thread for tracking best music of the 2010s lists

we shouldn't give a shit what these wankers think. they've been the self-appointed keepers of the key for 20 years and they've done nothing with it except set up a us-centric canon of a particularly dull, zeitgeist-chasing hue. no alarms, no surprises, no point. we should let them subside into an irrelevant, embarrassing joke. no shade to anyone here who's written for them obv, you're good writers and your reviews deserve a better home

I'm also furious 'Teenage Dream' just missed the Top 100 but come on now...

the whole 'handing out scores and BNMs by committee based on trend positioning' model is just so fucked and bullshit, that issue underlies the whole problem

if brad or alfred or whoever wants their review to have a 9/10 score atop it then goddamn it, give them their 9/10

think we should all be suspicious at their attempts to put together a canon, whatever anyone thinks of the actual choices

my point exactly. obviously i like/love plenty of these songs

(well, a few)

and our 00's poll isn't comparable, before anyone starts out with 'but YOU'RE building a canon!' - a) we are not a public-facing brand advertisement corporation, b) our choices will be inevitably highly personal and anti-canonical and c) our polling process is very thorough and, ideally, forces us to engage with a vast multiplicity of music before we make any decisions

also we're just a bunch of mates having fun, basically

so let's be cool

The list stinks. Pitchfork stinks.

When are the readers’ lists published? Maybe those will be better.

they won't lol

I hope the decade-defining song which they'll be pilloried for missing is released in october 2019

No kidding; I don't get that. Why not wait a few months?

because nobody will be interested in 2010s retrospectives between 31/12/2019 and 01/01/2030.

Meanwhile I am currently making a mix of 2018 to be released in January 2020, they are smarter than me.

websites still run on magazine schedules in 2019

around the holidays my back issues of www.pitchfork.com really start to pile up.

The list stinks. Pitchfork stinks.

When are the readers’ lists published? Maybe those will be better.

― Spry at 78 (morrisp), Monday, October 7, 2019 6:10 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Pitchfork stinks! Just wait till they publish the list of their hopelessly devoted followers, ha!

Well, I voted in that poll, lol. I’m assuming Pfork readers may have some interesting picks.

Wish I'd have voted now :)

the more interesting question would be if anything showed up in this list that had not been previously 'celebrated' via inclusion on one of their older lists, bnm designation etc.

For starters: Avicii - Levels

i'm so perplexed that that site continues to single out kurt vile's "baby's arms"... that song is not even a particular standout on that album, much less for the entire decade. isn't it just a song that they just gave bnm as a token at the time b/c it was the first track on an (admittedly great) album w/ no real 'singles'? idgi

Hahaha I hadn’t noticed that was the KV song they picked. Yeah I struggle to think that would be one of the top 200 songs this decade, let alone the best song he released. Any of his top 5 songs on spotify would be a better choice.

Runner-Ups is the real highlight from that album

if i had to choose a token kv song it'd easily be wakin on a pretty day

Runner-Ups is the real highlight from that album

yes!!

Gorilla vs. Bear's come out with their songs list

50 JAMIE XX | Gosh
49 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | I Only Have Eyes For You
48 FAYE WEBSTER | Remember When
47 YAEJI | Raingurl
46 USHER | Climax
45 D’ANGELO | The Charade
44 DANNY BROWN | Ain’t It Funny
43 ANGEL OLSEN | Sweet Dreams
42 ALVVAYS | Archie, Marry Me
41 KENDRICK LAMAR | Money Trees
40 WHITNEY | No Woman
39 JPEGMAFIA | Free the Frail (feat. Helena Deland)
38 RADIOHEAD | True Love Waits
37 LAUREL HALO | Thaw
36 TIRZAH | Holding On
35 JAMES BLAKE | CMYK
34 PLAYBOI CARTI | Magnolia
33 SUFJAN STEVENS | Fourth of July
32 AUTRE NE VEUT | Play by Play
31 FORD & LOPATIN | Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me)
30 TWIN SISTER | All Around and Away We Go
29 JESSY LANZA | It Means I Love You
28 ARIANA GRANDE | No Tears Left to Cry
27 YOUNG GALAXY | New Summer
26 AMEN DUNES | Believe
25 CHARLI XCX | Track 10
24 CLAIRO | Bags
23 LANA DEL REY | Ride
22 GAMES | Strawberry Skies
21 SHABAZZ PALACES | Forerunner Foray
20 MEN I TRUST | Tailwhip
19 PANDA BEAR | Alsatian Darn
18 CLAMS CASINO | I’m God
17 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Run Away With Me
16 ALDOUS HARDING | The Barrel
15 FRANK OCEAN | Pyramids
14 JAI PAUL | Str8 Outta Mumbai
13 LANA DEL REY | Video Games
12 ROBYN | Dancing on My Own
11 CHROMATICS | Cherry
10 GRIMES | REALiTi (demo)
09 BURIAL | Come Down To Us
08 SOPHIE | Bipp
07 BEACH HOUSE | 10 Mile Stereo
06 LANA DEL REY | Mariners Apartment Complex
05 HELENA DELAND | Baby
04 ARIEL PINK | Round & Round
03 GROUPER | Headache
02 JOANNA NEWSOM | Baby Birch
01 GRIMES | Oblivion

they included a runner-ups section too

ARIANA GRANDE | Into You
AZEALIA BANKS | 212
BEACH HOUSE | All Your Yeahs
BICEP | Just
BIG THIEF | Jenni
BLOOD DIAMONDS + GRIMES | Phone Sex
CHAIRLIFT | I Belong In Your Arms (Japanese version)
CULTS | Go Outside
DAFT PUNK | Doin’ It Right (feat. Panda Bear)
DANNY L HARLE | Broken Flowers
DEAN BLUNT + INGA COPELAND | The Narcissist
DIANA | Born Again
ERYKAH BADU + ANDRE 3000 | Hello
FEAR OF MEN | Green Sea
FKA TWIGS | Water Me
GEORGE CLANTON | It Makes the Babies Want To Cry
GIL SCOTT-HERON | Me and the Devil
GLASS CANDY | Warm in the Winter
HINDS | Bamboo
JAMIE XX + YOUNG THUG | I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)
JAI PAUL | All Night
JAPANESE BREAKFAST | The Woman That Loves You
JENNY HVAL | Conceptual Romance
JHENE AIKO | Stranger
JOANNA NEWSOM | Good Intentions Paving Company
JOHN MAUS | And the Rain
JULIA HOLTER | Maxim’s I
KERO KERO BONITO | Sick Beat
KYLE DIXON + MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things theme
LEON BRIDGES | Coming Home
MAJOR LAZER | Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman)
MGMT | Me & Michael
MICA LEVI | Love
MITSKI | Your Best American Girl
MOLLY NILSSON | I Hope You Die
OTHA | I’m On Top
PURITY RING | Lofticries
ROSALÍA | Pienso En Tu Mirá
SCHOOLBOY Q | There He Go
SOPHIE | Immaterial
SZA | Julia
THE WEEKND | House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
TOPS | Anything
TOPS | Diamond Look
VINCE STAPLES | Norf Norf
WESTERMAN | Confirmation
WHITE DENIM | Street Joy
YOUNG EJECTA | Build a Fire
YOUNG THUG + METRO BOOMIN | Free Gucci
YUMI ZOUMA | Song for Zoe & Gwen

No sign of This Is America is a surprise in the pitch4k list.

GvsB list is a million times better than the Pitchfork one. Really feels like the only lists worth looking paying attention to for this decade will be ones made by individuals (or in this case, a couple of people) rather than the huge groupthink branding exercise lists.

Feel like P4k have just opened the floodgates here. Here's Uproxx's albums list:

https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2010s-ranked-decade/

Wow, I really liked “Oblivian” at the time, but did not realize it was so universally acclaimed

the GvsB list reminded me that the P4k list doesn't have "Archie, Marry Me" on it

i mean, c'mon

GvsB list is a million times better than the Pitchfork one.

i’d say this is an overstatement

the uproxx albums list suxx

The GvB list has a more unitary aesthetic (in that odd way a stylistically diverse multi-genre list can seem unitary) but it’s correspondingly more myopic, I think.

just finished my hundred songs ... it rules ass tbh

love the pitchfork list tbh. this has been my favorite decade for the pop hivemind and pitchfork reflects a lot of it.

good kisser > climax

just finished my hundred songs ... it rules ass tbh

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 1:37 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

share it deej

Love that GvB list, also seems like we love the same KL song. TPAB might be his best record but the best standalone songs from KL this decade come from GKMC imho (money trees, art of peer pressure, sing about me).

weird list over here

https://uproxx.com/music/best-hip-hop-albums-of-the-2010s-ranked/

here's the pitchfork 2000's album list for you, happy birthday

200. Ratking: So It Goes (2014)
199. Wu Lyf: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (2011)
198. Jean Grae / Quelle Chris: Everything’s Fine (2018)
197. Fatima Al Qadiri: Genre-Specific Xperience (2011)
196. Portal: Vexovoid (2013)
195. Downtown Boys: Full Communism (2015)
194. Titus Andronicus: The Monitor (2010)
193. Lil Peep: Hellboy (2016)
192. Kelela: Cut 4 Me (2013)
191. Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow (2011)
190. Huerco S.: For Those of You Who Have Never (and Also Those Who Have) (2016)
189. Miranda Lambert: The Weight of These Wings (2016)
188. Pusha-T: Daytona (2018)
187. Iceage: Beyondless (2018)
186. Various Artists: Mono No Aware (2017)
185. Hailu Mergia: Lala Belu (2018)
184. Soccer Mommy: Clean (2018)
183. Elysia Crampton: American Drift (2015)
182. G.L.O.S.S.: Trans Day of Revenge (2016)
181. Jamila Woods: LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019)
180. Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
179. Shabazz Palaces: Black Up (2011)
178. Savages: Silence Yourself (2013)
177. Margo Price: All American Made (2017)
176. Gil Scott-Heron: I’m New Here (2010)
175. Jessie Ware: Devotion (2012)
174. Sharon Van Etten: Are We There (2014)
173. Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes (2014)
172. Popcaan: Where We Come From (2014)
171. JPEGMAFIA: Veteran (2018)
170. Skee Mask: Compro (2018)
169. Paramore: After Laughter (2017)
168. Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (2011)
167. (Sandy) Alex G: DSU (2014)
166. Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint (2014)
165. Jay Som: Everybody Works (2017)
164. Hop Along: Painted Shut (2015)
163. Meek Mill: Dreamchasers 2 (2012)
162. Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
161. The 1975: I like it when you sleep… (2016)
160. Noname: Room 25 (2018)
159. Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden (2014)
158. Sleigh Bells: Treats (2010)
157. The 1975: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
156. Jenny Lewis: The Voyager (2014)
155. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin: Savage Mode (2016)
154. Mica Levi: Under the Skin OST (2014)
153. Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (2019)
152. Arctic Monkeys: AM (2013)
151. Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster (2009)
150. Playboi Carti: Playboi Carti (2017)
149. Mac DeMarco: 2 (2012)
148. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise (2011)
147. The National: High Violet (2010)
146. Sheer Mag: Compilation (2017)
145. Chief Keef: Finally Rich (2012)
144. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (2011)
143. Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising (2019)
142. Fennesz: Agora (2019)
141. Rick Ross: Rich Forever (2012)
140. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal (2014)
139. Emeralds: Does It Look Like I’m Here? (2010)
138. Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color (2015)
137. A$AP Rocky: LIVE.LOVE.A$AP (2011)
136. Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)
135. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (2011)
134. M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
133. Frankie Cosmos: Zentropy (2014)
132. Amen Dunes: Freedom (2018)
131. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
130. Tame Impala: Lonerism (2012)
129. Various Artists: Bangs and Works Vol. 1: A Chicago Footwork Compilation (2010)
128. Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
127. Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial (2016)
126. Panda Bear: Tomboy (2011)
125. Yves Tumor: Safe in the Hands of Love (2018)
124. Real Estate: Days (2011)
123. Deafheaven: Sunbather (2013)
122. Snail Mail: Lush (2018)
121. The Hotelier: Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)
120. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy (2017)
119. Girlpool: Before the World Was Big (2015)
118. Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker (2016)
117. Death Grips: The Money Store (2012)
116. Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid (2010)
115. U.S. Girls: In a Poem Unlimited (2018)
114. Sampha: Process (2017)
113. Japandroids: Celebration Rock (2012)
112. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (2013)
111. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints (2011)
110. Waka Flocka Flame: Flockaveli (2010)
109. Julia Holter: Aviary (2018)
108. Kaytranada: 99.9% (2016)
107. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan (2012)
106. Moses Sumney: Aromanticism (2017)
105. Disclosure: Settle (2013)
104. Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt (2013)
103. Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile (2019)
102. Jeremih: Late Nights: The Album (2015)
101. Chromatics: Kill for Love (2012)
100. Ariana Grande: Sweetener (2018)
99. Bad Bunny: X 100PRE (2018)
98. Todd Terje: It’s Album Time (2014)
97. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream (2014)
96. Low: Double Negative (2018)
95. Jai Paul: Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2019)
94. Vampire Weekend: Contra (2010)
93. Tirzah: Devotion (2018)
92. JAY-Z / Kanye West: Watch the Throne (2011)
91. Bon Iver: 22, A Million (2016)
90. Joyce Manor: Never Hungover Again (2014)
89. Caribou: Our Love (2014)
88. Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, girl (2015)
87. Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife (2015)
86. Haim: Days Are Gone (2013)
85. Jessica Pratt: On Your Own Love Again (2015)
84. Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap (2013)
83. Burial: Rival Dealer EP (2013)
82. Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost (2011)
81. Solange: When I Get Home (2019)
80. Aphex Twin: Syro (2014)
79. Tame Impala: Currents (2015)
78. Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011)
77. Four Tet: There Is Love in You (2010)
76. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2010)
75. The Weeknd: House of Balloons (2011)
74. SOPHIE: OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES (2018)
73. Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy (2018)
72. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
71. Robyn: Honey (2018)
70. Perfume Genius: No Shape (2017)
69. Drake: If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late (2015)
68. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (2010)
67. Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
66. Fever Ray: Plunge (2017)
65. Future: Dirty Sprite 2 (2015)
64. Mitski: Be the Cowboy (2018)
63. Danny Brown: XXX (2011)
62. Grouper: Ruins (2014)
61. Arca: Arca (2017)
60. King Krule: The OOZ (2017)
59. Taylor Swift: Red (2012)
58. Kamasi Washington: The Epic (2015)
57. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. (2017)
56. Björk: Vulnicura (2015)
55. St. Vincent: Strange Mercy (2011)
54. Young Thug: Barter 6 (2015)
53. Jlin: Black Origami (2017)
52. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (2010)
51. DJ Koze: Knock Knock (2018)
50. Grimes: Visions (2012)
49. Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica (2011)
48. ANOHNI: Hopelessness (2016)
47. Carly Rae Jepsen: E•MO•TION (2015)
46. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual (2013)
45. Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me (2017)
44. A Tribe Called Quest: We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (2016)
43. Sky Ferreira: Night Time, My Time (2013)
42. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (2010)
41. Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016)
40. Charli XCX: Pop 2 (2017)
39. Bill Callahan: Apocalypse (2011)
38. Tierra Whack: Whack World (2018)
37. David Bowie: Blackstar (2016)
36. Rosalía: El Mal Querer (2018)
35. Blood Orange: Cupid Deluxe (2013)
34. Vince Staples: Summertime ’06 (2015)
33. Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (2019)
32. Bon Iver: Bon Iver (2011)
31. Beyoncé: 4 (2011)
30. Mitski: Puberty 2 (2016)
29. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (2010)
28. FKA twigs: LP1 (2014)
27. Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs (2018)
26. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
25. Jamie xx: In Colour (2015)
24. SZA: CTRL (2017)
23. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (2018)
22. Destroyer: Kaputt (2011)
21. Beach House: Teen Dream (2010)
20. DJ Rashad: Double Cup (2013)
19. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
18. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2012)
17. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (2015)
16. Joanna Newsom: Have One on Me (2010)
15. Kanye West: Yeezus (2013)
14. Lorde: Melodrama (2017)
13. Drake: Take Care (2011)
12. Rihanna: ANTI (2016)
11. Grimes: Art Angels (2015)
10. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (2012)
9. D’Angelo & the Vanguard: Black Messiah (2014)
8. Robyn: Body Talk (2010)
7. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
6. Solange: A Seat at the Table (2016)
5. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012)
4. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
3. Beyoncé: Beyoncé (2013)
2. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
1. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)

This list suxx too

fucking hell pitchfork, that is not it

I was putting together my favourites from the 2010s while I was trying to vote in the 2000s poll, so here are the 100 songs of the 2010s I picked, in a rough order from top to bottom. Not a curated list but hey, here it is if anyone wants to look. I haven't really paid much attention to 2019 yet so its missing this year altogether I think.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xU6X7n5YMWn1y5BeqMvs636VOMgsY2Sy_64jrPY-nbg/edit?usp=sharing

Best list so far, kruezer! #milesahead

yeah, good list, just baffles me that something like Tkay Maizda - U-huh does not make it onto things like the pitchfork list because why? too pop? no angle to take on it? seems like loads of great music is lost to them because they insist on viewing it down a series of narrow lenses.

There’s some really good songs in that list that I hope get more attention outside of ILM but I haven’t seen them hyped anywhere else.

tkay maidza shows up a couple of times when you search the pitchfork archives but basically she's not on anyone's radar outside of triple j and like...the singles jukebox

Diddy & Dirty Money, The Dream, Sun-El Musician, Owen Pallett, Tkay Maidza on that list, to name a few, are great songs from good albums that I have seen love thrown around ILM but seldom see mentioned elsewhere.

Wait, Penthouse is now alt-right???

That article doesn’t seem particularly damning(?)

dang I didn’t know anything about the White Lung singer besides the music. I think I may have seen them live a few years ago.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/penthouse-right-conservative-feminism-politics.html

this article maybe focuses a little too much on some dumb twitter beef penthouse started but does detail its rightward shift under barber-way (though it doesn't explicitly attribute it to her, she's been in charge since 2017)

there's some pretty damning stuff in that twitter thread too (publishing noted white nationalist mike cernovich is probably the worst)

Variety Crix Pix: https://variety.com/feature/best-albums-decade-2010-2019-1203444452/

3 comments, Jesus wept

December 23, 2019 at 7:06 am
Archie Chapman says:

It is not the end of the decade yet…
A year has elapsed at the END of 365 days.
A decade has elapsed at the END of 10 years A century has elapsed at the end of 100 years (not 99).
A millennium ends at the end of 1,000 years (not 1999).
This century /millennium started on 1 January 2001.
This decade started 1 January 2011 and will elapsed AT THE END of 2020.

December 23, 2019 at 9:46 am
John Doe says:

Okay, boomer.

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Just going through some year-by-year lists and one thing I've not seen much mention of is Dysnomia by Dawn of Midi. Great record.

^^^ I'm putting together a "best jazz of the 2010s" piece and had to think really hard about whether to include that record or not. It's fantastic, but ultimately I had to cut it to make space for things that had broader cultural resonance.

Don’t do that. Fuck “cultural resonance”, just list the best albums.

song #45,987 that will end up on 0 best of 2010s lists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYzwdbbgF8

that Dawn of MIDI record is great and I've heard very little like it

some of the writing in the Tiny Mix Tapes list was excellent

The aforementioned Stereogum "best jazz albums of the 2010s" list is up now:

https://www.stereogum.com/2068942/best-jazz-albums-2010s/franchises/2010s-in-review/

Argue away.

There needs to be more “Worst Songs/Albums of the 2010s” lists.