Tuesday, February 4, 2014

I am obsessed with it Top Records for 2013

Took me a bit, but here is my 'Top 14 Records' of 2013. No particular order except for the first 3 slots...

1) Jason Isbell - Southeastern (Record of the year; Best Americana/Singer Songwriter)

2) Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The That I Fight, The More That I Love You (Best Alt Pop)

3) Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (Best Pop)

4) The Foals - Holy Fire

5) Pokey LaFarge - eponymous (Best Early Country/Blues/Folk/Old Timey interpretations)

6) Queens of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork (Best Hard Rock)

7) Haim - Days Are Gone (runner-up Best Pop)

8) Robbie Fulks - Gone Away Backwards (Best Traditional Country/Folk)

9) Son Volt - Honky Tonk (Best Country & Western)

10) Electric Peanut Butter Company - Trans Atlantic Psycho Classics Vol. 2 (Most Interesting)

11) Bob Dylan - Bootleg Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (Best Reissue)

12) Big Star - Nothing Can Hurt Me [Documentary Soundtrack] (Best Rock & Roll, runner-up Best Reissue)

13) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon

14) Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys