Sunday, January 09, 2011

The 111 Best Albums of 2010

Alright...without further delay...here it is.  The final grand tally.  The 111 Best albums of the year...as voted on by you.  Don't send your complaints to me.  Send them to your own inbox.



  1. The Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
  2. Kanye West – My Dark Twisted Fantasy
  3. The National – High Violet
  4. The Black Keys – Brothers
  5.  LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
  6. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
  7. Vampire Weekend – Contra
  8. Spoon – Transference
  9. Cee-Lo Green – Lady Killer (only $5.00)
  10. Beach House – Teen Dream (only $5.00)
  11. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms (only $5.00)
  12. Eminem – Recovery
  13. Superchunk – Majesty Shredding (only $5.00)
  14. Tokyo Police Club – Champ
  15. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
  16. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
  17. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
  18. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon II
  19. The Walkmen – Lisbon
  20. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
  21. The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
  22. Deftones – Diamond Eyes
  23. Foals – Total Life Forever
  24. Robyn – Body Talk
  25. Jonsi – Go
  26. MGMT – Congratulations (only $5.00)
  27. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
  28. The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
  29. White Denim – Last Days of Summer
  30. How To Destroy Angles – How To Destroy Angels
  31. Sleigh Bells – Treats
  32. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
  33. Lost in the Trees – All Alone in An Empty House
  34. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles II
  35. Klaxons – Surfing The Void
  36. Against Me! – White Crosses
  37. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
  38. Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
  39. She & Him – Volume II
  40. Bruce Springsteen – The Promise
  41. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
  42. Best Coast – Crazy for You
  43. The Roots - How I Got Over
  44. The Hold Steady – Heaven is Whenever
  45. Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
  46. Ty Segall – Melted
  47. Nada Surf – if I had a hi-fi
  48. Black Angels – Phosphene Dream
  49. War on Drugs – Further Weather
  50. Secret and Whisper – Teenage Fantasy
  51. Walter Schreifels – An Open Letter To The Scene
  52. The Naked and Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You
  53. Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart
  54. Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude/Sit Down, Man
  55. Devo – Something For Everybody
  56. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast (only $5.00)
  57. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
  58. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
  59. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon (only $5.00)
  60. Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
  61. OK Go – Of The Blue Colour of the Sky
  62. Toadies – Feeler
  63. Pete Yorn – Pete Yorn (only $5.00)
  64. Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring
  65. Massive Attack – Heliogoland
  66. Minus The Bear – Omni
  67. Black Eyed Peas – The Beginning
  68. Shout Out Louds – Work
  69. Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society
  70. Morcheeba – Blood Like Lemonade
  71. Alkaline Trio – This Addiciton
  72. Houses – All Night
  73. Ray LaMontagne – God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise
  74. Harlem – Hippies
  75. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World – Soundtrack
  76. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor (only $5.00)
  77. Deer Tick - The Black Dirt Sessions (only $5.00)
  78. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
  79. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
  80. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
  81. Phil Selway – Familial
  82. Ratatat – LP4
  83. Old 97s – The Grand Theatre
  84. Warpaint – The Fool
  85. The White Stripes – Under The Great Northern Lights
  86. Crocodiles – Sleep Forever
  87. Far – At Night We Live
  88. Buke And Gass – Riposte
  89. Anberlin – Dark Is The Way
  90. Royal Baths – After Death
  91. Delphic – Acolyte
  92. Ryan Adams - III/IV
  93.  The Knife – Tomorrow, In A Year
  94. O. Children – O. Children
  95. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
  96. Die Antwoord - $0$
  97. Wale - More About Nothing
  98. The Drums – The Drums
  99. Bad Religion – The Dissent of Man
  100. Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise
  101. Interpol – Interpol
  102. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Grace Potter
  103. Small Black – New Chain
  104. Wolf Parade - EXPO 86
  105. Perfume Genius – Learning
  106. Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
  107. Bonobo – Black Sands
  108. Hot Panda – How Come I’m Dead
  109. Josh Ritter – So Runs The World Away
  110. Menomena – Mines (only $5.00)
  111. Jenny & Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now

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