Ten Favorite Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)
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Teen Dream is EASILY my 2nd favorite... but 7 was just so unique in their catalogue and it felt almost euphoric to hear
I need to work on my list.
Until then, here's an Aquarium Drunkard article / list.
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Aquarium Drunkard : Decade / 2010-19 : Aquarium Drunkard
Well, that was fast. Decade is just about over, and as it draws to a close, its highs look awfully high in the rearview. Presented here, an unranked sprawl of 100 records that stuck with us, managing to break through the noise of an increasingly distracting age, and stick around in our heads.
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DownIsTheNewUp
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Agree with everything they say. For me, it's her and Kendrick:
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Grimes Is the Artist of the Decade
No artist has challenged our assumptions about what pop music can be like Grimes.
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1. Frank Ocean- Blonde
2. Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Kanye West- Yeezus
4. FKA Twigs- LP1
5. Rosalia- Mal Querer
6. Frank Ocean- channel orange
7. Kendrick- good kid madd city
8. David Bowie- Blackstar
9. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
10. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11. Tame Impala- Currents
12. Beyonce- Lemonade
13. Arcade Fire- Suburbs
14. Jamie xx- In Colour
15. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
16. Chance the Rapper- Acid Rap
17. Solange – When I Get Home
18. Beach House- Teen Dream
19. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
20. Rihanna - Anti
2. Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Kanye West- Yeezus
4. FKA Twigs- LP1
5. Rosalia- Mal Querer
6. Frank Ocean- channel orange
7. Kendrick- good kid madd city
8. David Bowie- Blackstar
9. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
10. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11. Tame Impala- Currents
12. Beyonce- Lemonade
13. Arcade Fire- Suburbs
14. Jamie xx- In Colour
15. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
16. Chance the Rapper- Acid Rap
17. Solange – When I Get Home
18. Beach House- Teen Dream
19. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
20. Rihanna - Anti
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NathanRicaud
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I love this list! I love how high Rosalìa & FKA Twigs are ranked! Also love the high ranking of Tame Impala’s Currents. and that To Pimp a Butterfly and Blonde get the #1 & #2 spots
I feel like me and you would bond so much over our music tastes!!!
I took the approach of the which records I LIKE best instead of which I THINK are the best.I love this list! I love how high Rosalìa & FKA Twigs are ranked! Also love the high ranking of Tame Impala’s Currents. and that To Pimp a Butterfly and Blonde get the #1 & #2 spots
I feel like me and you would bond so much over our music tastes!!!
At the end of the day, music is subjective, and it’s not fair to treat it as anything other than that.
And I agree, we would totally bond over our taste in music.
wokeupnew
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I've been seeing a lot of people's lists online elsewhere I wanted to revisit my own list
1) A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen
2) Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3) The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
4) The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5) Eluvium - Nightmare Ending
6) Beach House - Bloom
7) Angel Olsen - My Woman
8) Wild Nothing - Nocturne
9) Craft Spells - Idle Labor
10) Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Melt Face Molly Drop
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A buddy of mine and his friends decided to each do a Top 30 of the decade list. Figured I’d drop it here. I included my honorable mentions as well because it was just too difficult to leave any of these great albums off the list:
Disclaimer: While I respect the artistry of Frank Ocean and The National, these are albums I thought were top 30 based on personal preference.
Top 30:
Hon. Mention:
Disclaimer: While I respect the artistry of Frank Ocean and The National, these are albums I thought were top 30 based on personal preference.
Top 30:
- Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
- The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
- Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Real Estate - Atlas
- Grimes - Art Angels
- Beach House - Teen Dream
- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
- Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid m.A.A.d City
- Kanye West - Yeezus
- Run The Jewels - RTJ2
- David Bowie - Blackstar
- Sun Kil Moon - Benji
- Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
- Big Thief - Capacity
- Jay-Z / Kanye West - Watch the Throne
- Tame Impala - Lonerism
- Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
- Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
- D’Angelo - Black Messiah
- Gang Of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness
- DIIV - Oshin
- St. Vincent - St. Vincent
- M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
- Wild Nothing - Nocturne
- Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
- (sandy) Alex G - Rocket
- Saba - Care For Me
- Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
- Wye Oak - Civilian
- The Roots - Undun
Hon. Mention:
- NxWorries - Yes Lawd
- Kendrick Lamar - Damn
- Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club
- A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
- Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
- Big Thief - Masterpiece
- Anderson .Paak - Malibu
- Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
- Snail Mail - Lush
- Noname - Telefone
- Jay Som - Everybody Works
- Death Grips - The Money Store
- Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
- Ultimate Painting - Ultimate Painting
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
- Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill
- Mac Demarco - Salad Days
- Soccer Mommy - Clean
- My Morning Jacket - Circuital
- Caribou - Swim
- Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School
- Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon
- Pinback - Information Retrieved
- Jack White - Blunderbuss
- The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
- The Black Keys - El Camino
- Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
- Mac Miller - Swimming
- CunninLynguists - Oneirology
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
- Beach House - Bloom
- Tame Impala - Currents
- Little Simz - Grey Area
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wmeugene
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I have the same top 3, in that order!
RowBearToe
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My albums of the decade. A top 10 was too hard, so here's a nice round top 46 haha Is @Woob_woob going to do a decade list after we finish the 2019 year end list?
- Durand Jones & the Indications - Durand Jones & the Indications (2016)
- The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
- The Black Keys - Brothers (2010)
- Adele - 21 (2011)
- Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- SZA - Ctrl (2017)
- The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
- Taylor Swift - Speak Now (2010)
- Anderson .Paak - Malibu (2016)
- Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
- Gary Clark Jr. - Live (2014)
- Copeland - Ixora (2014)
- Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
- Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats - Tearing at the Seams (2018)
- You + Me - Rose Ave. (2014)
- Orgone - Undercover Mixtape (2018)
- Girl Talk - All Day (2010)
- Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
- Adele - 25 (2015)
- Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman (2017)
- Shovels & Rope - O’ Be Joyful (2012)
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Half The City (2014)
- Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material (2015)
- You, Me, and Everyone We Know – Some Things Don’t Wash Out (2010)
- Moses Sumney - Aromanticism (2017)
- Childish Gambino - Camp (2011)
- Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell (2019)
- Black Pumas - Black Pumas (2019)
- Pretty Lights - A Color Map of the Sun (2013)
- Bruno Mars – It’s Better If You Don’t Understand EP (2010)
- Leon Bridges - Good Thing (2018)
- Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
- Pusha T - Daytona (2018)
- Daniel Caesar - Freudian (2017)
- Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
- Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love (2016)
- Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes (2018)
- Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne (2012)
- Jade Bird - Jade Bird (2019)
- The Rolling Stones - Blue and Lonesome (2016)
- Twenty One Pilots - Vessel (2013)
- Durand Jones & the Indications - American Love Call (2019)
- Saba - Care For Me (2018)
- J.P Bimeni and the Black Belts - Free Me (2018)
- Bassnectar - Noise vs. Beauty (2014)
TrainFan73
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So here we go. The top three are set in stone... the next seven could change rank or out on any given day, but I’m pretty happy with this list:
- Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues
- Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
- Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari
- D’Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
- The Staves - If I Was
- Frank Ocean - Blonde
- Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
- Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
- Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
- Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi - there is no Other
All y'all posting lists above 10--you know the first 10 is what we're after here, right? Like, your top 10 is literally right there. 
In all seriousness though, this is super hard. A lot of my favorite songs are not on my favorite albums, and some of my favorite artists have multiple albums that I love, but I tend to listen to certain songs or segments more often than the whole album. So I've probably spent the most time with these albums in their entirety. In the order they occurred to me (and yes, there were a ton removed in-between):
- Jason Isbell - Southeastern
- First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
- Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
- Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps
- Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
- Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
- Charly Bliss - Guppy
- Lucy Dacus - Historian
- Lilly Hiatt - Trinity Lane
- Lissie - Catching a Tiger
So this isn’t easy, this really isn’t easy! Hmmmm! So only 10? Hmmmm! I suppose these are as good as any 10...
1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4. Arctic Monkeys - AM
5. Moses Sumney - Aromantacism
6. St Vincent
7. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
9. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
10. The Gloaming - 2
None from this year. Weird, I loved them, maybe we shouldn’t do these lists till halfway through the next decade for perspective to sink in
1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4. Arctic Monkeys - AM
5. Moses Sumney - Aromantacism
6. St Vincent
7. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
9. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
10. The Gloaming - 2
None from this year. Weird, I loved them, maybe we shouldn’t do these lists till halfway through the next decade for perspective to sink in
Melt Face Molly Drop
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Show me what kinda perspective has sank in by granting me a Top 10 list from 2000-09.So this isn’t easy, this really isn’t easy! Hmmmm! So only 10? Hmmmm! I suppose these are as good as any 10...
1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4. Arctic Monkeys - AM
5. Moses Sumney - Aromantacism
6. St Vincent
7. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
9. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
10. The Gloaming - 2
None from this year. Weird, I loved them, maybe we shouldn’t do these lists till halfway through the next decade for perspective to sink in
10 years has destroyed perspective and entered into forgetfulness...
Thin dividing lines...
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I find it difficult to choose something from this year, as it needs more time to sink in, but I know at least one of my top 5 should probably be in there, I just can't work out which one yet.
1) Beyonce - Lemonade
2) Kamasi Washington - The Epic
3) Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
4) Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
5) Flying Lotus - You're Dead
6) Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
7) Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
8) Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
9) Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
10) Something from 2019 (probably Lizzo??? not sure!)
1) Beyonce - Lemonade
2) Kamasi Washington - The Epic
3) Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
4) Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
5) Flying Lotus - You're Dead
6) Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
7) Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
8) Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
9) Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
10) Something from 2019 (probably Lizzo??? not sure!)
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tonythegamer
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no number 7 or 9? lol