Well, that was quite a year. I personally think that 2013 was a fantastic year for music. Here are my top 50 albums of the year. Please, comment with yours below. It doesn’t have to be 50, I understand that’s a bit outrageous for some people, but even a top 10 is good. Oh, and discuss albums people bring up. It’s a catch-all thread for looking back on the year that was.

Ok, my top 50:
50 - Cloudkicker - Subsume (instrumental prog metal)
49 – Touché Amoré – Is Survived By (post-hardcore)
48 – Rosetta - The Anaesthete (post-metal)
47 – Alter Bridge - Fortress (alternative metal, rock)
46 – The Haxan Cloak - Excavation (dark ambient)
45 – I Kill Giants - I Kill Giants (pop punk)
44 – 65daysofstatic - Wild Light (electronic, post-rock)
43 – Russian Circles - Memorial (post-metal, post-rock)
42 – Films - A Forbidden Garden (classical, ambient, experimental)
41 – Netherlands - Silicon Vapor (indie rock, synthrock)
40 – Cinema Staff - Boukyou (alternative rock, indie rock)
39 - Jimmy Eat World - Damage (pop rock, alternative rock)
38 - Maximum The Hormone - Yoshu Fukushu (nu-metal, punk, alternative)
37 – Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (indie pop)
36 – Loscil featuring Kelly Wyse - Intervalo (ambient)
35 – And So I Watch You From Afar - All Hail Bright Futures (post-rock, mathrock, happymusics)
34 – Kevin Devine - Bulldozer (alternative, singer/songwriter)
33 – Rika - How To Draw A River, Step By Step (indie, emo)
32 – Airbag - The Greatest Show on Earth (prog rock)
31 – Puig Destroyer - Puig Destroyer and Wait For Spring (baseball-themed comedy grindcore)
30 - LITE - Installation (mathrock, electronica, jazz fusion)
29 – Volcano Choir - Repave (experimental folk)
28 – Have Mercy - The Earth Pushed Back (emo, pop-punk)
27 – The Dear Hunter - Migrant (alternative rock)
26 – The Dear Hunter - The Migrations Annex (alternative rock)
25 - TTNG - 13.0.0.0.0 (mathrock, indie)
24 - Barrow - Though I’m Alone (screamo, post-metal)
23 – Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork (rock, stoner rock)
22 – Cyclamen - Ashura (prog metal, technical metal, post-rock)
21 – Crash of Rhinos - Knots (emo, mathrock, post-rock)
20 – Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident (noise rock, post-punk)
19 - Sigur Rós - Kveikur (post-rock, industrial, pop, alternative rock)
18 – Local Natives - Hummingbird (indie pop)
17 - The Republic of Wolves - No Matter How Narrow (indie rock, alternative rock)
16 – Haken - The Mountain (prog rock, prog metal)
15 – Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (and Other Stories) - (prog rock, prog metal, jazz fusion)
14 – Ling Tosite Sigure - i’mperfect (post-hardcore, indie rock, noise rock)
13 – The Little Explorer - Siderali (emo, post-rock, post-hardcore)
12 – Scale The Summit - The Migration (instrumental prog metal)
11 – Foxing - The Albatross (emo, post-rock)
10 – Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band - Bubblegum (indie rock, pop punk)
9 – Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends (psychedelic indie rock, indie pop)
8 – O’Brother - Disillusion (alternative metal, stoner metal, post-metal)
7 – A Great Big Pile of Leaves - You’re Always on My Mind (indie rock, alternative rock)
6 – HRVRD - From The Bird’s Cage (prog rock, indie rock, alternative rock)
5 – Kayo Dot - Hubardo (avant-garde, black metal, prog rock)
4 – the cabs - Regenerative Landscape (emo, mathrock)
3 – Captain, We’re Sinking - The Future Is Cancelled (pop punk, post-hardcore)
2 – The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Whenever, If Ever (emo, indie, post-rock, pop-punk)
1 – Enemies - Embark, Embrace (mathrock, post-rock)

So yeah, great year. Let's keep it up in 2014.

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Working on the list now!

I can't keep up with current releases. Rather than listening to whatever's new, I have a tendency to go through "genre phases," finding an artist I like and them listening predominantly to them and whatever vaguely similar artist I happen to find along the way.

But whatever. I'mma try and work on a list anyway.

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I've only listened to three albums from 2013:

3. Knife Party - Haunted House EP

2. Attack on Titan Original Soundtrack - Hiroyuki Sawano

1. Phalaeh - Tides

Despite liking music a lot, I have a small collection of music I listen to repeatedly. I simply don't listen to a lot of music.

However, with the help of the Dollars, I'd like to expand my horizons.

I love k pop a lot so most if the korean songs would be on my list lol ^_^ .

This is going to take so long but Im up to do at least 25 at a later date.
Was actually going to make a thread like this myself a few days ago ahahaha

Man, this is the first year I haven't kept up with current shit enough to even have a top ten. You shall be commended for your diligence, good sir.

I haven't listened to either yet, but the new Wavves and the new Yamantaka // SONIC TITAN would probably both be on there if I wasn't lazy.

Has any one here heard Doll Boxx's song: Take My Chance? i really like it. A friend of mine showed me it the other day and i just thought i would ask and spread the word about it. Doll Boxx are a j-rock girl band.

Bump eh?
Some people need to stop dropping dumps on this thread.
I'll make my list tonight after work. /o/

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save rock and roll - fall out boy

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was anyone else planning to contribute to this? lol

>>15 I am right now.

25. Manpig - The Grand Negative (Powerviolence)
24. The Flex - Scum On The Run (UK Punk)
23. Ego Trip - Demo (Uk Hardcore)
22. Mood Swing - Demo (Sydney Hardcore)
21. Relentless - Turn The Curse (More Sydney Hardcore)
20. Balance & Composure (Modern Emo)
19. Sick People - Fakes Rule (True AHC)
18. Violent Reaction - City Streets (MORE UK Punk)
17. Nai Harvest - Whatever (Leeds Emo)
16. Title Fight - Spring Songs (Emo)
15. Endless Heights - New Bloom (Sydney Melodic Hardcore)
14. Turnstile - Step 2 Rhythm (Hardcore)
13. Power Trip - Manifest Decimation (Thrash/Metal Crossover)
12. Citizen - Youth (Emo/Pop Punk)
11. Self Defense Family - The Corrections Officer In Me (Post-Hardcore)
10. Shackles - Disposed Of (Thrash/Powerviolence)
9. The Rival Mob - Mob Justice (Straight Up Hardcore)
8. Machina Genova - Weathered Heart (Convergecore or something)
7. Touche Amore - ...Is Survived By (Melodic Hardcore)
6. Pity Sex - Feast Of Love (Shoegaze/indie pop/emo)
5. Shackles - Self Titled (Thrash/Powerviolence)
4. Cloakroom - Infinity (Shoegaze/emo)
3. Daylight - Jar (emo/grunge revival)
2. Nails - Abandon All Life (Metal? REALLY HEAVY)
1. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afrain To Die - Whenever, If Ever (Emo)

I'll contribute whenever I get Yamantaka // SONIC TITAN's "UZU" in the mail finally, as it will most likely encompass the entirety of my list.