Here it is. The annual list of my favorite releases of the year. The usual method was applied to determine the outcome. (Total score of each song on the album on a 1-10 scale)/(Number of songs on the album) = rating. Covers albums, Live albums and albums consisting of previously released music, but perhaps updated acoustically (such as Brendan James Playing Favorites disc, which deserves mention because it would have been in my top 5 otherwise) are excluded from the top albums list. A separate list of some of those other categories are at the bottom of the list.
Agree with my choices? We're probably already pretty good friends. Disagree with my choices? Good. That means you are free thinker. Feel free to chide me for excluding your favorite. I probably didn't get to hear it among the 150 + releases I had the pleasure of listening to this year. Some releases might have been included had I actually heard them (Michael Franti and Walk Off the Earth, I'm thinking of you off the top of my head).
If you haven't heard music from at least the top 25, please investigate these records in your spare time.
The Top 100 of 2013:
1- VIENNA TENG - AIMS
2- LIZ LONGLEY -LIZ LONGLEY
3- ADAM PLOMARITAS -THE HARD WAY
4- MATT NATHANSON -LAST OF THE GREAT PRETENDERS (TARGET EDITION)
5- SETH GLIER -THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW
6- CIVIL WARS-CIVIL WARS
7- OLIVIA MILLERSCHIN -YES. NO. MAYBE SO.
8- AMOS LEE -MOUNTAINS OF SORROW, RIVERS OF SONG (DELUXE EDITION)
9- CHUCK BRODSKY -BASEBALL BALLADS 2
9- JOSHUA DAVIS -A MIRACLE OF BIRDS
9- JOSH GROBAN -ALL THAT ECHOES (TARGET EDITION)
9- JOHN MAYER -PARADISE VALLEY
9- TOAD THE WET SPROCKET-NEW CONSTELLATION (KICKSTARTER EDITION)
9- FRANK TURNER -RECOVERY (DELUXE EDITION)
15- DARDEN SMITH -LOVE CALLING
16- COURT YARD HOUNDS-AMELITA
17- MATT WERTZ -HEATWAVE
18- TYRONE WELLS -…THIS LOVE
19- KINGS OF LEON-MECHANICAL BULL (DELUXE EDITION)
20- PAULA COLE -RAVEN (EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
20- BRENDAN JAMES -SIMPLIFY
22- TOM BUTWIN -THIS & HEREAFTER
23- BOY-MUTUAL FRIENDS
24- JAKE SHIMABUKURO -GRAND UKULELE
25- MICHAEL BUBLE -TO BE LOVED (TARGET EDITION)
26- GAELIC STORM-THE BOATHOUSE
26- ABIGAIL STAUFFER -NO CONTRADICTIONS
26- DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS-GOOD LIGHT
26- LEFTOVER CUTIES-THE SPARK & THE FLAME
26- DARIUS RUCKER -TRUE BELIEVERS
31- LONE BELLOW-THE LONE BELLOW
32- SARA BAREILLES-THE BLESSED UNREST (TARGET EDITION)
32- BODH'AKTAN-AGAINST WINDS AND TIDES
34- AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT-SUCH HOT BLOOD
34- FICTION FAMILY-REUNION
34- RUTH MOODY -THESE WILDER THINGS
37- BASTILLE-BAD BLOOD
37- CARBON LEAF-GHOST DRAGON ATTACKS CASTLE
37- GRIFFIN HOUSE -BALLS
37- RAGBIRDS-WE BELONG TO THE LOVE
37- WILD FEATHERS-THE WILD FEATHERS
42- DEPECHE MODE-DELTA MACHINE (DELUXE EDITION)
42- ONEREPUBLIC-NATIVE (TARGET EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
44- MAVERICKS-IN TIME
44- TIFT MERRITT /SIMONE DINNERSTEIN-NIGHT
44- ATLAS GENIUS-WHEN IT WAS NOW
44- SARAH JAROSZ -BUILD ME UP FROM BONES
44- AMY SPEACE -HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT
44- VERTICAL HORIZON-ECHOES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
50- ROB DRABKIN -LITTLE STEPS
51- LEE DEWYZE -FRAMES (DELUXE EDITION)
52- CHRIS DUPONT -ANXIOUS ANIMAL
52- DAUGHTRY-BAPTIZED (DELUXE EDITION)
52- COURTNEY JAYE -LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
55- AVETT BROTHERS-MAGPIE & THE DANDELION (TARGET DELUXE EDITION)
56- DAWES-STORIES DON'T END
56- PATTY GRIFFIN -AMERICAN KID (DELUXE)
56- JON MCLAUGHLIN -HOLDING MY BREATH
56- MELODIME-WHERE THE SINNERS & SAINTS COLLIDE
56- BOB SCHNEIDER -BURDEN OF PROOF
56- STEEL WHEELS-NO MORE RAIN
62- JAMIE CULLUM -MOMENTUM (DELUXE EDITION)
63- HEAD AND THE HEART-LET'S BE STILL (TARGET EDITION)
64- FIVE FOR FIGHTING-BOOKMARKS (WALMART EDITION)
64- STEPHEN KELLOGG -BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY
64- HOLLY WILLIAMS -THE HIGHWAY
67- STORYMAN (GUGGENHEIM GROTTO)-THIS TIME ROUND
67- CHRIS TRAPPER -TECHNICOLOR
69- CONJURE ONE-REASONS TO DISTURB (DELUXE EDITION)
69- LORI MCKENNA -MASSACHUSETTS
69- MERCYME-THE HURT & THE HEALER (SPECIAL EDITION)
69- NINE INCH NAILS-HESISTATION MARKS (DELUXE EDITION)
69- PEARL JAM-LIGHTNING BOLT
69- TIRED PONEY-THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN
75- NEWTON FAULKNER -STUDIO ZOO (DELUXE EDITION)
76- DAFT PUNK-RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
76- BETH WOOD-THE WEATHER INSIDE
76- BARNABY BRIGHT-THE LONGEST DAY
76- CARRIE RODRIGUEZ -GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT
80- JACK JOHNSON -FROM HERE TO NOW TO YOU (TARGET EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
80- WONDER STUFF-OH NO IT'S…./FROM THE MIDLANDS WITH LOVE
82- BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS-WHAT A DREAM IT'S BEEN
82- BILLY BRAGG-TOOTH & NAIL (DELUXE EDITION)
82- JAMES HUNTER SIX-MINUTE BY MINUTE
82- JARS OF CLAY-INLAND
82- GARY NUMAN -SPLINTER (SONGS FROM A BROKEN MIND)
82- VAMPIRE WEEKEND-MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY
88- KT TUNSTALL -INVISIBLE EMPIRE/CRESCENT MOON (DELUXE EDITION)
89- JAMES BLUNT -MOON LANDING (TARGET EDITION)
89- POOR OLD SHINE-POOR OLD SHINE
89- KIANA JUNE WEBER -A GIRL AND HER VIOLIN LIVE AT THE ARK
92- GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV -THE WEATHERMAN
92- TRAVIS-WHERE YOU STAND (LIMITED EDITION)
94- OVER THE RHINE-MEET ME AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
95- DIANE BIRCH -SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER
95- HEATHER MALONEY -HEATHER MALONEY
95- JOSHUA RADIN -WAX WINGS
98- BELL X1-CHOP CHOP
98- BLUE SKY RIDERS-FINALLY HOME
98- HEY MARSEILLES-LINES WE TRACE
98- MILK CARTON KIDS-THE ASH & CLAY
98- STORNOWAY-TALES FROM TERRA FIRMA
98- JOHN PAUL WHITE -THE LONG GOODBYE
Top 3 EP's of 2013
1- SAINTS OF VALORY-POSSIBILITIES
2- JETTY RAE -CLIMBING CLOUDS
3- BETH STALKER -A REASON TO SMILE
Top 3 Live releases of 2013
1- BRIAN VANDER ARK -LIVE IN MIDLAND 2013
2- SARA BAREILLES -BRAVE ENOUGH-LIVE AT THE VARIETY PLAYHOUSE
3- BEN FOLDS FIVE-BEN FOLDS FIVE LIVE
Top 3 covers albums of 2013
1- STRAIGHT NO CHASER-UNDER THE INFLUENCE (FAN EDITION)
2- VARIOUS-THE MUSIC IS YOU - A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER
3- PIANO GUYS-THE PIANO GUYS 2 (BARNES & NOBLE EDITION)
Top 3 Christmas albums of 2013
1- TYRONE WELLS -THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
2- PIANO GUYS-A FAMILY CHRISTMAS (TARGET EDITION)
3- STRAIGHT NO CHASER-UNDER THE INFLUENCE-HOLIDAY EDITION
Some of my favorite "earworms" (aka songs that I couldn't get out of my head) of the year:
Liz Longley-"Outta My Head"
Edwin McCain-"8 Miles From A Paved Road"
Lorde-"Royals"
Frank Turner-"Recovery"
Chris Dupont-"House"
Abigaul Stauffer/Chris Dupont-"World Or The Windowsill"
Kylee Phillips-"If You Wanna Be Right"
Seth Glier-"Man I Used To Be"
Vienna Teng-"Level Up"
Saints of Valory-"Neon Eyes"
Tim Chaisson-"Bail You Out"
Serena Ryder-"What I Wouldn't Do"
Olivia Millerschin-"I Wanna Grow Old"
Delta Rae-"If I Loved You"
Family of the Year - "Hero"
Travis-"Boxes"
Laith Al-Saadi-"Gone"
Vampire Weekend-"Unbelievers"
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