Top 10 Albums of 2013
Unfortunately deemed as the year of the “selfie” and “twerk”, 2013 also marks a time when radio-friendly artists actually made “good” music. Infectious, yet not overly repetitive songs from Fall Out Boy, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce and Avicii restored my faith in commercial music. As these singers rose to stardom this year, some past favorites plummeted with lackluster releases, such as Lady Gaga’s “Applause”, Jay Z’s “Magna Carta Holy Grail” and Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor”.
In every defeat, there’s a winner and thankfully new artists, such as Lorde, Haim, Jake Bugg and Sky Ferreira, made 2013 one of my favorite years for music. So congratulations to those on Shockya’s Top 10 Albums of 2013 and let’s hope in 2014 Gaga can redeem her role as “The Fame Monster”, Jay Z will take notes from his wife and Arcade Fire will simply go away.
7. Fall Out Boy “Save Rock and Roll”
As a diehard Fall Out Boy fan since the 2003 release of “Take This To Your Grave”, I was long awaiting this album since their hiatus in 2009. On their fifth studio album, “Save Rock and Roll”, the quartet did exactly as the album title reads. The group sprinkles the “right” elements of current rock trends and keeps their Fall Out Boy core intact with Patrick Stump’s vocals at the forefront.
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