – Snapshot
44 Foals – Holy Fire
45 The National – Trouble Will Find Me
46 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of The City
47 Atoms For Peace – Amok
48 Hookworms – Pearl Mystic
(Joint) 49 Chelsea Light Moving – Chelsea Light Moving
(Joint)49 Body / Head -Coming Apart
51 Julia Holter – Loud City Song
52 Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt
53 Goldheart Assembly – Long Distance Song Effects
54 Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle
55 Bill Callahan – Dream River
56 Fuzz – Fuzz
57 Dirty Beaches – Drifters / Love Is The Devil
58 Mark Lanegan – Imitations
59 Money – The Shadow of Heaven
60 James Holden – The Inheritors
61 Darkstar – News From Nowhere
62 David Bowie – The Next Day
63 Bonobo – The North Borders
64 Serafina Steer – The Moths Are Real
65 Palma Violets – 180
66 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
67 Suede – Bloodsports
68 The Men – New Moon
69 Keaton Henson – Birthdays
70 Jacco Gardner – Cabinet Of Curiosities
71 The Knife – Shaking The Habitual
72 Fimber Bravo – Con-Fusion
73 Edwyn Collins – Understated
74 Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze
75 The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow
76 Bill Ryder Jones – A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart
77 Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer Different Park
78 Pond – Hobo Rocket
79 The Pastels – Slow Summits
80 Laura Veirs – Warp And Weft
81 Thundercat – Apocalypse
82 The Flaming Lips – The Terror
83 Purling Hiss – Water On Mars
84 Son Volt – Honky Tonk
85 Phosphorescent – Muchacho
86 The Proper Ornaments – Waiting For The Summer
87 Mark Kozelek and JimmyPerils – Lavalle From The Sea
88 The Asphodells – Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust
89 Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven
90 Pantha Du Prince And The Elements Bell Laboratory – Of Light
91 Omar Souleyman – Wenu Wenu
92 White Hills – So You Are…So You’ll Be
93 Dexter – The Trip
94 Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace and Magic
95 Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time
96 Villagers – {Awayland}
97 James Blake – Overgrown
98 Laurel Halo – Chance Of Rain
99 Steve Earle And The Dukes – The Low And Highway Duchesses
100 Larry Gus – Years Not Living
101 Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind