Listing the best albums released in a given year can't encapsulate the wonderful variety of music circulating the globe and Internets. Listing the best 100 songs by order of preference runs into context problems - hopping from Burial to Bonnie 'Prince' Billy to Body Parts is inadvisable. In an attempt to solve this miniscule problem, this writer has taken to creating annual mixtapes. The tradition, which began with a few dozen songs, has grown in quality and quantity over the years (now requiring 7 CDs worth of songs). Every sound, noise, or hiccup from 2013 may not be on these discs, but here's to hoping that it captures the best of the Year of Our Lord 2013.