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

fact trax (spotify list), 27/40 tracks

By chance, just came across these - old Kerrang! album of the year lists.
Some properly surprising choices in the 80s.
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html

Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/239077?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

30. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
29. The Roots - How I Got Over
28. My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
27. Peter Wolf - Midnight Souvenirs
26. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
25. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
24. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
23. Elizabeth Cook - Welder
22. Spoon - Transference
21. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
20. Neil Young - Le Noise
19. M.I.A. - Maya
18. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
17. Beach House - Teen Dream
16. Kid Rock - Born Free
15. The National - High Violet
14. Robyn - Body Talk
13. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
12. John Mellencamp - No Better Than This
11. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
10. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
09. Eminem - Recovery
08. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
07. Drake - Thank Me Later
06. Vampire Weekend - Contra
05. Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
04. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
03. Elton John and Leon Russell - The Union
02. The Black Keys - Brothers
01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Even baby boomer Leftsetz didn't like the Elton John and Leon Russell. That must have been owner Jan Wenner's choice.

That's the worst list so far.

Listening through the Fact list and while they can be spot on at times they do like shome shonk as well. That Fantastic Mr Fox tune sound like something someone found down the back of an MP3 blog in 2006.

i'm really pleased to see dipset's "salute" getting repped for on the fact list

Yeah that's great, although if they don't rep for Warrior One & Lady Chann's King Riddim then they are spectacularly failing their people.

i actually like the rolling stone list better than a lot of the indie-leaning sites!

think that's the first i've seen taylor on a year-end list (yay)

matt have you heard doorly & lady chann's "the one"? even better for my money.

rolling stone honestly the one i like most so far. (not the same as one i'd like to check out most of)

ok sorry must have glazed over the top 3, f u rolling stone

remove the top 5, invert it and its a+

black keys album isn't a terrible choice for a rock mag to get behind

matt have you heard doorly & lady chann's "the one"? even better for my money.

Didn't really like that one but I'm blaming the producer. She works so much better over house/funky/dancehall crossover than lairy blokestep.

"the one" isn't that lairy. i think it's just a lot tighter as a song. my favourite 2010 lady chann thing is prob her "hold yuh" vocal though, "feel calm".

her next single "treble to your bass" is kind of toddla t-style banging - there'll be a marcus nasty remix too...

It might be that I'm not interested in tight songs from her, particularly, I just want her to ferociously let rip. That Gyptian track showcases a soft side I didn't know she could pull off though, good stuff. Looking forward to the single you mention as well.

the crazy high ranking overall for The National is sheer over-compensation for their previosu 2 albums' placings it's like the Lord Of The Rings films at the Oscars.

Not all they're cracked up to be, fwiw:

27. Peter Wolf - Midnight Souvenirs
23. Elizabeth Cook - Welder
16. Kid Rock - Born Free
12. John Mellencamp - No Better Than This
09. Eminem - Recovery

That said, don't see how the RS list is worse than any other ones on this thread.

it's on youtube already.

between them, lady chann and cooly g are responsible for like 50% of my twitter timeline consisting of "kmt"

xps

that eminem album is the worst (& i kinda-like everything through album #4 or so)

maybe im just excited by seeing rick ross on a list, as he isn't part of the BERKD 'rap' crit hierarchy

idk i think that's score one for "rap" crit hierarchy - rick ross deserves to be on no list

(big boi, em, roots, kanye, drake)

take big boi away and it could be DREK

the BAWSE was the best thing on the only supposedly perfect record of the century.

if by the BAWSE you mean MINAJ

ok second best.

But people's dainty sensitivities can cope with Kid Rock destroying all of black culture and history by being placed above Big Boi?

And Black Keys are a bad choice for a rock magazine to make, though not as bad as Elton John, John Mellencamp, The Roots, Maximum Balloon etc etc.

actually The Roots p otm for a rock magazine to make? it has fucking joanna newsom, the dirty projectors and a band of 'real' instruments on it.

also being butthurt is not going to make people read yr site.

And Black Keys are a bad choice for a rock magazine to make

this makes NO sense, they are just about a perfect choice for the "rolling stone demographic" as much as, say, liars/swans are solid choices for the "quietus demographic" -- feeling like you are just out to disagree w/ me ;_;

Kid Rock destroying all of black culture

kid rock's not a "rapper" anymore, he's gone "country," didn't ya know?

Re: The Roots. I meant more that it's a terrible fucking record as is Black Keys - especially if it's being chosen because of a demographic. The same percentage of our readers hate Salem as people here do. What's the point of chosing a list by second guessing what your readers like?

I'm just traumatized because of the number of tranquilizers I took at ATP. My butt will be back to normal tomorrow.

Sorry, but that Roots record is by no means "terrible".

All the indie-baiting songs that got the record buzz are pretty terrible, but the rest of the record is really good.

Roots is the nuts. Ok maybe the second worst Roots records but its like picking yr favourite child when all ten of them are AWESOME (plus the tipping point child.)

drugs are bad, mmmkay?

Yeah, I agree with you today.

Does everyone like The Roots then? You really do learn something new every day.

me != everyone.

they are next up on my 'band i should stop forgetting exist' list

but yeah they are the most consistent musicians of the past twenty years and people who don't like them or ?uestlove* are savages.

*in part responsible for two of the best two records of the past decade, voodoo and new amerykah

Not to drag out another hoary old trope, but I often wonder how many people that hate the Roots really just hate the cult surrounding them. I mean, hate on some of the cring-worthy lyrics all you want, but these guys are astonishing musicians when they want to be.

From what I can see 2010 has had no more unjustly overlooked record so far than Nina Nastasia's sublime 'Outlaster', which hasn't appeared anywhere at all yet.

Bit too smooth, wholesome and sophisticated for me... although I do still have about three albums by them and I agree with you about New Amerykah.

(In fact I don't think it's terrible at all but it didn't really stand out for me.)

Sorry XP.

album i like not appearing itt: Delorean

What's wrong with a rap band being sophisticated? /outright trolling

Also listen to Do You Want More???!?!? or Game Theory or Rising Down and you won't be thinking "smooth" or "wholesome".

From what I can see 2010 has had no more unjustly overlooked record so far than Nina Nastasia's sublime 'Outlaster', which hasn't appeared anywhere at all yet.

yeah surprised at this - though having said that, while i fucking love the album, it's more "bobbing around the lower reaches of my top 20" than a show-in for any ballot i put together

smooth wholesome & sophisticated (esp sophisticated) are the best things abt the roots ... weaknesses are pretty much black thought's lyrical stylings imo