Albums of the Year 2010 - Voting Thread - Closed

[Grace.]

Finally got my list, may change it before the deadline but it will probably stay as is:

 

1. Foals – Total Life Forever

2. The National – High Violet

3. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

4. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach

5. Delphic - Acolyte

 

6. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History

7. Cloud Control – Bliss Release

8. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker

9. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record

10. Vampire Weekend – Contra

 

11. The Holidays – Post Paradise

12. Surfer Blood – Astrocoast

13. Angus & Julia Stone – Down the Way

14. Gypsy & the Cat - Gilgamesh

15. Seabellies – By Limbo Lake

 

16. Beach House – Teen Dream

17. Miami Horror - Illumination

18. Warpaint – The Fool

19. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

20. Klaxons – Surfing the Void

 

21. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can

22. Hungry Kids of Hungary – Escapades

23. The Naked and Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You

24. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks

25. Interpol - Interpol

[tauiwi]

I re-did my top albums. As follows (FINAL).

 

15. MGMT - 'Congratulations'

14. Foals - 'Total Life Forever'

13. Mystery Jets - 'Seratonin'

12. Kanye West - 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'

11. Miami Horror - 'Illumination'

 

10. Two Door Cinema Club - 'Tourist History'

9. The Hoidays - 'Post Paradise'

8. Surfer Blood - 'Astro Coast'

7. Vampire Weekend - 'Contra'

6. Teenage Fanclub - 'Shadows'

5. Gorillaz - 'Plastic Beach'

4. Klaxons - 'Surfing The Void'

3. Arcade Fire - 'The Suburbs'

2. The Drums - 'The Drums'

1. THE NATIONAL - 'HIGH VIOLET'

 

EDIT: LINK FOR EXTENDED REVIEWS/DESCRIPTIONS/JUSTIFICATION

[deaths_friend]

^^

 

correct me if im wrong but wow Two Door fell a long way in a very short period of time.

[tauiwi]

Yeah my last list was a kind of shortlist. They're still in my top 10, I just value the uniqueness of the albums 1-9 so much more. Plus I had more of a serious think about my top 10! Two Door's record is more of an LP of great singles, rather than having the full flow of an album. I had to get out of a serious Two Door obsession phase to realise!

[deaths_friend]

glad you saw the light buddy lol but its still a good record. it might be far from being my fave album of the year but its right up there as one of my most listened to albums.

[tauiwi]

glad you saw the light buddy lol but its still a good record. it might be far from being my fave album of the year but its right up there as one of my most listened to albums.

 

Yeah that was my thinking. I had listened to it SO much this year but it just didn't have those top album qualities.

[iPsy]

I'm surprised at 'Surfing The Void' featuring in many lists. I was extremely disappointed by it!

[Megalomania]

^^^ 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. :\

 

oh eff, I always thought it was 2010. :disappointed:

Booooo!

[Lizzybear]

Can I include Adam and Joe Song Wars volume 2?

 

If not, than my top 20 is:

1 John Grant Queen Of Denmark

2 Laura Veirs July Flame

3 Mountain Man Made The Harbor

4 Philip Selway Familial

5 Midlake The Courage Of Others

6 Smoke Fairies Through Low Light And Trees

7 Steve Mason Boys Outside

8 The Bluetones A New Athens

9 The Wilderness of Manitoba When You Left the Fire

10 These New Puritans Hidden

11 Wolf Parade Expo 86

12 I Am Kloot Sky at Night

13 Grasscut 1 Inch/1/2 Mile

14 Fyfe Dangerfield Fly Yellow Moon

15 Efterklang Magic Chairs

16 Ed Harcourt Lustre

17 David Ford Let The Hard Times Roll

18 BT These Hopeful Machines

19 Bonobo Black Sands

20 Aqualung Magnetic North

21 Phantom Band - The Wants

22 Clogs The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton

23 Kele The Boxer

24 - Gorillaz The Fall

25 - Tom McRae The Alphabet of Hurricanes

 

 

With these 20 albums missing out

Alan Pownall True Love Stories

Ben Folds And Nick Hornby Lonely Avenue

Danny and the Champions Of The World Streets Of Our Time

Freelance Whales Weathervanes

Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks

Goldheart Assembly Wolves & Thieves

James The Night Before

James The Morning After

Jamie Lidell Compass

Kula Shaker Pilgrims Progress

Stars The Five Ghosts

The Burns Unit Side Show

The Chemical Brothers Further

The Futureheads The Chaos

Tunng ...And Then We Saw Land

Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History

White Belt Yellow Tag Methods

 

How did you have The Fall on there before it came out, it didn't leak anywhere? Did you just know it would be that good lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mine edited, updated first post too.

 

 

1. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

2. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II

3. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

4. Massive Attack - Heliogoland

5. Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man

6. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

7. Yeasayer - Odd Blood

8. Beach House - Teen Dream

9. Foals - Total Life Forever

10. Gorillaz – The Fall

11. Jonsi - Go

12. Wintersleep - New Inheritors

13. Kula Skaker - Pilgrim's Progress

14. Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle

15. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti – Before Today

16. Of Montreal – False Priest

17. Menomena - Mine

18. The Walkmen – Lisbon

19. Caribou – Swim

20. Karkwa – Les Chemins de verre

21. Apparatjik - We Are Here

22. M.I.A. – Maya

23. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening

24. The Coral – Butterfly House

25. Klaxons - Surfing the Void

 

 

 

Other albums I enjoyed:

 

Land of Talk – Cloak and Cipher

The Courteeners – Falcon

Vampire Weekend - Contra

Delphic - Acolyte

Goldheart Assembly - Wolves and Thieves

MGMT - Congratulations

Interpol - Interpol

The National - High Violet

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

Owen Pallett – Heartland

Best Coast – Crazy for You

Tokyo Police Club – Champ

The Black Keys - Brothers

Band of Horses - Infinite Arms

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks

The Futurheads - Chaos

Deftones - Diamond Eyes

Los Compesinos! - Romance is Boring

Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

The Eels - End Times

The Eels - Tomorrow Morning

[Riku_88]

Hope it's not too late, but here is my list anyway:

 

My Top Albums

1. Teen Dream – Beach House

2. This Is Happening – LCD Soundsystem

3. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

4. The Age of Adz – Sufjan Stevens

5. Body Talk – Robyn

 

6. High Violet – The National

7. Contra – Vampire Weekend

8. Crystal Castles (II) – Crystal Castles

9. The Monitor – Titus Andronicus

10. Forgiveness Rock Record – Broken Social Scene

 

11. Halcyon Digest – Deerhunter

12. Lisbon – The Walkmen

13. Write About Love – Belle and Sebastian

14. One Life Stand – Hot Chip

15. Brothers – The Black Keys

16. Heartland – Owen Pallett

17. Transference – Spoon

18. Swim – Caribou

19. Plastic Beach – Gorillaz

20. Together – The New Pornographers

 

Honorable Mention (do not count these as 20-25):

 

Before Today - Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti (didn't actually get a chance to hear this one)

 

Tron Legacy Soundtrack - Daft Punk

 

Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus

 

Romance is Boring - Los Campesinos!

 

Everything in Between - No Age

 

Nothing Hurts - Male Bonding

 

Congratulations - MGMT

[Riku_88]

Hmm, it's kind of disappointing not to see LCD on more lists....one of the few artists that has consistently put out top quality material over 3 consecutive albums nowadays.

 

Also, am I the only one who thought the new Deerhunter was kind of overrated? Don't get me wrong it's a good album (which is apparent by my inclusion of it on the list), but I was surprised how well received it was by critics and pitchfork had it at #3 on their year-end list. I thought it was just more of the same (which isn't a bad thing considering their previous stuff) with a few changes/tinkering here and there, but certainly it's nothing earth-shattering.

[deaths_friend]

Hmm, it's kind of disappointing not to see LCD on more lists....one of the few artists that has consistently put out top quality material over 3 consecutive albums nowadays.

 

much like kanye, it isnt the type of music that is popular on here. personally i think it is the best album released since radiohead's in rainbows and best of LCD's 3 and thats saying something.

 

and hey briggins has it on his list! thats enough isnt it? :P

[MrMagpie]

much like kanye, it isnt the type of music that is popular on here. personally i think it is the best album released since radiohead's in rainbows and best of LCD's 3 and thats saying something.

 

and hey briggins has it on his list! thats enough isnt it? :P

 

haha, I love that album. One of my favourite albums of the past few years.

 

I agree about Deerhunter. I gave it a pretty average position in my list because that is how much i liked it. More accessable and straight forward than microcastles, but not ground breaking.

[Keddie]

1.) Contra-Vampire Weekend

2.) High Violet-The National

3.) Teen Dream-Beach House

4.) The Suburbs-Arcade Fire

5.) Weathervanes-Freelance Whales

6.) Minor Love-Adam Green

7.) The Five Ghosts-Stars

8) Treats-Sleigh Bells

9.) Champ-Tokyo Police Club

10.) This Is Happening-LCD Soundsystem

11.) Forgiveness Rock Record-Broken Social Scene

12.) False Priests-Of Montreal

13.) Congratulations-MGMT

14.) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy-Kanye West

15.) Romance Is Boring-Los Campesinos!

[jehrenfried]

#1. Broken Bells- Broken Bells

#2. Graffiti6 - Colours

#3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

#4. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager

#5. B.o.B - B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

#6. Vampire Weekend - Contra

#7. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown

#8. The Roots - How I Got Over

#9. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns

#10. Apparatjik - We are Here

#11. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

[iPsy]

^ Mumford & Sons was from 2009 :)

[Space Cadet]

I'm surprised at 'Surfing The Void' featuring in many lists. I was extremely disappointed by it!

I loooove it. The title track is now my go-to song when I want something completely insane to play very loudly. Good stress buster. And I love all the little new wave influences creeping in to other tracks. It's a very interesting album- I certainly haven't gotten bored of it. Or else I'm just weird. :shrug:

 

I just wish I knew what had happened to my CD of it- I thought I lost it down behind my desk but I can't find it there. It's been missing for a couple of months now. And I'm usually really good at keeping track of all my cds, even when they end up in piles all over the place. :(

 

Hope it's not too late, but here is my list anyway

Not too late, that's what extentions are for. :D But I have been horrible neglectful of just about everything in my entire life except for school I'm afraid. Time to play catch-up. :embarrassed: And to get some lists up.

 

Hmm, it's kind of disappointing not to see LCD on more lists....one of the few artists that has consistently put out top quality material over 3 consecutive albums nowadays.

 

Also, am I the only one who thought the new Deerhunter was kind of overrated?

Yes. This is Happening seemed like an oddly quiet release to me considering how anticipated it was. But a great album though. Yet I still prefer Sound of Silver by a long shot. I haven't actually listened to the new one all that much since I got it.

 

Not really familiar with Deerhunter. Couldn't get into them. :confused::shrug:

[Space Cadet]

Ok, lists updated. :sweatdrop:

 

Please, please, please check your link to make sure it is pointing to the post you want counted.

 

I changed some links to point to people's latest lists, but I may have missed some that people wanted updated or changed some that people wanted pointing to old lists.

[the_gloaming09]

3 days oh boy

 

 

I'm listening to the new Sufjan album right now... looks like I'll have to add that.

[rudy_o]

omg, I thought I had submitted mine, but I actually haven't!

 

Am I too late to send it now?

[the_gloaming09]

omg, I thought I had submitted mine, but I actually haven't!

 

Am I too late to send it now?

 

you have 3 days left :P

[rudy_o]

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
   
2. Vampire Weekend - Contra
   
3. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
   
4. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
   
5. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
   
6. Jónsi - Go
   
7. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
   
8. The Drums - The Drums
   
9. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard
   
10. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
    
11. The National - High Violet
    
12. Tokyo Police Club - Champ
    
13. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
    
14. The Black Keys - Brothers
    
15. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
    
16. Foals - Total Life Forever
    
17. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
    
18. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
    
19. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
    
20. MGMT - Congratulations
    
21. Klaxons - Surfing The Void
    
22. Broken Bells- Broken Bells
    
23. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
    
24. Owen Pallett - Heartland
    
25. Karkwa - Les Chemins de verre
    

[Space Cadet]

omg, I thought I had submitted mine, but I actually haven't!

 

Am I too late to send it now?

That's weird, I thought you had too. :confused: Hmm. Maybe the thread monster ate it.

 

Added! :D

 

 

 

New lists still welcome, everyone! :dance:

[jehrenfried]

In the U.S., where I am from, Sigh No More came out in 2010. Just clarifying.

[jehrenfried]

^ Mumford & Sons was from 2009 :)

 

In the U.S., where I am from, it came out in 2010.