Five great 2013 albums Pharrell Williams does not appear on

Friday 13 December 2013 10:53 EST

Pharrell Williams has already featured on the two big hits of the summer (Getty Images)

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So Pharrell has 2013 firmly in his back-pocket. He's up for 7 Grammys in total - one for 'Producer of the Year', two for 'Album of the Year' (on Kendrick Lamar's 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D city' and Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories') and a further two for 'Record of the Year' - the ubiquitous 'Get Lucky' and controversial dance-floor filler 'Blurred Lines'.

All well and good, and we heartily congratulate Mr Williams on the bumper crop of nominations. He deserves at least six of them. But the Pharrell-ification of this year's sound goes on -

The former N.E.R.D frontman also produced parts of the album BEYONCÉ, released without warning by Mrs Knowles-Carter earlier today.

Almost certain to top the charts, if Pharrell has any tendency towards megalomania, he's sure to come a cropper now - back in June, with 'Blurred Lines' and 'Get Lucky' holding up the Billboard Hot 100, the 40-year-old became only the 12th artist ever to simultaneously hold the number 1 and 2 positions.

But what to do if - musically, personally, spiritually - you don't see eye-to-eye with Pharrell? Well, here are five great album - selected out of several hats, none of which are owned by Pharrell -you can bring in the year with:

1. Blood Orange - It is What it is (Cupid Deluxe)