NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2013

The NME Album of the Year & Single Of The Year was announced on 3 December 2013. It was the 40th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.[1][2]

Albums edit

Note: UK artists
# Album Artist Country of origin
1 AM Arctic Monkeys   United Kingdom
2 Yeezus Kanye West   United States
3 ...Like Clockwork Queens Of The Stone Age   United States
4 Holy Fire Foals   United Kingdom
5 Silence Yourself Savages   United Kingdom
6 Random Access Memories Daft Punk   France
7 Reflektor Arcade Fire   Canada
8 Push the Sky Away Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds   Australia
9 Once I Was an Eagle Laura Marling   United Kingdom
10 The Next Day David Bowie   United Kingdom
11 Immunity Jon Hopkins   United Kingdom
12 Matangi M.I.A.   United Kingdom
13 Drenge Drenge   United Kingdom
14 Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend   United States
15 In Love Peace   United Kingdom
16 Howlin' Jagwar Ma   Australia
17 Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee   United States
18 Pearl Mystic Hookworms   United Kingdom
19 Settle Disclosure   United Kingdom
20 Trouble Will Find Me The National   United States
21 You're Nothing Iceage   Denmark
22 Monomania Deerhunter   United States
23 The Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES   United Kingdom
24 Light Up Gold Parquet Courts   United States
25 Days Are Gone HAIM   United States
26 Factory Floor Factory Floor   United Kingdom
27 Doris Earl Sweatshirt   United States
28 Field of Reeds These New Puritans   United Kingdom
29 m b v My Bloody Valentine   Ireland
30 Mosquito Yeah Yeah Yeahs   United States
31 Totale Nite Merchandise   United Kingdom
32 180[a] Palma Violets   United Kingdom
33 Heartthrob Tegan and Sara   Canada
34 The Electric Lady Janelle Monáe   United States
35 Dream River Bill Callahan   United States
36 Sistrionix Deap Vally   United States
37 Wakin on a Pretty Daze Kurt Vile   United States
38 A Sea Of Split Peas Courtney Barnett   Australia
39 Run Fast The Julie Ruin   United States
40 Slow Focus Fuck Buttons   United Kingdom
41 Comedown Machine The Strokes   United States
42 Mug Museum Cate Le Bon   United Kingdom
43 Shaking the Habitual The Knife   Sweden
44 Major Arcana Speedy Ortiz   United States
45 How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident Future of the Left   United Kingdom
46 More Light Primal Scream   United Kingdom
47 6 Feet Beneath the Moon King Krule   United Kingdom
48 My Name Is My Name Pusha T   United States
49 If You Leave Daughter   United Kingdom
50 Overgrown James Blake   United Kingdom

Countries represented edit

Singles edit

Note: UK artists
# Track Artist Country of origin
1 "Get Lucky" Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams   France
2 "Reflektor" Arcade Fire[b] featuring David Bowie   Canada
3 "Do I Wanna Know? Arctic Monkeys   United Kingdom
4 "White Noise" Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge   United Kingdom
5 "Sacrilege" Yeah Yeah Yeahs   United States
6 "Avant Gardener" Courtney Barnett   Australia
7 "Xanman" Pond   Australia
8 "My Number" Foals   United Kingdom
9 "Royals" Lorde   New Zealand
10 "Black Skinhead" Kanye West   United States
11 "Anxiety's Door" Merchandise   United Kingdom
12 "Jubilee Street" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds   Australia
13 "Falling" HAIM   United States
14 "Where Are We Now?" David Bowie   United Kingdom
15 "Bloodsports" Drenge   United Kingdom
16 "Smooth Sailing" Queens Of The Stone Age   United States
17 "After You" (Soulwax remix) Pulp   United Kingdom
18 "I Am A God" Kanye West   United States
19 "If I Had A Tail" Queens of the Stone Age   United States
20 "Wild for the Night" A$AP Rocky featuring Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam   United States
21 "She Will" Savages   United Kingdom
22 "Bound 2" Kanye West   United States
23 "The Throw" Jagwar Ma   Australia
24 "Ya Hey" Vampire Weekend   United States
25 "Master Hunter" Laura Marling   United Kingdom
26 "2013" Primal Scream   United Kingdom
27 "Solemn Skies" Childhood   United Kingdom
28 "Open Eye Signal" Jon Hopkins   United Kingdom
29 "I Wanna Be Yours" Arctic Monkeys   United Kingdom
30 "Recover" CHVRCHES   United Kingdom
31 "Diane Young" Vampire Weekend   United States
32 "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" Arctic Monkeys   United Kingdom
33 "Fall Back" Factory Floor   United Kingdom
34 "Entertainment" Phoenix   France
35 "Fluffy" Wolf Alice   United Kingdom
36 "New Slaves" Kanye West   United States
37 "Bad Habit" Foals   United Kingdom
38 "Bring The Noize" M.I.A.   United Kingdom
39 "5 AM" Katy B   United Kingdom
40 "Jerk Ribs" Kelis   United States
41 "Control" Big Sean   United States
42 "Easy Easy" King Krule   United Kingdom
43 "Colours To Life" Temples   United Kingdom
44 "Stoned And Starving" Parquet Courts   United States
45 "Juice" Chance The Rapper   United States
46 "Retrograde" James Blake   United Kingdom
47 "Leather Jacket Love Song" The Cribs   United Kingdom
48 "Follow" Telegram   United Kingdom
49 "Indie Cindy" Pixies   United States
50 "Is It Raining In Your Mouth?" Fat White Family   United Kingdom
  1. ^ The track "Best Of Friends" won Single of the Year in 2012.
  2. ^ Credited to fictional band "The Reflektors" on cover artwork.

Artists with multiple entries edit

4 Entries:

  • Kanye West (10, 18, 22, 36)

3 Entries:

  • Arctic Monkeys (3, 29, 32)

2 Entries:

  • Foals (8, 37)
  • Queens of the Stone Age (16, 19)
  • Vampire Weekend (24, 31)

Countries represented edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NME's best albums and tracks of 2013". NME. 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Arctic Monkeys' 'AM' named NME Album of the Year 2013 | NME.COM". NME. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-21.