LISTEN: '2013: The Best Of'

Now for the final post of 2013, and also my favorite time of the year. The day that my annual 'Best Of' compilation is created. I began making these in 1997 and haven;t stopped since. In 2010 and 2011, I made 100 track, 6 part compilations. But I've decided to slim them down to the bare essentials over the last couple of years! This year I began the process while listening back to all the best albums of 2013, picking out the finest tracks and noting them down. Then after adding lots more songs to the contenders list, I slimmed it down to about 100 songs. That then became 50, and then a high level of quality control was needed in order to trim off a few songs so the compilation would fit onto 2 CDs. So here they are, the best tracks of the year. There are loads more that I didn't have room for, proving that 2013 was indeed an amazing year for music. Unless you were listening to what was in the charts that is...

Happy New Year to all readers, bands, artists, labels, PR people and others who have supported this site over the last year. May 2014 bring you all the very best.

PART 1PRIMAL SCREAM - 2013ZOO ZERO - FRAKTIONJOHN GRANT - PALE GREEN GHOSTSTHE FALL - THE REMAINDERERTEETH OF THE SEA - BLACK STRATEGY
SAVAGES - CITY'S FULL
ATOMS FOR PEACE - JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER
JAGWAR MA - THE THROWTEMPLES - KEEP IN THE DARK
ATLANTER - TREE SONG
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - SIGNAL 30
CROCODILES - HEAVY METAL CLOUDS
PARQUET COURTS - YOU'VE GOT ME WONDERIN' NOW
EDWYN COLLINS - 31 YEARS
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - PAINTING
NEON NEON - MID CENTURY MODERN NIGHTMARE
CHARLIE CLARK - SUNKEN SHIPS
NORTHERN UPROAR - ALL THAT WAS HAS GONEPART 2EUROS CHILDS - TETE A TETESTEVE MASON - A LOT OF LOVEYUCK - MIDDLE SEATHOUGHT FORMS - GHOST MOUNTAIN YOU AND METOY - JOIN THE DOTSDEPECHE MODE - HEAVENTHE HOSTS - SEPTEMBER SONGTHE PASTELS - SUMMER RAINMIDLAKE - THE OLD AND THE YOUNGSUEDE - HIT MELOW - HOLY GHOSTTROUMACA - LAYOUMELT YOURSELF DOWN - RELEASE!METAMONO - DEUCETHE LEISURE SOCIETY - FOREVER SHALL WE WAITI AM KLOOT - SOME BETTER DAYDAVID BOWIE - (YOU WILL) SET THE WORLD ON FIREMANIC STREET PREACHERS - 30 YEAR WAR