What a banner year for music. Even though most of the Grammy nominations sucked, the music of 2013 has been fantastic. I’ll try and do my best to give you the top-10 albums from 2013, but let’s be real. These are MY favorite albums from 2013. Any album I listened to this year was eligible for this prestigious honor. It’s simple, really. I’ll list each album beginning at 10 and ending with Joe’s No. 1 album of 2013, and I’ll include my favorite song from the album, too. Unfortunately I couldn’t afford plagues or trophies, so the winner of album of the year will simply get a mention in this blog post.

Without further ado…

10. The Wonder Years – The Greatest Generation

9. Drake – Nothing Was The Same 

8. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City 

7. The National – Trouble Will Find Me 

6. The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still 

5. Danny Brown – Old

4. Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe 

3. Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze 

2. Kanye West – Yeezus

1. HAIM – Days Are Gone