http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=albums_of_2010_75_73&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:04 (thirteen years ago) link
This is from the xtianrock list. I have no idea who this band is, but I'm way into this cover (even as bad as it is):
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mzSb8kli0i0/TO13ryfUqAI/AAAAAAAAAEA/9q9ZXZLMveI/s320/Write%2Bthis%2BDown.jpg
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
is Q Magazine always first? it seems that way.
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
first out gets all the press in the dailies & websites and also gets big sales before people get fed up with list overload. But most of the magazines come out on the 1st of the month now
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:27 (thirteen years ago) link
so Q is big enough to get mentioned in daily newspapers and it will actually boost sales. Hence the lists get out.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I think
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Mojo
50 Matthew Dear – Black City49 Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali & Toumani48 John Legend & The Roots- Wake Up!47 Jane Weaver & Septieme Souer – The Fallen By Watch Bird46 Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back45 Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil44 Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky43 The Besnard Lakes – Are The Roaring Night42 Kelley Soltz – To Dreamers41 Tom Jones – Praise and Blame40 Eli Paperboy Reed – Come and Get It39 Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephens – For The Ghosts Within38 Gonjasufi – A Sufi And A Killer37 Teenage Fanclub – Shadows36 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening35 M.I.A. - // / Y /34 Villagers – Becoming A Jackal33 The Roots – How I Got Over You32 Robert Plant – Band of Joy31 Neil Young – Le Noise30 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid29 Gill Scott-Heron – I’m New Here28 DangerMouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night of The Soul27 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)26 Gorillaz – Plastic Beach25 Foals – Total Life Forever24 The Jim Jones Revue – Burning Your House Down23 Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings – I Learned The Hard Way22 Sam Amidon – I See The Sign21 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk20 Grinderman - Grinderman 219 Rumer – Seasons of My Soul18 Caribou – Swim17 Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom – Duppy Writer16 Aerial Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today15 Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo14 Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man13 Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me12 Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone11 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest10 Doug Paisley – Constant Companion9 The Coral – Butterfly House8 Phosphorescent – Here’s To Taking It Easy7 Midlake – The Courage of Others6 Paul Weller – Wakes Up The Nation5 The Black Keys – Brothers4 Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep3 MGMT – Congratulations2 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs1 John Grant – Queen of Denmark
Never heard of John Grant until I saw these lists, is it any good? Can't believe MGMT is #3 on the Mojo list, I thought it was an appalling mess.
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Sunday, 28 November 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
John Grant fka singer in The Czars. This album is as patchy as most Czars records were, but the transcendent moments still exist.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 28 November 2010 11:25 (thirteen years ago) link
this year's EOY lists are going to be especially infuriating, i don't think i've liked ANY crit-hyped record this year (apart from laura marling, and even then that's just the UK), and most of my personal favourites have gone unnoticed rather
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Sunday, 28 November 2010 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I've only heard five albums on the Q list (Gorillaz, Black Keys, Interpol, LCD Soundsystem, Bryan Ferry).
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 28 November 2010 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I've heard six on the Mojo list (LCD Soundsystem, MIA, Neil Young, Gorillaz, Sharon Jones, Black Keys). Yes, now it can be told: I got the Swans album in the mail and never played it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 28 November 2010 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I got the Swans album in the mail and never played it.
i downloaded it but i'm afraid to play it for fear it will damage my (old) eardrums.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 28 November 2010 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure if we're including record shop lists, but the Piccadilly Records Top 100 is here. Top 20:
1 - Gil Scott-Heron I'm New Here 2 - The National High Violet 3 - Caribou Swim4 - Field Music Field Music (Measure) 5 - The Phantom Band The Wants 6 - Broken Bells Broken Bells 7 - Four Tet There Is Love In You8 - Shit Robot From The Cradle To The Rave 9 - LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening 10 - Sun Araw Off Duty / Boat Trip 11 - Beach House Teen Dream 12 - Thee Oh Sees Warm Slime 13 - The Black Angels Phosphene Dream 14 - Seahawks Ocean Trippin' 15 - The Hundred In The Hands The Hundred In The Hands 16 - Aloe Blacc Good Things 17 - Smoke Fairies Through Low Light & Trees 18 - Toro Y Moi Causers Of This 19 - Gonjasufi A Sufi And A Killer 20 - Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part 2 - Return Of The Ankh
My reaction is about 50% "Who?", 25% "No" and 25% "Yes!".
― seandalai, Sunday, 28 November 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I have no idea what the final Wire list will look like, but here's the Top Ten I sent them:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki, Rock ’n’ Roll Circus (Avex Trax)2. High On Fire, Snakes for the Divine (E1)3. Rick Ross, Teflon Don (Def Jam)4. Ihsahn, After (The End)5. Shining, Blackjazz (The End)6. Inherit Disease, Visceral Transcendence (Unique Leader)7. Decrepit Birth, Polarity (Nuclear Blast)8. Negura Bunget, Vîrstele Pamîntului (Aural Music/Code 66)9. John Zorn, Ipsissimus (Tzadik)10. Rotting Christ, AEALO (Century Media)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 28 November 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, so far I adore three of the Piccadilly list. I like 6 of the Q list.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 28 November 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
2. High On Fire, Snakes for the Divine (E1)
It'll bring the lols if HOF get into the "avant rock" top 20 again
― Blackening Electrical Connections (Matt #2), Sunday, 28 November 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think i've liked ANY crit-hyped record this year
Me as well, with few exceptions... The fewest I can ever remember from any year.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 28 November 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Unperson, have you done a separate list for the Latin music you listen to?
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
No, but I might do that on my blog. Also, The Wire asked for a Top Five list of reissues, and these were the first two:
1. Fania All-Stars, Ponte Duro: The Fania All-Stars Story (Fania)2. Los Saicos, ¡Demolición! The Complete Recordings (Munster)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
just want to be the annual grouch to point out that it's FUCKING NOVEMBER
― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
well played
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
And you're expecting to be blown away, to have your whole perspective on 2010 altered, by exactly...what?...in the next four weeks?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
well, it looks like these lists came out before kanye's album, for one thing.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
(maybe that disc didn't make these lists, but . . .)
I think it's very imaginable that in a month's time an album could come out that would have made it on someone's list otherwise.
Yeah, not to mention that if these lists are coming out now, when were they actually finalized?
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i think it's good to have a month (december) where little comes out but you have a chance to catch up and/or reevaluate before making your list.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm hopeful that I might find some good stuff on some of the December/EOY lists that I haven't heard yet.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the ciara and diddy/dirty money albums aren't out yet. neither is the nicolas jaar compilation. the jazmine sullivan, kanye west, rihanna and yelawolf albums have only just been released (not that i like the kanye/rihanna ones but they were certainly anticipated for good reason). nov/dec release dates for big artists are par for the course in the music industry.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
big partists, particularly hip-hop, r&b and pop ones - it's just a commercially obvious time to release it
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
*artists
ugh typos
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:04 (10 hours ago)
Dude [Visitor] //November 25 2010 at 11:42I see Sufjan Stevens got a complimentary nod because you all realised you'd be totally fucking lame if you ignored it completely. This angers me.
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
loooooool at the mgmt on this thread.
2010 has been terrific although you wouldn't have guessed it by looking on here.
― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yup
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, some kind of turning point for me -- I know and like 6 of the things on the Decibel list, which is more than on any of the other ones.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
And there's at least 3 or 4 more things on the Decibel list I really want to check out, which is also more true than for Q or Mojo.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
commenters under NME articles are so overwhelmingly miserable and solipsistic
― cthulhu thuggin (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I see [x] got a complimentary nod because you all realised you'd be totally fucking lame if you ignored it completely
going to catch on in 2k11 imo
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
five years since 'no sufjan, no credibility' and, well, how life changes
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
John Grant's my album of the year - unusually Mojo of me. I don't see it getting much ILX love though.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe it's a 'we ignored the czars mostly' thing so they overpraise his mediocre solo record.
― keythhtyek, Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Or maybe not.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think it's a mediocre album.
― henry s, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Not a magazine, but here's the Rough Trade Shops 100 of the year:
1. Caribou - Swim2. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here3. These New Puritans - Hidden4. Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now5. Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy6. Darkstar - North7. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM8. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner9. Wild Nothing - Gemini10. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker11. Broken Bells - Broken Bells12. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo13. The National - High Violet14. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I’m Here?15. Beach House - Teen Dream16. Voice Of The Seven Thunders - Voice Of The Seven Thunders17. Perfume Genius - Learning18. Crocodiles - Sleep Forever19. The Black Keys - Brothers20. The Morning Benders - Big Echo- Foals - Total Life Forever21. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs22. Salem - King Night23. Brian Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea24. Dylan Leblanc - Paupers Field25. Joanna Newson - Have One On Me26. Matthew Dear - Black City27. Warpaint - The Fool28. Liars - Sisterworld29. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening30. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark31. Konono No 1 - Assume Crash Position32. Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light And Trees33. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast- Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest34. Villagers - Becoming A Jackal35. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles36. Mount Kimbie - Crooks And Lovers37. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma38. Best Coast - Crazy For You39. PVT - Church With No Magic40. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can41. Vampire Weekend - Contra42. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep43. Yeasayer - Odd Blood44. Midlake - The Courage Of Others45. The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack46. Sleigh Bells - Treats47. O Children - O Children48. Glasser - Ring49. Zola Jesus - Stridulum 250. Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library51. Sea Of Bees - Songs For The Ravens52. JJ - No353. Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise54. Twin Shadow - Forget55. Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer56. Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth57. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today58. Cours Lapin - Cours Lapin59. Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez60. School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire61. Beach Fossils - Beach Fossils62. Shit Robot - From The Cradle To The Rave63. Jonsi - Go64. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be65. Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love66. Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower67. Connan Mokasin - Please Turn Me Into The Snat68. Holy Fuck - Latin69. The School - Loveless Unbeliever70. Tobacco - Maniac Meat71. Dios - We Are Dios72. Allo Darlin’ - Allo Darlin’73. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky74. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts75. El Guincho - Pop Negro76. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal77. Kort (Kurt Wagner And Cortney Tidwell) - Invariable Heartache78. Solar Bears - She Was Coloured In79. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing80. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz81. Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back82. Grinderman - Grinderman 283. Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards - Shakes84. Stornoway - Beachcomber’s Windowsill85. Tamaryn - The Waves86. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt87. Four Tet - There Is Love In You88. Magic Kids - Memphis89. Marina And The Diamonds - Family Jewels90. Mystery Jets - Serotonin91. Black Angels - Phosphene Dream92. Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul93. Fool’s Gold - Fool’s Gold94. Frankie Rose And The Outs - Frankie Rose And The Outs95. Aloe Blacc - Good Things96. Drums Of Death - Generation Hexed97. Am - Future Sons And Daughters98. Field Music - Field Music (Measure)99. Hot Chip - One Life Stand100. Time And Spacemachine - Set Phazer To Stun
― henry s, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I have 11.
― henry s, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
(Not tellin' which ones.)
― henry s, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
33 The Roots – How I Got Over You
love Mojo's inadvertent "we love this album so much we can't remember the exact title" over here
― some dude, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
― keythhtyek, Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:48 (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I've not heard the album in question (dude is only on my radar at all cos two of my friends made a lol video for him, so I'm mildly o_0 about him being near the tops of these lists) but this makes no sense - why would mags have any obligation to care about him?
― cthulhu thuggin (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
They have an obligation to write about him because youtube commenters say he writes beautiful melodies
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I really like the new MGMT, better than the first in fact.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno if it's in the 'spirit' of this thread but here is a bunch of dorks from bands etc listing their 'best sounds of 2010': http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/28/best-sounds-2010?CMP=twt_gu
dude from Magnetic Man just edging out Antony in the thinly-disguised nepotism contest
― cthulhu thuggin (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
don't remember-- use search function?
xp
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Monday, 10 January 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure it will be alive & well in the EOY poll.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 10 January 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think electro(-)dribble has been a meme since 2009
Yeah, I am probably a late adopter of it in this case.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 10 January 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Gallery of unfortunate band photos
― Are you anticipating an end to the Age of Stupid? (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 10 January 2011 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://largeup.okayplayer.com/2011/01/04/toppa-top-10-pan-caribbean-anthems-of-2010/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 January 2011 06:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Deej's top 50 tracks list and top 20 albums list is excellent:
http://kingdrake1.tumblr.com/post/2679093152/david-drakes-top-50-songs-2010-1-husalah-you
― Tim F, Monday, 10 January 2011 12:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Albums list: http://kingdrake1.tumblr.com/post/2676636332/david-drakes-top-20-lps-2010-1-e-40-revenue
― Tim F, Monday, 10 January 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
that swedish house mafia is transcendent
― flopson, Monday, 10 January 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Has there been much momentum behind the Jacka & Laroo record at all? Only heard it for the first time last week and loved it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 10 January 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
tim he put together a utube playlist upthread (tho it shld go from 1-50 imo, still cool obv)
― zvookster, Monday, 10 January 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
oh nm he linked all the youtubes @ yr link :o
― zvookster, Monday, 10 January 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Christgau Dean's List (82 albums, 20 singles)
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Rock-Roll/The-Dean-s-List-Christgau-s-Best-of-2010/ba-p/4023
And year-end essay
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Rock-Roll/Live-Albums/ba-p/4025
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
no way is nicholas payton 23
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
He's saying Payton was 23 in 1997, when he made the album with Doc Cheatham (which looks about right, if Wiki is.)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
does xgau usually put old stuff in his list? there's a bunch of 2009 albums there, and his #8 single is from 2006.
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
He often applies the Pazz & Jop "Year Of Impact" rule (so do I), when it comes to releases he connected with the year after they technically came out. Though 2006 might be pushing things. (He's pushed things more in the past, though; i.e., naming the Clash's 1982 "Rock The Casbah" his #1 single of 2001.)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i get the year of impact thing, though it makes way less sense for albums. what impact did lil wayne or nicki minaj's old mixtapes have in 2010?! and the 2006 single certainly didn't have any greater impact than this year than in the four previous.
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, it apparently had more impact on him, which it what matters, since it's his list. (Not defending the 2006 choice, which I know nothing about. But also, I don't get how "late impact" can't happen just as much with albums as with singles -- especially, say, November or December releases that wind up breaking a couple hits the following year, or barely distributed albums on tiny labels that everybody ignored the year before. Not all critics feel the compulsion to hear albums the day they come out, thank God.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 13 January 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
reposting this from Marathonpacks, v interesting:
The sales numbers for Pitchfork’s 2010 top 50 albums, as represented by the January 12 Soundscans (some weren’t present, of course). Erykah Badu and Hot Chip I ballparked based on the last charts they appeared on a couple months ago. Otherwise: listicle without commentary!50 Wavves – King of the Beach (18,563)49 Wild Nothing – Gemini (8,773)44 Kylesa – Spiral Shadow (7,778)43 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (15,101)42 Drake – Thank Me Later (1,219,473)39 Best Coast – Crazy For You (48,296)38 Rick Ross – Teflon Don (541,299)35 Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (385,454)34 Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles (39,368)33 The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt (35,524)29 The Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange (3,633)28 The National – High Violet (211,615)27 Four Tet – There Is Love in You (22,228)26 Twin Shadow – Forget (10,985)25 Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz (100,405)24 Hot Chip – One Life Stand (~30k)22 Girls – Broken Dreams Club EP (10,266)21 The Walkmen – Lisbon (39,159)18 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (~300k)17 Caribou – Swim (33,803)16 Sleigh Bells – Treats (94,478)15 Robyn – Body Talk (23,869)14 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma (33,574)13 No Age – Everything In Between (13,802)12 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid (129,152)11 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (459,083)10 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor (26,090)09 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today (25,942)08 James Blake – The Bells Sketch EP / CMYK EP / Klavierwerke EP (511/4,091/na)07 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me (48,754)06 Vampire Weekend – Contra (454,914)05 Beach House – Teen Dream (104,217)04 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (208,747)03 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest (59,879)02 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening (126,288)01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (915,391)
50 Wavves – King of the Beach (18,563)49 Wild Nothing – Gemini (8,773)44 Kylesa – Spiral Shadow (7,778)43 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (15,101)42 Drake – Thank Me Later (1,219,473)39 Best Coast – Crazy For You (48,296)38 Rick Ross – Teflon Don (541,299)35 Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (385,454)34 Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles (39,368)33 The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt (35,524)29 The Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange (3,633)28 The National – High Violet (211,615)27 Four Tet – There Is Love in You (22,228)26 Twin Shadow – Forget (10,985)25 Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz (100,405)24 Hot Chip – One Life Stand (~30k)22 Girls – Broken Dreams Club EP (10,266)21 The Walkmen – Lisbon (39,159)18 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (~300k)17 Caribou – Swim (33,803)16 Sleigh Bells – Treats (94,478)15 Robyn – Body Talk (23,869)14 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma (33,574)13 No Age – Everything In Between (13,802)12 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid (129,152)11 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (459,083)10 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor (26,090)09 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today (25,942)08 James Blake – The Bells Sketch EP / CMYK EP / Klavierwerke EP (511/4,091/na)07 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me (48,754)06 Vampire Weekend – Contra (454,914)05 Beach House – Teen Dream (104,217)04 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (208,747)03 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest (59,879)02 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening (126,288)01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (915,391)
some of these are genuinely sad to me! like, these are both FANTASTIC-- & i thought both had more big fans??
44 Kylesa – Spiral Shadow (7,778)27 Four Tet – There Is Love in You (22,228)
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Thursday, 13 January 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
You're seriously Kylesa and Four Tet have only sold that much?
― flutes & fucking mexican death horns (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
im surprised four tet sold that much
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Thursday, 13 January 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah.
― flutes & fucking mexican death horns (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Interesting to see the different brackets:
Drake/Kanye/Rick Ross >>> Arcade Fire/Vampire Weekend/Gorillaz >>> Erykah/Big Boi/National >>> LCD/Janelle/Beach House/Sleigh Bells/Sufjan >>> everyone else
I guess the Joanna Newsom album really stiffed in relation to her profile. Nothing else surprises me as much.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Are those stats US only?
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, depending on chart rules, the Joanna Newsom might have only sold a third that many copies, surely? Doubles counting as two sales etc in the UK.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Those are US.
― flutes & fucking mexican death horns (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
07 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me (48,754)
this is surprising no matter how sales are counted, i would've expected her up there at 100,000+ with sufjan, beach house, etc.
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I wouldn't have!
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I still have no idea who the hell Beach House are.
― flutes & fucking mexican death horns (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Nor did I til a month ago and now it's one of my favourite records of the year. 104,217 Americans can't be wrong.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
― flutes & fucking mexican death horns (The Reverend), Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:37 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol rev we covered this earlier in this thread i think!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I just prefer thinking about Beach House as a bad Goa trance album name from 1998 on Moonshine.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 January 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I would still prefer that to the actual Beach House
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Thursday, 13 January 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
lol you listen to beach house
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Thursday, 13 January 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
they are good. it's crazy they sold 100 000+ copies! they seem like really great people, too. didn't listen to the new album much but devotion is an all time classic
― flopson, Thursday, 13 January 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
15k in the US for Tame Impala is pretty impressive since, afaik, it still hasn't been given a domestic release (Amazon still has only the import for like $30)
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 January 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't know if this has been posted yet:
Geoffrey Himes' Top 100 Albums of 2010
http://option-magazine.com/2011/01/01/himes-hundred-best-albums-of-2010/
― jetfan, Friday, 14 January 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome!
― some dude, Friday, 14 January 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link