So the top five albums of 2013 (from the 162 that made it into the chart) are The National, Kurt Vile, Laura Marling, Biffy Clyro and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
- Trouble Will Find Me by The National
- Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile
- Once I Was An Eagle by Laura Marling
- Opposites by Biffy Clyro
- Push The Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Reflektor by Arcade Fire
- Corsicana Lemonade by White Denim
- Purgatory / Paradise by Throwing Muses
- The Ghost Of The Mountain by Tired Pony
- Waiting For Something To Happen by Veronica Falls
- Love Has Come For You by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
- Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails
- Days Are Gone by Haim
- Drone Logic by Daniel Avery
- From The Sea To The Land Beyond by British Sea Power
- Kveikur by Sigur Rós
- Seasons Of Your Day by Mazzy Star
- AM by Arctic Monkeys
- A Sea Of Split Peas by Courtney Barnett
- Innocents by Moby
- Pure Heroine by Lorde
- Tales Of Us by Goldfrapp
- Inform - Educate - Entertain by Public Service Broadcasting
- Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards Of Canada
- Caveman by Caveman
- Rival Dealer by Burial
- Nepenthe by Julianna Barwick
- ...Like Clockwork by Queens Of The Stone Age
- Sticky Wickets by The Duckworth Lewis Method
- Heartthrob by Tegan And Sara
- Dear Mark J Mulcahy, I Love You by Mark Mulcahy
- Impossible Truth by William Tyler
- Antiphon by Midlake
- The Beast In Its Tracks by Josh Ritter
- Slow Focus by F Buttons
- I'm A Dreamer by Josephine Foster
- More Light by Primal Scream
- Lunch. Drunk. Love. by Bowling For Soup
- Vagrant Stanzas by Martin Simpson
- The New Life by Girls Names
- Regardless by Thea Gilmore
- Nocturnes by Little Boots
- Hidden Seam by Lisa Knapp
- Join The Dots by Toy
- Limits Of Desire by Small Black
- Join The Club by Lucy Spraggan
- Yes, It's True by The Polyphonic Spree
- Long Way Down by Tom Odell
- Lay Your Dark Low by Salt House
- Standards by Lloyd Cole
- Warp & Weft by Laura Veirs
- Surfing Strange by Swearin'
- One Breath by Anna Calvi
- Modern Vampire Of The City by Vampire Weekend
- Settle by Disclosure
- Crown Electric by Kathryn Williams
- Welcome Oblivion by How To Destroy Angels
- Les Revenants Soundtrack by Mogwai
- Paramore by Paramore
- Moon Tides by Pure Bathing Culture
- Factory Floor by Factory Floor
- Until The Colours Run by Lanterns On The Lake
- Stars Are Our Home by Black Hearted Brother
- Foreverly by Billie Joe and Norah
- Imitations by Mark Lanegan
- The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles
- The Weight Of Your Love by Editors
- MCII by Mikal Cronin
- Where You Stand by Travis
- Later... When The TV Turns To Static by Glasvegas
- Shamrock City by Solas
- Let It All In by I Am Kloot
- The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES
- Bloodlines by Barbarossa
- Where The Heaven Are We by Swim Deep
- Loud Like Love by Placebo
- The Sun Comes Out Tonight by Filter
- Spectre At The Feast by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
- Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam
- Slave Vows by The Icarus Line
- Palms by Palms
- You Belong Here by Leagues
- The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here by Alice In Chains
- Soft Will by Smith Westerns
- Black Pudding by Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood
- Rewind The Film by Manic Street Preachers
- Tape Deck Heart by Frank Turner
- To The Happy Few by Medicine
- Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO by Besnard Lakes
- Electric by Pet Shop Boys
- Howlin by Jagwar Ma
- IDIOTS by The Electric Soft Parade
- Silence Yourself by Savages
- People, Hell & Angels by Jimi Hendrix
- Fade by Yo La Tengo
- Wolf's Law by The Joy Formidable
- The Civil Wars by The Civil Wars
- Vicissitude by Maps
- Heart Of Nowhere by Noah And The Whale
- Big TV by White Lies
- The Graceless Age by John Murry
- Elba by Laura Jansen
- Tales From Terra Firma by Stornoway
- Electric by Richard Thompson
- Oblivion OST by M83
- AMOK by Atoms For Peace
- Wonderful, Glorious by Eels
- In A Perfect World by Kodaline
- Immunity by Jon Hopkins
- A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart by Bill Ryder-Jones
- Volume 3 by She & Him
- Hubcap Music by Seasick Steve
- Wait To Pleasure by No Joy
- A Long Way To Fall by Ulrich Schnauss
- Machineries Of Joy by British Sea Power
- Flourish // Perish by Braids
- Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant
- Performance by Outfit
- All The Little Lights by Passenger
- Tooth & Nail by Billy Bragg
- Sound City - Real To Real by Sound City - Real To Real
- Disarm The Descent by Killswitch Engage
- The Messenger by Johnny Marr
- If You Leave by Daughter
- Pollen by Wave Machines
- Sistrionix by Deap Vally
- Mosquito by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Back Into The Woods by Ed Harcourt
- Clash The Truth by Beach Fossils
- Country Sleep by Night Beds
- The Next Day by David Bowie
- Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action by Franz Ferdinand
- Rules By Passion, Destroyed By Lust by Asphodells
- Blood Oaths Of The New Blues by Wooden Wand
- Centralia by Mountains
- In Love by Peace
- Ores & Minerals by Mazes
- Pedestrian Verse by Frightened Rabbit
- Shangri La by Jake Bugg
- The Invisible Way By Low
- Lysandre by Christopher Owens
- English Rain by Gabrielle Aplin
- Monomania by Deerhunter
- California X by California X
- Field Of Reeds by These New Puritans
- Save Rock And Roll by Fall Out Boy
- 180 by Palma Violets
- News From Nowhere by Darkstar
- Almanac by Widowspeak
- Bloodsports by Suede
- Graffiti On The Train by Stereophonics
- Wash The Sins Not Only The Face by Esben And The Witch
- Comedown Machine by The Strokes
- The Moths Are Real by Serafina Steer
- {Awayland} by Villagers
- Out Of Touch In The Wild by Dutch Uncles
- Lost Sirens by New Order
- Girl Talk by Kate Nash
- Beta Love by Ra Ra Riot
- Early Rocking by Paul Simon
- Collections by Delphic
