The year’s not quite over yet, which means we’ve still got time to drop in the results of the Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll to determine the best albums and reissues/box sets/compilations of this past year — think of this as a minor detour before we wrap up the main event with the results of the giant Best of the ’80s poll, coming next week.
Assembled below, you’ll find the Top 50 reissues, box sets, compilations and live albums of 2013, as voted on by the readers of this site. We received more than 7,000 votes in this poll, with a ballot featuring more than 140 reissue collections released this past year by ’80s alternative artists — plus there were a couple dozen write-ins, from The Who to The Beta Band.
As you can see, R.E.M.’s 25th anniversary reissue of Green took the top spot, with box sets from Tears For Fears, The Clash, Nirvana and The Jesus and Mary Chain following closely behind.
CCheck out those full results (and don’t miss the best new album poll as well) — and feel free to discuss them in the comments below.
SLICING UP EYEBALLS READERS POLL: THE TOP 50 REISSUES, BOX SETS, COMPILATIONS, LIVE ALBUMS, ETC. OF 2013
1. R.E.M., Green: 25th Anniversary Edition
2. Tears For Fears, The Hurting: 30th Anniversary Edition
3. The Clash, Sound System
4. Nirvana, In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
5. The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Complete Vinyl Collection
6. Morrissey, Kill Uncle
7. The Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat: 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
8. Bauhaus, 5 Albums
9. The Icicle Works, 5 Albums
10. Roxy Music, The Complete Studio Recordings: 1972-1982
11. The Replacements, The Complete Collection
12. Love and Rockets, 5 Albums
13. The Cult, Electric Peace
14. Peter Murphy, Love Hysteria: Expanded Edition
15. David Bowie, Aladdin Sane: 40th Anniversary Edition
16. The Breeders, LSXX (TIE)
16. Public Image Ltd., First Issue (TIE)
18. David Bowie, The Next Day Extra (TIE)
18. XTC, Nonsuch (TIE)
20. Ramones, The Sire Years 1976-1981
21. Simple Minds, Celebrate - The Greatest Hits+ (TIE)
21. The Waterboys, Fisherman’s Box (TIE)
23. The Jam, The Studio Recordings
24. New Order, Live at Bestival 2012
25. Killing Joke, The Singles Collection: 1979-2012
26. Electronic, Electronic: Special Edition
27. The Clash, 5 Album Studio Set
28. Various Artists, Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989
29. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Live From KCRW
30. Dead Can Dance, In Concert
31. The Three O’Clock, The Hidden World Revealed (TIE)
31. The Chameleons, Why Call It Anything: Collectors’ Edition (TIE)
33. Devo, Hardcore
34. Talk Talk, Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk
35. The Chameleons, Dreams in Celluloid: A Collection of Rare Recordings
36. Billy Bragg, Life’s a Riot wit Spy vs. Spy: 30th Anniversary Edition
37. Cabaret Voltaire, #8385 (Collected Works 1983-1985)
38. Tears For Fears, Everybody Wants To Rule The World: The Collection
39. Daniel Ash, Anthology
40. Julian Cope, St. Julian
41. Ultravox, The Albums 1980-2012
42. Big Country, At the BBC (TIE)
42. Kirsty MacColl, A New England: Very Best Of Kirsty MacColl (TIE)
44. Devo, New Traditionalists: Live 1981 Seattle
45. Gary Numan, 5 Albums
46. The Primitives, Lovely: 25th Anniversary Edition
47. The Teardrop Explodes, Wilder: Deluxe Edition
48. Gene Loves Jezebel, 5 Albums
49. Talk Talk, Natural Order 1982-1991
50. The Fall, 5 Albums
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Readers Poll 2012: Best reissues of the year
- Readers Poll 2012: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year
- Readers Poll 2011: Best reissues of the year
- Readers Poll 2011: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year
- Readers Poll 2010: Best reissues of the year
What about Suede Box Set?
Also compilation 2XLP sets from The Flatmates and Talulah Gosh. As well as The House of Love and The Wild Swans box set reissues.
Oh, and The Woodentops too.
Glad to see the Ramones at #20. Some of the most awesome slam dancing/head banging/thrashing around music ever recorded in that set. Great way to spend New Year’s Eve by the way. Who needs Dick Clark or Ryan Seacrest when you have the Ramones? Geared for youngsters that don’t already have these records or oldsters looking to update their vinyl copies to CD and digital. Carry on, Gabba gabba hey!
There was a Waitresses collection put out this year I should have voted for. Their entire music output fits on two discs. Found some other gems there outside of “I Know What Boys Like”.
Man, The Swimming Pool Q’s got robbed. The A&M Years reissue wasn’t on the list. But on the plus side, it did get critical acclaim from Rolling Stone magazine on a similar list. Talk about bittersweet.
Who got the most write in votes?