Albums of the Year 2010 - Voting Thread - Closed

[Space Cadet]

Thanks for all the new lists. :D

Will update tomorrowish when I get a spare minute.

[Black Rose]

I thought this was a 2009 album :\ *googles* Jan 2010 :stunned: Weird, it's down as 2009 in my media player :confused: Maaaan, I totally need to squeeze this into my list now :bigcry:

 

 

 

 

Thought this was a 2009 release too :\ Pretty sure I had it in my list last year.

 

Fly Yellow came out early Jan and got re-released in April time with a few extra tracks (after the John Lewis Advert)

[deaths_friend]

here is my final top 25.

1. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

2. The National - High Violet

3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

4. Foals - Total Life Forever

5. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

 

6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

7. Angus + Julia Stone - Down the Way

8. Beach House - Teen Dream

9. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II

10. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can

 

11. Jonsi - Go

12. Cloud Control - Bliss Release

13. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

14. Interpol - S/T

15. Parades - Foreign Tapes

 

16. Vampire Weekend - Contra

17. Yeasayer - Odd Blood

18. The Drums - S/T

19. Hot Chip - One Life Stand

20 Dead Letter Circus - This Is The Warning

 

21. The Chemical Brothers - Further

22. Caribou - Swim

23. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

24. Broken Bells - S/T

25. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

 

Special Mentions

Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP (would've made the top 10 if Sufjan didnt call it an EP)

The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights (brilliant live recording)

Sleigh Bells - Treats (i appreciate its awesomeness but just couldn't find a spot for it)

 

 

i ended up leaving out some albums i really really enjoyed this year so that was difficult but that did mean i ended up with 25 albums i genuinely loved this year as opposed to previous years where ive included albums just to make up the numbers. the top 13 in particular really really impressed me and the top 3 are of the quality that i would put in an end of decade list.

[Italian Plastic]

1 - The Niro - Best Wishes

2 – Caribou – Swim

3 – Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

4 - Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

5 - Rowland S Howard - Pop Crimes

6 – The National – High Violet

7 – The Black Angels – Phosphene Dream

8 – These New Puritans – Hidden

9 – Beach House – Teen Dream

10 – Holy Fuck – Latin

11 – Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma

12 – Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart

 

Holy Fuck! I haven't seen anyone else who have included that album.

[Painter Rei]

Holy Fuck! I haven't seen anyone else who have included that album.

 

I know, but when Love appears, you can't refuse it.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zF5WSdiDwQ]YouTube - The Niro - In My Memory, Live @ Spaziale Festival - Torino, 21/07/2010[/ame]

[Painter Rei]

this is my updated list... it might change slightly here and there, but this is an order I'm fairly happy with

 

 

 

22. Jonsi-Go

 

Awesome!

[The Escapist]

here is my final top 25.

1. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

2. The National - High Violet

3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

4. Foals - Total Life Forever

5. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

 

6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

7. Angus + Julia Stone - Down the Way

8. Beach House - Teen Dream

9. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II

10. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can

 

11. Jonsi - Go

12. Cloud Control - Bliss Release

13. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

14. Interpol - S/T

15. Parades - Foreign Tapes

 

16. Vampire Weekend - Contra

17. Yeasayer - Odd Blood

18. The Drums - S/T

19. Hot Chip - One Life Stand

20 Dead Letter Circus - This Is The Warning

 

21. The Chemical Brothers - Further

22. Caribou - Swim

23. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

24. Broken Bells - S/T

25. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

 

Special Mentions

Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP (would've made the top 10 if Sufjan didnt call it an EP)

The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights (brilliant live recording)

Sleigh Bells - Treats (i appreciate its awesomeness but just couldn't find a spot for it)

 

 

i ended up leaving out some albums i really really enjoyed this year so that was difficult but that did mean i ended up with 25 albums i genuinely loved this year as opposed to previous years where ive included albums just to make up the numbers. the top 13 in particular really really impressed me and the top 3 are of the quality that i would put in an end of decade list.

 

I do love your taste in music. Local Natives is 2009 though.

[deaths_friend]

I do love your taste in music. Local Natives is 2009 though.

 

thanks.

 

if P4K calls it 2010 im calling it 2010 :P but thats the last album on my list so i dont care if it isnt counted

[MrMagpie]

Here are my official rankings

http://thebrokenspeaker.com/category/top-albums-of-2010/

 

I usually change things up a little for the Coldplaying ranks.

[Megalomania]

1. Brandon Flowers- Flamingo

2. Jonsi- Go

3. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs

4. MGMT- Congratulations

5. Apparatjik- We Are Here

 

Okay, I'm updating my list, but it's not final yet. :P

 

1. Brandon Flowers- Flamingo

2. Hurts- Happiness

3. Jonsi- Go

4. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs

5. Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History

6. The National- High Violet

7. Vampire Weekend- Contra

8. Gorillaz- Plastic Beach

9. MGMT- Congratulations

10. Apparatjik- We Are Here

 

Woot for more than 5 albums! :cheesy:

[deaths_friend]

this place is pretty quiet considering we're only 4 days away from the deadline. hows everyone going with their lists?

[Grace.]

^Oh wow, is it that soon? I really better get mine in!

The past month or so has been pretty intense but I should get mine in by the deadline, I think.

[domscientist]

ok now you guys really need to listen to john roberts - Glass Eights right ?

[Violet]

^^^ Christina!

 

Good news: YAY, you have more than 5 albums! :cheesy:

 

Bad news: You need to change your list. That Mumford & Sons album was released October 2009. It's only the limited deluxe edition that was released this year, and since there was the original release before that, that doesn't count. :\

[Space Cadet]

this place is pretty quiet considering we're only 4 days away from the deadline. hows everyone going with their lists?

I could extend it if people like. I sure haven't had a spare moment to get my list in order let alone look after all of yours yet. And it looks like the next 3 days are going to get messy... :mad:

All in favour of an extension, hands up!

[Vanzel]

tomorrow i am going to put my top 15 of the year!I have seen V.Nice lists so far mates!

[The Escapist]

I could extend it if people like. I sure haven't had a spare moment to get my list in order let alone look after all of yours yet. And it looks like the next 3 days are going to get messy... :mad:

All in favour of an extension, hands up!

 

Extension would be fine with me. I'm pretty sure my list will stay the same but Im on holidays and I will be listening to lots of music and I might change my mind and I have no internet access, so it wouldn't hurt to hold it off a little longer.

[the_gloaming09]

yeah an extension wouldn't be a problem. I guess w/ the holidays it might make things a bit hectic. I'm in no rush

[deaths_friend]

Here are my official rankings

http://thebrokenspeaker.com/category/top-albums-of-2010/

 

I usually change things up a little for the Coldplaying ranks.

 

surprised to see vampire weekend in your top 10. did you ever get around to listening to their debut?

[tauiwi]

Vampire weekend were in my top 10 too. I think it surprises people because of how early it came in the year. I know it isn't as good as their debut but it's still a quality record!!

[MrMagpie]

surprised to see vampire weekend in your top 10. did you ever get around to listening to their debut?

 

i did listen to their debut. Wasn't the biggest fan of it, much prefer Contra.

 

I was a little surprised I ended up putting the album so high because it hasn't been an album that I've obsessed over this year. But at the same time I enjoy it every time I do listen to it. There aren't any dull or weak moments in it. I also find its a pretty good summary of the alternative indie scene all packed in one album. The sounds of Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, etc. are all there while also paying homage to the past (Paul Simon).

[Violet]

I could extend it if people like. I sure haven't had a spare moment to get my list in order let alone look after all of yours yet. And it looks like the next 3 days are going to get messy... :mad:

All in favour of an extension, hands up!

 

-raises hand-

[Jiminy Cricket]

****FINAL LIST OF THE YEAR****

 

The Wonder Years - The Upsides

Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank

Delphic - Acolyte

65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway

Cathy Davey - The Nameless

Halves - It Goes, It Goes (Forever And Ever)

Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This

The National - High Violet

Villagers - Becoming A Jackal

Foals - Total Life Forever

Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up

 

(No particular order, seriously couldn't do that if I tried. :P)

[iPsy]

FINAL- TOP 20!

 

1) Arcade Fire- The Suburbs

2) Vampire Weekend- Contra

3) MGMT- Congratulations

4) The Courteeners- Falcon

5) Foals- Total Life Forever

6) The Drums- The Drums

7) My Chemical Romance- Danger Days: The True Lifes Of The Fabulous Killjoys

8) Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History

9) Everything Everything- Man Alive

10) The Script- Science & Faith

11) Hurts- Happiness

12) Lostprophets- The Betrayed

13) Plan B- The Defamation Of Strickland Banks

14) Kings Of Leon- Come Around Sundown

15) Villagers- Becoming A Jackel

16) You Me At Six- Hold Me Down

17) Gorillaz- Plastic Beach

18) Jack Johnson- To The Sea

19) Cherry Ghost- Beneath The Burning Shoreline

20) Brandon Flowers- Flamingo

[Space Cadet]

I see lots of yeas and no nays, so deadline extended to December 30th at 8pm EST. Countdown to follow in the new year.