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electroheart's 50 Best Albums of 2013
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28. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
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Originally posted by Blurt Magazine
This is a dazzling album, steeped in soul and brimming with an uncommon musicality, all rhythmic urgency and compelling melodies and anthemic choruses.
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Best Tracks: 1. Doin' It Right, 2. Get Lucky , 3. Instant Crush, 4. The Game of Love
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Wasn't a huge fan of this one. A few standouts but... it's a bit too derivative for me.
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27. Drake - Nothing Was The Same
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Originally posted by Consequence of Sound
Nothing Was the Same wrestles Drake’s successes with his ever-lingering insecurities, and like some of the best music, we can see ourselves in these songs. It’s an exhilarating change of pace for the genre.
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This is definitely his best album. I could tell Take Care was the beginning of something bigger and better for him.
Best Tracks: 1. Too Much, 2. Started From The Bottom , 3. Hold On, We’re Going Home, 4. Wu-Tang Forever
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26. Lorde - Pure Heroine
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Lorde’s clearly a gifted songwriter for her age, but don’t let the novelty affect your perception of Pure Heroine. It’s a very grown-up album despite its teenage topics, and if you give a damn about good pop songs, then you owe it a listen.
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This was a grower. I was a bit skeptical of her music at first but I eventually warmed up to it. On first listen, Ribs was a deafening atrocity but somehow became the complete opposite: my favorite song on the album.
Best Tracks: 1. Ribs, 2. Royals, 3. Team, 4. 400 Lux, 5. Tennis Court
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25. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
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Originally posted by Expert Witness (MSN Music)
Each verse/chorus/bridge/intro melody, each lyric straight or knotty, each sound effect playful or perverse (or both)‑-each is pleasurable in itself and aptly situated in the sturdy songs and tracks, so that the whole signifies without a hint of concept.
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Best Tracks: 1. Step, 2. Everlasting Arms, 3. Don’t Lie, 4. Obvious Bicycle
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24. Danny Brown - Old
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Brown displays real bravery in his willingness to merge the sacred with the profane, the independent with the arena-ready, the old with the new.
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Best Tracks: 1. Dope Fiend Rental, 2. Side B [Dope Song], 3. Smokin & Drinkin, 4. Handstand, 5. 25 Bucks
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MVOTC I need to get into Danny cause I don't really know any of his stuff.
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MVOTC I need to get into Danny cause I don't really know any of his stuff.
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Don't you love Purity Ring? They're featured on 25 Bucks. It's awesomeeeee
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23. Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return
If you like your indie/dream pop a bit funky with an R&B lean, this album is for you! It's great!
Best Tracks: 1. High Living, 2. Harm In Change, 3. Say That, 4. Rose Quartz, 5. Cola
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22. Factory Floor - Factory Floor
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Factory Floor might be known for their life-changing gigs, but their album proves that, in the studio, they also have the ability to induce shivers, body jerking and a rush of blood throughout your entire body.
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Best Tracks: 1. Turn It Up, 2. Fall Back, 3. How You Say, 4. Breathe In, 5. Two Different Ways
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21. Kanye West - Yeezus
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Yeezus is the complete affirmation of an artist willing to try new endeavors and wholeheartedly nail it.
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Best Tracks: 1. Black Skinhead, 2. Blood On The Leaves, 3. New Slaves, 4. Send It Up
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ok that's it for tonight. more on thursday
btw, sorry I'm so ****ing lazy and keep quoting blurbs from metacritic.
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Nothing Was the Same and Pure Heroine. Flawless albums.
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Random Access Memories + Pure Heroine, they're both masterpieces!
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Drake, VW, Yeezus
not you banned tho
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Great update
Half of these albums made my list!
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Yeexus and Pure Heroine are my faves
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Random Access Memories + Modern Vampires Of The City are great albums!
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