“Modern Vampires of the City”, do Vampire Weekend, foi escolhido o melhor álbum de 2013 pela publicação dos Estados Unidos.
A equipe da Rolling Stone, diferentemente da revista Spin, colocou noes mais conhecidos nos primeiros postos do top 50, como Paul McCartney, em quarto lugar, com “New”; Queens Of The Stone Age, em quinto, com “…Like Clockwork; e o Arctic Monkeys, nono colocado com “AM”.
Confira abaixo a lista com os 50 melhores álbuns de 2013, segundo a Rolling Stone:
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 – Light Up Gold
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 – MBV
24- Eminem – 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 & 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, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
35- West Coast – Fade Away EP
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