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

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.

― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:31 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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

yup

Thirded.

"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."

wow, thanks for reminding me. waka flocka and nina might be my number one and two for the pazz & jop poll.

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.

― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:31 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so where is flockaveli on your list

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:52 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

claiming that if the damn quietus list came out with waka on it would be met with "wow, unexpected! good look!" instead of "smh at you damn multicultis" is strictly bs

Nicki tying Kanye for most appearances on the list is kinda crazy

I don't care if you're being sarcastic or not I'm suggest banning any annoying person who brings out the 'too black' 'too white' thing in here.

Except that sometimes it can be a completely valid point.

Not a very interesting or insightful one though.

No it's not jon it's an unnecesary observation that you're only making too incite racial discussion.

But thats about as arbitrary and stupid as saying, "I'm sbing anyone who complains about not enough rap on these lists".

Yes, that's exactly my intent, you're on to me.

My point was just that Rolling Stone's lists are usually populated by old white guys and I was pleasantly surprised to see this year's top ten much less so. Totally a valid point.

But thats about as arbitrary and stupid as saying, "I'm sbing anyone who complains about not enough rap on these lists".

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0)

Ehmm no it's not, sbing about different music opinions is not valid, sbing about trolling is. What kind of answer are you honestly expecting with your comment? Are you inferring RS takes race into consideration when making votes for their best of the year?

Whatever dude. I'm not sure you understand what trolling is.

at first glance that rolling stone singles list looks like something someone on ilm could come up with. maybe without the tom petty and the stones. and jakob dylan.

sad that peter wolf didn't make the singles list.

According to wikipedia:

A troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

Hey! your comment qualifies!

Hey! No it doesn't! But hey, you SBed me so hopefully enough other people agree with you that I'll be out of your hair with my inflammatory comments.

His comment here about Rolling Stone is not "off-topic"

Or inflammatory or extraneous given the history of that magazine.

claiming that if the damn quietus list came out with waka on it would be met with "wow, unexpected! good look!" instead of "smh at you damn multicultis" is strictly bs

― banshun, Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Those darn multicultis. Because of them this thread is just dominated by ballots of critics forced to vote due to political correctness for Waka, Gucci, Currency and for dancehall, Congolese rumba, reggaeton and old African-American soul singers. Poor Salem and Arcade Fire, done in by multicultis.

claiming that if the damn quietus list came out with waka on it would be met with "wow, unexpected! good look!" instead of "smh at you damn multicultis" is strictly bs

― banshun, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 12:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

o rly

fwiw ilxor's (i think it was him?) argument upthread doesnt wash for me really. or its just a really misleading way of phrasing it

i was just responding to how doran described his own taste \oO/ but then id take waka & roots over freddie gibbs so

who knew that RS was really into random ass nicki minaj songs

iirc, Rolling Stone leaves five slots open on their list, to be filled in by putting an intern's iPod on shuffle and slotting in the first 2010 song that comes up

that nicki minaj song was reviewed by pfork btw

lol, cuz pitchfork never reviews random songs that no one cares about

never said that, there does appear to be some consensus around that track tho

from FACT's list

At some point last winter what existed of the original record was semi-abandoned, Darkstar ceased being a production duo and – by adding a full-time vocalist, James Buttery – became a fully fledged band; dance music made way for melancholy, experimental synth-pop.

what is "experimental" about darkstar?

also, 0_o at darkstar being no. 5 on their (often interesting) year-end list.

never said that, there does appear to be some consensus around that track tho

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:21 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol ok

was also implying maybe they were biting

well that's a different story

I wrote a few blurbs for the MySpace Top 50. I certainly am not gonna cosign all their selections, but this is definitely the best looking year end list I've ever seen:

http://www.myspace.com/music/blog/2010/11/29/the-best-albums-of-2010-2

haha it took me scrolling down a few entries to realize they did special graphics for each album and that every album on the list didn't have coincidentally similar aesthetics.

they did special graphics for each album

now i just have to figure out WHY anyone would do this

<333 whiney's blurbs for the myspace list, which still has some looool moments (circa survive & b.o.b. in the top ten) but is altogether a nice change of pace

still no shortage of arcade fire love, tho ;_;

Rhapsody Best 50 tracks of the year:

http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/12/boytracks2010.html

Rhapsody Best albums, #31 to 50 (more to come obviously):

http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/12/boyalbums2010.html

(My picks had some bearing on both the singles and albums lists, but not a lot. And none at all on albums 31 to 50, I guess.)

the love for "power" as a single is O_O

Actually looks like you can now click through at that Rhapsody album link to get to #s 1 through 30. (Fwiw, the two I wrote blurbs about when they came out are not ones I like much.)

So both Rolling Stone and Spin have Jamey Johnson at #5. Sorry, had to point that out.

is that album good? he's not someone I've seen much talk about on ILM

Who wants to talk about Jamey Johnson's new double album, The Guitar Song?