Your Best Albums of 2010 list

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

So you haven't heard it.

Go fluff Beach House and Lower Dens some more.

James wrote:
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

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.

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

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.

azaghal1981 wrote:
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.

azaghal1981 wrote:
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.

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

azaghal1981 wrote:
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.

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.

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

You've also gotta get on the Black Breath record if you haven't yet. There's a beast of an album.

Unsanity wrote:
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.

Speaking of 'Black' bands, Black Tusk was probably my favorite hard record of the year

The Black Boned Angel (Birchville Cat Motel guy and somebody else) album is another good 'black' release.
(Can we count an album of which only 125 copies were pressed?)

Robyn "Body Talk" (Easily my favorite album of the year)
Kelis "Flesh Tone"
Marina and the Diamonds "The Family Jewels"

you know . . . i don't think i bought an album in 2010.  i just listen to sirius; it gets me through.

Sirius needs a drone channel.

yeah the Black Tusk record is cool. I like how they have a Buzzov*en cover thrown in there. They are quite the live attraction now too.

Finally got a top two.

Kemialliset Ystavat - Ullakkopalo
Double Dagger - Masks

Jaguar wrote:
No, not really. Killsaly has heard of them and I would in no way consider him a 'nobody'.

Aw you are too kind Jag! (But we are definitely in the minority in our love of these bands…

These were definitely quality releases as well.

Stellarium - "Stellarium"
Soundpool - "Mirrors In Your Eyes"
Malory - "Pearl Diver"

I saw them play tracks off of this, but still havent heard it.  Thats my first New Years resolution, grab this finally,

Ceremony - "Rocket Fire"

Most years my top ten list is pretty easy to make and my #1 pick is usually very clear. This year is not the case. I'd have to say Flying Lotus was the 2010 album I enjoyed the most, though Black Tusk and Rick Ross were steady as well.

Flying Lotus 'Cosmogramma'
Black Tusk 'Taste the Sin'
Rick Ross 'Teflon Don'
Bare Wires 'Seeking Love'
Wild Nothing 'Gemini'
Dum Dum Girls 'I Will Be'
Kylesa 'Spiral Shadow'
Crystal Castles s/t
Electric Wizard 'Black Masses'
Major Stars 'Return to Form'

Also-rans:
Black Breath, Paul Cary, Erykah Badu, Darkthrone, Joanna Newsom, Best Coast, Sleigh Bells, Ratt, Drake, Wavves

And actually, I just realized that for some reason (shame? convenient memory lapse? urban vanilla? immaturity?) I neglected to mention that I listen to the Earl Sweatshirt a lot. Definitely my favorite out of all those Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Em All guys.