2010 Magazine's Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion

Javiera Mena!

Two last ones from CF:

Club Fonograma's Top 25 Albums of 2010 - Outsiders
25. The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme
24. Harlem. Hippies
23. Sufjan Stevens. The Age of Adz
22. Sleigh Bells. Treats
21. Marina and the Diamonds. The Family Jewels

20. Pantha Du Prince. Black Noise
19. Freeway & Jake One. The Stimulus Package
18. Joanna Newsom. Have One On Me
17. Spoek Mathambo. Mshini Wam
16. Against Me! White Crosses
15. Local Natives. Gorilla Manor
14. LCD Soundsystem. This Is Happening
13. Vampire Weekend. Contra
12. Caribou. Swim
11. Robyn. Body Talk

10. Warpaint. The Fool
09. Erykah Badu. New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh
08. Best Coast. Crazy For You
07. Zola Jesus. Stridulum II
06. Janelle Monae. The Archandroid (Suite II and III of IV)
05. Four Tet. There Is Love In You
04. Beach House. Teen Dream
03. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Before Today
02. Big Boi. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
01. Kanye West. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Club Fonograma's Best Songs of 2010 - Outsiders
50. Everything, Everything - My Keys, Your Boyfriend
49. Dominique Young Unique - Show My Ass
48. Kylie Minogue - All the Lovers
47. Bag Riders - Way Back Home
46. Usher ft. Nicki Minaj - Lil' Freak
45. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak
44. Against Me! - Bamboo Bones
43. Tift Merritt - Mixtape
42. Kanye West ft. Bon Iver - Lost in the World
41. Kisses - Kisses

40. Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend
39. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
38. Harlem - Friendly Ghost
37. Deerhunter - Helicopter
36. Sufjan Stevens - Too Much
35. Foals - Blue Blood
34. Zowie - Broken Machine
33. Miami Horror - Holidays
32. Mount Kimbie - Mayor
31. Ciara ft. Bei Major, Andre 3000 & Ludacris - Ride

30. Warpaint - Undertow
29. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
28. Smith Westerns - Weekend
27. Twin Sister - All Around and Away We Go
26. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
25. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Pusha T, Swizz Beatz & Cyhi the Prince - So Appalled
24. Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot
23. James Blake - CMYK
22. T.I. - I'm Back
21. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill

20. Big Boi - Shutterbugg
19. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
18. Caribou - Odessa
17. Kanye West - Power
16. Zola Jesus - Night
15. Erykah Badu - Window Seat
14. Spoek Mathambo - Mshini Wam
13. Best Coast - Something in the Way
12. Nas & Damian Marley - As We Enter
11. Lykke Li - Possibility

10. Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
9. Tennis - Marathon
8. The Morning Benders - Excuses
7. Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name?
6. Beach House - Zebra
5. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
4. Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi - Tightrope
3. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
2. Kanye West ft. John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Rihanna & Elton John - All of the Lights
1. Robyn - Dancing on My Own

deej wanting to have his cake & eat it too ;_;

ilxor how many on the Terrorizer list do you have?

24. Aias - A La Piscina (Captured Tracks)

Not my favorite Captured Tracks record by any means, but nice to see this getting some love.

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2010.cfm

DADDY B. NICE'S FINALISTS:
BEST OF 2010 SOUTHERN SOUL
Below is a list of finalists--the best in their categories for 2010--for the 4th Annual Daddy B. Nice Southern Soul Music Awards.
The numbers below do NOT denote rankings.
The award-winner in each category will be announced soon on this page.
Music published before 2010 was eligible if the bulk of its chitlin' circuit airplay came in 2010.

Best CD:
1. Mel Waiters---I Ain't Gone Do It
2. Carl Marshall---Love Who You Wanna Love
3. Earl Gaines---Good To Me
4. Floyd Taylor---All Of Me
5. Luther Lackey---The Preacher's Wife
6. Denise LaSalle---24 Hour Woman
7. Cicero Blake---I'm Satisfied
8. Wendell B.---In Touch With My Southern Soul
9. Sheba Potts-Wright---Best Of Sheba Potts-Wright
10. Reggie P.---The Rude Boy Of Southern Soul

Best Mid-Tempo Song:
1. Older Woman (Looking For A Younger Man)---Denise LaSalle
2. Meet Me Tonight---Mel Waiters
3. If They Can Beat Me Rockin'---Vick Allen
4. If She's Cheating On Me, I Don't Wanna Know---Luther Lackey
5. Turn Road---Mr. Ivy
6. We Don't Get Along 'Til We Gettin' It On---O. B. Buchana
7. Trying To Please Two---Doctor D.
8. Personal Matter---Wilson Meadows
9. I Ain't Gone Do It---Mel Waiters
10. She Threw A Monkey Wrench In My Game---Walt Luv
11. Everybody Knows---The Revelations f/ Tre' Williams
12. Knock My Boots---Larry Milton

Best Club Song:
1. Get Out---Pat Cooley
2. I'm The Man For The Job---Lee "Shot" Williams
2. Brand New Man---Captain Jack Watson
4. Preacher Man---Reggie P.
5. Ride It Like A Cowboy (Zydeco Remix)---Kenne' Wayne
6. Slap It Tap It---Jim Bennett
7. The Bop---Ms. Jody
8. Let's Party---Cherone Brown
9. Everything's Going Up---Mel Waiters
10. Too Much Booty Shaking---Jonothan Burton
11. You Make Me Want To Pop A Pill---Ghetto Cowboy
12. P's & Q's---Reggie P. & Sir Charles Jones

Best Ballad:
1. Birthday Suit---Certified Slim
2. I Didn't Wanna Wake Up---Charles Blakely
3. All Of You, All Of Me---Floyd Taylor
4. The Preacher's Wife---Luther Lackey
5. Everybody Makes Mistakes---Bigg Robb
6. Outside Man---John Cummings
7. I'd Rather Be By Myself---Sweet Angel
8. Best Time I Ever Had In My Life---Wendell B.
9. Be A Man---Pat Cooley
10. Why Did You Lie---Jabo
11. You Deserve Better--100% Cotton
12. The Crying Zone---Bigg Robb
13. You Ain't The Father Of The Child---Sir Charles Jones
14. Baby Daddy---Bobbye Johnson

Best Song By Longtime Veteran:
1. I Ain't Gone Do It---Mel Waiters
2. Am I Mr. Right---William Bell
3. My Old Man & Mrs. Jones---Pat Brown
4. Pop That Thang---Big G.
5. Mr. Right Now---Latimore
6. Sorry (Didn't Know It Was Your Mama)---Lenny Williams
7. I've Lived It All---Carl Marshall
8. Into Something---Cicero Blake
9. Beat It Up---David Brinston
10. She Told On Herself---T.K. Soul
11. Older Woman---Denise LaSalle
12. What Do The Lonely Do---Joy
13. Blind Snake---Bobby Rush
14. Gotta Good Woman---Lee "Shot" Williams

Best Female Vocalist:
1. No Ordinary Pussycat---Ms. Jody
2. I'll Be Your Cheating Woman---Jill Sharp
3. Last Night Was Your Last Night---Sweet Angel
4. Be A Man---Pat Cooley
5. All About You---B.B. Queen
6. My Man (I Won't Let My Baby Down)---Lina
7. Baby Daddy---Bobbye Johnson
8. Reality Slowly Walks Us Down---LGB
9. You Won't Miss Your Water---Falisa JaNaye
10. Cheating On The Back Streets---Adrena
11. Older Woman (Looking For A Younger Man)---Denise LaSalle
12. Love That Keeps Us Holding On---Katrina Jefferson
13. Only Time I Get Lonely---Stephanie Pickett
14. Stuttering---Karen Wolfe

Best Male Vocalist:
1. Mister Can I Shine Your Shoes---Luther Lackey
2. Meet Me Tonight---Mel Waiters
3. If They Can Beat Me Rockin'---Vick Allen
4. We Don't Get Along Until We Gettin' It On---O.B. Buchana
5. Birthday Suit---Certified Slim
6. Brand New Man---Captain Jack Watson
7. I've Lived It All---Carl Marshall
8. You Ain't The Father Of The Child---Sir Charles Jones
9. Same Soap---Omar Cunningham
10. Knock My Boots---Larry Milton
11. I Didn't Wanna Wake Up---Charles Blakely
12. Everybody Knows---Tre' Williams w/ The Revelations
13. Come On Let's Dance---Donnie Ray
14. Best Time I Ever Had In My Life---Wendell B.
15. Wanna Make Love---Floyd Taylor

Best Debut:
1. Trying To Please Two---Doctor D.
2. My Man(I Won't Let My Baby Down)---Lina
3. Birthday Suit---Certified Slim
4. Turn Road---Mr. Ivy
5. Outside Man---John Cummings
6. Brand New Man---Captain Jack Watson
7. Cheating On The Back Street---Adrena
8. Mind Your Business---Heart 2 Heart Band
9. Ain't Going Your Way---B.B. Queen
10. I Didn't Wanna Wake Up---Charles Blakely
11. Falisa JaNaye---You Won't Miss Your Water

Best Collaboration:
1. We Both Grown---Willie Clayton & Dave Hollister 2. P's & Q's---Reggie P. & Sir Charles Jones
3. Haters Gone Hate---T. K. Soul, Vick Allen, Omar Cunningham
4. No Ordinary Pussycat---Ms. Jody & J. Blackfoot
5. Good Lovin' Testimony---Carl Marshall & Rue Davis
6. Family Reunion---Bigg Robb & Shirley Murdock
7. Forever Young---Gregg A. Smith, Bobby Rush, Lucky Petersen, Carl Marshall
8. That Girl Belongs To Me---Charles Wilson & Willie Clayton
9. Reach Out---Stan Mosley, Carl Marshall, Rue Davis, Lil' Buck & Jamonte Black

Best Outa-Left-Field Song:
1. I'm Going Solo---Narvel
2. You Deserve Better---100% Cotton
3. Reality Slowly Walks Us Down---LGB
4. Tired---Kelly Price
5. America Rises And Shines---Bobby Bowens
6. Cassanova (Zydeco version)---Lynn
7. Just One More Day---Randy "Wildman" Brown
8. A Girl Like Me---Sweet Angel
9. Don't Blame It On Me---The Winstons

Best Chitlin' Circuit Blues Song:
1. Repo Woman---Gwen White
2. Ex-Wife Blues---Cherone Brown
3. Don't Do It---Bobby Connerly
4. Bitter With The Sweet---Kenny Neal
5. Blind Snake---Bobby Rush
6. Forever Young---Gregg A. Smith, Bobby Rush, Lucky Petersen, Carl Marshall
7. Too Many Mechanics---Cream Of The Crop Blues Band
8. Jimmy---The Real Brown Sugar
9. I'll Be Your Cheating Woman---Jill Sharp
10. Let's Party---Cherone Brown

Best Cover Song:
1. Older Woman---Denise LaSalle
2. Sam---Angel Sent
3. Barbeque---Mel Waiters
4. Cheat Receipt---Denise LaSalle
5. Return Of The Mack---The BarKays
6. Back In The Streets Again---Ms. Jody
7. Good Lovin' Testimony---Carl Marshall w/ Rue Davis

I did my Top 10 albums, alongside Mike Prevatt's indie-leaning list (singles + albums), Andreas Hale's hip-hop one, and Philip Booth's jazz 10, here: http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2010/12/30/music/stories/iq_40977446.txt.

wow that is a lot of stuff i probably won't be hearing anytime soon. in theory i like the idea of hearing all of it. just wouldn't know when the hell that would happen. my one problem with some of the newer down home stuff - even since the 80's - is the generic backing track thing. the drum machine and casio kinda thing. stuff that was made with no money decades ago sounds awfully cool now. don't know if that will happen with a lot of latter-day ichiban type soul/blues. i'm sure there is a ton of stuff on that list that sounds cool though.

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5. Return Of The Mack---The BarKays

waht

wow hale's list is like the exact inversion of what i like in rap this year

i mean, excluding erykah

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Scott, the keyboard and drum machine work on current Southern soul has gotten better than it was in the '80s. I know that is the reason why many soul fans on here dismiss this stuff, but 2010 Ecko and Waldoxy/Malaco releases feel more up-to-date musically. As Chuck and I have discussed on the Chitlin Circuit soul thread, since those labels rarely send promos or market their stuff to anyone other than African-American Southern radio stations (and there are only a few blogs--Daddy B. Nice one listed above), this stuff gets ignored even by those who like Bettye Lavette or retro-soulsters like Sharon Jones.

i'm sure there is plenty of new stuff out there that i would enjoy!

3 WATAIN LAWLESS DARKNESS SEASON OF MIST
4 GHOST OPUS EPONYMOUS RISE ABOVE
5 ELECTRIC WIZARD BLACK MASSES RISE ABOVE
7 SWANS MY FATHER... YOUNG GODS
14 IRON MAIDEN THE FINAL FRONTIER EMI
18 ALCEST ECAILLES DE LA LUNE PROPHECY
21 TWILIGHT MONUMENT TO TIME PROFOUND LORE
23 NACHTMYSTIUM ADDICTS PART II CANDLELIGHT
25 KYLESA SPIRAL SHADOW SEASON OF MIST
29 HIGH ON FIRE SNAKES FOR THE DEVINE E1/CENTURY MEDIA
30 SHINING (NO) BLACK JAZZ INDIE
33 AGALLOCH MARROWS OF THE SPIRIT VIVA HATE
39 SLOUGH FEG THE ANIMAL SPIRITS CRUZ DEL SUR
40 LUDICRA THE TENANT PROFOUND LORE

own 8 of these in physical format. have heard most/all of the others in streaming format(s)

how's the black breath album?

The Black Breath album is awesome, I love it.

http://www.thesilentballet.com/tsbt/2010/50_41.html
Another 7 albums I haven't heard in 50-41, including 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway. I had no idea that was out.

I didn't know one of Marcel Khalife's sons put out a solo album.

(this year)

i've heard a grand total of two albums on the silent ballet list so far. salem and emeralds. i like noveller. i should see if they have that at the local hepcat store in northampton.

I don't how to feel about the fact that a rapper I've never heard of is more popular than the Arcade Fire. I know that the statistical data we have is inadequate, but my faith in it has been shaken.

Very glad I saw this Silent Ballet list. I don't look at that site, but maybe I should. So far this Mar-Khalife is decent. First track prog/fusion with singing in French.

I don't how to feel about the fact that a rapper I've never heard of is more popular than the Arcade Fire. I know that the statistical data we have is inadequate, but my faith in it has been shaken.

― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Thursday, December 30, 2010 1:14 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i cant tell if this is half joke half serious or what
im sure youve known about an indie act & not a rapper before but that wasnt rlly my point

Sort of joking, yeah, but at the same time: Arcade Fire is not just an indie act but one that has had a #1 album on Billboard, which all things considered, I still think is a not-bad indication of one's general level of popularity. I guess it surprises me a little that there could be an act I've never heard of that is nevertheless more popular than a band with a #1 album. But maybe that's the situation we find ourselves in.

rappers, because of their reliability on live shows, are probably also relying on a much larger # of songs than ever before -- its hard to tour on the same album for a year and a half so you get dudes releasing a lot more songs w/ minor variations on similar themes -- gucci, boosie, gotti, all these guys do this -- to keep the catalog evolving & keep live show price up in the air

rock music's LP focus would never allow for this, bcuz its so contingent on 'consistency' -- which really is a different application of 'consistency' than you would use for gucci vs, say, gorilla zoe's stream of mostly-zzz mixtapes from last year

(gucci is more consistent than zoe, but its measured differently than the consistency of arcade fire's 'perfect album')

arcade fire should totally steal one of these titles for their next album:

http://thehiphophost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/yo_gotti-all_things_white-.jpg

http://www.mixtapewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/yo-gotti-white-america.jpg

deej if the live show $$$$ is a more accurate judge of a rapper's popularity, why does arcade fire play Madison Square Garden and Yo Gotti plays like "Club Destiny" in Orlando?

Arcade Fire should cover Syl Johnson's Is It Because I'm White?

I guess it surprises me a little that there could be an act I've never heard of that is nevertheless more popular than a band with a #1 album. But maybe that's the situation we find ourselves in.

Yes it is pretty convincing that YouTube plays are as accurate an indicator of popularity as billboard charts when you put it that way.

deej if the live show $$$$ is a more accurate judge of a rapper's popularity, why does arcade fire play Madison Square Garden and Yo Gotti plays like "Club Destiny" in Orlando?

― nog it out with (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:05 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

new york is not the center of the universe

& the thing about media attention being self-perpetuating ... theres a snowball effect when something like say cash money or no limit are selling tons in the south -- it forces the majors to come to them -- then they get attendant media attention -- mtv rotation, bet rotation -- which grows into a national profile

Yes it is pretty convincing that YouTube plays are as accurate an indicator of popularity as billboard charts when you put it that way.

― Two Red Ducks, Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:18 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you're reading the argument backwards -- its that billboard charts are inaccurate too

& the thing about media attention being self-perpetuating ... theres a snowball effect when something like say cash money or no limit are selling tons in the south -- it forces the majors to come to them -- then they get attendant media attention -- mtv rotation, bet rotation -- which grows into a national profile

― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:23 PM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

(what i mean is, this is how it USED to work)

"new york is not the center of the universe"

totally is if you like pizza. and hot fashion models. and rats.

and dipset

like, im willing to believe arcade fire is more popular than yo gotti ... i dont have an exact grasp of how popular they are relative to him. but i dont think you guys do either. what im trying to say here isnt 'you forgot poland' or w/e with yo gotti, its just that i think the charts are a lot less reliable yardstick than people realize any more

if the Beale Street Music Festival is Memphis's Madison Square Garden than Yo Gotti is still playing at like 5:40 under Seether

can't fight the seether

if the Beale Street Music Festival is Memphis's Madison Square Garden than Yo Gotti is still playing at like 5:40 under Seether

― nog it out with (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:33 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, no

5 star bitch rmx has 15 million youtube views. i think hes doing better than seether

you should explain that to the promoters in his OWN HOME TOWN then

i think patton oswalt would call you a gangsta rap otaku

Alright, deej, you're saying that Gucci and Gotti and Waka--and the gangsta rap genre in general--is just as popular as it ever was, but that a lot of their fans' willingness to download illegally, combined with their integration with new marketing strategies, such as giving way tons of free mixtapes online, are preventing them from making their full presence known on Billboard. And that the rappers who are selling loads of albums are the ones who are crossing over to older, whiter demographics (ie Drake, Kanye, Wayne, Em, etc.).

But gangsta rappers were crossing over back then weren't they? Not even just Biggie and Pac ad Jay-Z but like 3-6 and Master P and Bone Thugs were being listened to and maybe even bought by the '90s equivalent of 'Coldplay fans'. And if gangsta rap isn't reaching those audiences as well anymore--the audiences that still buy albums--I mean, isn't that the definition of a niche market?

oh seether has had numerous charting singles & platinum albums as recently as 2007, plus a decade-long career. well yeah of course hes opening for them.

"Alright, deej, you're saying that Gucci and Gotti and Waka--and the gangsta rap genre in general--is just as popular as it ever was, "

no, im not

okay my bad

google before zing, you got a thing; zing before google, chariot choogle

But gangsta rappers were crossing over back then weren't they? Not even just Biggie and Pac ad Jay-Z but like 3-6 and Master P and Bone Thugs were being listened to and maybe even bought by the '90s equivalent of 'Coldplay fans'. And if gangsta rap isn't reaching those audiences as well anymore--the audiences that still buy albums--I mean, isn't that the definition of a niche market?

― Ned Rag & the Evil Olive Gardens (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:43 PM (51 seconds ago) Bookmark

i dont really think that they were, no. ime ppl checking u2 records in the late 90s werent fucking w/ rap music. aside from huge huge names like snoop & 50 cent you didnt have that kind of crossover. master p was, despite selling millions and millions of albums, a pretty underground media phenomenon, and middle-aged moms in hoffman estates werent copping their records like they are kanye's now

xp i'm pretty sure my two paragraphs up above do not anywhere add up to 'zing'

('sgood though...)