15. Tegan And Sara - Heartthrob
Highlights: Closer, I Was a Fool, Love They Say, Shock to Your System
Heartthrob was the single most straightforward and concise pop album released in 2013. Tegan and Sara traded in their acoustic guitars and folk-pop sound for, as Pitchfork calls it, Roxette and Cyndi Lauper-referencing, soaring keyboards. It helps that Greg Kurstin is all over this album.
Also "Closer" is totally the pop song Katy Perry has been trying to make for years. Poor thing.