Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums Of 2013

1. Jason Isbell
   Southeastern
2. Patty Griffin
   American Kid
3. Phosphorescent
   Muchacho
4. Guy Clark
   My Favorite Picture of You
5. John Murry
   The Graceless Age
6. The National
   Trouble Will Find Me
7. Kacey Musgraves
   Same Trailer Different Park
8. Paul McCartney
   New
9. Elvis Costello and The Roots
   Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
10. Sarah Jarosz
    Build Me Up From Bones
11. Bill Callahan
    Dream River
12. Vampire Weekend
    Modern Vampires of the City
13. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
    Old Yellow Moon
14. Ashley Monroe
    Like a Rose
15. The Avett Brothers
    Magpie and the Dandelion
16. Dawes
    Stories Don't End
17. The Milk Carton Kids
    The Ash & Clay
18. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    Push the Sky Away
19. The Civil Wars
    The Civil Wars
20. Laura Marling
    Once I Was an Eagle
21. Valerie June
    Pushin’ Against a Stone
22. Slaid Cleaves
    Still Fighting the War
23. Arcade Fire
    Reflektor
24. Johnny Flynn
    Country Mile
25. Haim
    Days Are Gone
26. Lorde
    Pure Heroine
27. Brandy Clark
    12 Stories
28. Josh Ritter
    The Beast in Its Tracks
29. Willy Mason
    Carry On
30. Aoife O'Donovan
    Fossils
31. Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)
    The Low Highway
32. Son Volt
    Honky Tonk
33. Mark Knopfler
    Privateering
34. Caitlin Rose
    The Stand-In
35. Tristen
    Caves
36. Frank Turner
    Tape Deck Heart
37. Billy Bragg
    Tooth & Nail
38. Night Beds
    Country Sleep
39. Elton John
    The Diving Board
40. Deer Tick
    Negativity
41. Charlie Worsham
    Rubberband
42. Matt Costa
    Matt Costa
43. Kris Kristofferson
    Feeling Mortal
44. The Head and the Heart
    Let's Be Still
45. Tim Easton
    Not Cool
46. Amanda Shires
    Down Fell the Doves
47. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
    Love Has Come for You
48. Jonny Fritz
    Dad Country
49. Courtney Jaye
    Love and Forgiveness
50. The Black Lillies
    Runaway Freeway Blues