2010 revisited. Top 20 albums remain unchanged except for swapping in the great Australian psych-rock band Tame Impala’s “Innerspeaker” for the still really good “Plastic Beach” by Gorillaz. 2010 still really shines for me and I will say that I think it was an overall stronger year than 2011. My five favorite albums- Kanye’s “MBDTF”, Deerhunter’s “Halcyon Digest”, Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs”, the late LCD Soundsystem’s “This Is Happening” and the should be world conquering pop star Robyn’s “Body Talk” still sound just as good if not better than they did last year. The great tracks in 2010 are seemingly endless. I still had to cut ridiculously good stuff at volume 8 so eventually I’ll re-revisit 2010 and just keep going.
After a few years in the gutter rap music seemed back in 2010 and it still shows no signs of stopping. Big Boi, Drake, Kanye & Rick Ross are still some of the music’s leading lights. Looking very forward to the sophomore releases from Surfer Blood & Best Coast, the next Beach House record & the 3rd from Vampire Weekend all coming in 2012.
Rock On!!
TITUS ANDRONICUS- THE MONITOR
Buy The Monitor – Titus Andronicus
Buy The MonitorAmazon
NO AGE- EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Buy Everything In Between – No Age
Buy Everything In BetweenAmazon
BEACH HOUSE- TEEN DREAM
Buy Teen DreamAmazon
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM- THIS IS HAPPENING
Buy This Is Happening – LCD Soundsystem
Buy This Is HappeningAmazon
DEERHUNTER- HALCYON DIGEST
Buy Halcyon Digest – Deerhunter
Buy Halcyon DigestAmazon
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE- FORGIVENESS ROCK RECORD
Buy Forgiveness Rock Record – Broken Social Scene
Buy Forgiveness Rock RecordAmazon
KANYE WEST- MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY
Buy My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
Buy My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Explicit]Amazon
DRAKE- THANK ME LATER
Buy Thank Me Later [Explicit]Amazon
SLEIGH BELLS- TREATS
Buy TreatsAmazon
ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI- BEFORE TODAY
Buy Before Today – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Buy Before TodayAmazon
VAMPIRE WEEKEND- CONTRA
Buy Contra (Bonus Track Version) – Vampire Weekend
Buy ContraAmazon
ARCADE FIRE- THE SUBURBS
Buy The SuburbsAmazon
SURFER BLOOD- ASTRO COAST
Buy Astro Coast – Surfer Blood
Buy Astro CoastAmazon
TWIN SHADOW- FORGET
Buy ForgetAmazon
JANELLE MONAE- ARCHANDROID
Buy The ArchAndroid – Janelle Monáe
Buy The ArchAndroid Amazon
FLYING LOTUS- COSMOGRAMMA
Buy Cosmogramma – Flying Lotus
Buy CosmogrammaAmazon
BEST COAST- CRAZY FOR YOU
Buy Crazy for You – Best Coast
Buy Crazy For YouAmazon
TAME IMPALA- INNERSPEAKER
Buy InnerSpeaker – Tame Impala
Buy Innerspeaker Amazon *Import Price
BIG BOI- SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT: THE SON OF CHICO DUSTY
Buy Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty (Deluxe Edition) – Big Boi
Buy Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son Of Chico Dusty [Explicit]Amazon
ROBYN- BODY TALK
Buy Body Talk [Explicit] [+Digital Booklet]Amazon