Let's wrap up 2013! What a surprise: Again, in retrospect the music of last year was extremely good. I made a lot of brilliant new discoveries. This year I added 131 albums to my library, which is again less than compared to last year (171 in 2012). Within the last 2-3 years I changed my listening habits quite a bit. Nowadays, I am way more picky on the items that will enter my library. The "oldest" record to enter the charts has been Chris Thile's "Stealing Second" from 1997 which I believe is so much better than his new releases.
My trends: World Music was extremely strong and there was quite a bit of Metal as well. As a small surprise there is no electronic music record on the list even thought there have been some serious contenders.
So Ladies and Gentlemen here are my winners:
| January | Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar - Covek i truba (2012) | World Music, Serbia |
| February | Emel Mathlouthi - Kelmti Horra (2012) | World Music, Tunisia |
| March | hAND - Breathing (2011) | Metal, England |
| April | Youn Sun Nah - Lento (2013) | Jazz, South Korea |
| May | Tales Of Evening - Hajléktalan Lélek (2012) | Metal, Hungary |
| June | Mojácar Flamenco - Mojácar at the Madrid (2007) | World Music, USA |
| July | Chris Thile - Stealing Second (1997) | World Music, USA |
| August | Alborosie - Escape From Babylon To The Kingdom Of Zion (2010) | Reggae, Italy |
| September | Dark Tranquillity - Construct (2013) | Metal, Sweden |
| October | Anush & Inga Arshakyanner - Tamzara (2006) | World Music, Armenia |
| November | Chico Trujillo - Gran Pecador (2012) | World Music, Chile |
| December | S°unduk - Наше время (2013) | Alternative, World Music, Belarus |
