Les meilleurs albums de 2013 selon les médias anglo-saxons

A quelques semaines de la mort de 2013, les sélections des meilleurs albums de l’année commencent à pointer le bout de leur nez dans les médias anglo-saxons, presse comme web. Toujours amusants de voir alors les nationalismes respectifs pointer le bout de leur nez, comme lorsque le mensuel britannique Q comme son compatriote hebdo le NME sacrent les Arctic Monkeys tandis que l’Américain Spin installe de son côté Kanye West au sommet de son classement…

En Angleterre, les mensuel Uncut, Mojo et Q, l'hebdomadaire NME et, aux États-Unis, le magazine culturel digital Paste, les influents webzines Gorilla vs. Bear et Stereogum et les indéboulonnables mensuels Spin et Rolling Stone ont lâché leurs Top 50 de 2013 respectifs. Comme chaque année, certains albums figurent dans quasiment toutes ces listes comme, au hasard, Modern Vampires Of The City de Vampire Weekend ou bien encore Random Access Memories de Daft Punk... Bref, les sélections sont stylistiquement éclectiques et contiennent tant les incontournables et pas mal de surprises/coups de cœur.

ROLLING STONE (USA) :

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City. 2. Kanye West - Yeezus. 3. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 4. Paul McCartney - New. 5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor. 6. Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork. 7. Lorde - Pure Heroine. 8. The National - Trouble Will Find Me. 9. Arctic Monkeys - AM. 10. John Fogerty - Wrote a Song For Everyone. 11. Parquet Courts - Tally All the Things That You Broke. 12. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg. 13. Disclosure - Settle. 14. Drake - Nothing Was the Same. 15. Atoms For Peace - AMOK. 16. David Bowie - The Next Day. 17. Danny Brown - OLD. 18. Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose. 19. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks. 20. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle. 21. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time. 22. Phoenix - Bankrupt! 23. My Bloody Valentine - m b v. 24. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2. 25. Elton John - The Diving Board. 26. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap. 27. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz. 28. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park. 29. Bombino - Nomad. 30. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob. 31. HAIM - Days Are Gone. 32. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe. 33. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name. 34. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get ... 35. Best Coast - Fade Away. 36. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt. 37. The So So Glos - Blowout. 38. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze. 39. Keith Urban - Fuse. 40. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt. 41. J. Cole - Born Sinner. 42. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris. 43. Savages - Silence Yourself. 44. Valerie June - Pushin' Against a Stone. 45. Avicii - True. 46. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. 47. M.I.A. - Matangi. 48. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus. 49. The Flaming Lips - The Terror. 50. Beck - Song Reader.

NME - NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS (UK) :

1. Arctic Monkeys – AM. 2. Kanye West – Yeezus. 3. Queens Of The Stone Age - …Like Clockwork. 4. Foals - Holy Fire. 5. Savages - Silence Yourself. 6. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 7. Arcade Fire – Reflektor. 8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away. 9. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle. 10. David Bowie - The Next Day. 11. Jon Hopkins – Immunity. 12. MIA – Matangi. 13. Drenge – Drenge. 14. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City. 15. Peace - In Love. 16. Jagwar Ma - Howlin’. 17. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt. 18. Hookworms - Pearl Mystic. 19. Disclosure – Settle. 20. The National - 'Trouble Will Find Me. 21. Iceage - You’re Nothing. 22. Deerhunter – Monomania. 23. Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe. 24. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold. 25. Haim - Days Are Gone. 26. Factory Floor - Factory Floor. 27. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris. 28. These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds. 29. My Bloody Valentine - m b v. 30. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito. 31. Merchandise - Totale Nite. 32. Parma Violets – 180. 33. Tegan And Sara – Heartthrob. 34. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady. 35. Bill Callahan - Dream River. 36. Deap Vally – Sistrionix. 37. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze. 38. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas. 39. The Julie Ruin - Run Fast. 40. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus. 41. The Strokes - Comedown Machine. 42. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum. 43. The Knife - Shaking The Habitual. 44. Speedy Ortiz - 'Major Arcana. 45. Future Of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident. 46. Primal Scream - More Light. 47. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon. 48. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name. 49. Daughter - If Yuu Leave. 50. James Blake – Overgrown.

Q (UK) :

1. Arctic Monkeys – AM. 2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City. 3. David Bowie - The Next Day. 4. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 5. Jon Hopkins – Immunity. 6. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film. 7. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others. 8. Bill Ryder Jones - A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart. 9. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts. 10. Haim - Days Are Gone. 11. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'. 12. My Bloody Valentine – MBV. 13. Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time. 14. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork. 15. Foals - Holy Fire. 16. Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon. 17. Matthew E White - Big Inner. 18. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle. 19. Factory Floor - S/T. 20. Biffy Clyro – Opposites. 21. Palma Violets – 180. 22. Suede – Bloodsports. 23. Disclosure – Settle. 24. Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune. 25. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest. 26. Kanye West – Yeezus. 27. Bill Callahan - Dream River. 28. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. 29. Daniel Avery - Drone Logic. 30. Pet Shop Boys – Electric. 31. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady. 32. Savages - Silence Yourself. 33. Parquet Courts - LIght Up Gold. 34. Prefab Sprout - Crimson Red. 35. Devendra Banhart – Mala. 36. Kurt Vile - Walkin on a Pretty Daze. 37. The National - Trouble Will Find Me. 38. Goldfrapp - Tales of Us. 39. Alunageorge - Body Music. 40. Run the Jewels - S/T. 41. Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect. 42. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds. 43. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual. 44. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt. 45. Sigur Ros Kveikur. 46. James Blake – Overgrown. 47. The Strokes - Comedown Machine. 48. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum. 49. Primal Scream - More Light. 50. Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day.

SPIN (USA) :

1. Kanye West, Yeezus. 2. Chance The Rapper, Acid Rap. 3. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires in the City. 4. Haim, Days Are Gone. 5. Disclosure, Settle. 6. Tim Hecker, Virgins. 7. Boards of Canada, Tomorrow's Harvest. 8. Ka, The Night's Gambit. 9. The Knife, Shaking the Habitual. 10. Kurt Vile, Wakin on a Pretty Daze. 11. M.I.A.. Matangi. 12. Danny Brown, Old. 13. Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob. 14. The Haxan Cloak, Excavation. 15. Nine Inch Nails, Hesitation Marks. 16. Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu. 17. Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park. 18. Mikal Cronin, MCII. 19. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories. 20. Waxahatchee, Cerulean Salt. 21. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels. 22. Deafheaven, Sunbather. 23. Oneohtrix Point Never, R Plus Seven. 24. DJ Rashad, I Don't Give a Fuck EP. 25. Caitlin Rose, The Stand-In. 26. Rhye, Woman. 27. Migos, Young Rich Niggas. 28. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. 29. Rudimental, Home. 30. 2 Chainz, B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. 31. Earl Sweatshirt, Doris. 32. Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience. 33. Laura Marling, Once I Was an Eagle. 34. Kvelertak, Meir. 35. Ashley Monroe, Like a Rose. 36. Kelela, Cut 4 Me. 37. Arcade Fire, Reflektor. 38. Janelle Monáe, The Electric Lady. 39. My Bloody Valentine, m b v. 40. Bill Callahan, Dream River. 41. Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light. 42. James Holden, The Inheritors. 43. Death Grips, Government Plates. 44. William Tyler, Impossible Truth. 45. Superchunk, I Hate Music. 46. Pusha T, My Name is My Name. 47. Neko Case, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You. 48. Body/Head, Coming Apart. 49. Queens of the Stone Age, …Like Clockwork. 50. Drake, Nothing Was the Same.

MOJO (UK) :

1. Bill Callahan - Dream River. 2. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 3. David Bowie - The Next Day. 4. Arctic Monkeys – AM. 5. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts. 6. Deerhunter – Monomania. 7. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City. 8. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle - Perils from the Sea. 9. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away. 10. John Murry - The Graceless age. 11. Phosphorescent – Muchacho. 12. Prefab Sprout - Crimson Red. 13. My Bloody Valentine – MBV. 14. Holden – Inheritors. 15. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork. 16. Factory Floor - Factory Floor. 17. Charles Bradley - Victim of Love. 18. Arcade Fire – Reflector. 19. Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon. 20. Pet Shop Boys – Electric. 21. Mavis Staples - One True Vine. 22. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle. 23. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris. 24. Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record. 25. James Blake – Overgrown. 26. Villagers Awayland. 27. Disclosure – Settle. 28. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film. 29. John Hopkins – Immunity. 30. Primal Scream - More Light. 31. Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs. 32. Glenn Jones - My Garden State. 33. Bill Bragg - Tooth & Nail. 34. Karen Gwyer - Needs Continuum. 35. Midlake – Antiphon. 36. Low - The Invisible Way. 37. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum. 38. Kanye West – Yeezus. 39. Roy Harper - Man & Myth. 40. Black Sabbath – 13. 41. Goldfrapp - Tales of Us. 42. Paul McCartney – New. 43. Haim - Days Are Gone. 44. Johnny Marr - The Messenger. 45. These New Puritans - Fields of Reeds. 46. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. 47. Julia Holter - Loud City Song. 48. The Flaming Lips - The Terror. 49. Tim Hecker – Virgins. 50. Time is a Mountain - S/T.

UNCUT (UK) :

1. My Bloody Valentine – mbv. 2. David Bowie - The Next Day. 3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away. 4. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts. 5. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle. 6. Roy Harper – Man & Myth. 7. Bill Callahan – Dream River. 8. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze. 9. Arctic Monkeys – AM. 10. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest. 11. Matthew E White - Big Inner. 12. Prefab Sprout – Crimson/Red. 13. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 14. National - Trouble Will Find Me. 15 Julie Holter - Loud City Song. 16. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin. 17. Kanye West – Yeezus 18. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold. 19. Endless Boogie - Long Island. 20. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City. 21. Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio. 22. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual. 23. Jonathan Wilson – Fanfare. 24. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II. 25. Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In. 26. Jason Isbell – Southeastern. 27. Atoms For Peace – Amok. 28. Johnny Marr - The Messenger. 29. Hiss Golden Messenger – Haw. 30. Yo La Tengo – Fade. 31. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get.... 32. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds. 33. Richard Thompson – Electric. 34. White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade. 35. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle - Perils From The Sea. 36. Mark Kozelek & Desertshore - S/T. 37. Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record. 38. Haim - Days Are Gone. 39. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris. 40. Chris Forsyth - Solar Motel. 41. Low - The Invisible Way. 42. Arcade Fire – Reflektor. 43. Okkervil River - Silver Gynasium. 44. Fuzz - S/T. 45. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind The Film. 46. Factory Floor - S/T. 47. Phoenix - Bankrupt!. 48. Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost. 49. Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day. 50. Houndstooth - Ride Out The Dark. 51. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoniba - Jama Ko. 52. The Necks – Open. 53. Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now. 54. Rokia Traore - Beautiful Africa. 55. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Mind Control. 56. Edwyn Collins – Understated. 57. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse. 58. Mikal Cronin – MCII. 59. Luke Haines - Rock And Roll Animals. 60. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon. 61. Connan Mockasin – Caramel. 62. Jon Hopkins – Immunity. 63. Pet Shop Boys – Electric. 64. Anna Calvi - One Breath. 65. The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars. 66. Phosphorescent – Muchacho. 67. Jim James - Regions Of Light And Sound Of God. 68. Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In The Devil's Time. 69. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety. 70. William Tyler - Impossible Truth. 71. Don Cavalli – Temperamental. 72. Emmy Lou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon. 73. Laura Veirs - Warp And Weft. 74. Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams. 75. Elton John - The Diving Board. 76. Suuns - Images Du Futur. 77. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum. 78. Hookworms - Pearl Mystic. 79. Robyn Hitchcock - Love From London. 80. Tony Joe White – Hoodoo.

PASTE (USA) :

1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho. 2. Mikal Cronin - MCII. 3. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. 4. Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady. 5. Deerhunter - Monomania. 6. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze. 7. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City. 8. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe. 9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels. 10. HAIM - Days Are Gone. 11. Jason Isbell - Southeastern. 12. The National - Trouble Will Find Me. 13. Lucius - Wildewoman. 14. Savages - Silence Yourself. 15. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 16. Kanye West - Yeezus. 17. Volcano Choir - Repave. 18. Arcade Fire - Reflektor. 19. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt. 20. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park. 21. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual. 22. Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium. 23. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold. 24. M.I.A. - Matangi. 25. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II. 26. My Bloody Valentine - m b v. 27. Bill Callahan - Dream River. 28. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get ... 29. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork. 30. Local Natives - Hummingbird. 31. King Khan and the Shrines - Idle No More. 32. Rhye - Woman. 33. Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety. 34. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name. 35. Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse. 36. Lorde - Pure Heroine. 37. Typhoon - White Lighter. 38. Danny Brown - OLD. 39. of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar. 40. The Haxan Cloak - Excavation. 41. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse. 42. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others. 43. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris. 44. Charles Bradley - Victim of Love. 45. Cayucas - Bigfoot. 46. Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record. 47. The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow. 48. Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart. 49. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana. 50. Dr. Dog - B-Room.

STEREOGUM (USA) :

1. Kanye West – Yeezus. 2. Deafheaven – Sunbather. 3. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City. 4. Disclosure – Settle. 5. My Bloody Valentine - m b v. 6. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time. 7. Danny Brown – OLD. 8. HAIM - Days Are Gone. 9. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. 10. Arcade Fire – Reflektor. 11. Volcano Choir – Repave. 12. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels. 13. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze. 14. Savages - Silence Yourself. 15. Kvelertak – Meir. 16. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt. 17. Windhand – Soma. 18. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap. 19. Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob. 20. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe. 21. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe. 22. Superchunk - I Hate Music. 23. Deerhunter – Monomania. 24. Bill Callahan - Dream River. 25. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks. 26. Migos - Young Rich Niggas. 27. The National - Trouble Will Find Me. 28. Drake - Nothing Was the Same. 29. Phoenix - Bankrupt! 30. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven. 31. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana. 32. Iceage - You're Nothing. 33. The Field - Cupid's Head. 34. Yuck - Glow & Behold. 35. Gorguts - Colored Sands. 36. Julia Holter - Loud City Song. 37. Forest Swords – Engravings. 38. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual. 39. Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides. 40. Pharmakon – Abandon. 41. Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady. 42. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety. 43. Cassie – RockaByeBaby. 44. A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord. 45. Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse. 46. Yo La Tengo – Fade. 47. A$AP Rocky - LongLiveA$AP. 48. Carcass - Surgical Steel. 49. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience. 50. Phosphorescent – Muchacho.

GORILLA VS. BEAR (USA) :

1. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety 2. Danny Brown – OLD 3. Julianna Barwick – Nepenthe 4. Burial - Truant / Rough Sleeper 5. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven 6. Ejecta – Dominae 7. Blue Hawaii – Untogether 8. DIANA - Perpetual Surrender 9. Jai Paul - Jai Paul 10. FKA Twigs - EP2 11. Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat 12. Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides 13. Arca - &&&&& 14. White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade 15. Various Artists - After Dark 2 16. Postiljonen – Skyer 17. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual 18. Charli XCX - True Romance 19. Recycle Culture - In Transit 20. Knx. – Anthology 21. Haerts – Hemiplegia 22. Dean Blunt - The Redeemer 23. Quasimoto - Yessir Whatever 24. Ariana Grande - Yours Truly 25. Cuushe - Butterfly Case 26. Rich Homie Quan - I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In 26. Rich Homie Quan - Still Goin In Reloaded 27. Darkside – Psychic 28. Classixx - Hanging Gardens 29. DJ Rashad - Double Cup 30. 3:33 - $. 31. Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return 32. Empress Of – Systems 33. Still Corners - Strange Pleasures 34. Tinashe - Black Water 35. SZA – S 36. Death Grips - Government Plates 37. Young Galaxy – Ultramarine 38. CFCF – Outside 39. Lee Bannon - Never/mind/the/darkness/of/it... 40. Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain