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

that is a cool and weird fucking list. are you the only person on earth who knows what that number one is? rasputina! holy toledo.

elvis costello! who knew?

ha great list but i think theres a reason i prefer al's genre-specific ones, theres something sorta wacky to me about being like "so how does this fat joe compare to this year's elvis costello"

http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=2010

Taken from all the main lists apparently

i like the year-end things cuz then i can say stuff like: superchunk are still a band!?

I thought you didn't actually like Kanye's album...?

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I've wanted to hear that Butch Walker album since I heard him the NYT Popcast, but haven't gotten around to it.

I thought you didn't actually like Kanye's album...?

― Indolence Mission (DJP), Friday, December 31, 2010 5:22 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i talk about it in the actual list i linked, but basically a) i treat those lists as a 'yearbook' and obviously am not seriously recommending all 50 of those as unequivocally great albums, b) #34 is not that high and c) if you think an album is just OK and everyone else is giving it 5 stars yeah you end up in kind of an adversarial position toward it and downplay what you enjoy about it but i never said i hate everything about it

the posiestoadies!

MIXMAG’S TOP 100 TUNES OF 2010
1. Tensnake, “Coma Cat” (Permanent Vacation/Defected)
2. Art Department, “Without You” (Crosstown Rebels)
3. Jamie Woon, “Night Air” (Cadent Songs) [Ramadanman remix mentioned]
4. Soul Clap, “Extravaganza” (Wolf + Lamb Black)
5. The Chemical Brothers, “Swoon” (Parlophone) [Lindstrom & Prins Thomas remix mentioned]
6. Caribou, “Odessa” (City Slang)
7. Tinie Tempah, “Pass Out” (Parlophone)
8. The Count & Sinden ft. Mystery Jets, “After Dark” (Domino)
9. Katy B, “Katy on a Mission” (Rinse)
10. Magnetic Man, “I Need Air” (Columbia)

11. Nicolas Jaar, “A Time for Us” (Wolf + Lamb)
12. Swedish House Mafia, “One” (Virgin)
13. Aeroplane, “We Can’t Fly” (Wall of Sound)
14. Duck Sauce, “Barbra Streisand” (3 Beat/AATW)
15. Breakbot, “Baby I’m Yours (Aeroplane Remix)” (Ed Banger)
16. Jamaica, “I Think I Like U 2 (Buffalo Bunch Remix)” (Cooperative)
17. Guy Gerber, “Hate Love” (Supplement Facts)
18. Jamie Jones, “Ruckus” (Hot Creations)
19. Gathering, “In My System (Jef K System Remix)” (Silver Networks)
20. Maceo Plex, “Vibe Your Love” (Crosstown Rebels)

21. Birds & Souls, “Birds & Souls” (Spectral)
22. James Blake, “CMYK” (R&S)
23. Ripperton, “Random Violence” (Green)
24. Groove Armada, “Paper Romance” (Cooking Vinyl)
25. Bakers Dozen (Simon Baker), “Piano Lessons” (Foot and Mouth)
26. Underworld, “Scribble” (Cooking Vinyl)
27. Jozif, “Chicago” (Wolf + Lamb)
28. Rusko ft. Amber Coffman, “Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)” (Ram/Ministry of Sound)
29. Kenny Larkin, “Glob (Claude von Stroke Remix)” (Planet E)
30. Ramadanman, “Work Them” (Swamp 81)

31. Robert James & Burnski, “Malibu” (Hot Creations)
32. Addison Groove, “Footcrab”/“Dumb Shit” (Swamp 81)
33. Gorillaz, “Stylo” (EMI)
34. Hot Natured, “Equilibrium” (Culprit)
35. Azari & III, “Reckless with Your Love (Tensnake Mix)” (Permanent Vacation)
36. Lee Foss, “U Got Me” (Hot Creations)
37. Cassius, “99 (Tim Green Mix)” (Cassius)
38. Larry Heard, “Déjà Vu (Musaria Mix)” (Innervisions)
39. Monarchy, “Love Get Out of My Way (Tim Goldsworthy Dub)” (Monarchy)
40. Jon Hopkins, “Vessel (Four Tet Remix)” (Double Six)

41. Chase & Status ft. Dizzee Rascal, “Heavy” (Mercury)
42. Redlight ft. Ms. Dynamite, “What You Talking About” (Digital Soundboy)
43. Nalin & Kane, “Beachball (Joris Voorn Remix)” (Supra)
44. Crystal Castles, “Celestica” (Fiction)
45. N/A ft. Rosina, “Fables & Fairytales (Deniz Kurtel Remix)” (Crosstown Rebels)
46. Above & Beyond & Gareth Emery Presents Oceanlab, “On a Good Day (Metropolis)” (Anjunabeats)
47. MJ Cole, “Sincere (Neroremix)” (Viper)
48. Boys Noize, “Yeah” (BNR)
49. Flight Facilities ft. Giselle, “Crave You” (Bang, Gang)
50. Japanese Popstars ft. Green Velvet, “Let Go” (Virgin/EMI)

51. Booka Shade, “Regenerate” (Get Physical)
52. Robert James, “Sleep Moods” (Culprit)
53. Four Tet, “Angel Echoes” (Domino)
54. The Revenge ft. Danielle Moore, “Just Be Good to Me” (Needwant)
55. Drop the Lime, “Sex Sax” (Trouble and Bass)
56. Radio Slave, “I Don’t Need a Cure For This (Kenny Larkin Remix)” (Rekids)
57. Shit Robot, “I Got a Feeling” (DFA)
58. Marc Romboy vs. Blake Baxter, “Muzik” (Systematic)
59. Chilly Gonzalez, “Never Stop (Erol Alkan Rework)” (Phantasy Sound)
60. Lenzman ft. Riya, “Open Pate” (Metalheadz)

61. Rank 1 & Jochen Miller, “The Great Escape” (High Contrast)
62. Tiefschwarz, “What You Want” (Souvenir)
63. Girl Unit, “Wut” (Night Slugs)
64. High Rankin, “Duncan’s Disco Dirt Box Disaster” (Suicide Dubs)
65. Gyptian, “Hold You” (Levels)
66. Deadboy, “If U Want Me” (Numbers)
67. S.A.S. (Subb_an & Adam Shelton), “In the Candy Store” (Foot & Mouth)
68. James Blake, “Limit to Your Love” (Atlas)
69. Midnight Magic, “Beam Me Up” (Permanent Vacation)
70. Thugfucker, “Disco Gnome (Tale of Us Remix)” (Barraca)

71. Chrisophe, “Make a Mark” (Redux)
72. System F, “Out of the Blue (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)” (Premier)
73. Floating Points/Shark Chase, “People’s Potential” (Eglo)
74. Mason, “Runaway” (Animal Language)
75. Don Diablo, “Who’s Your Daddy (A. Skillz Remix)” (Sony)
76. Giuseppe Ottavani ft. Faith, “Angel” (Vandit)
77. Crystal Castles/Robert Smith, “Not in Love” (Fiction)
78. Mr. Sofalumpkins, “Day the Funk Died” (Geniuskills)
79. Paul Maddox, “Endangered” (Tidy Trax)
80. Wolf + Lamb, “Keep Me Up All Night (Dancing)” (Wolf + Lamb)

81. Ali Wilson, “Pandora” (Incharge)
82. Massive Attack, “Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)” (Rcrd Lbl)
83. Two Bears, “Curious Nature” (Southern Fried)
84. Loco Dice, “Definition” (Desolat)
85. Noisia, “Machine Gun” (Vision)
86. Yeasayer, “O.N.E.” (Mute)
87. Technicolour & Komatic, “Skyline Boulevard” (Technique)
88. Gareth Emery ft. Lucy Saunders, “Sanctuary” (Garuda)
89. Four Tet, “Sing (Floating Points Remix)” (Domino)
90. George Lenton, “Sorry” (Wicky Lindows)

91. James Devlin, “Suplex (Andy Farley Remix)” (Devotion Dance)
92. Underworld, “Bird 1” (Cooking Vinyl)
93. The Aiku, “Just Can’t Sleep (Mighty Mouse Remix)” (Abracada)
94. Factory Floor, “A Wooden Box (Stephen Morris Mix)” (Blast First Petite)
95. Jamie Jones & Ghadi Mizrahi, “Nasty Things” (Wolf + Lamb)
96. Yolanda Be Cool & DCup, “We No Speak Americano” (AATW/Sweat It Out)
97. Actress, “Maze (Long Version)” (Honest Jon’s)
98. Quest, “Smooth Skin” (Deep Medi Musik)
99. DJ Koze, “Blume Der Nacht” (Pampa)
100. Joker, “Tron” (Kapsize)

i talk about it in the actual list i linked, but basically a) i treat those lists as a 'yearbook' and obviously am not seriously recommending all 50 of those as unequivocally great albums, b) #34 is not that high and c) if you think an album is just OK and everyone else is giving it 5 stars yeah you end up in kind of an adversarial position toward it and downplay what you enjoy about it but i never said i hate everything about it

I guess different strokes for different folks; if I was making a list, I would stop when I ran out of albums I was enthusiastic about.

I think there were probably 25 albums that came out this year that I loved; I would rather enthuse about them for longer than pad the list out with 25 more albums that I thought were adequate.

i'm glad al makes big lists because i like his writing

Odd that Bromance is not on the Mixmag list, was def one of the biggest tunes this year along with One, Barbra Streisand and No Speak Americano.

As usual the Mixmag list is an interesting mix of anthems, the same stuff RA and FACT like, and then unexpected curios. Excellent top 5.

Underrated mag IMO.

considering how vociferous al was in his criticisms of the kanye record -- including giving me crap for not liking the record while criticizing some arguments against it -- i am also surprised he would rank it

Deej I think you would really like Soulclap btw.

yah its dope! i was linked to it from somewhere else or it turned up on another list & i checked it

what a horribly generic name for a producer tho haha

Not even their best edit. "Lovelight" from last year was ace.

Yeah I ignored them for quite a while because i thought with a name like that they could only be deathly deathly boring conservative house.

And their whole free R&B edit EP too.

Fully agree w/Tim's assessment of the mag.

That said, I see a lot of stuff I remember giving 5s and 6s on The Singles Jukebox.

Yeah I'm not saying I like everything on this list, I just think it's got a much broader and more interesting range than lots of people give it credit for.

oh god i have heard this yeah -- the Kells one is dope -- i totally forgot who this was cuz of their name lol

im getting a lot of error messages from download sites lately, i wonder whats up

Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): Unknown error.

Reminds me I didn't nom a song of theirs for the poll. That should be corrected.

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This year I'm also seeing a lot less RA/FACT/Mixmag crossover than I often do, except at the very top. (Tensnake and Art Department ate everything else, it seems. I can't deny my hand in that, either: "Coma Cat" was #1 on my RA ballot, partly to make a point; it's 10th on my Pazz & Jop, which is where it really lands for me.) I think that just speaks to the amount of seriously good dance music there was in a lot of areas. If anything, the RA tracks list looks the most widely representative of it, which is kind of funny since it's only 50 instead of the 100 FACT and Mixmag have. It's fun, of course--more things to hear. It also, I think, speaks to the real explosion of options dance music especially has undergone. Consensus is great but not always necessary, I think, at least from a listening standpoint.

I often think of RA as halfway between Mixmag than FACT so that makes sense.

I need to catch up on dance music. I've barely listened to any of it this year.

Cool lists from Dummy:

Albums: http://www.dummymag.com/lists/2010/12/22/the-61-best-albums-of-the-year/
Tracks: http://www.dummymag.com/lists/2010/12/31/the-56-best-tracks-of-the-year/
EPs: http://www.dummymag.com/lists/2010/12/31/the-27-best-eps-of-the-year/

mixmag is the only place to rep for that awesome groove armada song, im with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cQF2ebgOM

lol well done Groove Armada still going

i talk about it in the actual list i linked, but basically a) i treat those lists as a 'yearbook' and obviously am not seriously recommending all 50 of those as unequivocally great albums, b) #34 is not that high and c) if you think an album is just OK and everyone else is giving it 5 stars yeah you end up in kind of an adversarial position toward it and downplay what you enjoy about it but i never said i hate everything about it

I guess different strokes for different folks; if I was making a list, I would stop when I ran out of albums I was enthusiastic about.

I think there were probably 25 albums that came out this year that I loved; I would rather enthuse about them for longer than pad the list out with 25 more albums that I thought were adequate.

― Indolence Mission (DJP), Saturday, January 1, 2011 4:55 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah hence the 'yearbook' philosophy, the top 20 or so is a pretty serious "best of the year" thing, the rest is so in 5 or 10 years i can easily look back and see what i was listening to. not about padding, just having a wider scope for the sake of personal indulgence.

considering how vociferous al was in his criticisms of the kanye record -- including giving me crap for not liking the record while criticizing some arguments against it -- i am also surprised he would rank it

― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Saturday, January 1, 2011 5:20 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was never on the lex tip of "this album is HORRIBLE and has NO VALUE AT ALL" though. if i thought it was completely worthless i probably wouldn't listen to it more than once or think enough to post on a thread about it that many times?

i think it's pedestrian and incredibly boring rather than totally worthless. two stars, remember!

so "pedestrian and incredibly boring" that you felt compelled to repeatedly state your case as such in a 4000 plus post thread concerning the subject? hmm, how much worse could it have been if you really hated it? i wonder...

(j/k dude. i know it was the zeitgeist-y aspect of the thing--as well as the overtly-fawning, hyperbolic silliness of the many rave reviews, of course--that irked you and others so.)

It pains me to hear peolple admit they're ranking albums they don't feel strongly about.

oh come on, a personal list's #34 being "i heard this too, it wasn't bad" is like some sort of failing?

Kind of implies dude should hear more records imo

nah, i probably didn't love more than 20 records this year, and heard at least 10 times that many

Considering that most lists seem to have the same albums in slightly different order, It seems like modern day critics dont seem to listen to as many albums as say Chuck does. And Chuck is always saying how P&J lists weren't like that in the 80s. Do most critics only stay within narrow comfort zones today?

shiplo said "I probably listened to somewhere between 100 and 200 new albums this year"

i feel like y'all listen to too many new releases. when do u socialize, get laid, or watch sports films & tv? or even given it's ilm, when do u relisten to your favorite records? absent a critic having a regular reviewing gig why would u expect numbers in advance of these?

xp to whiney

Me and unperson got in that argument on another thread. Its getting way more common since it's way more profitable to be the "world music expert" or "corny indie fuck" expert when an editor starts calling. Def a product of people going to specialty blogs more and more, tailoring their experiences...

shiplo said "I probably listened to somewhere between 100 and 200 new albums this year"

i feel like y'all listen to too many

new releases. when do u socialize, get laid, or watch sports films & tv? or even given it's ilm, when do u relisten to your favorite records? absent a critic having a regular reviewing gig why would u expect numbers in advance of these?
--zvookster

In tweet-reviewed 425 records and probably heard another 200 to 400 on top of that. I listen all day and do fun things all night.

yeah i know that, it's cool that it's your normal lyfe but i'm just saying u seem view that sort of listening as necessary from list-makers, which is dumb

zvookster otm

absent a critic having a regular reviewing gig why would u expect numbers in advance of these?

I expect a rock critic to listen to records. The job requirement shouldn't have too much else really.