Courtney Barnett, Pond, Jagwar Ma Top NME’s 2013 Top 50 Lists

NME have named their top 50 albums and tracks of 2013, and the top honours have gone to none other than Sheffield’s indie rock sweethearts Arctic Monkeys, with their fifth studio album, AM, and French hype machine Daft Punk, who scored track of the year with Get Lucky.

Second place in the album of the year stakes went to Kanye West for his latest effort, Yeezus, with Queens Of The Stone Age taking third with …Like Clockwork. The second best track of the year, according to the magazine, was Arcade Fire‘s Reflektor, while Arctic Monkeys appeared again to take third place with their single Do I Wanna Know?

There’s a couple of Aussie appearances at the top end of the list – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds took out the 12th best track of the year with Jubilee Street and 8th on the albums list with Push The Sky Away. Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett scored the 6th best track of the year with her deadpan ode to gardening, Avant Gardener, while she also took out 38 on the best albums list with The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas. Jagwar Ma placed at 16 on the albums list with their record Howlin, and Western Australia’s own Pond placed at number 7 on the tracks list with Xanman.

Gallery: NME’s Top 50 of 2013

And the rest…

Best Albums

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. Palma 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 You Leave
50. James Blake – Overgrown

Best Tracks

11. Merchandise – Anxiety’s Door
12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street
13. Haim – Falling
14. David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
15. Drenge – Bloodsports
16. Queens Of The Stone Age – Smooth Sailin’
17. Pulp Vs Soulwax – After You
18. Kanye West – I Am A God
19. Queens Of The Stone Age – If I Had A Tail
20. A$AP Rocky – Wild For The Night
21. Savages – She Will
22. Kanye West – Bound 2
23. Jagwar Ma – The Throw
24. Vampire Weekend – Ya Hey
25. Laura Marling – Master Hunter
26. Primal Scream – 2013
27. Childhood – Solemn Skies
28. Jon Hopkins – Open Eye Signal
29. Arctic Monkeys – I Wanna Be Yours
30. Chvrches – Recover
31. Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
32. Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
33. Factory Floor – Fall Back
34. Phoenix – Entertainment
35. Wolf Alice – Fluffy
36. Kanye West – New Slaves
37. Foals – Bad Habit
38. MIA – Bring The Noize
39. Katy B – 5AM
40. Kelis – Jerk Ribs
41. Big Sean – Control
42. King Krule – Easy Easy
43. Temples – Colours To Life
44. Parquet Courts – Stoned And Starving
45. Chance The Rapper – Juice
46. James Blake – Retrograde
47. The Cribs – Leather Jacket Love Song
48. Telegram – Follow
49. Pixies – Indie Cindy
50. Fat White Family – Is It Raining In Your Mouth?