thread for tracking best music of the 2010s lists

creating an undisputed canon that i just can't get with.

you literally just disputed it

undisputed by the basic culturezine mafia ;)

and you give a shit what the mafia says why?

becaaaause the sheeple listen to them and construct this tastes accordingly

maybe let's see how the land lies in twenty years though yes

I like that these lists exist. None of them ever match what I like at all. Out of a list of, say, 200 I'm lucky to find 1 or 2 songs or albums I was unaware of that I wind up liking. Good enough for me. Literally could not care less about a canon.

I fully endorse the Power Trip placement.

my point stands that there are certain artists cropping up in all of these lists, creating an undisputed canon that i just can't get with. exhibit a: tame impala but there's like 60/70 that are ubiquitous regardless of their merits

― imago, Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:41 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's called 'lowest common denominator'. i'm not crazy about them or anything, but imho tame impala are a relatively good lcd band. they have a really good drummer, and the 'always going backwards' song is catchy

"speaking of canon" erm isn't that the whole reason threads like this are even made? i'm surprised there isn't more pushback to the idea that we ought to keep reflexively making threads like this every single time list season starts up again

Crack Magazine top 100 albums of the decade

https://crackmagazine.net/article/what-just-happened/the-top-100-albums-of-the-decade/

100 Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe
99 Jeremih - Late Nights (The Album)
98 Caribou - Swim
97 Tropic of Cancer - Restless Idylls
96 Clams Casino - Instrumentals
95 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
94 Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
93 Ratking - So It Goes
92 Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
91 JME - Integrity
90 St. Vincent - Masseduction
89 Odd Future - The OF Tape Vol. 2
88 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
87 Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap | Youtube Version with "Juice" included
86 Tierra Whack - Whack World
85 Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
84 Huerco S - For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
83 Kano - Hoodies All Summer
82 Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
81 Nines - Crop Circle
80 Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
79 Metronomy - The English Riviera
78 Tomasa Del Real - Bellaca Del Año
77 Lorde - Melodrama
76 The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
75 Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
74 Popcaan - Where We Come From
73 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
72 M.E.S.H. - Piteous Gate
71 Charli XCX - Pop 2
70 DJ Python - Dulce Compañia
69 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
68 Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
67 These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
66 Richard Dawson - Peasant
65 Perfume Genius - Too Bright
64 (Sandy) Alex G - DSU
63 Bad Bunny - X 100PRE
62 Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
61 Ought - More Than Any Other Day
60 Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
59 U.S. Girl - In a Poem Unlimited
58 Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
57 Beach House - Bloom
56 Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
55 Kelela - Cut 4 Me
54 The Bug - Angels & Devils
53 SpaceGhostPurrp - Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6
52 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
51 The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
50 Young Thug - Barter 6
49 IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance
48 Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
47 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
46 Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
45 Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
44 Show Me the Body - Body War
43 Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
42 Novelist - Novelist Guy
41 Robyn - Body Talk
40 Actress - Ghettoville
39 Anohni - HOPELESSNESS
38 Jlin - Dark Energy
37 Mitski - Puberty 2
36 Danny Brown - XXX
35 Arca - Arca
34 Deafheaven - Sunbather
33 Drake - Take Care
32 SZA - Ctrl
31 D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
30 Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
29 Rihanna - ANTI
28 Fever Ray - Plunge
27 The Weeknd - House of Balloons
26 Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
25 John Talabot - ƒIN
24 David Bowie - Blackstar
23 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22 Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
21 Björk - Vulnicura
20 Grimes - Visions
19 Frank Ocean - Blonde
18 Grouper - Ruins
17 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
16 J Hus - Common Sense
15 Rustie - Glass Swords
14 Kanye West - Yeezus
13 Beyoncé - Lemonade
12 Rich Gang - Tha Tour Pt. 1
11 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
10 FKA Twigs - LP1
09 Jam City - Classical Curves
08 Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, girl
07 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
06 SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES
05 Solange - A Seat at the Table
04 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
03 DJ Rashad - Double Cup
02 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
01 Dean Blunt - BLACK METAL

i swear to god the next time i see deafheaven in one of these

Dean Blunt's Black Metal is pretty good but I think The Redeemer is great

Classical Curves is an interesting choice

i swear to god the next time i see deafheaven in one of these

― imago

i will never understand how upset you can get that other people like records you don't

Classical Curves being in there makes a lot of sense considering the make-up of the rest of that Clash list, it's a very FACT list and the ballot contained a lot of FACTish writers. There's an element of canon construction in all of these but it feels especially on-the-nose here, but when the list contains Popcaan, John Talabot, Sons of Kemet, J Hus, JME, DJ Rashad and the new Kano I'm OK with that.

It also feels *very much* like an albums list composed by people whose primary listening is to largely non-album genres.

the difference between this list and a FACT one is that FACT are quite wilfully not on-the-nose in their lists generally (and all for the better). this feels like a midpoint between FACT and the more typical sort of lists that come out of big US publications. there's still a lot to like about it as Matt said. i expect Classical Curves will show up on a lot of other UK lists, it seemed to be a real favourite among slightly left of center UK publications. generally i find UK lists to be a little more interesting as there's fair amount of stuff that just doesn't crossover to the US (and thus the rest of the english-speaking world) unfortunately

still have never understood anything from Dean Blunt though

also had no idea "Juice" was missing from the streaming version of Acid Rap - what's up with that, was it a sample issue or something?

Even regional US scenes have a tendency to be erased in the big publications' lists.

(Also 'Juice' was the one I always found myself skipping so props to the streaming version there)

it’s a sample issue iirc

lol Deafheaven is a great band

I misread that as: lol Deafheaven is a great bland

the redeemer, black is beautiful, and one nation are my fave dean blunt albums

I like classical curves a lot, glad to see/hear that its appeal has endured. it has a lot of space and drama

Me I like Stone Island

Classical Curves includes a very out-there mutation of instrumental grime, but it also feels like it is much more than that

it stimulates some of the same pleasure centers for me as Daniel Lopatin’s music

I love almost everything he’s done this decade but Dean Blunt is a hard sell for most of my friends except those who smoke weed. And even them can’t stand him more than two songs in a row. I might need to meet more people.

The Babyfather side project is also slept upon a lot. I get so offput by that offensively tacky album cover for BBF, but I give it a pass because God Hour is one of my favorite things he’s done.

One of my friends described his music as post-racial and I can kind of hear what he meant.

never was sure what the object was that was depicted on that album cover

Kind of enjoyed this list despite multiple Drake entries:

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim_50_best_canadian_albums_of_the_2010s

50. Owen Pallett - In Conflict (2014)
49. Shad - Flying Colours (2013)
48. Jennifer Castle - Pink City (2014)
47. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light (2013)
46. Andy Shauf - The Party (2016)
45. Counterparts - The Difference Between Hell and Home (2013)
44. Women - Public Strain (2010)
43. Braids - Deep in the Iris (2015)
42. Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Trapline (2019)
41. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance (2019)
40. Justin Bieber - Purpose (2015)
39. Ought - More Than Any Other Day (2014)
38. Gord Downie - Secret Path (2016)
37. Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman (2018)
36. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams (2014)
35. Alvvays - Antisocialites (2017)
34. Royal Canoe - Today We're Believers (2013)
33. Majical Cloudz - Impersonator (2013)
32. Dilly Dally - Sore (2015)
31. METZ - METZ (2012)
30. Haviah Mighty - 13th Floor (2019)
29. Gorguts - Colored Sands (2013)
28. Hubert Lenoir - Darlène (2018)
27. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
26. Purity Ring - Shrines (2013)
25. Preoccupations - Viet Cong (2015)
24. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
23. Tanya Tagaq - Animism (2014)
22. Feist - Metals (2011)
21. BADBADNOTGOOD - IV (2016)
20. Caribou - Our Love (2014)
19. PUP - The Dream Is Over (2016)
18. Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)
16. Alvvays - Alvvays (2014)
15. A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation (2016)
14. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
13. Grimes - Visions (2012)
12. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life (2011)
11. Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (2018)
10. Daniel Caesar - Freudian (2017)
9. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited (2018)
8. Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
7. The Weeknd - House of Balloons (2011)
6. Caribou - Swim (2010)
5. Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
4. Drake - Take Care (2011)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION (2015)
2. Kaytranada - 99.9% (2016)
1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)

Jennifer Castle and Tomb Mold too low, wrong PUP and Braids albums, gtfo Drake, where is Sandro Perri???, absolutely not @ the #1

no black dresses

Rofl at suburbs number 1

ought debut is a classic. they made my montreal decade list

My friends love Ought but I’m still struggling with the vocals.

In Conflict should be many places higher, obviously. I also think the alvvays second album is better than the first, but they both belong

I remember at the time writing about The Suburbs on some message board (not this I am pretty sure) and wondering if all the songs sounding pleasant enough but ultimately all the same and seemingly never-ending was meant to be some sort of meta-comment on urban sprawl.

that should be "(not this one I am pretty sure)"

Visions is #1 imo

all the women side-projects are top 10. cindy lee should be on here

very Toronto centric normster list

Crack Magazine top 100 songs

https://crackmagazine.net/article/what-just-happened/the-top-100-songs-of-the-decade/

Very uk-centric but I like it. Lots of songs which were popular on ILM’s EOY poll and which I had even forgotten came out this decade.

"bipp" is a worthy #1

Exclaim! forgot about Heartland :'(

Or maybe they didn't lol! Fuck the past

Holy shit, two of those lists up there put DJ Rashad's Double Cup in the top 10. This warms my heart and gives me hope.

The music video for She A Go might be my favorite this decade.

alvvays and frankie ocean win 2010s everything else zzzzz

i wonder if the Quietus is doing one. now that i might actually enjoy.

they probably are but their recent enough "best albums of the life time of the quietus" (iirc) was really weird and atypical for them because they asked a much wider range of contributors than usual for their votes

didn't see that, but I like the idea of an atypical list

https://thequietus.com/articles/25381-top-100-albums-of-the-quietus-existence-2008-2018-decade

this was it, atypical bc it's a bit less in line with their usual general aesthetic, and some really bizarre picks like the second travis scott album