On December 31 2013 15:17 Arceus wrote:Surprised that Random Access Memories hasnt surfaced yet. Its quality is not the best but the replay value is way better than anything else
1. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
4. James Blake - Overgrown (Retrograde is imo the best song of 2013)
5. John Legend - Love in the Future
6. Elton John - The Diving Board
7. Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyheart
8. MS MR - Secondhand Rapture
Suddenly cant think of the last two
Too bad new Broken Bells wont hit the store until mid Jan '14, otherwise it would round up an awesome year in music (albeit the huge disappointment called MMLP2)
I did like RAM, and it did make the shortlist. But I didn't like it enough to make the top 10. Check out the post itself to see what I said about it. But that's a good list. I love Retrograde, it's a fantastic song. I prefer the remix of Life Round Here with Chance the Rapper though. Just.
On December 31 2013 18:34 TameNaken wrote:
My Top 5:
5. The Natonal - Trouble will find me
4. Washed Out - Paracosm
3. Jai Paul - Leaked album (if it doesn't count then Blood Orange's album)
2. Haim - Days are gone
1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Great list btw OP, definitely agree with Jon Hopkins
All good albums (apart from Vampire Weekend who I really don't like). Very poppy. I didn't like Paracosm as much as Within and Without though. And I've never really understood the hype of The National. I like The Boxer and High Violet but not like on a "omg so good" scale. Haim made a splash too.
On December 31 2013 19:43 lichter wrote:
wingpawn has the best list since it has Haxan and Tim Hecker
Both of which were on my shortlist! They both came very close to getting into the top 10, in the end I decided that I won't be listening to them as much because it's more an appreciation type thing than a proper dancing enjoyment type thing. Haxan Cloak's 'The Drop' is one of my favourite songs this year though. And he was phenomenal when I saw him live, supporting Fuck Buttons.