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

His comment here about Rolling Stone is not "off-topic"

Or inflammatory or extraneous given the history of that magazine.

claiming that if the damn quietus list came out with waka on it would be met with "wow, unexpected! good look!" instead of "smh at you damn multicultis" is strictly bs

― banshun, Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Those darn multicultis. Because of them this thread is just dominated by ballots of critics forced to vote due to political correctness for Waka, Gucci, Currency and for dancehall, Congolese rumba, reggaeton and old African-American soul singers. Poor Salem and Arcade Fire, done in by multicultis.

claiming that if the damn quietus list came out with waka on it would be met with "wow, unexpected! good look!" instead of "smh at you damn multicultis" is strictly bs

― banshun, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 12:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

o rly

fwiw ilxor's (i think it was him?) argument upthread doesnt wash for me really. or its just a really misleading way of phrasing it

i was just responding to how doran described his own taste \oO/ but then id take waka & roots over freddie gibbs so

who knew that RS was really into random ass nicki minaj songs

iirc, Rolling Stone leaves five slots open on their list, to be filled in by putting an intern's iPod on shuffle and slotting in the first 2010 song that comes up

that nicki minaj song was reviewed by pfork btw

lol, cuz pitchfork never reviews random songs that no one cares about

never said that, there does appear to be some consensus around that track tho

from FACT's list

At some point last winter what existed of the original record was semi-abandoned, Darkstar ceased being a production duo and – by adding a full-time vocalist, James Buttery – became a fully fledged band; dance music made way for melancholy, experimental synth-pop.

what is "experimental" about darkstar?

also, 0_o at darkstar being no. 5 on their (often interesting) year-end list.

never said that, there does appear to be some consensus around that track tho

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:21 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol ok

was also implying maybe they were biting

well that's a different story

I wrote a few blurbs for the MySpace Top 50. I certainly am not gonna cosign all their selections, but this is definitely the best looking year end list I've ever seen:

http://www.myspace.com/music/blog/2010/11/29/the-best-albums-of-2010-2

haha it took me scrolling down a few entries to realize they did special graphics for each album and that every album on the list didn't have coincidentally similar aesthetics.

they did special graphics for each album

now i just have to figure out WHY anyone would do this

<333 whiney's blurbs for the myspace list, which still has some looool moments (circa survive & b.o.b. in the top ten) but is altogether a nice change of pace

still no shortage of arcade fire love, tho ;_;

Rhapsody Best 50 tracks of the year:

http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/12/boytracks2010.html

Rhapsody Best albums, #31 to 50 (more to come obviously):

http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/12/boyalbums2010.html

(My picks had some bearing on both the singles and albums lists, but not a lot. And none at all on albums 31 to 50, I guess.)

the love for "power" as a single is O_O

Actually looks like you can now click through at that Rhapsody album link to get to #s 1 through 30. (Fwiw, the two I wrote blurbs about when they came out are not ones I like much.)

So both Rolling Stone and Spin have Jamey Johnson at #5. Sorry, had to point that out.

is that album good? he's not someone I've seen much talk about on ILM

Who wants to talk about Jamey Johnson's new double album, The Guitar Song?

thx

It's my #1 of the year.

they did special graphics for each album

now i just have to figure out WHY anyone would do this

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

I like it.

oh they're not horrible graphics or anything, it's just...a lot of effort for not a great deal of point. i'd rather see the actual sleeve in every case.

Or Pen & Pixel renderings

still not a peep from musically, btw...

try emil.y, maybe?

they did special graphics for each album

The Black Keys one made me chuckle.

Stereogum list

50 Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
49 Small Black – New Chain
48 Sharon Van Etten – Epic
47 Baths – Cerulean
46 Frank (Just Frank) – The Brutal Wave
45 Perfume Genius – Learning
44 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
43 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
42 Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement
41 Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
40 Glasser – Ring
39 Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
38 Avey Tare – Down There
37 jj – jj nº3
36 the morning benders – Big Echo
35 Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
34 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
33 MGMT – Congratulations
32 Twin Shadow – Forget
31 Warpaint – The Fool
30 Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude
29 Matthew Dear – Black City
28 Delorean – Subiza
27 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
26 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
25 ceo – White Magic
24 Tamaryn – The Waves
23 SALEM – King Night
22 Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
21 Liars – Sisterworld
20 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
19 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
18 Abe Vigoda – Crush
17 Owen Pallett – Heartland
16 The National – High Violet
15 The-Dream – Love King
14 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
13 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
12 Crystal Castles – II
11 Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
10 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
09 Wild Nothing – Gemini
08 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights
07 Vampire Weekend – Contra
06 Sleigh Bells – Treats
05 Robyn – Body Talk
04 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
03 Beach House – Teen Dream
02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

list very much in character

ZERO decent albums in the top 10 has to be some sort of record

FUCK EVERY FUCKING CLOTH-EAR PUBLICATION THAT PUTS KANYE FIRST

I count four, though Kanye's is definitely not one of them.

02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

~headdesk~

pretty wild that this Kanye record is the first record since, like, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to really getting the indie sites to agree that the major labels sometimes make records better than we do

i like the kanye album alright but it'd be around my top 25-30 ranking or so -- no way #1

that arcade fire record = zzzzzzzzz

i would listen to the antony, robyn and beach house as i like other stuff by them but haven't yet. of what i have heard they are on a 0% average.

who is that "we" whiney?

pretty wild that this Kanye record is the first record since, like, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to really getting the indie sites to agree that the major labels sometimes make records better than we do

"we"? speak for yourself. indie sites and indie critics are firmly over THERE, far far far from where i locate myself.

I like the Arcade Fire record, but it's pointless to stan for it in the face of conflict. You either dig it or your don't, whatevs.

lol xp!!

10 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest - decent, but not a patch on Cryptograms
09 Wild Nothing – Gemini - havent heard, most likely zzzzz
08 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights - not a patch on I Am a Bird Now
07 Vampire Weekend – Contra - zzzzzz
06 Sleigh Bells – Treats - surprisingly decent
05 Robyn – Body Talk - top ten material, A+
04 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
03 Beach House – Teen Dream - zzzzzzzzz
02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs - zzzzzzzzzzzz
01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - flawed, maybe top 30 material

lex isn't indie? when did that happen?

oh didnt notice the deerhunter, i liked that.

I thought the Deerhunter album was their best by far

09 Wild Nothing – Gemini - havent heard, most likely zzzzz

quality criticism here

this is actually a really good album though