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

that reminds me that i really need to buy some new sweaters.

Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2010

1) Emeralds Does It Look Like I’m Here?
2) The National High Violet
3) Deftones Diamond Eyes
4) Perfume Genius Learning
5) The Knife Tomorrow, In a Year
6) These New Puritans Hidden
7) Shearwater The Golden Archipelago
8) Yeasayer Odd Blood
9) LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening
10) Sufjan Stevens Age of Adz
11) Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Review)
12) Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty (Review)
13) Weezer Hurley (Review)
14) Rufus Wainwright All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (Review)
15) Pantha du Prince Black Noise (Review)
16) Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Review)
17) Mount Kimbie Crooks & Lovers (Review)
18) Crystal Castles Crystal Castles II (Review)
19) Caribou Swim (Review)
20) Kelis Flesh Tone (Review)
21) Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Review)
22) The Besnard Lakes ...Are the Roaring Night (Review)
23) Oneohtrix Point Never Returnal (Review)
24) Villagers Becoming the Jackal (Review)
25) Blood Red Shoes Fire Like This (Review)
26) The Phantom Band The Wants (Review)
27) Errors Come Down With Me (Review)
28) White Hinterland Kairos (Review)
29) Max Richter Infra (Review)
30) Deerhunter Halcyon Digest (Review)
31) Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (Review)
32) Los Campesinos! Romance is Boring (Review)
33) Foals Total Life Forever (Review)
34) Joanna Newsom Have One on Me (Review)
35) Uffie Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans (Review) / Interview)
36) Richard Skelton Landings (Review)
37) Marnie Stern Marnie Stern (Review)
38) 65DaysofStatic We Were Exploding Anyway (Review)
39) Gold Panda Lucky Shiner (Review)
40) Sleigh Bells Treats (Review)
41) Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti Before Today (Review)
42) Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Review)
43) Liars Sisterworld (Review)
44) Forest Swords Dagger Paths (Review)
45) Broken Bells Broken Bells (Review) / Interview)
46) Gil Scott-Heron I’m New Here (Review)
47) Four Tet There Is Love in You (Review)
48) Ikonika Contact, Love, Want, Have (Review)
49) No Age Everything In Between (Review)
50) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross The Social Network (Interview)
51) Bryan Ferry Olympia (Review)
52) Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can (Review)
53) Wild Nothing Gemini (Interview)
54) Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer (Review)
55) The Walkmen Lisbon (Review)
56) Matthew Dear Black City (Review)
57) Darkstar North (Review / Interview)
58) Daft Punk Tron: Legacy (Review)
59) Gorillaz Plastic Beach (Review)
60) Robyn Body Talk 1-3 (Reviews)
61) Women Public Strain (Review)
62) The Roots How I Got Over (Review)
63) Brian Eno Small Craft on a Milk Sea (Review
64) Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks (Review)
65) Darren Hayman Essex Arms (Review)
66) of Montreal False Priest (Review)
67) Jonsi Go (Review / Interview)
68) Sky Larkin Kaleide (Review)
69) Belle and Sebastian Write About Love (Review)
70) Surfer Blood Astro Coast (Review to Follow)
71) Everything Everything Man Alive (Review)
72) Twin Shadow Forget (Review)
73) Interpol Interpol (Review)
74) Beach House Teen Dream (Review)
75) Rolo Tomassi Cosmology (Review)

As far as the rock music press goes this moment actually feels a bit like this time 10 years ago, for the above reasons.

the past couple of years for me have been a slow, grim realisation that the rock press, and the history of criticism, and the music that gets canonised, will never get any better

Holy shit at Deftones at number three. Is this one of those "not for this album, but because they need some general respect right about now" placements? Because the new one is good, but they've done far more interesting things in the past that have been completely ignored.

And aside from the album charts, look at the top grossing concerts - Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Taylor Swift, George Strait, Eminem, Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas, John Mayer, Nickelback, Michael Buble, Elton John, Eric Clapton, etc. Swift will show up in the upcoming more mainstream lists, but otherwise not much crossover between these worlds. Mostly same as it ever was.

Isn't it pointless to dismiss entire lists based on one album you don't like?

Glad to see Ufomammut again on Quietus. Will finally get around to hearing Walls, Teeth Of The Sea, Perfume Genius. Deftones, wow, forgot about them.

I need to hear that UFOmammut.

http://www.factmag.com/2010/12/06/100-best-tracks-of-2010-100-81/

love the bookends to that section particularly - r1 ryders really impress me, and obv cassie is #cassiefanclub

so the kanye, big boi and roots were the only rap records of the year. good to know.

they were the only ones people in the white music industry cared about, yes

not sure why this is unexpected or shocking

I have heard about 3 of those 20 FACT tracks. So much for my illusions of "knowing about stuff".

I'd say that Wut is pretty much a lock to win that Fact poll but it's about the journey innit.

FACT reliably makes me feel like I've spent the whole year missing stuff.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513GG9g2p9L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

^I am pretty intrigued by this, the sample on the link isn't rly long enough to tell you much but it has the kind of shit artwork that makes you think it'll be great

92: JAMES PANTS
‘I LIVE INSIDE AN EGG’
(STONES THROW)

How did you possibly miss this one?

Mencap - the entire EP is storming, well worth checking out.

is it really? every sample i heard this year sounded pretty shit.

glad FACT continues its reign of making more british / more dance versions of the same lists everyone else does.

hey guys!! that big boi album isnt all that

they were the only ones people in the white music industry cared about, yes

not sure why this is unexpected or shocking DJP

Please post the lists from the non-white industry

is it really? every sample i heard this year sounded pretty shit

Depends what you're looking for, they're straight-up functional bangers by and large, so they're not really going to sound their best on a streamed sample. House Girls 6 is better than House Girls 1 though, takes the metallic clanks from Dennis Ferrer's Hey Hey and just clatters away all over the top.

deej, exactly how many different records do they have to feature before they stop being a version of everyone else's list?

And please someone, recommend some great neglected 2010 hip hop albums instead of complaining about their absence.

Spin's Top 40 albums of 2010 (don't think anybody's posted this yet); I'll let somebody else do the scrolling and listing:

http://www.spin.com/gallery/40-best-albums-2010

swag cru -- POX year end song recommendations

also

WAKA
Curren$y
Lil B's various tapes
OFGWKTA
Starlito
Yelawolf

Ta

great neglected hip-hop albums: waka flocka flame, yelawolf (mixtape and album), the jacka & laroo, rah digga, gucci mane's jewelry selection mixtape. i think the big boi is more than worthy of a place on these lists, though i wouldn't rank it that highly - it grew off me quite a lot, though "shutterbugg" is still one of the singles of the year.

Depends what you're looking for, they're straight-up functional bangers by and large, so they're not really going to sound their best on a streamed sample. House Girls 6 is better than House Girls 1 though, takes the metallic clanks from Dennis Ferrer's Hey Hey and just clatters away all over the top.

the clip i heard of house girls 6 was even worse, just an over-cluttered mess that made me want to listen to "hey hey" instead.

oh yeah that digga is doooooope. didnt really care for any of gucci's 2010 tapes but i didnt give them enough time.

i gave both curren$y albums a listen and they were ok enough but didn't really grab me. i love the idea of lil b and in the right mood can totally vibe to his music, but i get bored after a medium-sized dose of him.

what's the deal with the odd future wolf gang thing? i can't bring myself to click on any thread with so many answers.

dope teenage crew from the westcoast = 200 new answers. dope teenage crew who also have rape jokes in some of their lyrics = a million new answers. best place to start lex is the mellow hype record lex, i think you'll really enjoy it.

jewelry selection is a terrific mixtape, esp its second half, but i've kind of given up on gucci mane ever getting it together to fulfil his potential on a proper album, and i basically can't be bothered to particularly rep for artists whose careers are basically just them dribbling on to the internet without any sort of editorial process and leaving their fans to actually curate their shit into some sort of sense

Are there any 2010 dancehall or roots reggae albums that have gotten any attention? Will its more high-profile crossover status from some years back ever return?

Stay tuned.

lol @ Spin putting Teenage Fanclub at #40

never change, you crazy guys

busy signal's d.o.b. is a terrific dancehall album - several songs that were quite old to me but if you haven't been following him i def recommend it

Does Gyptian count? That album has popped up in a few lists.

the clip i heard of house girls 6 was even worse, just an over-cluttered mess that made me want to listen to "hey hey" instead.

By all means pass this judgement but listen to the record first!

what i've heard has not motivated me to spend £££ to listen to the record

"This minimal techno record sounded like shit based on the 30second sample I heard on Juno".

lol @ Spin, Drake did not release the 16th best album of the year

(although thank you for not putting it in the top 10, and for leaving Eminem down in the low 30s)

i basically can't be bothered to particularly rep for artists whose careers are basically just them dribbling on to the internet without any sort of editorial process and leaving their fans to actually curate their shit into some sort of sense

to clarify i mean this w/r/t artists of a certain status - obv i'm totally happy to do this for emerging artists at the start of their career, but gucci mane should be well beyond it, and it actively pisses me off that he can't get a grip on his career.

Surprised by Teenage Fanclub placing on so many lists. One of my favourite groups ever, but this album seemed very moderate to me. A nostalgia vote from people who suspect it might be their last album?

The Spin list:

40. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
39. Caribou - Swim
38. Eminem - Recovery
37. The Walkmen - Lisbon
36. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
35. Robert Plant - Band Of Joy
34. Against Me! - White Crosses
33. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Brutalist Bricks
32. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
31. Spoon - Transference
30. The Black Keys - Brothers
29. Sleight Bells - Treats
28. Neil Young - Le Noise
27. Glasser - Ring
26. The National - High Violet
25. Of Montreal - False Priest
24. Wavves - King Of The Beach
23. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
22. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
21. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
20. MGMT - Congratulations
19. No Age - Everything In Between
18. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
17. Beach House - Teen Dream
16. Drake - Thank Me Later
15. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
14. Best Coast - Crazy For You
13. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son Of Dusty Chico
12. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
11. Vampire Weekend - Contra
10. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1
9. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager
8. MIA - M/\Y/\
7. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
6. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
5. Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

jewelry selection is a terrific mixtape, esp its second half, but i've kind of given up on gucci mane ever getting it together to fulfil his potential on a proper album, and i basically can't be bothered to particularly rep for artists whose careers are basically just them dribbling on to the internet without any sort of editorial process and leaving their fans to actually curate their shit into some sort of sense

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Monday, December 6, 2010 11:15 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

o_O you were nicki's biggest backer //// lol rockist

xxxp well that clarifies things slightly @ lex

deej read my clarification - nicki is actually the perfect counterexample - and also wtf does "rockist" even mean in this context, is it 2004 again in your mind?

oh god xp

i basically can't be bothered to particularly rep for artists whose careers are basically just them dribbling on to the internet without any sort of editorial process and leaving their fans to actually curate their shit into some sort of sense to clarify i mean this w/r/t artists of a certain status - obv i'm totally happy to do this for emerging artists at the start of their career, but gucci mane should be well beyond it, and it actively pisses me off that he can't get a grip on his career.

No you were right the first time. MYSTIQUE and QUALITY CONTROL, people. I know the former has kind of gone out of the window in the Twitter age but still. Although given what happens when major label rap artists start giving up control over the editorial process maybe it's the lesser of two evils.

Also srlsy fuck Spin for coining the phrase "art-soul" and then using it about YEASAYER.

a proper album

if only he could get it together & release a proper album like paris hilton

No you were right the first time. MYSTIQUE and QUALITY CONTROL, people. I know the former has kind of gone out of the window in the Twitter age but still. Although given what happens when major label rap artists start giving up control over the editorial process maybe it's the lesser of two evils.

Also srlsy fuck Spin for coining the phrase "art-soul" and then using it about YEASAYER.

― Matt DC, Monday, December 6, 2010 11:28 AM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if u are arguing this you never 'got' gucci mane in the 1st place

i could probably put together 15 gucci mane tracks from 2010 - not just off jewelry selection - that could be an album of the year contender, like top 5 of the year. why the fuck can't he do it, then? why are some of his best tracks not even on mixtapes? still?

jewelry selection is a perfectly fine album & better rap LP than the nicki record for just one example

just reading the phrase 'proper album' has me rmde