Year-End Lists: 2010 in Music

[Mic Technique]

If no one else will, I guess I'll have the prestigious honor of... taking matters into my own hands. In the year-end list discussion, we continue the grand tradition of arguing chart success ≠ quality & the like. We'll begin with the ugly, i.e. triple A-centric Paste magazine's annual 50 best album list. Behold: your dad's indie awaits you.

50. Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern [Kill Rock Stars]
49. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma [Warp]
48. Local Natives: Gorilla Manor [Frenchkiss]
47. Yeasayer: Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian]
46. The Black Keys: Brothers [Nonesuch]
45. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest [4AD]
44. Swans: My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky [Young God]
43. Stornoway: Beachcomber’s Windowsill [4AD]
42. Wavves: King of the Beach [Fat Possum]
41. Anaïs Mitchell: Hadestown
40. Free Energy: Stuck on Nothing [Astralwerks]
39. Sarah Jaffe: Suburban Nature [Kirtland]
38. Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away [Pytheas]
37. Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty [Def Jam]
36. Spoon: Transference [Merge]
35. Grinderman: Grinderman 2 [Mute Records/ANTI-]
34. Girl Talk: All Day [Illegal Art]
33. Blitzen Trapper: Destroyer of the Void
<sub>32. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Genuine Negro Jig [Nonesuch]
31. The Roots: How I Got Over
30. She & Him: Volume Two [Merge]
29. Freelance Whales: Weathervanes [Frenchkiss]
28. Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can [Astralwerks]
27. Vampire Weekend: Contra [XL]
26. Lissie: Catching a Tiger [Fat Possum]
25. Various Artists: Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall [Megaforce]
24. Beach House: Teen Dream
23. Laura Veirs: July Flame [Raven Marching Band]
22. The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt [Dead Oceans]
21. Jamey Johnson: The Guitar Song [Mercury Nashville]
20. Suckers: Wild Smile [Frenchkiss]
19. Elizabeth Cook: Welder [31 Tigers]
18. Cee Lo Green: The Lady Killer [Elektra]
17. Jónsi: Go [XL]
16. Mavis Staples: You Are Not Alone [Anti-]
15. Justin Townes Earle: Harlem River Blues [Bloodshot]
14. Band of Horses: Infinite Arms [Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbia]
13. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: I Learned the Hard Way [Daptone]
12. Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: The Lost Sessions of Darkness on the Edge of Town [Columbia]
11. The National: High Violet [4AD]
10. Frightened Rabbit: The Winter of Mixed Drinks [Fat Cat]
9. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz [Asthmatic Kitty]
8. Phosphorescent: Here’s to Taking It Easy [Dead Oceans]
7. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs [Merge]
6. Sleigh Bells: Treats [Mom + Pop]
5. Titus Andronicus: The Monitor [XL]
4. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella]
3. Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More [Glassnote]
2. Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid [The Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy]
1. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening [EMI/DFA]</sub>

[Mic Technique]

As of yesterday, Drowned in Sound has begun unveiling their albums of the year. The list resumes tomorrow & wraps-up Friday.

51) Bryan Ferry Olympia
52) Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can
53) Wild Nothing Gemini
54) Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer
55) The Walkmen Lisbon
56) Matthew Dear Black City
57) Darkstar North
58) Daft Punk Tron: Legacy
59) Gorillaz Plastic Beach
60) Robyn Body Talk 1-3
61) Women Public Strain
62) The Roots How I Got Over
63) Brian Eno Small Craft on a Milk Sea
64) Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks
65) Darren Hayman Essex Arms
66) of Montreal False Priest
67) Jonsi Go
68) Sky Larkin Kaleide
69) Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
70) Surfer Blood Astro Coast
71) Everything Everything Man Alive
72) Twin Shadow Forget
73) Interpol Interpol
74) Beach House Teen Dream
75) Rolo Tomassi Cosmology

DiS comes baring two additional year-end features -- one revealing individual staff members' no.1 albums of the year & the other dusts off the zine's doomed few (you know, those [url=http://drownedinsound.com/lists/lost10of10
]lost in the shuffle[/url].)

[Mic Technique]

The always stellar, cutting edge FACT mag is halfway to completion as they compile their yearly best of review.

40: ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI
BEFORE TODAY
(4AD)

39: MOUNT KIMBIE
CROOKS & LOVERS
(HOTFLUSH)

38: DYLAN ETTINGER
NEW AGE OUTLAWS: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
(NOT NOT FUN)

37: DJ RASHAD
JUST A TASTE VOL. 1
(GHETTOPHILES)

36: FRANK (JUST FRANK)
THE BRUTAL WAVE
(WIERD MUSIC)

35: THESE NEW PURITANS
HIDDEN
(ANGULAR)

34: YEASAYER
ODD BLOOD
(SECRETLY CANADIAN)

33: URBAN TRIBE
URBAN TRIBE [AKA PROGRAM 1-12]
(MAHOGANI MUSIC)

32: BATHS
CERULEAN
(ANTICON)

31: SHED
THE TRAVELLER
(OSTGUT TON)

30: PANTHA DU PRINCE
BLACK NOISE
(ROUGH TRADE)

29: DJ ROC
THE CRACK CAPONE
(PLANET MU)

28: TORO Y MOI
CAUSERS OF THIS
(CARPARK)

27: IKONIKA
CONTACT, LOVE, WANT, HAVE
(HYPERDUB)

26: HYPE WILLIAMS
UNTITLED
(CARNIVALS)

25: DIGITAL MYSTIKZ
RETURN II SPACE
(DMZ)

24: GIL-SCOTT HERON
I’M NEW HERE
(XL)

23: LA VAMPIRES & ZOLA JESUS
LA VAMPIRES MEETS ZOLA JESUS
(NOT NOT FUN)

22: THE-DREAM
LOVE KING
(RADIO KILLA / DEF JAM)

21: SANDWELL DISTRICT
FEED FORWARD
(SANDWELL DISTRICT)

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Dec 1, 2010 16:04:39 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

ugly

Bumpy Lumps over Kanye? Ugly, indeed; so ugly I just lost all respect for this publication.

[erzo01]

NME's 75 best tracks of 2010

75. Jam City - Ecstasy Refix
74. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie
73. Addison Groove - Footcrab
72. Active Child - She Was a Vision
71. 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 - 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) It's 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 and the Business Int. - Bang Bang Bang
37. Glasser - Home
36. Les Savy Fav - Sleepless in Silverlake
35. The Knife - Colouring of Pigeons
34. Katy Perry feat. Snoppy Dogg - California Gurls
33. Big Boi feat. Cutty - 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. Beyoncé - 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. 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. M.I.A. - Born Free
10. The Fall - Bury pts. 2 + 4
9. Zola Jesus - Night
8. Grinderman - Heathen Child
7. Surfer Blood - Swim
6. Gorillaz (feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) - Stylo
5. Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
4. Kanye West - Power
3. Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi - Tightrope
2. M.I.A. - XXXO
1. Foals - Spanish Sahara

SOURCE

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ew @ stylo, born free & na na na being so high
nice to see XXXO at #2 though

[Mic Technique]

FACT's 40 best albums of 2010 countdown continued (20-11):

20: SOLAR BEARS
SHE WAS COLOURED IN
(PLANET MU)

19: LONE
EMERALD FANTASY TRACKS
(MAGIC WIRE)

18: SWANS
MY FATHER WILL GUIDE ME UP A ROPE TO THE SKY
(YOUNG GOD)

17: JOHN ROBERTS
GLASS EIGHTS
(DIAL)

16: JJ
JJ n° 3
(SINCERELY YOURS)

15: GUIDO
ANIDEA
(PUNCH DRUNK)

14: AUTRE NE VEUT
AUTRE NE VEUT
(OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE)

13: SHACKLETON
FABRIC 55
(FABRIC)

12: BIG BOI
SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT: SON OF CHICO DUSTY
(PURPLE RIBBON / DEF JAM)

11: JAMES FERRARO
LAST AMERICAN HERO
(OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE)

[Enigma.]

Based on scrobbles Oct 2009-Oct 2010

40 Kylie Minogue
39 Editors
38 Massive Attack
37 Bullet for My Valentine
36 Foals
35 Drake
34 Deftones
33 Biffy Clyro
32 Kings of Leon
31 Local Natives
30 Ellie Goulding
29 Linkin Park
28 The Black Keys
27 MGMT
26 Jason Derülo
25 3OH!3
24 Yeasayer
23 Broken Bells
22 OneRepublic
21 Alicia Keys


20-11 to come next week

www.last.fm/bestof/2010/chart/40

[ListenToItTwice]

I'm predicting Arcade Fire for #1.

[Enigma.]

A good guess. Them or Lady Gaga perhaps

Of these 20, I have listened to Biffy Clyro and Massive Attack the most.

[Verisimilitude]

Jason DeRulo sticks out like a sore thumb in this list.

[Mic Technique]

Dec 1, 2010 16:09:11 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

The list resumes tomorrow & wraps-up Friday.

I'd wait till tomorrow given the delay but oh, what the hell -- annnnd DiS takes a turn for the worse.

11) Arcade Fire The Suburbs
12) Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty
13) Weezer Hurley
14) Rufus Wainwright All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu
15) Pantha du Prince Black Noise
16) Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
17) Mount Kimbie Crooks & Lovers
18) Crystal Castles Crystal Castles II
19) Caribou Swim
20) Kelis Flesh Tone
21) Flying Lotus Cosmogramma
22) The Besnard Lakes ...Are the Roaring Night
23) Oneohtrix Point Never Returnal
24) Villagers Becoming the Jackal
25) Blood Red Shoes Fire Like This
26) The Phantom Band The Wants
27) Errors Come Down With Me
28) White Hinterland Kairos
29) Max Richter Infra
30) Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
31) Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
32) Los Campesinos! Romance is Boring
33) Foals Total Life Forever
34) Joanna Newsom Have One on Me
35) Uffie Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans
36) Richard Skelton Landings
37) Marnie Stern Marnie Stern
38) 65DaysofStatic We Were Exploding Anyway
39) Gold Panda Lucky Shiner
40) Sleigh Bells Treats
41) Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti Before Today
42) Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid
43) Liars Sisterworld[/i]
44) Forest Swords Dagger Paths
45) Broken Bells Broken Bells
46) Gil Scott-Heron I’m New Here
47) Four Tet There Is Love in You
48) Ikonika Contact, Love, Want, Have
49) No Age Everything In Between
50) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross The Social Network

Pleased to see mentions of Returnal, Dagger Paths, Crooks & Lovers, among many others.

[Mic Technique]

Guess I'll append NME's accompanying 75 best albums of 2010 list. Here we go:

75. The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Blood & Fire
74. Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
73. Interpol – Interpol
72. Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts
71. Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
70. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
69. Happy Birthday – Happy Birthday
68. Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
67. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
66. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
65. Robyn – Body Talk Pt 1
64. Walls – Walls
63. Perfume Genius – Learning
62. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
61. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
60. Belle And Sebastian – Write About Love
59. Errors – Come Down With Me
58. Crocodiles – Sleep Forever
57. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
56. Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers
55. Ikonika – Contact, Love, Want, Have
54. First Aid Kit – The Big Black and The Blue
53. Kelis – Flesh Tone
52. Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
51. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
50. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
49. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
48. My Chemical Romance – Danger Days
47. Pulled Apart By Horses – Pulled Apart By Horses
46. Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
45. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
44. Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man
43. Everything Everything – Man Alive
42. Mystery Jets – Serotonin
41. Steve Mason – Boys Outside
40. Sleigh Bells – Treats
39. Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man
38. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
37. Lonelady – Nerve Up
36. Hurts – Happiness
35. Glasser – Ring
34. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
33. Marina And The Diamonds – The Family Jewels
32. Islet – Wimmy
31. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
30. Klaxons – Surfing The Void
29. No Age – Everything In Between
28. New Young Pony Club – The Optimist
27. Best Coast – Crazy For You
26. Les Savy Fav – Root For Ruin
25. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
24. Vampire Weekend – Contra
23. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
22. Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
21. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
20. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
19. MGMT – Congratulations
18. Warpaint – The Fool
17. Factory Floor – Untitled
16. Grinderman – Grinderman 2
15. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
14. The Fall – Your Future, Our Clutter
13. Gayngs – Relayted
12. Caribou – Swim
11.The National – High Violet
10. The Drums – The Drums
09. Liars – Sisterworld
08. Salem – King Night
07. Zola Jesus – Stridulum II
06. Foals – Total Life Forever
05. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
04. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
03. Beach House – Teen Dream
02. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
01. These New Puritans – Hidden

No.1's hardly a surprise given the publication; lovely to see King Night & Walls listed.

[Mic Technique]

Q Magazine - Top 50 Albums of 2010 -- it's only fair...

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
3. Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
4. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
5. Vampire Weekend - Contra
6. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
7. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
8. The National - High Violet
9. Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation
10. MGMT - Congratulations
11. The Black Keys - Brothers
12. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
13. Beach House - Teen Dream
14. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
15. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
16. Foals - Total Life Forever
17. John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
18. Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man
19. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
20. Take That - Progress
21. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
22. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
23. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
24. Bryan Ferry - Olympia
25. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
26. Klaxons - Surfing the Void
27. Midlake - The Courage of Others
28. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
29. Interpol - Interpol
30. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
31. The Chemical Brothers - Further
32. The Drums - The Drums
33. Tricky - Mixed Race
34. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
35. Man Alive - Everything Everything
36. The Roots - How I Got Over
37. The Coral - Butterfly House
38. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
39. I Am Kloot - Sky at Night
40. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back
41. Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
42. Tom Jones - Praise & Blame
43. Skream - Outside the Box
44. Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
45. Cherry Ghost - Beneath This Burning Shoreline
46. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
47. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
48. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
49. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
50. Steve Mason - Boys Outside

[Mic Technique]

Rough Trade Shops -- not to be confused with Rough Trade Records, though apparently linked -- compiled their list weeks ago. Here it is:

1. Caribou - Swim
2. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
3. These New Puritans - Hidden
4. Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
5. Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
6. Darkstar - North
7. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
8. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
9. Wild Nothing - Gemini
10. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
11. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
12. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
13. The National - High Violet
14. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
15. Beach House - Teen Dream
16. Voice Of The Seven Thunders - Voice Of The Seven Thunders
17. Perfume Genius - Learning
18. Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
19. The Black Keys - Brothers
20. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
21. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
22. Salem - King Night
23. Brian Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea
24. Dylan Leblanc - Paupers Field
25. Joanna Newson - Have One On Me
26. Matthew Dear - Black City
27. Warpaint - The Fool
28. Liars - Sisterworld
29. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
30. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark
31. Konono No 1 - Assume Crash Position
32. Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light And Trees
33. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
34. Villagers - Becoming A Jackal
35. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
36. Mount Kimbie - Crooks And Lovers
37. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
38. Best Coast - Crazy For You
39. PVT - Church With No Magic
40. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
41. Vampire Weekend - Contra
42. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
43. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
44. Midlake - The Courage Of Others
45. The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack
46. Sleigh Bells - Treats
47. O Children - O Children
48. Glasser - Ring
49. Zola Jesus - Stridulum 2
50. Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library
51. Sea Of Bees - Songs For The Ravens
52. JJ - No3
53. Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
54. Twin Shadow - Forget
55. Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer
56. Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
57. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
58. Cours Lapin - Cours Lapin
59. Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez
60. School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
61. Beach Fossils - Beach Fossils
62. Shit Robot - From The Cradle To The Rave
63. Jonsi - Go
64. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
65. Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love
66. Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower
67. Connan Mokasin - Please Turn Me Into The Snat
68. Holy Fuck - Latin
69. The School - Loveless Unbeliever
70. Tobacco - Maniac Meat
71. Dios - We Are Dios
72. Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin'
73. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
74. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
75. El Guincho - Pop Negro
76. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
77. Kort (Kurt Wagner And Cortney Tidwell) - Invariable Heartache
78. Solar Bears - She Was Coloured In
79. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing
80. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz
81. Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back
82. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
83. Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards - Shakes
84. Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill
85. Tamaryn - The Waves
86. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
87. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
88. Magic Kids - Memphis
89. Marina And The Diamonds - Family Jewels
90. Mystery Jets - Serotonin
91. Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
92. Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
93. Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold
94. Frankie Rose And The Outs - Frankie Rose And The Outs
95. Aloe Blacc - Good Things
96. Drums Of Death - Generation Hexed
97. Am - Future Sons And Daughters
98. Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
99. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
100. Time And Spacemachine - Set Phazer To Stun

[Mic Technique]

In lieu of shops or w/e, we return to publications... none other than MOJO. Uh, here are their Top 50 Albums of 2010:

1 John Grant - Queen of Denmark
2 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3 MGMT - Congratulations
4 Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
5 The Black Keys - Brothers
6 Paul Weller - Wakes Up The Nation
7 Midlake - The Courage of Others
8 Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
9 The Coral - Butterfly House
10 Doug Paisley - Constant Companion
11 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
12 Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
13 Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
14 Manic Street Preachers - Postcards From A Young Man
15 Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
16 Aerial Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
17 Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer
18 Caribou - Swim
19 Rumer - Seasons of My Soul
20 Grinderman - Grinderman 2
21 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
22 Sam Amidon - I See The Sign
23 Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
24 The Jim Jones Revue - Burning Your House Down
25 Foals - Total Life Forever
26 Gorrilaz - Plastic Beach
27 Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
28 DangerMouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of The Soul
29 Gill Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
30 Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
31 Neil Young - Le Noise
32 Robert Plant - Band of Joy
33 The Roots - How I Got Over You
34 Villagers - Becoming A Jackal
35 M.I.A. - // / Y /
36 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
37 Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
38 Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer
39 Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephens - For The Ghosts Within
40 Eli Paperboy Reed - Come and Get It
41 Tom Jones - Praise and Blame
42 Kelley Soltz - To Dreamers
43 The Besnard Lakes - Are The Roaring Night
44 Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
45 Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
46 Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back
47 Jane Weaver & Septieme Souer - The Fallen By Watch Bird
48 John Legend & The Roots- Wake Up!
49 Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
50 Matthew Dear - Black City

[Janhova's Witness]

Needs more Sleigh Bells, tbh

[neally]

Thanks for putting this thread together, Mic Technique. I am extremely pleased that Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs' placed very highly on so many lists. I hope the Grammy Album of the Year follows suit....

[when the pawn...]

The Suburbs is definitely gonna be the only AOTY nominee to get serious recognition on many year-end lists so hopefully, it translates into Grammy buzz. I doubt they'll win though.

[Enigma.]

Glad Big Boi and Belle & Sebastian are getting some love. Spoon always do and Transference is not their best album.

And I agree with Toy Soldier, Sleigh Bells should me mentioned on every list.

[Enigma.]

Don't get the praise of This Is Happening thb...For example Hot Chip released a better album

[nightshade]

Dec 3, 2010 2:35:11 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

Guess I'll append NME's accompanying 75 best albums of 2010 list. Here we go:

36. Hurts – Happiness

Very pleased to see HURTS get some recognition even if it's from NME.
Ellie Goulding deserves some recognition as well. >:(

[Mic Technique]

Dec 1, 2010 18:12:13 GMT -5 @tonyaharding said:

Bumpy Lumps over Kanye? Ugly, indeed; so ugly I just lost all respect for this publication.

Werd. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has become my own personal litmus test in determining what publication is worth my while. If it ain't at least top five...

Dec 3, 2010 4:36:39 GMT -5 neally said:

Thanks for putting this thread together, Mic Technique.

You're very welcome. ;)

Dec 3, 2010 13:11:24 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Don't get the praise of This Is Happening thb...For example Hot Chip released a better album

I do agree but do Hot Chip hold the satisfying distinction of aping Talking Heads? I think not.

Dec 3, 2010 14:59:26 GMT -5 nightshade said:

Very pleased to see HURTS get some recognition even if it's from NME.
Ellie Goulding deserves some recognition as well. >:(

LOL, does she now? Though I figure if they're willing to throw Hurts a bone, they might as well do the same for Ellie.

FACT closes out with a quadruple banger. Stellar top ten, too.

10: ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
RETURNAL
(EDITIONS MEGO)

09: ALTERED NATIVES
TENEMENT YARD VOL.1
(EYE4EYE)

08: EMERALDS
DOES IT LOOK LIKE I’M HERE?
(EDITIONS MEGO)

07: DRAKE
THANK ME LATER
(YOUNG MONEY / UNIVERSAL)

06: SALEM
KING NIGHT
(IAMSOUND)

05: DARKSTAR
NORTH
(HYPERDUB)

04: TEENGIRL FANTASY
7AM
(MEROK)

03: ACTRESS
SPLAZSH
(HONEST JON’S)

02: KANYE WEST
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY
(ROC NATION / DEF JAM)

01: FOREST SWORDS
DAGGER PATHS
(OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE)

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Dec 3, 2010 10:07:04 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

The Suburbs is definitely gonna be the only AOTY nominee to get serious recognition on many year-end lists so hopefully, it translates into Grammy buzz. I doubt they'll win though.

Keeping in mind that GaGa's album got some recognition last year. It was released in November 2009 so most publications wouldn't include it on a 2010 calender year list.

[banet2001]

Here is Gorilla vs. Bear's list of top albums of 2010.

30 Ty Segall – Melted
29 Shackleton – Fabric 55
28 Caribou – Swim
27 Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers
26 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
25 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh
24 The Walkmen – Lisbon
23 Tennis – Tennis (cassette)
22 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
21 Frankie Rose & the Outs – Frankie Rose & the Outs
20 Twin Shadow – Forget
19 Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
18 Harlem – Hippies
17 The Samps – The Samps
16 Grimes – Geidi Primes
15 Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
14 Big K.R.I.T. – wuz here
13 Twin Sister – Color Your Life / Alternates
12 Earl Sweatshirt – EARL
11 Toro y Moi – Causers of This
10 Girls – Broken Dreams Club
09 White Denim – Last Day of Summer
08 Games – That We Can Play
07 Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement
06 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
05 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
04 James Blake – CMYK/Klavierwerke
03 Shabazz Palaces – Of Light/Shabazz Palaces
02 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
01 Beach House – Teen Dream

www.gorillavsbear.net/2010/12/02/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2010/

[badrobot]

Speaking of 2010 lists... shouldn't Billboard's be out by now?

[Joe1240]

newsroom.mtv.com/2010/12/06/taylor-swift-song-of-the-year-2010/

Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber And Jesse McCartney: The Top 25 Songs Of The Year
Posted 1 hr ago by MTV News in Music



The end of 2010 is almost upon us, which is why MTV News is rounding up the Top Songs of 2010. We has over two dozen MTV News staffers submit their own personal lists of their 25 favorite songs, and from those lists we derived a master list whose top 10 will be slowly rolling out over the course of this week. Check out one of the 25 lists below, with an argument or two for the greatness of some of the under-appreciated tunes of the year.

By Jocelyn Vena, with some help from her girl Christina Garibaldi

1. "OMG," Usher

2. "Telephone," Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé

3. "Runaway," Kanye West

4. "Mine," Taylor Swift
This track the type of song that girls would listen to on repeat at sleepovers. It also has Swift finally singing about adult relationships, which means that anyone can relate to it. That's really what makes it a great pop song.

5. "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem featuring Rihanna

6. "Fancy," Drake featuring Swizz Beatz

7. "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love," Usher

8. "California Gurls," Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg

9. "I Like It," Enrique Iglesias

10. "Alejandro," Lady Gaga

11. "Dynamite," Taio Cruz

12. "Somebody to Love," Justin Bieber
Whether or not you are a Bieber fan, "Somebody To Love" was his bid for Usher's throne. Let's put it another way: If Usher released it, you probably wouldn't be ashamed to love it.

13. "Tik Tok," Ke$ha

14. "F--- You," Cee-Lo Green

15. "Just Haven't Met You Yet," Michael Buble

16. "Nothin' on You," B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars

17. "Airplanes," B.o.B featuring Haley Williams of Paramore

18. "Whip My Hair," Willow Smith

19. "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry

20. "Rude Boy," Rihanna

21. "Your Love Is My Drug," Ke$ha

22. "Dog Days Are Over," Florence & the Machine
This track is a little weird sonically and lyrically, but it managed to permeate the pop world thanks to an appearance in the "Eat, Pray, Love" trailers and Florence Welch's super cool voice and persona.

23. "The Only Exception," Paramore
Hayley Williams sings about heartbreak and love better than most people double her age, so when she meets that guy that breaks down her walls, we want to believe they can make it work.

24. "Shake," Jesse McCartney
Jesse has always been on the cusp of crossing over into a full-fledged adult pop star, and this song has just as much swagger and charm as your average Justin Timberlake release (and that guy doesn't even make records any more). Bottom line: give it another listen.

25. "Unthinkable," Alicia Keys featuring Drake

[Enigma.]

Dec 6, 2010 13:41:18 GMT -5 Joe1240 said:

22. "Dog Days Are Over," Florence & the Machine
This track is a little weird sonically and lyrically, but it managed to permeate the pop world thanks to an appearance in the "Eat, Pray, Love" trailers and Florence Welch's super cool voice and persona.

Huh?

[212]

Rolling Stone's Top Singles of 2010

50. Ke$ha
"We R Who We R"
Over Dr. Luke's arena-electro beat, Ke$ha takes stupid-savvy pop to bombastic heights.

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"
A nearly perfect pop-rap ballad, with the Atlanta MC telling his one and only, "You the whole package, plus you pay your taxes."

42. Surfer Blood
"Floating Vibes"

41. Junip
"In Every Direction"

40. Kanye West
"Power"
The first sign of how crazy Twisted Fantasy would be: 'Ye goes all schizoid while sampling King Crimson.

39. The Gaslight Anthem
"The Diamond Church Street Choir"

38. Spoon
"The Mystery Zone"

37. Lloyd Banks feat. Juelz Santana
"Beamer, Benz, or Bentley"
Two New York badasses team up over the year's rawest beat to celebrate paying way too much in car insurance.

36. Drake feat. Nicki Minaj
"Up All Night"
One of the year's great driving songs, with Minaj "doing doughnuts in a six-speed."

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"
The Swedish diva spots her beloved with another girl — then turns her sadness into sparkling pop, perfect for solo freakouts.

25. Nicki Minaj
"Did It On'em"
A hazy, synapse-butchering throwdown. Nicki: "If I had a dick, I would pull it out and piss on 'em."

24. Eminem
"Not Afraid"
Em opens up about sobriety, disses his last album and pledges to be a better dad. His most inspiring song ever.

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"
Drake rhymes about how stardom is both terrifying and awesome. With a huge, clattering beat, it's also irresistible.

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"
On this rumbling id-fest, Minaj delivers the cameo of the year, switching personae and voices like she's rap's Meryl Streep. Kanye has the good sense to let her go on for 31 thrilling bars.

9. Broken Bells
"The Ghost Inside"

8. Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi
"Tightrope"
Sister-from-another-planet Monáe delivers a ferocious, horn-splashed burner that mashes up Cab Calloway, hip-hop, James Brown and art-pop wackiness.

7. Vampire Weekend
"White Sky"

6. Mavis Staples
"You Are Not Alone"

5. Arcade Fire
"We Used to Wait"

4. Katy Perry
"Teenage Dream"
Co-written by Max Martin and Dr. Luke, this buoyant electro-pop singalong is 2010's catchiest tune. As for that "teenage dream," Perry doesn't mince words: "Let's go all the way tonight."

3. Sade
"Soldier of Love"
Nobody knows where Sade disappears to for years at a time between hits, but "Soldier of Love" proves she knows how to make a hell of a re-entrance. She sings about emotional devastation over a beat that mixes quiet-storm synths with acid-damaged riffs straight out of TV on the Radio's playbook. It's as close as she's ever come to blowing her cool.

2. Cee Lo Green
"Fuck You"
The title alone would have guaranteed hundreds of thousands of Web clicks. But Cee Lo didn't just say "Fuck you" – he said it with humor and serious panache. Despite the bummed-out lyrics, the Motown-style beat is DayGlo-bright, and Cee Lo's lovelorn lament doubles as an anthem for lean times: "If I was richer/I'd still be with ya/Ha, now ain't that some shit?"

1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T
"Runaway"
It takes a special kind of dark, twisted genius to raise the white flag of surrender while raising a middle finger. Kanye West is that genius. "Runaway" is Kanye's musical response to the Taylor Swift affair, but it's much more than that: a nine-minute meditation on romantic failure and public infamy. Kanye creates a huge, eerie beat out of thunderous drums and plinking piano, and he turns the phrase "Let's have a toast for the douchebags" into a refrain nearly as catchy as "She loves you — yeah, yeah, yeah." In 2010, no other song was so crazily epic or jaw-droppingly gorgeous — not on the radio, not anywhere. Now, everyone raise your glasses.

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/239428

Rolling Stone's Top Albums of 2010

30. Rick Ross
Teflon Don

29. The Roots
How I Got Over

28. My Chemical Romance
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Reprise
Emo's reluctant princes follow The Black Parade with a magnificent album about vampires, rock stars, and rock-star vampires. It's a blazing, pissed-off record — but it's also MCR's poppiest disc yet. Amid synth bursts, Gerard Way slings glam-punk raps ("Planetary (Go!)" and mighty singalong hooks ("Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"), sounding like Lady Gaga's goth-punk brother.

27. Peter Wolf
Midnight Souvenirs

26. Yeasayer
Odd Blood

25. Superchunk
Majesty Shredding

24. Maximum Balloon
Maximum Balloon

23. Elizabeth Cook
Welder

22. Spoon
Transference

21. Big Boi
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

20. Neil Young
Le Noise

19. M.I.A.
Maya
N.E.E.T./Interscope/XL
The backlash against M.I.A.'s high jinks — that graphic "Born Free" video and her beef with The New York Times — distracted everyone from the fact that her biggest provocations in 2010 were sonic. Maya's art-punk noise and electro beats made for the most abrasive protest music in recent memory.

18. Kings of Leon
Come Around Sundown
RCA
The best arena-rock album of the year. The backwoods doo-wop flair of "Mary" and country-U2 yearning in "Back Down South" catch the Kings at the perfect midpoint between pure pop and down-home. And the staccato "End," Sundown's first song, sounds like a new beginning.

17. Beach House
Teen Dream

16. Kid Rock
Born Free
.
15. The National
High Violet

14. Robyn
Body Talk
Cherrytree/Interscope
Body Talk began as two sugar- shot EPs; by the time the full-length dropped, it felt like a greatest-hits package. The Swedish diva's beats and tunes smoke her American competition. So does her wit: See "Fembot" and the secretly poignant "Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do."

13. Taylor Swift
Speak Now
Big Machine
Speak Now proves that Swift is more than the world's biggest country singer — at 21, she's a one-woman song factory with a rock & roll heart. There are tracks about celebrity studs, but what matters is how she can command a deep-freeze soft-soul ballad like "Enchanted" or a Phil Spector-style rocker like "Long Live."

12. John Mellencamp
No Better Than This

11. The Dead Weather
Sea of Cowards

10. LCD Soundsystem
This Is Happening

9. Eminem
Recovery
Aftermath/Interscope
"Let's be honest, that last Relapse CD was ehhh," Eminem rapped on Recovery, which turned out to be the post-rehab victory lap that the schlocky Relapse wasn't. Dominating radio, Eminem was back on top in 2010, but he was also older and wiser: a scared dad who'd been to drug-addict hell and made it back with his rhyme skills intact. When he pledges to stay sober on the hit "Not Afraid," you know the man is hellbent serious.

8. Robert Plant
Band of Joy

7. Drake
Thank Me Later
Cash Money/Universal
Arriving after three years of mixtapes, guest spots and merciless hype, the debut LP from the Canadian actor- turned-rapper delivered the goods with sumptuous beats, airtight rhymes and nuanced introspection. Drake's sleepy, soulful flow gave his morning-after reflections on the high life an undercurrent of irony. He's the definitive star of hip-hop's tortured post-Kanye era: a guy who can't quite decide if "I've been up for four days gettin' money" is a brag or a burden.

6. Vampire Weekend
Contra

5. Jamey Johnson
The Guitar Song

4. Arcade Fire
The Suburbs

3. Elton John and Leon Russell
The Union

2. The Black Keys
Brothers

1. Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
With My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West made music as sprawlingly messy as his life. When he wasn't feuding with Matt Lauer or bugging out on Twitter, Kanye was building hip-hop epics, songs full of the kind of grandiose gestures that only the foolish attempt and only the wildly talented pull off. The more he piled on — string sections, Elton John piano solos, vocoder freakouts, Bon Iver cameos, King Crimson and Rick James samples — the better the music got. Never has Kanye rhymed so hilariously ("Have you ever had sex with a pharaoh?/I put the pussy in a sarcophagus") or been so insightful about his relationship-torpedoing faults. From the bracing prog-rock of "Power" to the spooky grandeur of "Runaway" to the shape-shifting "Hell of a Life," he made all other music seem dimmer and duller. Is the album dark? Sure. Twisted? Of course. But above all, it's beautiful.

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/239077

[badrobot]

Dec 3, 2010 14:59:26 GMT -5 nightshade said:

Dec 3, 2010 2:35:11 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

Guess I'll append NME's accompanying 75 best albums of 2010 list. Here we go:

36. Hurts – Happiness

Very pleased to see HURTS get some recognition even if it's from NME.
Ellie Goulding deserves some recognition as well. >:(

You have excellent taste!