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

black keys album isn't a terrible choice for a rock mag to get behind

matt have you heard doorly & lady chann's "the one"? even better for my money.

Didn't really like that one but I'm blaming the producer. She works so much better over house/funky/dancehall crossover than lairy blokestep.

"the one" isn't that lairy. i think it's just a lot tighter as a song. my favourite 2010 lady chann thing is prob her "hold yuh" vocal though, "feel calm".

her next single "treble to your bass" is kind of toddla t-style banging - there'll be a marcus nasty remix too...

It might be that I'm not interested in tight songs from her, particularly, I just want her to ferociously let rip. That Gyptian track showcases a soft side I didn't know she could pull off though, good stuff. Looking forward to the single you mention as well.

the crazy high ranking overall for The National is sheer over-compensation for their previosu 2 albums' placings it's like the Lord Of The Rings films at the Oscars.

Not all they're cracked up to be, fwiw:

27. Peter Wolf - Midnight Souvenirs
23. Elizabeth Cook - Welder
16. Kid Rock - Born Free
12. John Mellencamp - No Better Than This
09. Eminem - Recovery

That said, don't see how the RS list is worse than any other ones on this thread.

it's on youtube already.

between them, lady chann and cooly g are responsible for like 50% of my twitter timeline consisting of "kmt"

xps

that eminem album is the worst (& i kinda-like everything through album #4 or so)

maybe im just excited by seeing rick ross on a list, as he isn't part of the BERKD 'rap' crit hierarchy

idk i think that's score one for "rap" crit hierarchy - rick ross deserves to be on no list

(big boi, em, roots, kanye, drake)

take big boi away and it could be DREK

the BAWSE was the best thing on the only supposedly perfect record of the century.

if by the BAWSE you mean MINAJ

ok second best.

But people's dainty sensitivities can cope with Kid Rock destroying all of black culture and history by being placed above Big Boi?

And Black Keys are a bad choice for a rock magazine to make, though not as bad as Elton John, John Mellencamp, The Roots, Maximum Balloon etc etc.

actually The Roots p otm for a rock magazine to make? it has fucking joanna newsom, the dirty projectors and a band of 'real' instruments on it.

also being butthurt is not going to make people read yr site.

And Black Keys are a bad choice for a rock magazine to make

this makes NO sense, they are just about a perfect choice for the "rolling stone demographic" as much as, say, liars/swans are solid choices for the "quietus demographic" -- feeling like you are just out to disagree w/ me ;_;

Kid Rock destroying all of black culture

kid rock's not a "rapper" anymore, he's gone "country," didn't ya know?

Re: The Roots. I meant more that it's a terrible fucking record as is Black Keys - especially if it's being chosen because of a demographic. The same percentage of our readers hate Salem as people here do. What's the point of chosing a list by second guessing what your readers like?

I'm just traumatized because of the number of tranquilizers I took at ATP. My butt will be back to normal tomorrow.

Sorry, but that Roots record is by no means "terrible".

All the indie-baiting songs that got the record buzz are pretty terrible, but the rest of the record is really good.

Roots is the nuts. Ok maybe the second worst Roots records but its like picking yr favourite child when all ten of them are AWESOME (plus the tipping point child.)

drugs are bad, mmmkay?

Yeah, I agree with you today.

Does everyone like The Roots then? You really do learn something new every day.

me != everyone.

they are next up on my 'band i should stop forgetting exist' list

but yeah they are the most consistent musicians of the past twenty years and people who don't like them or ?uestlove* are savages.

*in part responsible for two of the best two records of the past decade, voodoo and new amerykah

Not to drag out another hoary old trope, but I often wonder how many people that hate the Roots really just hate the cult surrounding them. I mean, hate on some of the cring-worthy lyrics all you want, but these guys are astonishing musicians when they want to be.

From what I can see 2010 has had no more unjustly overlooked record so far than Nina Nastasia's sublime 'Outlaster', which hasn't appeared anywhere at all yet.

Bit too smooth, wholesome and sophisticated for me... although I do still have about three albums by them and I agree with you about New Amerykah.

(In fact I don't think it's terrible at all but it didn't really stand out for me.)

Sorry XP.

album i like not appearing itt: Delorean

What's wrong with a rap band being sophisticated? /outright trolling

Also listen to Do You Want More???!?!? or Game Theory or Rising Down and you won't be thinking "smooth" or "wholesome".

From what I can see 2010 has had no more unjustly overlooked record so far than Nina Nastasia's sublime 'Outlaster', which hasn't appeared anywhere at all yet.

yeah surprised at this - though having said that, while i fucking love the album, it's more "bobbing around the lower reaches of my top 20" than a show-in for any ballot i put together

smooth wholesome & sophisticated (esp sophisticated) are the best things abt the roots ... weaknesses are pretty much black thought's lyrical stylings imo

the sade and erykah albums haven't appeared on (m)any lists have they?

;_;

yeah surprised at this - though having said that, while i fucking love the album, it's more "bobbing around the lower reaches of my top 20" than a show-in for any ballot i put together

It's top three for me easily, so many surprises in there.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all but it's something that runs through most of my taste in music (admittedly with plenty of exceptions).

I guess I like the idea of a genre when it's still rough neck and like it less when it gets a make over for bars and expensive clubs etc. I felt the same way about jungle vs. intelligent drum and bass. I'm not really down with the Boomkat aesthetic with dance music for deep listening by the cognoscenti either. It's just a personal preference. In metal terms, it's what makes me like Slayer over Steve Vai or what have you.

See now I don't hear "bars and expensive clubs etc." at all in the Roots. Maybe its because they are the only famous hiphop band that they have that appearance? And cos they are a telly band? Something like Rising Down is dirty and noisy, much like that Waka was (in totally different ways obv).

I haven't had a TV for years and they're not that famous in the UK, so I don't know where this has come from.

yeah convos about the Roots like this always tend to get caught up more in their image and reputation than what their records actually sound like. that said, How I Got Over runs counter to what people expect of them less than any of their last few albums have.

I guess I like the idea of a genre when it's still rough neck and like it less when it gets a make over for bars and expensive clubs etc. I felt the same way about jungle vs. intelligent drum and bass. I'm not really down with the Boomkat aesthetic with dance music for deep listening by the cognoscenti either. It's just a personal preference. In metal terms, it's what makes me like Slayer over Steve Vai or what have you.

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so where is flockaveli on your list

Rolling Stone singles

50. Ke$ha "We R Who We R"
49. Elizabeth Cook "El Camino"
48. Das Racist "hahahaha jk?"
47. Kid Rock "Born Free"
46. MGMT "Congratulations"
45. The Rolling Stones "Plundered My Soul"
44. Neil Young "Love and War"
43. B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars "Nothing on You"
42. Surfer Blood "Floating Vibes"
41. Junip "In Every Direction"
40. Kanye West "Power"
39. The Gaslight Anthem "The Diamond Church Street Choir"
38. Spoon "The Mystery Zone"
37. Lloyd Banks feat. Juelz Santana "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley"
36. Drake feat. Nicki Minaj "Up All Night"
35. Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval "Paradise Circus"
34. Gorillaz feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack "Stylo"
33. Wavves "Post Acid"
32. Die Antwoord "Enter the Ninja"
31. Gil Scott-Heron "I'm New Here"
30. Jakob Dylan "Nothing but the Whole Wide World"
29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "The Trip to Pirate's Cove"
28. Band of Horses "Laredo"
27. The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
26. Robyn "Dancing on My Own"
25. Nicki Minaj "Did It On'em"
24. Eminem "Not Afraid"
23. Jamey Johnson "Macon"
22. Rick Ross feat. Styles P "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
21. Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars"
20. Best Coast "Boyfriend"
19. The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together)"
18. Jenny and Johnny "Scissor Runner"
17. LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change"
16. Cold War Kids "Coffee Spoon"
15. Drake "Over"
14. Big Boi feat. Cutty "Shutterbugg"
13. The Dead Weather "Hustle and Cuss"
12. Mark Ronson and the Business International feat. Q-Tip and MNDR "Bang Bang Bang"
11. The Black Keys "Everlasting Light"
10. Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver "Monster"
9. Broken Bells "The Ghost Inside"
8. Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi "Tightrope"
7. Vampire Weekend "White Sky"
6. Mavis Staples "You Are Not Alone"
5. Arcade Fire "We Used to Wait"
4. Katy Perry "Teenage Dream"
3. Sade "Soldier of Love"
2. Cee Lo Green "Fuck You"
1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T "Runaway"

Top ten RS singles surprisingly low on white people.

3. Sade "Soldier of Love"

YES M8 (even though it was technically an '09 single but never mind) (let's ignore what's above it too)

surprised they had nicki m's "did it on em" in there

Deej: that would have been in my top 50, much lower than the Freddie Gibbs album which is in my top 30. Again, it's not my list but a group effort.

wow @ "soldier of love" #3, kickass

40. Kanye West "Power"
1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T "Runaway"

^^ these need to swap places