Tuesday, December 31, 2013

2013 in Music: A Year in Review

2013 was another solid year for music that managed to slightly improve on last year on the whole. This year was very strange for me as it seemed that a lot of my favorite metal bands (Revocation, Killswitch Engage, Protest the Hero, Skeletonwitch) and hip-hop acts (Danny Brown, Big K.R.I.T, Action Bronson) released albums that delivered the goods while my favorite non-metal bands released records that were letdowns (Queens of the Stone Age, Alice in Chains, Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire.) Nevertheless there was still a lot of quality records released this year (including nice comeback records from After the Burial, Suffocation and A Day to Remember) and not a whole lot of stuff that was absolutely unbearable to listen to (only 16 albums i listened to I gave 2.5 stars or lower and only 7 got 2 or below.) Out of all the musical journeys I took this year, I will forever remember 2013 as the year that I am became a Kanye West fan thanks to his new record Yeezus. My enjoyment of Yeezus lead to me to reevaluate West's music and now his stuff is in heavy rotation on Ipod. Without further ado, here are my complete EP and LP's rankings from worst to best complete with star ratings.   

EP's:
5.Glass Cloud-Perfect War Forever (3/5)
4.Kitty-D.A.I.S.Y Rage (3/5)
3.Action Bronson-Saaab Stories (3.5/5)
2.Hundredth-Revolt (3.5/5)
1.Fallujah-Nomadic (4.5/5)

LP's:
100.Atilla-About That Life (1/5)
99.Daft Punk-Random Access Memories (1.5/5)
98.Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2/5)
97.A Loss for Words-Before it Caves (2/5)
96.Arsonists Get all the Girls-Listen to the Color (2/5)
95.Thee Oh Sees-Floating Coffin (2/5)
94.The Weeknd-Kiss Land (2/5)
93.Kid Cudi-Indicud (2.5/5)
92.2 Chainz-B.O.A.T.S II #METIME (2.5/5)
91.Dropkick Murphys-Signed and Sealed in Blood (2.5/5)
90.Palms-Palms (2.5/5)
89.A.F.I.-Burials (2.5/5)
88.Juicy J-Stay Trippy (2.5/5)
87.Korn-The Paradigm Shift (2.5/5)
86.Bring Me the Horizon-Sempiternal (2.5/5)
85.TesseracT-Altered State (2.5/5)
84.Clipping-Midcity (3/5)
83.Vampire Weekend-Modern Vampires of the City (3/5)
82.A$AP Rocky-Long. Live. A$AP (3/5)
81.Bad Religion-True North (3/5)
80.Gorguts-Colored Sands (3/5)
79.A$AP Ferg-Trap Lord (3/5)
78.Ghostface Killah-Twelve Reasons to Die (3/5)
77.Touche Amore-Is Survived By (3/5)
76.Alice in Chains-The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (3/5)
75.Queens of the Stone Age-Like Clockwork... (3/5)
74.J. Cole-Born Sinner (3/5)
73.Dark Tranquility-Construct (3/5)
72.Reflections-Ex(i)st (3/5)
71.Northlane-Singularity( (3.5/5)
70.mr.muthafuckin' eXquire-Kismet (3.5/5)
69.Terror-Live By the Code (3.5/5)
68.R.A the Rugged Man-Legends Never Die (3.5/5)
67.Noisem-Agony Defined (3.5/5)
66.Arcade Fire-Reflektor (3.5/5)
65.Kverlatak-Meir (3.5/5)
64.Kylesa-Ultraviolet (3.5/5)
63.Volbeat-Outlaw Gentleman & Shady Ladies (3.5/5)
62.Havok-Unnatural Selection (3.5/5)
61.Doomriders-Grand Blood (3.5/5)
60.iwrestledabearonce-Late for Nothing (3.5/5)
59.Chimaira-Crown of Phantoms (3.5/5)
58.Captain, We're Sinking-The Future is Cancelled (3.5/5)
57.Within the Ruins-Elite (3.5/5)
56.Ramming Speed-Doomed to Destroy, Destined to Die (3.5/5)
55.Tyler, the Creator-Wolf (3.5/5)
54.Amon Amarth-Deciver of the Gods (3.5/5)
53.Children of Bodom-Halo of Blood (3.5/5)
52.Red Fang-Whales and Leeches (3.5/5)
51.CZARFACE-CZARFACE (3.5/5)
50.Chance the Rapper-Acid Rap (3.5/5)
49.Mac Miller-Watching Movies With the Sound Off (3.5/5)
48.The Story So Far-What You Don't See (3.5/5)
47.Last Chance to Reason-Level 3 (3.5/5)
46.Earl Sweatshirt-Doris (3.5/5)
45.Big K.R.I.T.-King Remembered in Time (3.5/5)
44.Coheed and Cambria-The Afterman: Descension (3.5/5)
43.Born of Osiris-Tommorow We Die Alive (4/5)
42.Finntroll-Bloodsvept (4/5)
41.Crossfaith-Apocalyze (4/5)
40.Vince Staples & Larry Fisherman-Stolen Youth LP (4/5)
39.Warbringer-IV: Empires Collapse (4/5)
38.Rivers of Nihil-The Conscious Seed of Light (4/5)
37.Pusha T-My Name Is My Name (4/5)
36.Defeater-Letters Home (4/5)
35.Death Grips-Government Plates (4/5)
34.Devildriver-Winter Kills (4/5)
33.Rob Zombie-Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (4/5)
32.Fleshgod Apocalypse-Labyrinth (4/5)
31.Intronaut-Habitual Leviations (Instilling Words With Tones) (4/5)
30.Heaven Shall Burn-Veto (4/5)
29.A Day to Remember-Common Courtesy (4/5)
28.Action Bronson-Blue Chips 2 (4/5)
27.Rotting Out-The Wrong Way (4/5)
26.Counterparts-The Difference Between Hell and Home (4/5)
25.Suffocation-Pinnacle of Bedlam (4/5)
24.Death Angel-The Dream Calls for Blood (4/5)
23.Soilwork-The Living Infinite (4/5)
22.The Wonder Years-The Greatest Generation (4/5)
21.Conducting from the Grave-Conducting from the Grave (4/5)
20.After the Burial-Wolves Within (4/5)
19.Scale the Summit-The Migration (4/5)
18.Kanye West-Yeezus (4/5)
17.letlive.-The Blackest Beautiful (4/5)
16.Clutch-Earth Rocker (4/5)
15.Hatebreed-The Divinity of Purpose (4/5)
14.Anciients-Heart of Oak (4/5)
13.Misery Signals-Absent Light (4/5)
12.August Burns Red-Rescue & Restore (4/5)
11.Danny Brown-Old (4/5)
10.Run the Jewels-Run the Jewels (4/5)
9.The Black Dahlia Murder-Everblack (4.5/5)
8.Hope for the Dying-Altheia (4.5/5)
7.Skeletonwitch-Serpents Unleashed (4.5/5)
6.The Ocean-Pelagial(4.5/5)
5.Battlecross-War of Will (4.5/5)
4.Protest the Hero-Volition (4.5/5)
3.The Dillinger Escape Plan-One of Us is the Killer (4.5/5)
2.Killswitch Engage-Disarm the Descent (4.5/5)
1.Revocation-Revocation (4.5/5)

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