Monday, December 27, 2010

2010 Top Albums List


Hope everyone who celebrates Christmas had a merry one.  Here are my Top 25 Albums of 2010 in concise list form:
  1. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
  2. Wavves - King of the Beach
  3. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
  4. MGMT - Congratulations
  5. Caribou - Swim
  6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
  7. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
  8. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
  9. Owen Pallett - Heartland
  10. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
  11. Wolf Parade - Expo 86
  12. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
  13. No Age - Everything In Between
  14. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
  15. Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
  16. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
  17. Spoon - Transference
  18. Beach House - Teen Dream
  19. The National - High Violet
  20. The New Pornographers - Together
  21. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
  22. Sleigh Bells - Treats
  23. Twin Shadow - Forget
  24. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
  25. Best Coast - Crazy for You
I'm pretty happy with this list, BUT...there are definitely already some 2010 albums I'm starting to appreciate more, notably 'Plastic Beach' from Gorillaz and 'Age of Adz' from Sufjan Stevens.

This always happens. Bear In Heaven's 'Beast Rest Forth Mouth' and Neon Indian's 'Psychic Chasms' are two of my favorite albums from 2009, and they were nowhere to be found on my list last year. I either hadn't listened to them at all or merely 'glanced' at them (the listening equivalent) at the time, and only realized how awesome they were later.

It's a constant process of discovery - I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll be sure to write about albums that I've come to love that didn't make this list.

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