Best Songs/Albums of 2013

I had a group of songs and albums for a 'Best of 2013' list ready a few weeks ago, intending to write a sentence or two and post it here. Then my computer -- or, more specifically, the port that allows the AC adapter to feed the laptop the power it needs to, you know, run -- decided that this wasn't meant to be, necessitating its shipment to some factory in Louisville for repair.

Finally back in business on this computer, but since it's been a week since 2013 was no longer even a thing, I didn't want to slave away for a few hours on something very few people will read anyway. Instead, here's a simple list of my top 100 and top 25 albums of 2013. I'm putting it up on the Internet mainly for my own sake, because if I leave it in some word document, it's bound to get lost because I have a good (see: bad) feeling that my hard drives -- internal and external -- won't make it through the year.

Note on how I tend to do my lists: one song per artist, not counting featured credits. IDK, it's a thing.

Direct all complaints to @surfwax83 on Twitter in the small chance something on this list angers you, ya filthy animals.

Top 100 Songs of 2013

100. "Rainer" - Secret Mountains
99. "Oblivion" -- M83 feat. Susanne Sundfor
98. "High Art" -- The-Dream feat. Jay Z
97. "Dear Sir. Most Sincerely, William Temple Hornaday" -- Black Prairie
96. "Head On (Hold On to Your Heart" -- Man Man
95. "Where Can I Go?" -- Laura Marling
94. "One" -- Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
93. "So We Can Live" -- 2 Chainz feat. T-Pain
92. "Heart Heart Head" -- Meg Myers
91. "See It My Way" -- Mikal Cronin
90. "Hurricane" -- Angela Perley & the Howlin' Moons
89. "It Had to Be a Train" -- Barton Carroll
88. "Wakin on a Pretty Day" -- Kurt Vile
87. "The Leopard and the Lung" -- The Joy Formidable
86. "DONE." -- The Band Perry
85. "Walking on Air" -- Katy Perry
84. "Better Days" -- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros"
83. "Low Life Buddy of Mine" -- Iron & Wine
82. "No Destruction" -- Foxygen
81. "40 Acres" -- Pusha-T feat. The-Dream
80. "Year Zero" -- Ghost B.C.
79. "Cavalier" -- James Vincent McMorrow
78. "Shake" -- The Head and the Heart
77. "Young and Beautiful" -- Lana Del Rey
76. "Recovery" -- Frank Turner
75. "Ways to Go" -- Grouplove
74. "Never Never" -- Korn
73. "Birth in Reverse" -- St. Vincent
72. "The Fold" -- Ivan & Alyosha
71. "State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)" -- Jim James
70. "Love Me Again" -- John Newman
69. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" -- Queens of the Stone Age
68. "Come On, Illinois" -- Houndmouth
67. "Do I Wanna Know?" -- Arctic Monkeys
66. "Capitol Letter" -- Patti Smith
65. "Dig Me Up" -- Larcenist
64. "Tom Ford" -- Jay Z
63. "Science/Visions" -- Chvrches
62. "Just Beneath the Surface" -- Dawes
61. "Ohio" -- Patty Griffin
60. "Harmonica" -- Anna von Hausswolf
59. "I'll Become Everything" -- Nick Jaina
58. "Wenu Wenu" -- Omar Souleyman
57. "Mirrors" -- Justin Timberlake
56. "I Love You" -- Said the Whale
55. "Gypsy" -- Lady Gaga
54. "Demon Dance" -- Surfer Blood
53. "Shot at the Night" -- The Killers
52. "Spring Fra Livet" -- Kvelertak
51. "Hey Brother" -- Avicii
50. "The Phoenix" -- Fall Out Boy
49. "Gonna Die" -- Autre Ne Veut
48. "You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter)" -- Ashley Monroe feat. Blake Shelton
47. "Hail to the King" -- Avenged Sevenfold
46. "Day for the Dead" -- Zac Brown Band
45. "I Fell in Love with a Feeling" -- Nightlands
44. "Gentleman" -- PSY
43. "Kiss Land" -- The Weeknd
42. "Wrecking Ball" -- Miley Cyrus
41. "Gas Pedal" -- Sage the Gemini feat. Iamsu
40. "Johnson Blvd" -- Amos Lee
39. "Every Tense" -- Laura Stevenson
38. "Rap God" -- Eminem
37. "When a Fire Starts to Burn" -- Disclosure
36. "Biblical" -- Biffy Clyro
35. "I Need My Girl" -- The National
34. "Bitter Rivals" -- Sleigh Bells
33. "Love Has Come for You" -- Edie Brickell & Steve Martin
32. "Vertigo" -- Deafheaven
31. "Take a Little Pill" -- Brandy Clark
30. "You Never Need Nobody" -- The Lone Bellow
29. "Retrograde" -- James Blake
28. "Let it Go" -- Idina Menzel
27. "Country of Illusion" -- William Tyler
26. "Chosen" -- Blood Orange
25. "XO" -- Beyonce
24. "Hit Me" -- Mystikal
23. "The Wire" -- HAIM
22. "Slumville Sunrise" -- Jake Bugg
21. "Hearts Like Ours" -- The Naked and Famous
20. "Normal Person" -- Arcade Fire
19. "Dance Apocalpytic" -- Janelle Monae
18. "The Outsiders" -- Eric Church
17. "Summer Skeletons" -- Radical Face
16. "Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I.
15. "Follow Your Arrow" -- Kacey Musgraves
14. "Diane Young" -- Vampire Weekend
13. "Hold On, We're Going Home" -- Drake feat. Majid Jordan
12. "Tam Lin (Child 39)" -- Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
11. "Hrafntinna" -- Sigur Ros
10. "From This Valley" -- The Civil Wars
9. "Time Lapse" -- Ludovico Einaudi
8. "Pompeii" -- Bastille
7. "Elevate" -- St. Lucia
6. "Black Skinhead" -- Kanye West
5. "Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk
4. "Agape" -- Bear's Den
3. "Bugatti" -- Ace Hood feat. Future & Rick Ross
2. "Cover Me Up" -- Jason Isbell
1. "Song For Zula" -- Phosphorescent

 Top 25 Albums of 2013

25. "Opposites" -- Biffy Clyro
24. "Same Trailer, Different Park" -- Kacey Musgraves
23. "Oak Island" -- Nightlands
22. "Ceremony" -- Anna von Hausswolf
21. "Impossible Truth" -- William Tyler
20. "Wheel" -- Laura Stevenson
19. "Agape" -- Bear's Den
18. "Kveikur" -- Sigur Ros
17. "ARTPOP" -- Lady Gaga
16. "Child Ballads" -- Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
15. "Reflektor" -- Arcade Fire
14. "Sunbather" -- Deafheaven
13. "Days Are Gone" -- HAIM
12. "Modern Vampires of the City" -- Vampire Weekend
11. "The Family Tree: The Branches" -- Radical Face
10. "Cupid Deluxe" -- Radical Face
9. "The Civil Wars" -- The Civil Wars
8. "Southeastern" -- Jason Isbell
7. "The Electric Lady" -- Janelle Monae
6. "Muchacho" -- Phosphorescent
5. "In Rolling Waves" -- The Naked and Famous
4. "When the Night" -- St. Lucia
3. "In a Time Lapse" -- Ludovico Einaudi
2. "Yeezus" -- Kanye West
1. "Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk