thread for tracking best music of the 2010s lists

ought debut is a classic. they made my montreal decade list

My friends love Ought but I’m still struggling with the vocals.

In Conflict should be many places higher, obviously. I also think the alvvays second album is better than the first, but they both belong

I remember at the time writing about The Suburbs on some message board (not this I am pretty sure) and wondering if all the songs sounding pleasant enough but ultimately all the same and seemingly never-ending was meant to be some sort of meta-comment on urban sprawl.

that should be "(not this one I am pretty sure)"

Visions is #1 imo

all the women side-projects are top 10. cindy lee should be on here

very Toronto centric normster list

Crack Magazine top 100 songs

https://crackmagazine.net/article/what-just-happened/the-top-100-songs-of-the-decade/

Very uk-centric but I like it. Lots of songs which were popular on ILM’s EOY poll and which I had even forgotten came out this decade.

"bipp" is a worthy #1

Exclaim! forgot about Heartland :'(

Or maybe they didn't lol! Fuck the past

Holy shit, two of those lists up there put DJ Rashad's Double Cup in the top 10. This warms my heart and gives me hope.

The music video for She A Go might be my favorite this decade.

alvvays and frankie ocean win 2010s everything else zzzzz

i wonder if the Quietus is doing one. now that i might actually enjoy.

they probably are but their recent enough "best albums of the life time of the quietus" (iirc) was really weird and atypical for them because they asked a much wider range of contributors than usual for their votes

didn't see that, but I like the idea of an atypical list

https://thequietus.com/articles/25381-top-100-albums-of-the-quietus-existence-2008-2018-decade

this was it, atypical bc it's a bit less in line with their usual general aesthetic, and some really bizarre picks like the second travis scott album

Lololol genuine joy at 'Blue Pedro' still hanging in there in the Crack list.

:D that's cool! it'll def be in my list

oh, i do remember that Quietus list now. i did a quick look through it at the time and was totally dismayed, so decided to just stick with their end of year hoopla.

15. A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation (2016)

This album is fantastic and everyone should listen to it.

my opo Canadian album of the 10s is Mind Miniatures by Aquarian Foundation

interesting to see Born to Die on a number of these lists. Perhaps it's the latest addition to the "albums that were critically panned upon release but are now acclaimed" club? Or nah?

A Tribe Called Red are really great, I've taught their music in my indigenous lit/history classes. missed their show here last year because i was ill, but heard it was phenomenal from a friend who went.

https://rateyourmusic.com/feature/rate-your-music-100-top-albums-of-the-2010s/

I made two for Time.

SINGLES - https://time.com/5725150/best-songs-2010s-decade/
Adele, "Rolling In the Deep"
Dierks Bentley, "Drunk on a Plane"
Sky Ferreira, "Everything Is Embarrassing"
Hospitality, "I Miss Your Bones'
Luke James, "I Want You"
Khalid, "Young Dumb & Broke"
Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road"
Paramore, "Ain't It Fun"
Robyn, "Dancing On My Own"
Taylor Swift, "All Too Well"

ALBUMS - https://time.com/5725768/best-albums-2010s-decade/
Fiona Apple, THE IDLER WHEEL...
Beauty Pill, BEAUTY PILL DESCRIBES THINGS AS THEY ARE
Beyoncé, LEMONADE
Leonard Cohen, YOU WANT IT DARKER
Carly Rae Jepsen, E•MO•TION
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
Miranda Lambert, THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS
Miguel, KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
Ozuna, AURA
Solange, A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Not an ordered list, but AllMusic just put out a Decade in Review in which most of the albums featured have been upgraded to 5 Stars (with the exception of albums from 2018/2019). Some Interesting choices in there:
https://www.allmusic.com/decade-in-review

Miguel, KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
Ozuna, AURA

Thank you, maura

Also I assume someone from here is responsible for WE ARE KING getting 5 Stars.

fuck that allmusic list is delightful in format and selection

Also I assume someone from here is responsible for WE ARE KING getting 5 Stars.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, November 19, 2019 7:06

good evening!

my favorite album of 2016

fuck that allmusic list is delightful in format and selection

― american bradass (BradNelson)

X2

Hell yes to Drunk on a Plane. Nice one, maura.

https://music.avclub.com/the-50-best-albums-of-the-2010s-1839776060

this one's very dull, the most interesting thing i can say about it is they confusingly put the absolute worst james blake album (overgrown) on it

Ugh James Blake. I get his fandom even less than Frank Ocean’s.

That said, I don’t hate this list. Sure 80% of it is comprised of the “consensus” picks we’ll continue to see everywhere but it somehow feels to me like a more varied list than similar ones in its ranking and selections.

Maybe I’m just happy to see Shabazz so high in here

i enjoy the presentation of the allmusic feature

obligatory left field / not pop / classical / improvised / noise music, etc. on Another Timbr--several *great* albums over the last ten years:

Horsky Park
Lost Daylight (Tilbury)
Ist gefallen in den Schnee
Chamber works 92-09 (Laurence Crane)
Two Pianos (Feldman)
Olivia Block (s/t)

as well as the just-released five disc Feldman box set.. AT are killing it

*Another Timbre

did this one get posted? unranked. https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/10/30/aquarium-drunkard-decade-2010-19/
i contributed! it's a pretty good selection.

I have no idea why AT has garnered so much avant-garde cred and not, say, Kairos or Wergo or Neos or Outhere's sadly dormant Aeon imprint, each of which has put out infinitely more interesting records in my estimation. Actually, I think I know why: AT is British and thus more in tune with the tastes of English-speaking listeners. (Just thinking out loud here – I enjoy AT's releases for the most part.)

Would love to hear some recommendations if you wouldn't mind sharing...

Sure! I'll try to come up with a solid list for the 2010s, I just need a bit of time. Until then, you can check the rolling 2019 classical for some more recent suggestions:

Rolling Classical 2019

Here you go, Lowell – five 2010s favourites per label:

Kairos

Agata Zubel - Not I
Alberto Posadas - Glossopoeia
Marino Formenti - Liszt Inspections
Tristan Murail - Portulan
Yann Robin - Vulcano; Art of Metal I, III

Wergo

Adriana Hölszky - Wie ein gläsernes Meer, mit Feuer gemischt
Heinz Holliger - Choral Utopia
Liza Lim - Tongue of the Invisible
Toshio Hosokawa - Silent Flowers
Wolfgang Rihm - 11. Streichquartett; Interscriptum; Grave

NEOS

Aaron Cassidy - The Crutch of Memory
Arturo Fuentes - Space Factory
Franck Bedrossian, Raphaël Cendo & Christoph Trebue Moore - Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009, Vol. 2
Horațiu Rădulescu - Complete Works for Piano
Philippe Manoury - Le temps, mode d’emploi

Aeon

Brian Ferneyhough - Complete Works for String Quartet & Trio
Jérôme Combier - Gone
Michael Jarrell - …mais les images restent…
Michaël Levinas - La Métamorphose; Je, tu, il
Richard Barrett - Music for Cello and Electronics

Other labels worth mentioning in the same breath: Stradivarius (Italy), Cyprès (Belgium), BIS (Sweden), Ondine (Finland), Col Legno (Austria), DaCapo (Denmark), Mode Records (USA), etc.

excellent.. thank you!!

Making notes.

Pomenitul, what do you think of Sono Luminus' releases of the last few years, all the Icelandic stuff they've been doing?

At times the stuff they release is a little too soundtracky or John Adams-y or neo-Romantic (in the bad sense) for my admittedly idiosyncratic ears, but most of it is really solid and I salute their commitment to Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir's music in particular, as she is one of my favourite living composers. I'm also glad they've got Jenny Lin and Matei Varga – superb pianists both.