“You Know, It Don’t Come Easy” – Ringo Starr
ALBUMS UNDER CONSIDERATION
Albums must have been in my collection during 2013, when I spent the whole year listening to all my albums in my spare time! (Due to circumstances beyond my control, all albums by The Beatles are excluded from consideration.)
| Artist | Album Title | Release Year |
| A Tribe Called Quest |
Low End Theory |
1991 |
| AC/DC | Back In Black | 1980 |
| Ryan Adams | Gold | 2001 |
| Ryan Adams | Ashes and Fire | 2011 |
| Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | 2012 |
| All Day Sucker | All Day Sucker | 2004 |
| Ambulance LTD | Ambulance LTD | 2003 |
| The Amps | Pacer | 1995 |
| Fiona Apple | When the Pawn … | 1999 |
| Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 |
| The April Skies | Strange Western Mood | 1991 |
| The April Skies | Flood | 2005 |
| The April Skies | How It All Played Out | 2006 |
| The April Skies | The April Skies | 2009 |
| Arctic Monkeys | Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not | 2006 |
| Tim Armstrong | A Poet’s Life | 2007 |
| Asia | Asia | 1982 |
| Audioslave | Out of Exile | 2005 |
| Badly Drawn Boy | The Hour of Bewilderbeest | 2000 |
| The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds | 1966 |
| The Beastie Boys | Paul’s Boutique | 1989 |
| The Beastie Boys | Check Your Head | 1992 |
| Beck | Odelay | 1996 |
| Beck | Midnite Vultures | 1999 |
| Beck | Guero | 2005 |
| Belly | Star | 1993 |
| Big Head Todd and the Monsters | Sister Sweetly | 1993 |
| Big Star | #1 Record | 1972 |
| Big Star | Radio City | 1974 |
| Billy Joel | The Stranger | 1977 |
| Billy Joel | 52nd St. | 1978 |
| Billy Joel | Glass Houses | 1980 |
| Billy Joel | Songs in the Attic | 1981 |
| Billy Squier | Don’t Say No | 1981 |
| Frank Black | Teenager of the Year | 1994 |
| Frank Black and the Catholics | Devil’s Workshop | 2002 |
| The Black Crowes | Shake Your Money Maker | 1990 |
| The Black Keys | Thickfreakness | 2003 |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | B.R.M.C. | 2001 |
| Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970 |
| Body Count | Body Count | 1992 |
| The Boomtown Rats | The Fine Art of Surfacing | 1979 |
| Billy Bragg and Wilco | Mermaid Avenue | 1998 |
| Brand New Heavies | Brand New Heavies | 1991 |
| The Breeders | Last Splash | 1993 |
| Jonatha Brooke | Back in the Circus | 2004 |
| James Brown | The Payback | 1973 |
| Buckcherry | Buckcherry | 1999 |
| Buckcherry | Time Bomb | 2001 |
| Lindsay Buckingham | Gift of Screws | 2008 |
| Buffalo Tom | Let Me Come Over | 1992 |
| Built to Spill | Keep it Like a Secret | 1999 |
| The Cars | The Cars | 1978 |
| Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison | 1968 |
| Johnny Cash | American Recordings | 1994 |
| Johnny Cash | Unchained | 1996 |
| The Cat Empire | Two Shoes | 2005 |
| The Cat Empire | So Many Nights | 2007 |
| Cheap Trick | Cheap Trick | 1977 |
| Cheap Trick | In Color | 1977 |
| Eric Clapton | 461 Ocean Boulevard | 1974 |
| The Clash | The Clash | 1977 |
| The Clash | Give ‘Em Enough Rope | 1978 |
| The Clash | London Calling | 1980 |
| The Clash | Sandinista! | 1980 |
| Shawn Colvin | A Few Small Repairs | 1996 |
| Cornershop | When I Was Born for the 7th Time | 1997 |
| Elvis Costello | My Aim is True | 1978 |
| Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane and Sugarcane | 2009 |
| The Costello Show | King of America | 1986 |
| Elvis Costello and the Attractions | This Year’s Model | 1978 |
| Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Armed Forces | 1979 |
| Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Get Happy!! | 1980 |
| Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Imperial Bedroom | 1982 |
| Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Blood and Chocolate | 1986 |
| Cowboy Junkies | Open | 2001 |
| Cream | Disraeli Gears | 1967 |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | Deja Vu | 1970 |
| The Dandy Warhols | 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia | 2000 |
| De La Soul | Three Feet High and Rising | 1989 |
| Detroit Cobras | Mink Rat or Rabbit | 1998 |
| Detroit Cobras | Life, Love and Leaving | 2001 |
| Ani DiFranco | Dilate | 1996 |
| Ani DiFranco | Little Plastic Castle | 1998 |
| Dinosaur Jr. | Green Mind | 1991 |
| Dire Straits | Making Movies | 1980 |
| Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | 1985 |
| The Dirtbombs | Ultraglide in Black | 2001 |
| The Donnas | American Teenage Rock N Roll Machine | 1998 |
| Drive-By Truckers | Decoration Day | 2003 |
| Bob Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 |
| Eagles of Death Metal | Peace, Love, Death Metal | 2004 |
| Steve Earle | Jerusalem | 2002 |
| Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Up From Below | 2009 |
| Firewater | The Golden Hour | 2008 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Bare Trees | 1972 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1977 |
| Ben Folds | Rockin the Suburbs | 2001 |
| Foo Fighters | Foo Fighters | 1995 |
| Foo Fighters | There Is Nothing Left to Lose | 1999 |
| Foo Fighters | In Your Honor | 2005 |
| Foo Fighters | Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace | 2007 |
| Fountains of Wayne | Fountains of Wayne | 1996 |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead | Yell Fire! | 2006 |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead | All People | 2013 |
| The Fratellis | Costello Music | 2006 |
| The Fratellis | Here We Stand | 2008 |
| Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | 2004 |
| Green Day | Dookie | 1994 |
| Green Day | Insomniac | 1995 |
| Green Day | Warning! | 2000 |
| Green Day | American Idiot | 2004 |
| Guided By Voices | Bee Thousand | 1994 |
| Gumball | Super Tasty | 1993 |
| Guns ‘n Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987 |
| Juliana Hatfield | Hey Babe | 1992 |
| Hawaii Mud Bombers | Mondo Primo | 2007 |
| Heavenly | The Rise and Fall of Heavenly | 1994 |
| Hefner | The Fidelity Wars | 1999 |
| Hefner | We Love the City | 2000 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced? | 1967 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Axis: Bold as Love | 1967 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Electric Ladyland | 1968 |
| Band of Gypsies (Hendrix) | Band of Gypsies | 1970 |
| Jimi Hendrix | Valleys of Neptune | 2010 |
| The Hold Steady | Separation Sunday | 2005 |
| The Hold Steady | Boys and Girls in America | 2006 |
| The Hold Steady | Stay Positive | 2008 |
| The Hold Steady | Heaven is Whenever | 2010 |
| Jolie Holland | Escondida | 2004 |
| Husker Du | Flip Your Wig | 1985 |
| Imperial Teen | Seasick | 1996 |
| INXS | Shabooh Shoobah | 1982 |
| INXS | The Swing | 1984 |
| Jane’s Addiction | Nothing’s Shocking | 1988 |
| Jane’s Addiction | Ritual de lo Habitual | 1990 |
| Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | 2002 |
| Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | 2010 |
| The Killers | Hot Fuss | 2004 |
| The Kings of Leon | Youth and Young Manhood | 2003 |
| The Kings of Leon | Aha Shake Heartbreak | 2005 |
| The Kinks | Give the People What They Want | 1981 |
| LCD Soundsystem | The Sound of Silver | 2007 |
| LCD Soundsystem | This is Happening | 2010 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 1969 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin III | 1970 |
| Led Zeppelin | (Led Zeppelin IV) | 1971 |
| Led Zeppelin | Houses of the Holy | 1973 |
| Led Zeppelin | Presence | 1976 |
| Led Zeppelin | In Through the Out Door | 1979 |
| Led Zepplin | Physical Graffiti | 1975 |
| The Lemonheads | It’s a Shame About Ray | 1992 |
| John Lennon | Plastic Ono Band | 1970 |
| John Lennon | Imagine | 1971 |
| John Lennon | Walls and Bridges | 1974 |
| Lone Justice | Lone Justice | 1985 |
| Louis XIV | The Best Little Secrets are Kept | 2005 |
| Marah | If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry | 2005 |
| Marah | Angels of Destruction | 2008 |
| Marah | Life is a Problem | 2010 |
| Johnny Marr | The Messenger | 2013 |
| Paul McCartney | McCartney | 1970 |
| Maria McKee | You Gotta Sin to Get Saved | 1993 |
| The Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime | 1984 |
| The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | 1976 |
| Bob Mould | Silver Age | 2012 |
| Muse | Absolution | 2003 |
| My Morning Jacket | Z | 2005 |
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | 2011 |
| New York Dolls | New York Dolls | 1973 |
| Randy Newman | Good Old Boys | 1974 |
| Nirvana | Bleach | 1989 |
| Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 |
| Nirvana | Incesiticide | 1992 |
| Nirvana | In Utero | 1993 |
| Nirvana | MTV Unplugged in New York | 1994 |
| Oasis | (What’s the Story) Morning Glory | 1995 |
| Pavement | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain | 1994 |
| Pearl Jam | Yield | 1989 |
| Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991 |
| Pearl Jam | Vs. | 1993 |
| Pearl Jam | Binaural | 2000 |
| Pearl Jam | Riot Act | 2002 |
| Pearl Jam | Pearl Jam | 2006 |
| Pearl Jam | Backspacer | 2009 |
| Tom Petty | Full Moon Fever | 1989 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | You’re Gonna Get It | 1978 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Damn the Torpedoes | 1979 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Hard Promises | 1981 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Long After Dark | 1982 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Long After Dark | 1982 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Mojo | 2010 |
| Liz Phair | Exile in Guyville | 1993 |
| Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | 1973 |
| Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 1975 |
| Pink Floyd | Animals | 1977 |
| Pink Floyd | The Wall | 1979 |
| Pixies | Come On Pilgrim | 1987 |
| Pixies | Surfer Rosa | 1988 |
| Pixies | Doolittle | 1989 |
| Pixies | Bossanova | 1990 |
| Pixies | Trompe le Monde | 1991 |
| Pizzicato Five | Made in USA | 1994 |
| The Pogues | If I Should Fall From Grace with God | 1988 |
| The Police | Regatta de Blanc | 1979 |
| The Police | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 |
| The Police | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 |
| Porno for Pyros | Porno for Pyros | 1992 |
| Grace Potter and the Nocturnals | Grace Potter and the Nocturnals | 2010 |
| Pretenders | Pretenders | 1980 |
| Pretenders | Pretenders II | 1981 |
| Pretenders | Learning to Crawl | 1984 |
| Pretenders | Break Up the Concrete | 2008 |
| Prince | 1999 | 1982 |
| Prince | Sign O’ the Times | 1987 |
| Prince | Chaos and Disorder | 1996 |
| Prince | 3121 | 2006 |
| Prince and The Revolution | Purple Rain | 1984 |
| Public Enemy | Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black | 1991 |
| Queen | News of the World | 1977 |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | 2002 |
| R.E.M | Murmur | 1983 |
| R.E.M. | Chronic Town | 1982 |
| R.E.M. | Reckoning | 1984 |
| R.E.M. | Fables of the Reconstruction | 1985 |
| R.E.M. | Life’s Rich Pageant | 1986 |
| R.E.M. | Dead Letter Office | 1987 |
| R.E.M. | Document | 1987 |
| R.E.M. | Green | 1988 |
| R.E.M. | Automatic for the People | 1992 |
| R.E.M. | Monster | 1994 |
| The Raconteurs | Broken Boy Soldiers | 2006 |
| The Raconteurs | Consolers of the Lonely | 2008 |
| Radiohead | The Bends | 1995 |
| Radiohead | OK Computer | 1997 |
| Radiohead | In Rainbows | 2007 |
| Radiohead | King of Limbs | 2011 |
| Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | 1992 |
| Rancid | … And Out Come the Wolves | 1995 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Mother’s Milk | 1989 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 1991 |
| Otis Redding | The Dock of the Bay | 1968 |
| The Redwalls | De Nova | 2005 |
| The Replacements | Hootenanny | 1983 |
| The Replacements | Let It Be | 1984 |
| The Replacements | Tim | 1985 |
| The Replacements | Pleased to Meet Me | 1987 |
| The Replacements | All Shook Down | 1990 |
| Rodriguez | Cold Fact | 1970 |
| The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | 1966 |
| The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | 1968 |
| The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed | 1969 |
| The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | 1971 |
| The Rolling Stones | Exile on Main St. | 1972 |
| The Rolling Stones | Goats Head Soup | 1973 |
| The Rolling Stones | Some Girls | 1978 |
| The Rolling Stones | Emotional Rescue | 1980 |
| Rush | Fly By Night | 1975 |
| Rush | 2112 | 1976 |
| Rush | Hemispheres | 1978 |
| Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
| Rush | Signals | 1982 |
| The Shazam | Godspeed the Shazam | 1999 |
| The Shazam | Tomorrow the World | 2002 |
| The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow | 2003 |
| The Shys | Astoria | 2006 |
| Sia | Some People Have Real Problems | 2008 |
| Paul Simon | So Beautiful, or So What | 2011 |
| Simon and Garfunkel | Sounds of Silence | 1966 |
| Sleater-Kinney | Dig Me Out | 1997 |
| Sly and the Family Stone | Fresh | 1973 |
| Social Distortion | Social Distortion | 1990 |
| The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight | 1980 |
| Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation | 1988 |
| Sonic Youth | Goo | 1990 |
| Sonic Youth | Dirty | 1992 |
| Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994 |
| John Spencer Blues Explosion | Extra Width | 1993 |
| Steely Dan | Countdown to Ecstasy | 1973 |
| Steely Dan | Katy Lied | 1975 |
| Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
| Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses | 1989 |
| The Stone Roses | Turns Into Stone | 1992 |
| The Stone Roses | Second Coming | 1994 |
| The Strokes | Is This It? | 2001 |
| Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros | Global a Go-Go | 2001 |
| Sublime | Sublime | 1996 |
| Matthew Sweet | Girlfriend | 1991 |
| The Takeover UK | Running With the Wasters | 2009 |
| The Talking Heads | Speaking in Tongues | 1983 |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | Revelator | 2011 |
| They Might Be Giants | Lincoln | 1988 |
| They Might Be Giants | Flood | 1990 |
| Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 1976 |
| Toots and the Maytalls | In The Dark | 1973 |
| Toots and the Maytalls | Funky Kingston | 1975 |
| Pete Townshend | Empty Glass | 1980 |
| Pete Townshend and Ronnie Laine | Rough Mix | 1977 |
| TV on the Radio | Nine Types of Light | 2011 |
| U2 | War | 1983 |
| U2 | The Unforgettable Fire | 1984 |
| U2 | The Joshua Tree | 1987 |
| U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 |
| U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 |
| U2 | Zooropa | 1993 |
| U2 | All That You Can’t Leave Behind | 2000 |
| U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 |
| Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | 2008 |
| Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978 |
| Van Halen | Van Halen II | 1979 |
| Van Halen | Fair Warning | 1981 |
| Van Halen | Diver Down | 1982 |
| Van Halen | 1984 | 1984 |
| Van Halen | A Different Kind of Truth | 2012 |
| Van Morrison | Moondance | 1970 |
| Various | Singles (Soundtrack) | 1992 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble | Couldn’t Stand the Weather | 1984 |
| Velvet Revolver | Contraband | 2004 |
| Ween | Chocolate and Cheese | 1994 |
| Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | 2006 |
| Jack White | Blunderbuss | 2012 |
| The White Stripes | The White Stripes | 1999 |
| The White Stripes | White Blood Cells | 2001 |
| The White Stripes | Elephant | 2003 |
| The Who | Tommy | 1969 |
| The Who | Who’s Next | 1971 |
| The Who | Quadrophenia | 1973 |
| The Who | The Who By Numbers | 1975 |
| Wilco | The Whole Love | 2011 |
| Lucinda Williams | Sweet Old World | 1992 |
| Lucinda Williams | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | 1998 |
| Lucinda Williams | Essence | 2001 |
| Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 1976 |
| X | More Fun in the New World | 1983 |
| X | Under the Big Black Sun | 1982 |
| XTC | Black Sea | 1980 |
| XTC | English Settlement | 1982 |
| XTC | Skylarking | 1986 |
| XTC | Oranges and Lemons | 1989 |
| XTC | Nonsuch | 1992 |
| XTC | Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) | 2000 |
| Yes | The Yes Album | 1971 |
| Yes | Fragile | 1972 |
| Yes | Close to the Edge | 1972 |
| Yes | 90125 | 1983 |
| Yo La Tengo | I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One | 1997 |
| Neil Young | After the Goldrush | 1970 |
| Neil Young | Harvest | 1972 |
| Neil Young | Freedom | 1989 |
| Neil Young | Harvest Moon | 1992 |
| Neil Young | Live at Massey Hall 1971 | 2007 |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Everybody Knows This is Nowhere | 1969 |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Rust Never Sleeps | 1979 |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Ragged Glory | 1990 |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Sleeps With Angels | 1994 |