RM's top 25 of 2013 (All revealed)

[nyquillyn]

This is my favorite song of the whole year.

[Kevin Davis]

1. Impossible Truth - William Tyler
2. Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
3. Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello and the Roots
4. Wakin' On a Pretty Daze - Kurt Vile
5. Moonlander - Stone Gossard
6. Big Sur - Bill Frisell
7. The Electric Lady - Janelle Monae
8. Dream River - Bill Callahan
9. Electric - Richard Thompson
10. Once I Was An Eagle - Laura Marling

Janelle Monae and Bill Callahan will probably rank higher once I've had the records for longer.

[elliseamos]

Once I Was An Eagle - Laura Marling

this was almost in my 25.

[LetMeSleep]

Once I Was An Eagle - Laura Marling

this was almost in my 25.

It's my no.2. Great album.

[southp]

My top-20 of the year:

1. Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam
2. Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age
3. The Next Day - David Bowie
4. AMOK - Atoms for Peace
5. Wise up Ghost - Elvis Costello
6. AM - Arctic Monkeys
7. Hesitation Marks - Nine inch Nails
8. EP-1 - Pixies
9. Mechanical Bull - Kings of Leon
10. Delta Machine - Depeche Mode
11. The Terror - Flaming Lips
12. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
13. Kveikur - Sigur Ros
14. Devil put dinosaurs here - AIC
15. Welcome Oblivion - How to Destroy Angels
16. Drive all Night EP - Glen Hansard
17. Bankrupt - Phoenix
18. High Rise EP - Stone Temple Pilots
19. Venomous Rat Regenerator - Rob Zombie
20. Comedown Machine - Strokes

[Mickey]

I actually had no idea Pearl Jam put out an album this year

[Mickey]

A rough list, there's a lot I haven't gotten around to listening to yet this year (Arcade Fire and Callahan, especially)

1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
3. Deafheaven - Sunbather
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Washed Out - Paracosm
6. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
7. Zola Jesus - Versions
8. Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
9. Water Liars - Wyoming
10. Savages - Silence Yourself

[washing machine]

Oh hell. I forgot about that Nick Cave record.

[Malloy]

A rough list, there's a lot I haven't gotten around to listening to yet this year (Arcade Fire and Callahan, especially)

1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
3. Deafheaven - Sunbather
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Washed Out - Paracosm
6. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
7. Zola Jesus - Versions
8. Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
9. Water Liars - Wyoming
10. Savages - Silence Yourself

i dug that one too

[Mickey]

A rough list, there's a lot I haven't gotten around to listening to yet this year (Arcade Fire and Callahan, especially)

1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
3. Deafheaven - Sunbather
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Washed Out - Paracosm
6. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
7. Zola Jesus - Versions
8. Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
9. Water Liars - Wyoming
10. Savages - Silence Yourself

i dug that one too

Yeah, I liked her last album enough but it often became just background music. This one's more dynamic, really love it.

[Norah]

Hey Pete, there was a song from Reflektor that played on the All Songs Considered end of year review a few weeks ago. I liked it.

Yeah, it's a great record. You should listen to it sometime. Maybe on your Jambox.

[Simple Torture]

14. "Ghost On Ghost" - Iron and Wine
13. "Overseas" - Overseas
12. "Long Island" - Endless Boogie
11. "The Uncanney Valley" - Dismemberment Plan
10. "Lightning Bolt" - Pearl Jam
9. "Live at the Cellar Door" - Neil Young
8. "The Raven That Refused To Sing" - Steven Wilson
7. "Wonderful, Glorious" - Eels
6. "Kveikur" - Sigur Ros
5. "Bonnie Prince Billy" - Bonnie Prince Billy
4. "Reflektor" - Arcade Fire
3. "Trouble Will Find Me" - The National
2. "Push The Sky Away" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1. "Dream River" - Bill Callahan

It was obviously not a year where I discovered a lot of new artists. I would have put BC at #1 and #2 if that were allowed.

[nyquillyn]

1. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Perils from the Sea
2. Mogwai – Les Revenants OST
3. Haim – Days are gone
4. Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob
5. William Tyler - Impossible Truth
6. Russian Circles - Memorial
7. 65daysofstatic - Wild Light
8. Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest
9. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
10. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

[Norah]

Can we have more than a week to get this done?

[elliseamos]

Can we have more than a week to get this done?

no.

[Heathen]

cutting it down to 25 is HARD

[elliseamos]

a couple things to remember.

1) this is RM's list of 25, so let's not stress too much.
2) you can change your mind after the fact, but for the purpose of seeing what RMers think, let's do this by the 9th.

[LetMeSleep]

1. Arctic Monkeys – AM
2. Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle
3. QOTSA - …Like Clockwork
4. HBS – In Deep Owl
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
6. The Drones - I See Seaweed
7. Vista Chino – Peace
8. Mazzy Star – Seasons Of Your Day
9. God Is An Astronaut – Origins
10. The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law
11. The Shouting Matches – Grownass Man
12. Pixies - EP1
13. Stone Gossard - Moon Lander
14. NIN - Hesitation Marks
15. Pear Jam LB
16. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
17. Billie Joe Armstrong + Norah Jones - Foreverly

Not enough time this year and I fear little next year either.

edit - I forgot the Drones. doh.

[Heathen]

Can I use the spots left unused by the people posting less than 25?

[elliseamos]

Can I use the spots left unused by the people posting less than 25?

haha.

no.