O!! What a fantastic top three! Your claim that this is the best top three ever is very justified!
Your thoughts on Em and Kanye are both great, praising what they did right with their albums ("So Far"!! Great thoughts on it, also mentioning how Rubin helped out on both albums in a big way), and then not ignoring their mistakes (homophobia for Em, inaccurate 300 line by Kanye). And then your #1 Vampire Weekend! The best! I wasn't expecting it, as I was expecting either Dr. Dog or Kanye. But VW is a very great #1, as everything you say about it is right on. Modern Vampires is their legacy album, the one that cements that they will be around.
Amazing albums list, O! If you do more lists, i'll be excited, but if not, your closed out your albums list in excellent fashion!
Never been a big fan of Vampire Weekend, but "Diane Young" was a great surprise, need to check out their album in full.
Great list, one of the best on here
Inspired by Ben's bare-bonesness I present the rest of the list!
Songs of 2013:
5. "Heart Attack" by Demi Lovato
4. "Diane Young" by Vampire Weekend
3. "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk
2. "Rap God" by Eminem
1. "Unbelievers" by Vampire Weekend
Movies of 2013:
5. Side Effects
4. Frozen
3. The Wolf Of Wall Street
2. Man Of Steel
1. The World's End
TV of 2013:
5. Mad Men
4. Futurama
3. Arrested Development
2. Game Of Thrones
1. Breaking Bad
Video Games of 2013:
5. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix / Pokemon Y
4. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Fire Emblem: Awakening
2. The Last Of Us
1. Bioshock Infinite
Worst Moves Made By A Cleveland Sports Team
5. Indians shutout in Playoff (great season overall though, thank you Terry)
4. Firing Chud
3. Brandon Weeden
2. Anthony Bennet
1. Mike Brown
Thank you, thank you, thank you ... have a great 2014 y'all! I can't believe it's already February.