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

NME Tracks

75. Jam City, 'Ecstasy Refix'
74. Eminem Feat. Rihanna, 'Love The Way You Lie'
73. Addison Groove, 'Footcrab'
72. Active Child, 'She Was A Vision'
71. The Futureheads, ‘The Heartbeat Song’
70. DJ Nate, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’
69. Egyptian Hip Hop, 'Moon Crooner'
68. Foals, ‘Miami’
67. New Young Pony Club, ‘Lost A Girl'
66. Les Savy Fav, 'Let's Get Out Of Here'
65. Beach House, ‘Zebra'
64. Joy Orbison, ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’
63. Islet, ‘Ringerz’
62. Caribou, ‘Odessa’
61. Salem, 'King Night'
60. Dead Skeletons, 'Dead Mantra'
59. Willow Smith, 'Whip My Hair'
58. Frankie & The Heartstrings, 'Tender'
57. Interpol, 'Lights'
56. Sleigh Bells, 'Tell 'Em'
55. Gaggle, 'I Hear Flies'
54. Vampire Weekend, 'Giving Up The Gun'
53. Warpaint, 'Elephants'
52. Klaxons, 'Echoes'
51. Kelis, '4th Of July (Fireworks)'
50. Summer Camp, 'Ghost Train'
49. Crocodiles, 'Sleep Forever'
48. Mystery Jets, 'Dreaming Of Another World'
47. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, 'Round And Round'
46. Manic Street Preachers, '(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love'
45. Liars, 'Scissor'
44. Biffy Clyro, 'Bubbles'
43. Darwin Deez, 'Constellations'
42. Robyn, 'Dancing On My Own'
41. Foals, 'This Orient'
40. Kele, 'Tenderoni'
39. Arcade Fire, 'Ready To Start'
38. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, 'Bang Bang Bang'
37. Glasser, 'Home'
36. Les Savy Fav, 'Sleepless In Silverlake'
35. The Knife, 'Colouring Of Pigeons'
34. Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg, 'California Gurls'
33. Big Boi, 'Shutterbugg'
32. Klaxons, 'Flashover'
31. Cee Lo Green, 'Fuck You'
30. Yeasayer, 'O.N.E.'
29. My Chemical Romance, 'Na Na Na'
28. The Drums, 'Forever And Ever, Amen'
27. Tinie Tempah, 'Pass Out'
26. Magnetic Man Feat. Katy B, 'Perfect Stranger'
25. Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce, 'Telephone'.
24. Everything Everything, 'Schoolin''
23. LCD Soundsystem, 'I Can Change'
22. Yeasayer, 'Ambling Alp'
21. Avi Buffalo, 'What’s In It For?'
20. Kelis, 'Acapella'
19. Crystal Castles, 'Celestica'
18. Egyptian Hip Hop, 'Rad Pitt'
17. The National, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio'
16. Best Coast, 'Boyfriend'
15. Warpaint, 'Undertow'
14. These New Puritans, 'We Want War'
13. LCD Soundsystem, 'Drunk Girls'.
12. Factory Floor, 'Lying'
11. MIA, 'Born Free'
10. The Fall, 'Bury Pts 2+4'
9. Zola Jesus, 'Night'
8. Grinderman, 'Heathen Child'
7. Surfer Blood, 'Swim (To Reach The End)'
6. Gorillaz, 'Stylo'
5. Arcade Fire, 'We Used To Wait'
4. Kanye West, 'Power'
3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'
2. MIA, 'XXXO'
1. Foals, 'Spanish Sahara'

75. Jam City, 'Ecstasy Refix'

WOW serious respect for this one actually ("arpjam" is better but we'll give them a pass seeing as it was only released this week)

there are quite a few really good songs elsewhere in the list but tbh there's a lot of total bullshit as well, and like the albums it gets worse and worse the higher you go, because the nme fundamentally has shitty taste

Slam dunking in at no. 35, it's the Knife...

34. Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg, 'California Gurls'

serious respect for this one...

NAH

That NME top 10 is fucking awful and I am totally unsurprised to see them repping for Jam City.

I *am* surprised to see DJ Nate in there.

oh nos. 6, 8 are damn good songs.

tho i would have chosen a different grinderman song (worm tamer), and a different zola jesus song (poor animals)

70. DJ Nate, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’
65. Beach House, ‘Zebra'
64. Joy Orbison, ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’
59. Willow Smith, 'Whip My Hair'
56. Sleigh Bells, 'Tell 'Em'
51. Kelis, '4th Of July (Fireworks)'
37. Glasser, 'Home'
33. Big Boi, 'Shutterbugg'
27. Tinie Tempah, 'Pass Out'
26. Magnetic Man Feat. Katy B, 'Perfect Stranger'
15. Warpaint, 'Undertow'
14. These New Puritans, 'We Want War'
5. Arcade Fire, 'We Used To Wait'
3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'

Will rep for these, but that's it.

That NME top 10 is fucking awful and I am totally unsurprised to see them repping for Jam City.

i wonder if it will ever be possible to mention a night slugs related thing on ilx without one of you, tim or rtc snarking.

i'm surprised at kelis being the token r&b diva (not that those songs are r&b but ygm), surprised at anyone remembering that knife opera (and choosing to rep for it in the tracks list?!) and surprised in a bad way at that eminem/rihanna song showing up. why would anyone vote for that, why.

3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'

she's r&b(-ish), no?

tracks from that in my own top 100

xxxo - but the SBTRKT remix
tightrope
stylo (maybe)
undertow (maybe)
celestica (srs grower)
i can change (ditto)
telephone (and again)
pass out
shutterbugg
round and round
the shrew...

i'm surprised at kelis being the token r&b diva (not that those songs are r&b but ygm)

Nah they've been pro-Kelis since the first album, she is very much the r&b diva it's okay for indie kids to like. Janelle Monae too now, but she's almost as much rock as she is r&b (in the way that, say, Prince was).

surprised at anyone remembering that knife opera (and choosing to rep for it in the tracks list?!)

I've gone back to it and it's growing on me the second time around. But yeah, opting for individual tracks off it is a bit of a cop out.

the only actual r&b song in the list is, like, "whip my hair" anyway

we know that "call me when you're sober" is based around an evanescence sample, of all things, right? it's such an amazing track though not as stupendous as "poetry" imo

the only actual r&b song in the list is, like, "whip my hair" anyway

Come on, Tightrope totally counts, it's virtually a Rich Harrison production.

I don't like the Foals record but it's obviously in their demographic, but it's just utterly incomprehensible to me that anyone could make a credible argument for XXXO being the second-best song of the year.

yeah "tightrope" is obv retro-r&b, i should've put modern r&b

prefer 'seeds' to 'colouring of pigeons' but i will probably like the remixes more

Zola Jesus: cool name, unfuckingbelievably boring

Eh, 'I Can't Stand' is one of the stand-out gloom anthems for these miserable times imo.

Agree with blueski re. 'Seeds' too.

I'm kind of curious now to see if Paul Weller makes *any* US lists...

The guy is a total pissflap, I'd be pleased not to see his name much anywhere

Let me guess which country you're from...

First time in years that I haven't heard the NME's top single/track. Listening now. it just sounds like one of Bloc Party's big, moody, faintly electronic numbers. Is acclaim for Foals (number one album in The Fly) the manifestation of a desperate desire for a 20something Radiohead?

people actually listen to more of bloc party than banquet? guys are definition one hit wonders, the rest of their songs have zero imagination.

same applies to kaiser chiefs, who apparently are (for whatever reason) still popular

Let me guess which country you're from...

The US actually, I just read a lot of brit mags at the bookstore...the current or last NME in which he poses upon the cover with beefy forearms calling UK to a revolution (headed under him, of course) made me want to gag the guy.

also uk-born insults are so much funner than commonalities here like "you fucking douchebag" and "dumbass bitch" and such

There may be some truth to that, but between "pissflap" and buying NME, I think you've lost your US citizenship.

I'm just fascinated by the (apparent) fact that everyone in the UK hates him and nobody in the US knows him, other than weirdo Jam fans and the like. He probably should have released the album under an alias that implied that David Bowie was behind the whole thing...

Anyway, I'm pleasantly surprised to see it popping up on year end lists, though from my cramped perspective I don't know if it's happening for good or for bad reasons.

Nice to see Field Music at least getting a few scraps of recognition on these lists.

most of my disgruntle stems from the fact that kevin shields, when he should be developing that new album in promise for over 20 years, was caught as the guitarist for weller's nme concert in which he was hailed a "godlike genius"

Bloc Party's best moment was 'Like Eating Glass'

Can't say I'm on board with NME's list the way I am to a degree with the album list. Thought that 'Tightrope' would win tbh.

Like 'Spanish Sahara' and could make the lower reaches of my singles list but is a bit of an odd #1, in fact it's the first time since 2002 that the track of the year hasn't been a nailed on indie disco floorfiller, though probably do alright in those stakes.

Thinking about it every NME track of the year back to Bitter Sweet Symphony would do a pretty good job at an indie(ish) disco, even Foals and Doves.

10. The Fall, 'Bury Pts 2+4'
9. Zola Jesus, 'Night'
8. Grinderman, 'Heathen Child'
4. Kanye West, 'Power'
3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'
2. MIA, 'XXXO'

will rep for these in the top ten, but MIA belongs much lower

1. Foals, 'Spanish Sahara'

looooooool

http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/30/40-best-albums-of-2010-40-31/

FACT are counting down their list

It's definitely more interesting than the other lists so far

i always love fact's year (or decade)-end lists.

hm. i've got the disc they list at no. 38, but i don't think i've ever listened to it! must investigate.

The LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus sounds interesting.

i love the idea; i'm not as sold on the execution (tbf, i've only heard bits-and-pieces).

Just acquired the Zola Jesus/LA Vampires thing on the strength of the blurb, liking it so far. I always find something new from Fact's lists.

Not sure I was all that taken with the 'No No No' cover, but I enjoyed it on the whole.

Definitely wanna hear that Dylan Ettinger. Ooh, it's probably on eMusic amirite?

y

Yay!

Yeah, FACT's lists are always great and loaded with new discoveries for me. "Spanish Sahara" is a great great song you fools. But I don't think it would climb my top ten.

That Fact list is great - I thought I had been keeping up with new releases to some degree, but I hadn't even heard of half the albums there. Just added a bunch to my Spotify "to listen" playlist.

First listens to Dylan Ettinger and Zola Jesus/LA Vampires are positive, though I'm not sure either is bringing much new to the party.

emusic link on that dylan ettinger disc.

damn i totally thought that foals had gone the way of the klaxons & shit

This was a slightly different way of doing things;

http://thefourohfive.com/articles/4602

The 405s 45 favourite EPs of the year

1. Zola Jesus - 'Stridulum II'
2. Hold Your Horse It - 'Rammin' It Home'
3. Girls - 'Broken Dreams Club'
4. Stagecoach - 'Crash My Ride'
5. Dad Rocks! - 'Digital Age'
6. Tall Ships - 'There Is Nothing But Chemistry Here'
7. Islet - 'Wimmy'
8. Islet - 'Celebrate This Place'
9. Summer Camp - 'Young'
10. Egyptian Hip Hop - 'Some Reptiles Grew Wings'
11. Zola Jesus & LA Vampires - 'LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus '
12. Botany - 'Feeling Today'
13. Wild Nothing - 'Golden Haze'
14. Jonquil - 'One Hundred Suns'
15. Selebrities - 'Ladies Man Effect'
16. El Guincho - 'Piratas De Sudamerica'
17. Megafaun - 'Heretofore EP'
18. Sufjan Stevens - 'All Delighted People'
19. James Blake - 'Klavierwerke'
20. Guards - 'Guards'
21. Museum of Bellas Artes - 'Days Ahead'
22. Tubelord - 'Tezcatlipoca'
23. Twin Sister - 'Color Your Life'
24. Gallops - 'Gallops'
25. Girls Names - 'Don't Let Me In'
26. Spectrals - 'Extended Play'
27. Tanlines - 'Settings'
28. Dirty Projectors & Bjork - 'Mount Wittenberg Orca'
29. The James Cleaver Quintet - 'Ten Stage of A Make Up'
30. Flying Lotus - 'Pattern + Gridworld'
31. Chad Valley - 'Chad Valley'
32. Owen Pallet - 'Swedish Love Story'
33. British Sea Power - 'Zeus '
34. Memoryhouse - 'The Years'
35. Becoming Real - 'Spectre'
36. Seams - 'Tourist EP'
37. Ursine Vulpine - 'Fenrir'
38. Flats - 'EP2'
39. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - 'Nitetime Rainbows'
40. Holy Fuck - '+Ghost'
41. Active Child - 'Curtis Lane'
42. James Blake - 'CYMK'
43. Monzano - 'Apple Handsome'
44. Balam Acab - 'See Birds'
45. Los Campesinos! - 'All's Well That Ends'