Your Best Albums of 2010 list

[Vas Deferens]

Beach House
Lower Dens
High on Fire
Killing Joke
The Roots
Kanye West
Walkmen
Grinderman
Tobacco
Justin Townes Earle
Swans
Gorillaz
Jucifer
Thou (Summit album)

Have it but need to listen: Sun Airway, Salem, Bobby Bare Jr., Agalloch
 

[walkonby]

Not everyone listens to the same music as you.

Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before.  Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable). 

yes they do . . . because now everybody's me

Now everybody's into what I do
Steve Albini, John? and Frank Sinatra sound exactly like me
I even set up a duo with Julio Iglesias
It was called Me and Julio Down By the Crackhouse
'Cause even Julio Iglesias is me
I have the number one album
I have all the albums
'Cause now everybody's me!

[azaghal1981]

All these metal releases listed and no Salome? Easily my favorite metal album this year.

Still nowhere near having a complete list here.

[Vas Deferens]

Because Salome are mediocre sludge.

All these metal releases listed and no Salome? Easily my favorite metal album this year.

Still nowhere near having a complete list here.

[azaghal1981]

And you have not heard it.

[Vas Deferens]

Seen 'em live and it wasn't good....why hear the album?  Truth hurts sometimes, you just gotta accept it.

[azaghal1981]

So you haven't heard it.

Go fluff Beach House and Lower Dens some more.

[brennser]

I used to get pissy that people started this thread in October, but come on guys, it's almost 1/1, where's your list?

Thanks for posting Rhett. I too wondered why no one had started this thread, maybe best of lists are now passe. That being said, heres mine

1. Pulled Apart By Horses 'Pulled Apart By Horses'
2. These New Puritans 'Hidden'
3. Anais Mitchell 'Hadestown'
4. Broken Bells 'Broken Bells'
5. Lloyd Cole 'Broken Record'
6. The Besnard Lakes ' The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night'
7. Black Mountain 'Wilderness Heart'
8. Justin Townes Earle 'Harlem River Blues'
9. Sister 'Sister'
10. The Soft Pack 'The Soft Pack'
11. Apples in Stereo 'Travellers in Space and Time'
12. Stars 'The Five Ghosts'
13. Emma Pollock 'The Law of Large Numbers'
14. Eels 'End Times'
15. Beach House 'Teen Dream'
16. Hot Chip 'One Life Stand'
17. She and Him 'Volume Two'
18. Cathal Coughlan and the Grand Necropolitan Quartet 'Rancho Tetrahedron'
19. Holly Miranda 'The Magicians Private Library'
20. The Love Language 'Libraries'

Biggest Disappointments

Grinderman
The Whigs

Didn't Understand the Hype

Tamaryn
Deerhinter
Fang Island
Tame Impala

Need to Listen To Based on Rave Reviews etc

Kanye
Jannelle
LCD Soundsystem

[Jaguar]

These always stress me out more than they should. That's because I can't remember everything I've heard. Worse yet, I always manage to leave something very good off my list. Plus, I still haven't heard everything relevant for my purposes. Very frustrating and embarrassing, especially if I decide to create an official Air Atlantic Underground Radio Best of list. So, here's just a working list in completely random order of my personal favorite releases of 2010.

Zaza - "Cameo" (EP)
Highspire - "Aquatic"
Presents For Sally - "A Touch Of Joy, A Touch Of Sadness"
Insect Guide - "Dark Days & Nights"
Stellarium - "Stellarium"
Soundpool - "Mirrors In Your Eyes"
Malory - "Pearl Diver"
Ceremony - "Rocket Fire"
The Black Angels - "Phosphene Dream"
Laboratory Noise - "When Sound Generates Light"
The Black Ryder - "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride"
Dragontears - "Turn On Tune In Fuck Off"
Tears Run Rings - "Distance"
Whirl - "Distressor" (EP)
Air Formation - "Nothing To Wish For (Nothing To Lose)"
Seasonscollide ? "Disappearing Reappearing"
Scarlet Youth - "Goodbye Doesn't Mean I'm Gone"
Ghost Society - "The Back Of His Hands, Then The Palms"
Bon Accord - "Honeydew" (EP)
Sway - "This Was Tomorrow"
Butterfly Explosion - "Lost Trails"
The Vandelles - "Del Black Aloha"
Cotton Club - "Between Drones And Daisies"
Between The Cities Are Stars - "Between The Cities Are Stars"
Whatever Hippie Bitch - "Whatever Hippie Bitch"
Foxtail Somersault - "Reflection" (EP)


*I'm saving the new one by Secret Shine, "The Beginning And The End", for 2011 since it was released only about a week ago and most people won't hear it until then.

[kosmo vinyl]

Here's a taste of the albums I enjoyed this year

http://8tracks.com/kosmo/favorite-pop-rock-songs-of-2010
http://8tracks.com/kosmo/favorite-funk-soul-tracks-of-2010

[azaghal1981]

Jaguar just made Jeffml cry.


P.S. you have to hear that Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album I mentioned in the 2010 albums thread. A majority of the tracks sound like variations on a "To Here Knows When" sounding theme.

[Jaguar]

Jaguar just made Jeffml cry.

No, not really. Killsaly has heard of them and I would in no way consider him a 'nobody'. Besides, I can't help it that all of those people who listen to these releases don't bother with this board. Most aren't local anyway so no real need for them to hang around here.

P.S. you have to hear that Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album I mentioned in the 2010 albums thread. A majority of the tracks sound like variations on a "To Here Knows When" sounding theme.

Except for one short very ambient track, I haven't heard it yet. Looking forward to it though.

[Cock Van Der Palm]

Actually that is on the top of my list as well. 

Jaguar just made Jeffml cry.


P.S. you have to hear that Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album I mentioned in the 2010 albums thread. A majority of the tracks sound like variations on a "To Here Knows When" sounding theme.

[Unsanity]

I want to hear that Salome record! They need to play some more shows too. One more album to add to my pretentious metal list is Unearthly Trance - V that thing was vicious, I can't believe I forgot about it.
Wilderness heart was cool too. Also I'm glad to see others dug the new Killing Joke. It was between that and Wino for album of the year for me.

[serpent boy]

1.) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
2.) MNDR - E.P.E. EP
3.) The National - High Violet
4.) Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
5.) Beach House - Teen Dream
6.) Twin Tigers - Grey Waves
7.) She & Him - Volume Two
8.) Interpol - Interpol
9.) Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
10.) The Corin Tucker Band - 1000 Years