only a few weeks left in the year, so it's time

my top 5:

1) Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2) Future Islands- In Evening Air
3) Beach House- Teen Dream
4) Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
5) Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest

Honorable Mention:

LCD Soundsystem- This Is Happening
Gayngs- Relayted
Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
Sleigh Bells- Treats
Best Coast- Crazy For You
Javelin- No Mas

I <3'd 2010

(I feel like I could have listed 10 more)

[Edited on November 23, 2010 at 8:37 PM. Reason : I seem to always fuck up one album title every year in this thread. glad the streak is still alive]

11/23/2010 8:13:37 PM

Quote :

"LCD SOUNDSYSTEM THIS IS IT"

Haha, just fuckin with you, I know you know your shit...

1) Kanye West - MBDTF
2) Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
3) LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
4) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5) Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
6) Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
7) Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
8) Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
9) Four Tet - There Is Love In You
10) Sharon Van Etten - Epic

Honorable mention:
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
Caribou - Swim
Airiel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
The Black Keys - Brothers
The National - High Violet
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Wavves - King of the Beach
Beach House - Teen Dream

With lots o' italics. I, too, feel like I could've listed many more. 2010 was a great year for music. I will change my mind a lot about the order of this list in the coming weeks. Feel pretty certain about my top 3, though. I know Sufjan won't really be a popular choice, but good lord, I love that album. REALLY grew on me. Still growing on me.

[Edited on November 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2010 8:30:54 PM

1) Eminem - Recovery
2) Janelle Monae - ArchAndroid
3) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
4) Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

11/23/2010 8:33:06 PM

1. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

maybe i'll list more later

okay here's two

2. Janelle Monae - ArchAndroid

[Edited on November 23, 2010 at 8:35 PM. Reason : slave famous lit a fire under my arse]

11/23/2010 8:34:12 PM

Beach House, Future Islands, Gorillaz, Joanna Newsom

I can't think of anything else

[Edited on November 23, 2010 at 8:35 PM. Reason : Half of Deerhunter]

[Edited on November 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM. Reason : I liked Sufjan's EP better than his LP]

11/23/2010 8:34:42 PM

Quote :

"1) Eminem - Recovery"

11/23/2010 8:37:46 PM

Don't judge me

11/23/2010 8:40:18 PM

In no particular order:

The Foreign Exchange - Authenticity
Donwill - Don Cusack In High Fidelity
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The Roots - How I Got Over
Future Islands - In Evening Air

11/23/2010 8:43:49 PM

i enjoyed

the black keys - brothers
the dead weather - sea of cowards
the love language - libraries
the arcade fire - the suburbs
deerhunter - halcyon digest
mgmt - congratulations
dr. dog - shame, shame

apparently new beck, white stripes, ween, my morning jacket, queens of the stone age and eagles of death metal slated for release some time next year.

[Edited on November 23, 2010 at 9:15 PM. Reason : dr. dog]

11/23/2010 9:08:55 PM

based off what i've listened to most this year, but in no particular order:

future islands - in evening air
beach house - teen dream
best coast - crazy for you
the black keys - brothers
deerhunter - halcyon digest
arcade fire - the suburbs
tame impala - innerspeaker
LCD soundsystem - this is happening
gorillaz - plastic beach
caribou - swim
local natives - gorilla manor
sleigh bells - treats
wavves - king of the beach
the love language - libraries
kanye - MBDTF
trent reznor and atticus ross - the social network OST (seriously)

11/23/2010 9:11:17 PM

in no particular order some of the new albums I listened to the most this year:

dillinger escape plan - option paralysis
deftones - diamond eyes
deerhunter - halcyon digest
the national - high violet
Sufjan Stevens - the age of adz
look mexico - to bed to battle
circa survive - blue sky noise
amusement parks on fire - road eyes

11/23/2010 10:02:57 PM

Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

11/23/2010 10:44:51 PM

1. Beach House - Teen Dream
2. Best Coast - Crazy For You
3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
5. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network OST
6. The Walkmen - Lisbon
7. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
8. The Love Language - Libraries
9. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
10. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

Essential tracks from albums that I could otherwise take or leave:
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Beverly Kills"
Dum Dum Girls - "Jail La La"
Gayngs - "The Last Prom on Earth"
Massive Attack - "Paradise Circus"
MGMT - "Congratulations"
The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
The New Pornographers - "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk"
Superchunk - "Crossed Wires"
Vampire Weekend - "Diplomat's Son"

11/24/2010 12:25:05 AM

A top ten off the top of my head.

Broken Records - Let Me Come Home
Marnie Stern - S/T
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces
White Mystery - S/T
Born Ruffians - Say It
Quasi - American Gong
Dinosaur Feathers - Fantasy Memorial
White Hinterland - Kairos

11/24/2010 1:36:07 AM

(in order):

1) Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
2) Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
3) The National- High Violet
4) Joanna Newsom- Have One on Me
5) Woods- At Echo Lake
6) The Walkmen- Lisbon
7) Phosphorescent- Here's to taking it easy
8) Sun Kil Moon- Admiral Fell Promises
9) Sufjan Stevens- All Delighted People EP
10) Sufjan Stevens- The Age of Adz

Honorable Mentions: SVE- Epic, Titus Andronicus- The Monitor, Roky Erickson- True Love Cast out all Evil, Avey Tare- Down There

11/24/2010 1:36:48 AM

I love the song "The Rat" by The Walkmen, but I've found their albums really hard to get into even though they seem like a band I'd like.

Oh well.

11/24/2010 9:31:07 AM

^ yeh, honestly 'Lisbon' is the first of their albums that has really resonated with me emotionally. I really dig the resigned, laid-back feel to it.

11/24/2010 11:14:48 AM

i do not listen to a ton of Hip Hop, thus i had no idea Kanye even had a new album. I'm listening to what are supposed to be the singles and don't recognize any of them. Have any had top 40 status? Edit. It looks like they did, but they don't seem to have the club/dance vibe so that's probably why i had not heard them.

11/24/2010 11:51:20 AM

"Monster" from MBDTF gives me wood.

11/24/2010 1:23:21 PM

"Diplomat's Son" really is a great song

I will make this list later but I think Teen Dream is at the top

11/24/2010 2:14:55 PM

1)A Hero A Fake - Let Oceans Lie
2)Who cares

11/24/2010 6:27:05 PM

Quote :

"i do not listen to a ton of Hip Hop, thus i had no idea Kanye even had a new album. I'm listening to what are supposed to be the singles and don't recognize any of them. Have any had top 40 status? Edit. It looks like they did, but they don't seem to have the club/dance vibe so that's probably why i had not heard them."

None of them get played on the Top 40 stations around here. There's also the whole "music video" thing, where POWER's music video is like 1:50 and the Runaway video is like 35 minutes long.

11/24/2010 6:31:45 PM

crime in stereo- i was trying to describe you to someone
the national- high violet
anberlin- dark is the way, light is a place
cee lo green- the lady killer
the gaslight anthem- american slang
gifts from enola- s/t
the hold steady- heaven is whenever
kanye west- my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
the love language- libraries
the national- high violet

11/25/2010 2:27:06 PM

Haven't had a chance to listen to Kanye West's new album yet...I know, I'm way behind.

But my favorite has been Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot Son of Chico Dusty.

11/26/2010 10:12:30 AM

I have had a chance to listen to Kanye's newest release

Quote :

"But my favorite has been Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot Son of Chico Dusty."

by so many miles

11/26/2010 10:56:05 AM

i meant to buy that at some point but totally lunched on it

11/26/2010 12:40:48 PM

lol, lunched. i like it.

the best coast and beach house albums didn't have a very good shelf life for me. i still like them but got sick of them fairly quickly and haven't found myself playing them a lot since they came out. that's just personal preference; i know a lot of people still love both albums.

[Edited on November 26, 2010 at 1:20 PM. Reason : kinda the same thing with the future islands lp...that one i like a little more though]

11/26/2010 1:19:46 PM

Tame Impala
Future Islands
Caribou
Chromeo
Arcade Fire
Delta Spirit

11/26/2010 1:23:31 PM

Vampire Weekend - Contra

11/26/2010 1:29:31 PM

Eminem - Recovery
Kanye West - MBDTF
Bruno Mars - Doowops and Hooligans
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days...

I didnt listen to a whole lot of new entire albums, but out of the ones I did listen to I liked these the best

11/26/2010 4:42:08 PM

Album of the year is a dead heat between Titus Andronicus and Best Coast for me. The rest, in no particular order:

Harlem - Hippies
Invisible Hand - Sinister Hand
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement

some other ones probably, including Have One On Me if it could be trimmed to 90 minutes

11/27/2010 3:26:56 AM

new to me this year, lol. i'm not very up to date.

florence + the machine - lungs
la roux - la roux (the one on the radio, bulletproof, is probably one of their worst songs, imo)

i don't have the same taste in music the rest of you do apparently. i'm in the same boat w/ Jeepin4x4 i guess.

11/27/2010 9:00:14 AM

You could have bumped the 2009 thread, 73

11/27/2010 1:31:18 PM

No order, my favorite 4...

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Mark Ronson & The Business International - Record Collection
The Black Keys - Brothers
Spoon - Transference

11/27/2010 2:27:09 PM

^ damn, yeh, forgot about Spoon-Transference. That's def in my top 10 of the year

11/27/2010 2:40:49 PM

^^^hahaha yes, but la roux is 2008

11/27/2010 9:59:02 PM

No it's not

11/27/2010 11:39:57 PM

Never heard of any of these albums and i think i've only heard of like one or two of these bands.

Only album i can think of off the top of my head is:

Deathspell Omega - Paracletus, and thats just because it came out like a week ago, though it may work its way into my top 10 albums of all time




I like Have one on me, but its kind of dwarfed by Ys.

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11/28/2010 12:29:24 AM

tame impala
caribou
school of seven bells

11/28/2010 3:51:55 AM

my favorite 11 (couldn't narrow it to 10)

future islands - in evening air
beach house - teen dream
caribou - swim
arcade fire - the suburbs
harlem - hippies
menomena - mines
deerhunter - halcyon digest
titus andronicus - the monitor
the national - high violet
women - public strain
warpaint - the fool

11/28/2010 9:33:21 AM

Quote :

"La Roux's debut single, "Quicksand", was released by French independent record label Kitsuné Music in December 2008.[5] They then signed to Polydor Records in order to release their debut album."

the whole album wasn't out til 2009, but they had music out before that

[Edited on November 28, 2010 at 9:45 AM. Reason : ]

11/28/2010 9:44:35 AM

So like I said, the album was released in 2009.

11/28/2010 12:15:57 PM

Rick Ross - Teflon Don

11/28/2010 2:09:58 PM

Arcade Fire -- The Suburbs
Harlem -- Hippies
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings -- I Learned the Hard Way
Sufjan Stevens -- Age of ADZ and the EP (just going to combine both of his efforts)
The National -- High Violet
Morning Benders -- Big Echo
Dr. Dog -- Shame, Shame
The Love Language -- Libraries
Broken Bells -- s/t
The Tallest Man On Earth -- The Wild Hunt
Ponderosa -- Moonlight Revival

^i think the Ponderosa album may actually qualify as a 2011 album, not 2010... and that list is in no particular order. Ponderosa and Sufjan barely edged out Future Islands on my list. Ask me tomorrow, and it's probably different.

11/28/2010 3:21:39 PM

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
Crystal Fighters - Star Of Love
The Glitch Mob - Drink The Sea
Casiokids - Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar
Caribou - Swim
Bonobo - Black Sands
Foals - Total Life Forever
John Roberts - Glass Eights
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here
Darkstar - North

11/28/2010 3:58:58 PM

5. The Love Language - Libraries
4. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
1. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

BLAMMO

12/15/2010 9:17:50 AM

1. liars
2. double negative
grass widow
drunkdriver
belle & sebastian
brain flannel (demo)
the rebel
nothing people
kanye
my girlfriend is getting me the newer swans for christmas. i've not heard it, but i'm sure i'll love it.

the first two listed are the only ones that floored me. there were a lot of great reissues this year, too. it seems as if most people on here took their picks from a pool of 30 records. are we really that boring?

12/15/2010 9:46:39 AM

12/15/2010 7:06:17 PM

that kanye shit is fucking killer diller

12/15/2010 8:28:15 PM

Quote :

"Haven't had a chance to listen to Kanye West's new album yet...I know, I'm way behind. But my favorite has been Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot Son of Chico Dusty."

Having now heard MBDTF, I can now make the call...I didn't buy too many albums this year, but here's mine:

1. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot Son of Chico Dusty
2. Kanye - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Shawn Chrystopher - You, And Only You
4. Cee Lo - Lady Killer

Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager was the biggest disappointment for me.

[Edited on December 15, 2010 at 8:38 PM. Reason : was all ready to put Mos Def's Ecstatic on here...didn't realize that was mid-2009. ]

12/15/2010 8:29:00 PM