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Collin's Best of 2013
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No Doubt and Gwen on the same set 
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Return Of Saturn is great! 
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Not you taking this long to listen to The Sweet Escape tho 
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Return of Saturn
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#15 - #9
 Albums #25 - #16 |
#25
Trinity Royals, 400 Lux, Ribs
Plays 96
Songs in Top 200 4
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #25 The Knife - Silent Shout
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Lorde Pure Heroine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lorde is cute. I actually really enjoy her as a person and treasure her as a musician. As a body of work, Pure Heroine isn't disappointing, but just kinda snoozy for me specifically. I've heard once that this album belongs as the last album on a Best Of review and I really couldn't agree more. I'm glad she came and low-key slayed the industry this year, it was quite nice.
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J. Cole Born Sinner
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This year I tried to get into conceptual rap albums, you see. Born Sinner was at the forefront of this attempt, and it didn't fall flat! It was an impressive comeback effort for Cole after being a moderate part of the rap game, it seemed to cement him and his abilities! It was also great to see some mainstream success with songs like Crooked Smile and Power Trip, Yeezus who?
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#24
Trinity Crooked Smile, LAnd of the Snakes, Forbidden Fruit
Plays 152
Songs in Top 200 2
Prsnl Chart Peak 2
Last Year's #24 Nelly Furtado - The Spirit Indestructible
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Trinity We Can't Stop, Adore You, FU
Plays 138
Songs in Top 200 4
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #23 Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
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Miley Cyrus Bangerz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bangerz... among a lot of over-hyped pop girl albums, this one lived up to its' name. Moderately ghetto, an embarrassing tinge of "z" and, obviously, plenty of banger-anthems. The album is surprisingly raw and Miley in her newest rare form, and was quite an enjoyable experience. She did good. I just hope it doesn't bring an end to her being taken seriously, but the continuous ballad singles seem to be solving in that sector.
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Drake Nothing Was the Same - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I'm proud of Drake this year. His singles have all been on point leading up to this damn near flawless album. He succeeded incredibly with re-structuring his infamous brands that work so well: the "sad guy", the "YOLO" flow... it's all there. This is my favorite body of work from Drake, indeed. It's interesting to wonder what he'll be doing next.
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#22
Trinity The Language, Hold On We're Going Home, All Me
Plays 104
Songs in Top 200 3
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #22 Holy Other - Held
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#21
Trinity Reach for the Dead, Sundown, Uritual
Plays 217
Songs in Top 200 2
Personal Chart Peak 1
Last Year's #21 Bjφrk - Volta
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Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Though I've gotten into some Boards of Canada in previous years and didn't think much of it, this album changed my mind completely, and I enjoyed it rather thoroughly this year. The hopeless-sounding synth strings and apocalyptic, aching ambiance provides for great background music as well as falling-asleep playlist. Aside from that, it's just good music.
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The Strokes Comedown Machine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My friends, being the huge Strokes fans they are, sort of got me into them after a few years, and I tuned in fully to this release in the spring time. More than a few tracks clicked with me well, and I have a new-found liking for them because of it! Better late than never, I'd say. The somber nature of this album makes me feel like the probable tension that exists behind the music. I plan to venture into previous Strokes records in 2014.
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#20
Trinity One Way Trigger, 50/50, Call It Fate Call It Karma
Plays 160
Songs in Top 200 3
Personal Chart Peak 2
Last Year's #5 William Orbit - Hello Waveforms
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#19
Trinity Full of Fire, Networking, Stay Out Here
Plays 165
Songs in Top 200 0
Personal Chart Peak 1
Last Year's #19 Dev - The Night the Sun Came Up
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The Knife Shaking the Habitual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I always love a good album from The Knife. It usually doesn't take a whole lot for me to enjoy their music, truthfully, but in all honesty I did not have the relationship with this album that I maybe should've! There's a lot of layers to it, but I'm now realizing the other dimensions I missed out on. The one I did get, though, was the music - which made up many of my very late nights in the early winter.
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Fake Blood Cells
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#18
Trinity Let It Go, London, End of Days
Plays 231
Songs in Top 200 2
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #18 Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
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#17
Trinity Still Into You, Grow Up, Anklebiters
Plays 188
Songs in Top 200 3
Prsnl Chart Peak 2
Last Year's #17 Justin Bieber - Believe
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Paramore Paramore
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Even if I kinda tossed this album in last second...  ... it's actually been quite a big slice of my year. The first time I listened to it, I was so proud of Paramore. Surviving a huge band split and Hayley crossing over to Pop, this record is their most experimental and most successful effort yet, in my book. I'll never forget a night my friend and I bonded over this album. I love this record.
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oOoOO Without Your Love - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I've been following oOoOO since 2010, back when he was lost in the mix of witch house trends and what not. Finally releasing his debut this year, it was much less than disappointing. The album is very decently cohesive, impressively dark and quite smooth to listen to in many circumstances. I'm very happy that at least one decent witch house act survived the trend, it's great!
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#16
Trinity Mouchette, Crossed Wires, Stay Here
Plays 169
Songs in Top 200 2
Personal Chart Peak 3
Last Year's #16 Bjφrk - Medϊlla
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#15
Trinity The Mother We Share, Under the Tide, Gun
Plays 138
Songs in Top 200 4
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #15 Rihanna - Talk That Talk
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CHVRCHES
The Bones of What You Believe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - After hearing about them a little bit here and there, I checked out this release this year and was quite impressed! The type of music is right up my alley in terms of electronic music with Pop influences. I was also quite impressed by the amount of press and popularity CHVRCHES have been seeming to gain throughout the year. Hopefully they have a good career and make an even better sophomore album!
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Natalia Kills Trouble
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#14
Trinity Problem, Saturday Night, Television
Plays 203
Songs in Top 200 6
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #14 Rye Rye - Go! Pop! Bang!
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#13
Trinity Crescent Moon, Invisible Empire, Honeydew
Plays 199
Songs in Top 200 3
Personal Chart Peak 1
Last Year's #13 Bjφrk - Homogenic
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KT Tunstall
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I'll love anything KT does, having an affinity for mom-like alternative women and what not. Her 4th record to add to my collection, it was a rather nice addition to my summer. The soft desert-feeling jams are perfect for a hot day with a cold glass of lemonade and a hat big enough to cover your whole body (...maybe I'm taking notes from her album cover). The music videos are great, too. If you've tuned out from her since her career beginnings, you should check this out!
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Gold Panda
Half of Where You Live - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As a fan of smooth-flowing instrumental electronic music every now and then, (especially Gold Panda), this album couldn't have arrived at a better time! Just around June, I bonded with the album in the beginnings of the summer time, reminiscent of the warm nights and great times.
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#12
Trinity Brazil, We Work Nights, Flinton
Plays 181
Songs in Top 200 2
Personal Chart Peak 1
Last Year's #12 Azealia Banks - Fantasea
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#11
Trinity C'Mon, Love Into the Light, Last Goodbye
Plays 910
Songs in Top 200 6
Personal Chart Peak 1
Last Year's #11 Christina Aguilera - Lotus
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Ke$ha Warrior - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Well, this was technically released in 2012, but in December, so... whatever, it's fair  It was #1 on my last year's chart  And obviously I still had a very strong and important bond with it this year, since it should've SLAYED but it didn't so I just had it slay in my own life! It did come in at #92 on the year-end Hot 200 list for Billboard. Smash a bit, K$.
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AlunaGeorge Body Music - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I wasn't actually impressed the first time I heard an AlunaGeorge song. But shortly after I began listening to this album for the first time, my mind quickly changed. The mix of pop, R&B and electronic influences is quite possibly one of the most unique sonic combinations of the year, and one of the best developed brands. A great album by a great duo!
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#10
Trinity You Know You Like It, Outlines, Diver
Plays 264
Songs in Top 200 4
Personal Chart Peak 1
Last Year's #10 Marina & the Diamonds - Electra Heart
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Trinity I Will, I Blame Myself, 24 Hours
Plays 186
Songs in Top 200 5
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Last Year's #9 Avril Lavigne - Let Go
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Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Just wow  I never knew I'd be such a big fan of Sky's work as I have become this year. Beginning as a pop-aimed act, I'm very happy she did what she wanted to do and finally got an album released. I don't think I'm the only one in that sentiment! The rock-edge she adopted works very well, too. There isn't a song I don't want to scream along with.
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The AlunaGeorge praise 
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CHVRCHES and Warrior!
and ehhem a little nudity there eh
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CHVRCHES and Warrior!
and ehhem a little nudity there eh |
I'm not sure what you mean.
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Body Music, Trouble, and Warrior
Slay with that taste.
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25 Lorde Pure Heroine
24 J. Cole Born Sinner
23 Miley Cyrus Bangerz
17 Paramore Paramore
15 CHVRCHES The Bones of What You Believe
14 Natalia Kills Trouble
11 Ke$ha Warrior
9 Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time
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Pure Heroine and Nothing Was the Same <33 wow Comedown Machine in your top 20. Paramore <3 one of the best surprises for me, this album is reallt good
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Warrior is a good album, but Ke$ha can do better.
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CHVRCHES, Trouble, Warrior, Sky  love them
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Bangerz 
Gwen
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'Warrior' is such an awesome record!
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Chvrches was great!
Gold Panda disappointed imo, also I never got into AlunaGeorge :/
But Warrior & Sky! 
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Chvrches was great!
Gold Panda disappointed imo, also I never got into AlunaGeorge :/
But Warrior & Sky! |
Did he really? I loved it  You should get into Aluna!
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Why is Warrior so low? I don't care if it was #1 last year, it should have been at least Top 10 this year too.
Natalia and Sky though.
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#10 - #6
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#10
Trinity We Need A Resolution, I Refuse, More Than A Woman
Plays 86
Late-Blooming Songs 2
Personal Chart Peak 2
Year Released 2001
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Aaliyah Aaliyah - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Just before my time, I actually heard Aaliyah's flaw-free bop Try Again for the first time this year and wondered why I was so late hearing it. So, naturally, I ventured into Aaliyah's red album and got into it! She wound out some wonderful R&B songs that hopefully won't disintegrate with history.
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My Bloody Valentine Loveless
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#9
Trinity Sometimes, I Only Said, Come in Alone
Plays 75
Late-Blooming Songs 2
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Year Released 1988
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Trinity Wind It Up, Early Winter, Don't Get it Twisted
Plays 125
Late-Blooming Songs 0
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Year Released 2006
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Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It's strange that it took me until 2013 (or actually, maybe it was late 2012... but I'm acknowledging it here ) to give this album a good, full listen. It's actually quite an album. Maybe unnecessary, however, and kind of reminds me of why Gwen is better with No Doubt. But her ballads are amazing on here, as well as some of the experimental album tracks.
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No Doubt Return of Saturn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - After my friend suggested me this album, I got into it along with all the other No Doubt albums I was late on (including Tragic Kingdom, which just missed this list  ). I found myself connecting to many of the songs in amazing ways, and they gave me great comfort in the first weeks of college when I first moved in and what not! It'll always remind me of that when I listen to it.
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#7
Trinity Bathwater, Suspension Without Suspense, Simple Kind of Life
Plays 69
Late-Blooming Songs 1
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Year Released 2000
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Trinity 1 2 Step, Thug Style, Hotline
Plays 136
Late-Blooming Songs 3
Prsnl Chart Peak N/A
Year Released 2004
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Ciara Goodies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Much like Return of Saturn, I first listened to this album in the first few weeks of college living to comfort me and what not, and it really did help me. The times listening to downtempo old Ci jams late at night and missing home are ones I hope to never forget. And how could I have missed the bop that is Oh? I've seen the light.
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#5
Trinity Black Balloon, Iris, Hate This Place
Plays 166
Late-Blooming Songs 2
Personal Chart Peak 1
Year Released 1998
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Goo Goo Dolls
Dizzy Up the Girl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I was craving some late 90s semi-popular alternative rock music, and Third Eye Blind just missed the cut, fortunately this did just the trick! The moderate angst and and cold-feeling guitar riffs really connected with me and filled some sort of void that needed filling. Next year, I hope to get that with Nirvana and possibly Radiohead.
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iamamiwhoami Kin
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#4
Trinity Play, Rascal, Idle Talk
Plays 240
Late-Blooming Songs 1
Prsnl Chart Peak 1
Year Released 2012
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Trinity Heal, Euphoria, See You Again
Plays 245
Late-Blooming Songs 2
Personal Chart Peak 1
Year Released 2012
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Loreen Heal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recommended to me by ATRL user, Hugamari, this album is one I was a little late on (but I almost put it on 2013's list, I mean it was released in October 2012). However, I was shocked by the how great it was. Near electropop perfection, it's actually a shame it wasn't promoted or released in the US Hope to see Loreen sticking around for a while.
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Bjφrk Post - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - After my friend suggested me this album, I got into it along with all the other No Doubt albums I was late on (including Tragic Kingdom, which just missed this list ). I found myself connecting to many of the songs in amazing ways, and they gave me great comfort in the first weeks of college when I first moved in and what not! It'll always remind me of that when I listen to it.
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#2
Trinity Isobel, Hyper-Ballad, Enjoy
Plays 325
Late-Blooming Songs 3
Personal Chart Peak 3
Year Released 2000
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Trinity Love Sex Magic, Work, Lover's Thing
Plays 258
Late-Blooming Songs 5
Personal Chart Peak 1
Year Released 2009
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Ciara Fantasy Ride - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I Am.. Sasha Fierce Fantasy Ride is one of the most underrated R&B-Pop albums of all time Filler-free, smash-brimmed and sonically perfect, the lessor gyals stayed taking notes from Ciara until 2012 with this one. In fact, they STILL IS! How funny is that? Poor Legend C has to deal with Rihanna and Beyonce copying her every move and is on #BeEpic, it's unfair and clearly a crime. Somebody call the doctor.
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This chart is specifically for old music I first happened upon THIS year! 2013 albums #25 - #9 can be seen above!
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