This year’s Grammy nominations were announced Wednesday night, and it looks like we’re once again in for a bout of what is now the Grammy nomination’s trademark reaction-getter: a unique, intense swirl of confusion, revulsion, anger, fear, regret, weepiness, nostalgia, vertigo, and, in some extreme cases, slight temporary restless leg syndrome. So many crap albums to hate on! So many snubbed classics to heap praise on! So much ire to direct toward the governing body of the Recording Industry Association of America! So how about, at least for now, we focus on the positives? Like: Hey, Frank Ocean got nominated a whole bunch of times. Channel Orange is actually up for album of the year. Yeah, sure, it won’t win (Mumford & Sons’ soothing old-timey-ness means they’ve had this thing in the bag since Labor Day) — but album of the year! And “Thinkin Bout You” is up for record of the year? “Thinkin Bout You” is a truly fantastic song (which we’ve been listening to since the summer of 2011)! OK, I think I mostly succeeded in keeping the criticisms to myself there, yeah? And now, your 2013 Grammy nominees:

Record of the Year

Lonely Boy
The Black Keys

Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
Kelly Clarkson

We Are Young
Fun. Featuring Janelle Monáe

Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye Featuring Kimbra

Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Taylor Swift

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Album of the Year

El Camino
The Black Keys

Some Nights
Fun.

Babel
Mumford & Sons

Channel Orange
Frank Ocean

Blunderbuss
Jack White

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Song of the Year

The A Team
Ed Sheeran

Adorn
Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)

Call Me Maybe
Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)

Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
JÖrgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly
Clarkson)

We Are Young
Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun.
Featuring Janelle Monáe)

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Best New Artist

Alabama Shakes
Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean

Best Dance Recording

Levels
Avicii

Let’s Go
Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo

Bangarang
Skrillex Featuring Sirah

Don’t You Worry Child
Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin

I Can’t Live Without You
Al Walser

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Best Dance/Electronica Album

Wonderland
Steve Aoki

Don’t Think
The Chemical Brothers

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Deadmau5

Fire & Ice
Kaskade

Bangarang
Skrillex

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Best Rock Performance

Hold On
Alabama Shakes

Lonely Boy
The Black Keys

Charlie Brown
Coldplay

I Will Wait
Mumford & Sons

We Take Care Of Our Own
Bruce Springsteen

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Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

I’m Alive
Anthrax

Love Bites (So Do I)
Halestorm

Blood Brothers
Iron Maiden

Ghost Walking
Lamb Of God

No Reflection
Marilyn Manson

Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)
Megadeth

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Best Rock Song

Freedom At 21
Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)

I Will Wait
Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford, songwriters (Mumford &
Sons)

Lonely Boy
Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

Madness
Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

We Take Care Of Our Own
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

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Best Rock Album

El Camino
The Black Keys

Mylo Xyloto
Coldplay

The 2nd Law
Muse

Wrecking Ball
Bruce Springsteen

Blunderbuss
Jack White

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Best Alternative Music Album

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Fiona Apple

Biophilia
Björk

Making Mirrors
Gotye

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
M83

Bad As Me
Tom Waits

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Best R&B Performance

Thank You
Estelle

Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi

I Want You
Luke James

Adorn
Miguel

Climax
Usher

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Best R&B Song

Adorn
Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)

Beautiful Surprise
Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)

Heart Attack
Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)

Pray For Me
Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jQue” Smith,
songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)

Refill
Darhyl “DJ” Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew “Pop” Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)
Track from: Perfectly Imperfect

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Best R&B Album

Black Radio
Robert Glasper Experiment

Back To Love
Anthony Hamilton

Write Me Back
R. Kelly

Beautiful Surprise
Tamia

Open Invitation
Tyrese

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Best Rap Performance

HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)
Drake Featuring Lil’ Wayne

N****s In Paris
Jay-Z & Kanye West

Daughters
Nas

Mercy
Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz

I Do
Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & André 3000

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Best Rap Song

Daughters
Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale
Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)

Lotus Flower Bomb
Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel
Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)

Mercy
Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton &
Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)

The Motto
Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil’
Wayne)

N****s In Paris
Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A.
Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

Young, Wild & Free
Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez and Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (T. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars)

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Best Rap Album

Take Care
Drake

Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1
Lupe Fiasco

Life Is Good
Nas

Undun
The Roots

God Forgives, I Don’t
Rick Ross

Based On A T.R.U. Story
2 Chainz

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Best Country Album

Uncaged
Zac Brown Band

Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes

Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran
Jamey Johnson

Four The Record
Miranda Lambert

The Time Jumpers
The Time Jumpers

See the complete list of nominees here