Albums of the Year?

[change me]

Getting ready to put my 2013 Albums of the Year list together... would be highly intrigued to hear YOUR picks, Excellent World...

-s-

[Liam]

MBV

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Getting ready to put my 2013 Albums of the Year list together... would be highly intrigued to hear YOUR picks, Excellent World...

-s-

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[Ajay Sharma]

anyone interested in a good ol' fashioned poll? 

--Ajay

[Mike McCann]

Gotta happen.  :)

Perhaps a few categories, like "Best Overall" "Debut Albums", "Best Comebacks", "Soundtracks/Compilations", "Reissues", etc.?

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From: Ajay Sharma <ajayro...@gmail.com>
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[change me]

Sounds good to me!

-s-

[Ajay Sharma]

Wow, so I went searching on excellnetonline.com and found the last poll results:  http://www.excellentonline.com/story/2007-poll-results-1365

Should we trim this list?  Here are my suggestions for removal:

 - Indieboy/Indiegirl/Indiegit seem a bit silly these days.
 - And maybe we can scratch the Favorite North American Artist.  The whole UK in US thing is also dated, IMO.

 - All the Electronic categories and the Producer category. 

 - Music Video?  No one watches videos.  :)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR:

THE TOP 25 SONGS OF THE YEAR

REISSUE/COMPILATION/SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR:

YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS (STILL AROUND:)

FAVORITE NORTH AMERICAN ARTIST

BEST DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR:

DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR:

BRIGHTEST HOPE FOR THE FUTURE:

BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUM:

FAVORITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST:

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:

FILM OF THE YEAR:

TV SHOW OF THE YEAR:

BOOK OF THE YEAR:

BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

ALBUM ARTWORK/PACKAGING OF THE YEAR:

BEST LIVE ACT OF 2005:

BIGGEST LOSS OF THE YEAR:

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS STORY/EVENT OF THE YEAR:

SECOND BEST WEBSITE OF THE YEAR:

INDIEBOY OF THE YEAR:

INDIEGIRL OF THE YEAR:

INDIEGIT OF THE YEAR:
(henceforth otherwise known as "The Liam")

THE EXCELLENT ONLINE 2013 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES:

[Mike McCann]

TL;DR :P

[Ajay Sharma]

Exactly.  It totally feels like homework these days.  :)

We should just have 10 best albums, 10 best songs.  That's it.

--Ajay

[Charles Provencher]

I'm guessing the number of members polled would have also dropped. 10 for each is a good number.

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[Brian Trost]

10 best albums, 10 best songs < This

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[Robb]

Anyone knowledgable enough and have enough time on their hands to make a slicing eyeballs-esque list of releases.......I'm clueless what is from this year

[Mike McCann]

If nobody steps up I can tackle this Thursday afternoon/Friday morning...

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any fat-fingered typos

[Mike McCann]

OK, so I got bored tonight. Here you go...feel free to add anything I may have missed.  :)

!!! - Thr!!!er

A Grave With No Name - Whirlpool

A Place To Bury Strangers - Loud And Out Of Control

A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP

Akron/Family - Sub Verses

Albert Hammond Jr. - AHJ

Alex Calder - Time

Alex Chilton - Electricity By Candlelight

Anna Calvi - One Breath

Arcade Fire - Reflektor

Arctic Monkeys - AM

Atlas Genius - When It Was Now

Atoms For Peace - AMOK

Au Revoir Simone - Move In Spectrums

Austra - Olympia

Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety

Babyshambles - Sequel To The Prequel

Bad Religion - True North

Bardo Pond - Peace On Venus

Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadows

Bass Drum Of Death - Bass Drum Of Death

Bastille - Bad Blood

Baths - Obsidian

Beach Fossils - Clash The Truth

Beaches - She Beats

Beady Eye - BE

Belle & Sebastian - The Third Eye Centre

Best Coast - Fade Away

Bibio - Silver Wilkinson

Biffy Clyro - Opposites

Bill Callahan - Dream River

Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail

Black Hearted Brother - Stars Are Our Home

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter At The Feast

Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe

Blouse - Imperium

Blue Hawaii - Untogether

Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

Body/Head - Coming Apart

Bomb The Bass - In The Sun

Born Ruffians - Birthmarks

BOY - Mutual Friends

Braids - Flourish/Perish

Brandan Canning - You Gots 2 Chill

Brendan Benson - You Were Right

British Sea Power - From The Sea To The Land And Beyond

British Sea Power - Machineries Of Joy

Broadcast - Barberian Sound Studio

Bryce Dessner and Friends - Aheym

Cage The Elephant - Melophobia

Calexico - Spiritoso

Camera Obscura - Desire Lines

Camper Van Beethoven - La Costa Perdida

Capital Cities - In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery

Cass McCombs - Big Wheel And Others

Cassettes Won't Listen - CWL

Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum

Caveman - Caveman

Cayucas - Bigfoot

CFCF - Music For Objects

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap

Chapel Club - Good Together

Charli XCX - True Romance

Chelsea Light Moving - Chelsea Light Moving

Childish Gambino - Because The Internet

Christopher Owens - Lysandre

CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What We Believe

City And Colour - The Hurry And The Harm

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Little Moments

Clinic - Free Reign II

Club 8 - Above The City

CocoRosie - Tales Of A Grass Widow

Cold War Kids -

Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts

Connan Mockasin - Caramel

Courteeners - Anna

Crocodiles - Crimes Of Passion

Crystal Antlers - Nothing Is Real

Crystal Fighters - Cave Rave

Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir

CSS - Planta

Cults - Static

Cut Copy - Free Your Mind

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - The Speed Of Things

Daniel Avery - Drone Logic

Danny Brown - Old

Daughter - If You Leave

David Bowie - The Next Day

David Lynch - The Big Dream

Deafheaven - Sunbather

Dean Wareham - Emancipated Hearts

Death Grips - Government Plates

Deer Tick - Negativity

Deerhunter - Monomania

Delorean - Apar

Delphic - Collections

Dent May - Warm Blanket

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine

Destroyer - Five Spanish Songs

Devendra Banhart - Mala

Diana - Perpetual Surrender

Dinosaur Bones - Shaky Dream

Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture

Diplo - Revolution

Dirty Beaches - Drifters

Disclosure - Settle

Drake - Nothing Was The Same

Ducktails - The Flower Lane

Dum Dum Girls - Too True

Duologue - Song & Dance

Dutch Uncles - Out Of Touch In The Wild

Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

Editors - The Weight Of Your Love

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Edwyn Collins - Understated

Eels - Wonderful, Glorious

Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record

Electric Six - Mustang

Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost

Emiliana Torrini - Tookah

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers Album 2

Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune

Erasure - Snow Globe

Esben And The Witch - Wash The Sins Not Only The Face

Everything Everything - Arc

Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo - Prince Avalanche OST

Factory Floor - Factory Floor

Fanfarlo - The Sea

Feathers - If All Here Now

FIDLAR - FIDLAR

Fitz & The Tantrums - More Than Just A Dream

Foals - Holy Fire

Forest Fire - Screens

Forest Swords - Engravings

Four Tet - 0181

Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic

Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart

Frankie & The Heartstrings - The Days Run Away

Frankie Rose - Herein Wild

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thought, Right Words, Right Action

Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse

Frog Eyes - Carey's Cold Spring

Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus

Future Bible Heroes - Partygoing

Future Of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident

Gary Numan - Splinter

Generationals - Heza

Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die

Girls In Hawaii - Everest

Girls Names - The Next Life

Glasser - Interiors

Glasvegas - Later…When The TV Turns To Static

Gliss - Langsom Dans

Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy

Gold & Youth - Beyond Wilderness

Gold Fields - Black Sun

Gold Panda - Trust

Goldfrapp - Tales Of Us

Grouplove - Spreading Rumours

Guards - In Guards We Trust

Guided By Voices - English Little League

Haerts - Hemiplagia

Haim - Days Are Gone

Hayden - Us Alone

Hollerado - White Paint

Holograms - Forever

Holy Ghost! - Dynamics

Hooded Fang - Grave Runner

Hooverphonic - Reflection

Houses - A Quiet Darkness

How To Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion

Hunx And His Punx - Street Punk

Hurts - Exile

I Am Kloot - Let It All In

I Used To Be A Sparrow - You Are An Empty Artist

Iceage - You're Nothing

Icona Pop - This Is…Icona Pop

Iggy & The Stooges - Ready To Die

Imaginary Cities - Fall of Romance

Indians - Somewhere Else

IO Echo - Ministry Of Love

Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost

Is Tropical - I'm Leaving

Islands - Ski Mask

J. Cole - Born Sinner

Jacuzzi Boys - Jacuzzi Boys

Jagwar Ma - Howlin

Jake Bugg - Shangri La

James Blake - Overgrown

James Yuill - These Spirits

Jamie Lidell - Jamie Lidell

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady

Jason Isbell - Southeastern

Jay Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail

Jim James - Regions Of Light And Sound Of God

Joan Of Arc - Testimonium Songs

John Green - Pale Green Ghosts

John Parish - Screenplay

John Vanderslice - Dagger Beach

Johnathan Rice - Good Graces

Johnny Borrell - Borrell 1

Johnny Marr - The Messenger

Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare

Josh Rouse - The Happiness Waltz

Junip - Junip

Juveniles - Juveniles

Kanye West - Yeezus

Karl Hyde - Engeland

Kate Nash - Girl Talk

Kavinsky - OutRun

Kele - Heartbreaker

Kid Cudi - Indicud

King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull

Knife Party - Haunted House

Kodaline - In A Perfect World

Kurt Vile - Walkin' On A Pretty Daze

Lanterns On The Lake - Until The Colours Run

Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle

Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon

Laura Veirs - Warp And Weft

Lee Ranaldo And The Dust - Last Night On Earth

Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being

Lisa Germano - No Elephants

Lissie - Back To Forever

Little Boots - Nocturnes

Local Natives - Hummingbird

London Grammar - If You Wait

Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

Lorde - Pure Heroine

Lorde - The Love Club

Los Campesinos! - No Blues

Louise Burns - The Midnight Mass

Low - The Invisible Way

Lucius - Wildewoman

Luke Haines - Rock And Roll Animals

Luke Temple - Good Mood Fool

Luscious Jackson - Magic Hour

Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off

Magic Arm - Images Rolling

Major Lazer - Free The Universe

Man Man - On Oni Pond

Manic Street Preachers - Rewind The Filk=m

Maps - Vicissitude

Mark Kozelek - Like Rats

Mark Kozelek & Desertshore - Mark Kozelek & Desertshore

Mark Lanegan - Imitations

Marnie Stern - The Chronicles Of Marnie Stern

Matt Pond - The Lives Inside The Lines In Our Hand

Mazzy Star - Seasons Of Your Day

Medicine - To The Happy Few

Melvins - Everybody Loves Sausages

MGMT - MGMT

MIA - Matangi

Midlake - Antiphon

Midnight Juggernauts - Uncanny Valley

Mikal Cronin - MCII

Miles Kane - Don't Forget Who You Are

Minks - Tides End

Minor Alps - Get There

Mogwai - Les Revenants OST

Moon Taxi - Mountains Beaches Cities

Moonface - Julia With Blue Jeans On

Morcheeba - Head Up High

Mount Eerie - Pre-Human Ideas

Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

MS MR - Secondhand Rapture

Mudhoney - Vanishing Point

Mum - Smilewound

Muse - Live At Rome Olympic Stadium

My Bloody Valentine - M B V

Neko Case - The Worse Things Get…

Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect

New Order - Lost Sirens

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

No Age - An Object

No Joy - Wait To Pleasure

Noah And The Whale - Heart Of Nowhere

NYPC - NYPC

Obits - Beds & Bugs

Ocean Colour Scene - Painting

Of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar

Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium

Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter

OMD - English Electric

Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven

Palma Violets - 180

Parenthetical Girls - Privilege (Abridged)

Passion Pit - Constant Conversations

Paul McCartney - New

Peace - In Love

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

Pelican - Forever Becoming

Pere Ubu - Lady From Shanghai

Pet Shop Boys - Electric

Peter Gabriel - And I'll Scratch Yours

Phoenix - Bankrupt!

Phosphorescent - Muchacho

Pissed Jeans - Honeys

Pixies - EP-1

Placebo - Loud Like Love

Polica - Shulamith

Polvo - Siberia

Pond - Hobo Rocket

Porcelain Raft - Permanent Signal

Portugal.The Man - Evil Friends

Prefab Sprout - Crimson/Red

Primal Scream - More Light

Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides

Pure X - Crawling Up The Stairs

Pusha T - My Name Is My Name

Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork

Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love

Rhye - Woman

Rival Schools - Found

Robert Pollard - Honey Locust Honky Tonk

Rogue Wave - Nightingale Floors

Ron Sexsmith - Forever Endeavour

Royal Bangs - Brass

Russian Circles - Memorial

Said The Whale - Hawaiii

Sally Shapiro - Somewhere Else

San Cisco - San Cisco

Sarah Neufeld - Hero Brother

Savages - Silence Yourself

Scanners - Love Is Symmetry

Sebadoh - Defend Yourself

Sebastian Grainger - Yours To Discover

Shannon And The Clams - Dreams In The Rat House

She & Him - Volume 3

Shearwater - Fellow Travelers

Shout Out Louds - Optica

Sic Alps - She's On Top

Sigur Ros - Kveikur

Six By Seven - Love And Peace And Sympathy

Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time

Sky Larkin - Motto

Skylar Grey - Don't Look Down

Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals

Smith Westerns - Soft Will

Soft Metals - Lenses

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Fly By Wire

Son Lux - Lanterns

Son Volt - Honky Tonk

Sonny & The Sunsets - Antenna To The Afterworld

Spectrals - Sob Story

Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana

Splashh - Comfort

Stereophonics - Graffiti On The Train

Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In The Devil's Time

Still Corners - Strange Pleasures

Still Life Still - Mourning Trance

Suede - Bloodsports

SULK - Graceless

Summer Camp - Summer Camp

Sun Kil Moon & The Album Leaf - Perils From The Sea

Superchunk - I Hate Music

Surf City - We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This

Surfer Blood - Pythons

Tamar Braxton - Love And War

TEEN - Carolina

Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob

Telekinesis - Dormarion

Tennis - Small Sound

The 1975 - The 1975

The Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual

The Avett Brothers - Magpie And The Dandelion

The Belle Game - Ritual Tradition Habit

The Besnard Lakes - Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO

The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow

The Boxer Rebellion - Promises

The Boy Least Likely To - The Great Perhaps

The Cave Singers - Naomi

The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars

The Darcys - Warring

The Dirtbombs - Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey!

The Dismemberment Plan - Uncanney Valley

The Dodos - Carrier

The Fall - Re-Mit

The Field - Cupid's Head

The Flaming Lips - Peace Sword

The Flaming Lips - The Terror

The Fratellis - We Need Medicine

The Fresh And Onlys - Soothsayer

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

The Head And The Heart - Let's Be Still

The History Of Apple Pie - Out Of View

The House Of Love - She Paints Words In Red

The Icarus Line - Slave Vows

The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law

The Kissaway Trail - Breach

The Knife - Shaking The Habitual

The Little Ones - The Dawn Sang Along

The Love Language - Ruby Red

The Mary Onettes - Hit The Waves

The Might Be Giants - Nanobots

The Milk Carton Kids - The Ash & Clay

The Mowgli's - Waiting For The Dawn

The Naked And Famous - In Rolling Waves

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

The Neighbourhood - I Love You

The Ocean Blue - Ultramarine

The Octopus Project - Fever Forms

The Oh Sees - Floating Coffin

The Pastels - Slow Summits

The Phoenix Foundation - Fandango

The Polyphonic Spree - Yes, It's True

The Replacements - Songs For Slim

The Ruby Suns - Christopher

The Sounds - Weekend

The Strokes - Comedown Machine

The Strypes - Snapshot

The Thermals - Desperate Ground

The Veils - Time Stays, We Go

The Virgins - Strike Gently

The Warlocks - Skull Worship

The Watson Twins - Pioneer Lane

The Wave Pictures - City Forgiveness

The Weekend - Kiss Land

The Wild Feathers - The Wild Feathers

These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds

Tim Hecker - Virgins

Toro y Moi - Anything In Return

Toy - Join The Dots

Travis - Where You Stand

Tricky - False Idols

Ty Segall - Sleeper

Tyler, The Creator - Wolf

Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way To Fall

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Blue Record

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City

Veronica Falls - Waiting For Something

Villagers - {Awayland}

Volcano Choir - Repave

VV Brown - Samson & Delilah

Washed Out - Paracosm

Wave Machines - Pollen

Wavves - Afraid Of Heights

Waxahatchee - Cerulan Salt

We Are Wolves - La Mort Pop Club

Weekend - Jinx

White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade

White Lies - Big TV

Why? - Golden Tickets

Widowspeak - Almanac

Widowspeak - The Swamps

Wild Belle - Isles

Wild Nothing - Empty Estate

Wire - Change Becomes Us

Wooden Shjips - Back To Land

Woodkid - The Golden Age

Xiu Xiu - Nina

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan - UZU

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito

Yo La Tengo - Fade

Young Galaxy - Ultramarine

Young Knives - Sick Octave

Yuck - Glow & Behold

Zola Jesus - Versions

µ-Ziq - Chewed Corners

 

"...and in the whole half-century long history of rock music there is a small number of bands, a number so small you could count to it without running out of fingers, who steal your heart and become a part of how you see the world, how you tell and understand the truth, even when you're old and deaf and foolish. On your deathbed you'll hear them sing to you as you drift down the tunnel."
~Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

[John Dasilva]

1-The Next Day-Bowie

2-AM-Arctic Monkeys

3-Howlin-Jagwar Ma

4-Settle-Disclosure

5-Slow Focus-Fuck Buttons

6-We are the 21st century...-Foxygen

7- mbv

8-Crimso/Red-Prefab Sprout

9-Factory Floor

10- Fanfare-Jonathan Wilson

Any of the top 3 could have been my #1

[robb roncs]

1   Junip - Junip
2   Local Natives - Hummingbird
3   CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What We Believe
4   Hayden - Us Alone
5   Jagwar Ma - Howlin
6   The Mary Onettes - Hit The Waves
7   The National - Trouble Will Find Me
8   Caveman - Caveman
9   Villagers - {Awayland}
10 Polica - Shulamith
11 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
12 Travis - Where You Stand
13 My Bloody Valentine - M B V
14 The Polyphonic Spree - Yes, It's True
15 The Fall - Re-Mit

I cannot cut out the last 5.....feel free to do the dirty work yourself.

after looking at that massive list, i realized how busy and broke my year has been.  i'm sure 2-4 of records on that list could have been on here......but i haven't even had the chance to be play em....sad.  the new Manics & editors are still in their shrink wrap from months ago!!!!

how's the new Vampire Weekend???  a ton of sites are putting it in their top ten.  i didn't bother picking it up after hearing that first single......

[Derek Vosskuhler]

Great list and great effort.  How about the new Kitchens of Distinction album being added?
 

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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:18:12 -0800
From: mikej...@yahoo.com

Subject: Re: [excellent] Albums of the Year?

To: excellen...@googlegroups.com

[Charles Provencher]

My own list...though there's plenty from 2013 I have yet to tackle....

01. Savages - Silence Yourself
02. Ski Lodge - Big Heart
03. Suede - Bloodsport
04. Sulk - Graceless
05. The So So Glos - Blowout
06. Fonda - Sell Your Memories
07. the Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age
08. Murray A. Lightburn - MASS_LIGHT
09. Villagers - Awayland
10. Duologue - Song & Dance

In terms of disappointments.....The Veils latest, was really expecting/hoping for something epic. The same with Emiliana Torrini. Both were disjointed and passionless. ...



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From: "John Dasilva" <johnad...@gmail.com>
Sent: December 12, 2013 8:26 AM
To: excellen...@googlegroups.com
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Subject: Re: [excellent] Albums of the Year?

TL;DR :P

Subject: Re: [excellent] Albums of the Year?

anyone interested in a good ol' fashioned poll? 

--Ajay

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Liam <Liamo...@yahoo.ca> wrote:

MBV

On Dec 11, 2013, at 1:02 PM, change me <mad...@qconline.com> wrote:

Getting ready to put my 2013 Albums of the Year list together... would be highly intrigued to hear YOUR picks, Excellent World...

-s-

[Mike McCann]

Keen eye, Derek - I did indeed forget the Kitchens Of Distinction record and debated with whether a few of Charles' list should have been included too (the Bryan Ferry record, in particular). I'm sure I missed some pure indie releases by bands who only put their physical stuff out in their home country/territory as well. Nearly overlooked I Used To Be A Sparrow that way, and did in fact miss the latest Adam Franklin as well.

Maybe we can take a few days and wait for a few more folks on the list to trickle in their "what about _____?" emails, then put the official poll together?

m

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To: "excellen...@googlegroups.com" <excellen...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 1:27:50 PM
Subject: RE: [excellent] Albums of the Year?

[Charles Provencher]

I would add the Murray Lightburn...seeing as how he's a member of The Dears...

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[robb roncs]

after coming home from work.....i might recall my list

some other noted releases

Hallelujah Bums - Hallelujah Bums
Jimbo Mathus and The Tri-State Coalition - White Buffalo

Mike Doughty - Circles Super Bon Bon Sleepless How Many Cans............

Roddy Woomble - Listen to Keep

The Tossers - The Emerald City

Toad the Wet Sprocket - New Constellation

[Erin]

Greetings from Brooklyn!  

"What about...?!?!?"  :)  I have found 2013 to be a pretty, pretty, pretty magical year for new music, and this beautifully compiled list is testament to this.  Thank you so much!  

I do have a couple of additions for consideration, though.  (1) The latest Elf Power is easily in my top 3 for the year. (2) Also, did anyone have time to give The Greek Theatre out of Sweden a listen?  I felt like it was a 1979 listening to a.m. transistor radio on a hot July night on the front porch with a bottle of ice-cold Orange Crush-type of wonderful (and Ken Stringfellow's being involved never hurt anyone).

Best, 

Erin...

Sent from my iPad

[Lisa Y. Garibay]

I am shaking my fist that we didn't resurrect this poll for 2012 and that Cafe Tacuba's album was released last year.

[change me]

I would add The Brother Kite to this list for sure... and maybe even (gulp) Justin Timberlake... On An On's "Give In"...

-s-

[Philip Stewart-Bowes]

 

Hey Mike,

 

Thanks for putting this list together!  One other omission I did notice was:

 

Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind

Haven't settled on my 2013 Top Ten lists yet, but this will be in the running :)

 

Phil

[Robb]

One last edition I noticed in my car

INVSN - s/t ..... Dennis Lyxzén's updated version of the Lost Patrol..... Same power pop with a touch of Interpol-ness

[Kenneth]

Favourite Albums of the Year (in no order)
Outfit - Performance

Chapel Club - Good Together

Moderat - II
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Everything Everything - Arc
Stornoway - Tales From Terra Firma

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Holy Fire - Foals
Darkside - Psychic

White Lies - Big TV

Trentemoller - Lost
Tired Pony - The Ghost of the Mountain
 

Favourite song of the year
DJ Yellow feat Flowers & Sea Creatures - No One Gets Left Behind
 

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From: robb...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:56:28 -0500
To: excellen...@googlegroups.com

[Kenneth]

that should have been
Foals - Holy Fire
 
(i'm just a bit tipsy and "smoking" at the moment)
 

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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:56:53 +0000