the best of 2010

honorable mentions:



the tallest man on earth - sometimes the blues is just a passing bird (ep)
antony and the johnsons - swanlights
gorillaz - plastic beach
sufjan stevens - the age of adz
kings of leon - come around sundown
glee - the christmas album

the top ten:

10.

rufus wainwright - all days are nights: songs for lulu

9.

lcd soundsystem - this is happening

8.

brandon flowers - flamingo

7.

the black keys - brothers

6.

vampire weekend - contra

5.

kanye west - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy

4.

hot chip - one life stand

3.

ray lamontagne & the pariah dogs - god willin' & the creek don't rise

2.

the tallest man on earth - the wild hunt

1.

yeasayer - odd blood

the best of 2009

honorable mentions:



pearl jam - backspacer
animal collective - merriweather post pavilion
karen o and the kids - where the wild things are
m ward - hold time
grizzly bear - veckatimest
daniel johnston - is and always was


the top ten:

10.

phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix

9.

passion pit - manners

8.

jay-z - the blueprint 3

7.

mew - no more stories are told today I'm sorry they washed away no ore stories the world is grey I'm tired let's wash away

6.

various artists - dark was the night (most importantly, the yeasayer track)

5.

antony and the johnsons - the crying light

4.

bon iver - blood bank

3.

wallpaper - doodoo face

2.

discovery - lp

1.

morrissey - years of refusal


the top three albums that came out in 2008, but I didn't download till 2009:
(aka, my actual top three)

3.

joan as police woman - to survive

2.

the tallest man on earth - shallow grave

1.

raphael saadiq - the way I see it

the best of 2008

honorable mentions:



lil wayne - tha carter III
sigur ros - med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
beach house - devotion
devotchka - a mad and faithful telling
jamie lidell - jim
she & him - volume one


the top ten:

10.

facing new york - get hot

9.

bon iver - for emma, forever ago

8.

adelle - 19

7.

beyonce - i am... sasha fierce

6.

fleet foxes - fleet foxes

5.

ray lamontagne - gossip in the grain

4.

kanye west - 808's & heartbreak

3.

kings of leon - only by the night

2.

ryan adams - cardinology

1.

my morning jacket - evil urges