As I start to put some thought to my albums of the year, it is interesting to see where the music press are going with their opinions so far. Bowie and the Arctic Monkey's certainly making more of an impression with the British based publications and Kayne more with the US based ones. Also fun to note that Rolling Stone seem to be the only publication NOT hugely disappointed with the Arcade Fire album. And, of course, Paste have to be too cool for school with their choices. My list is still a couple of weeks away, but thought I'd share these anyway just to get you thinking ... ROLLING STONE http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202 1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Day Vampires of the City 2. Kanye West - Yeezus 3. Daft Punk – RAM 4. Paul McCartney - New 5. Arcade Fire – Reflektor SPIN http://www.spin.com/articles/best-albums-2013 1. Kayne – Yeezus 2. Chance the Rapper...
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