Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by jhuik

I once hoped that this was going to be the decade that rock and roll made a huge comeback, cycling in sync with other odd numbered decades, the '70's and '90's. Instead, it's settled into a decade that is indeed very much varied -- great in its own right -- in which my own musical life has continued to evolve and change.

• Chart updated: 10/17/2020 03:15
• (Created: 03/24/2012 18:04).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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High Violet 

 The National

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An epic collection of late night conversations and muttered 21st century anxiety and paranoia. Perennial AOTD contender for me: dark, moody, rich, haunting, sorrowful and just so damn beautiful. [First added to this chart: 03/24/2012]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,069 charts

Rank Score:

11,616

Rank in 2010:

3

Rank in 2010s:

11

Overall Rank:

128

Average Rating:

 82 (1,309 votes)

Comments:

97

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An Awesome Wave 

 alt-J

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An entirely pleasant mashup of moods, vibes and sounds. Sonically strange yet so satisfying. A sound for the decade, and for the ages. The hits are great on their own, but as a beautiful whole? Wow. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2013]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

670 charts

Rank Score:

7,443

Rank in 2012:

6

Rank in 2010s:

27

Overall Rank:

225

Average Rating:

 78 (989 votes)

Comments:

73

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Hand. Cannot. Erase. 

 Steven Wilson

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A gorgeous, sad, haunting epic concept album like no other concept album ever by a dude who vies for artist of the decade (this and any other decade). [First added to this chart: 04/02/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

294 charts

Rank Score:

3,213

Rank in 2015:

8

Rank in 2010s:

78

Overall Rank:

559

Average Rating:

 80 (403 votes)

Comments:

43

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Bloom 

 Beach House

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Victoria Legrande's heart, soul and voice are all simply grand indeed. [First added to this chart: 06/16/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

801 charts

Rank Score:

8,293

Rank in 2012:

4

Rank in 2010s:

22

Overall Rank:

198

Average Rating:

 82 (1,142 votes)

Comments:

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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 

 Kendrick Lamar

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Good kid, ma-ad music, a mass hallucination, a tale of our redemption, this Compton composition, we see from his position [First added to this chart: 12/14/2013]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,479 charts

Rank Score:

25,765

Rank in 2012:

1

Rank in 2010s:

3

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (1,954 votes)

Comments:

204

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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit 

 Courtney Barnett

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Musical chops, and some of the wittiest lyrics of the decade. I assumed early on, that I would get sick of this but I think I like it more as time goes on. [First added to this chart: 06/24/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

551 charts

Rank Score:

3,926

Rank in 2015:

6

Rank in 2010s:

62

Overall Rank:

456

Average Rating:

 79 (671 votes)

Comments:

52

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Teens Of Denial 

 Car Seat Headrest

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Will Toledo joins company with his heroes and influences (Rivers Cuomo, Stephen Malkmus, Jeff Mangum, Paul Westerberg, Kurt Cobain, the list goes on). It's 1977, 1985, 1991 all over again. He swings for the fences, clears the bases, and rock walks off a winner. [First added to this chart: 09/22/2016]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

689 charts

Rank Score:

7,802

Rank in 2016:

4

Rank in 2010s:

25

Overall Rank:

218

Average Rating:

 83 (821 votes)

Comments:

58

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Once I Was An Eagle 

 Laura Marling

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A strong, delicate web brought together by her beautiful voice, guitar skills and lyrics. [First added to this chart: 12/20/2013]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

153 charts

Rank Score:

748

Rank in 2013:

47

Rank in 2010s:

360

Overall Rank:

2,182

Average Rating:

 76 (209 votes)

Comments:

19

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Blunderbuss 

 Jack White

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Our era's rock god kicks out fresh thunder and new kick ass rock. [First added to this chart: 04/22/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

414 charts

Rank Score:

2,053

Rank in 2012:

13

Rank in 2010s:

127

Overall Rank:

869

Average Rating:

 77 (771 votes)

Comments:

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Wasting Light 

 Foo Fighters

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Dave Grohl is unrelenting in his love of big, beautiful rock and roll. [First added to this chart: 03/24/2012]

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

415 charts

Rank Score:

2,968

Rank in 2011:

10

Rank in 2010s:

83

Overall Rank:

596

Average Rating:

 76 (776 votes)

Comments:

53

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%
2010	18	18%
2011	13	13%
2012	14	14%
2013	14	14%
2014	13	13%
2015	8	8%
2016	9	9%
2017	9	9%
2018	1	1%
2019	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
The National	3	3%
alt-J	3	3%
Steven Wilson	3	3%
Beach House	3	3%
Anderson .Paak	3	3%
Laura Marling	3	3%
Against Me!	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	68	68%
	13	13%
	12	12%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 9 from 20th to 11th Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me!
Up 4 from 14th to 10th Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
Up 3 from 18th to 15th B'lieve I'm Goin Down... by Kurt Vile

Biggest fallers
Down 6 from 10th to 16th Malibu by Anderson .Paak
Down 6 from 11th to 17th To The Bone by Steven Wilson
Down 3 from 15th to 18th To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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85/100	10/17/2020 06:00	leniad	686	85/100
90/100	12/23/2018 02:20	elo269megv	141	90/100
35/100	12/22/2018 22:29	DrewHamster	141	74/100
95/100	12/22/2018 10:54	ForegroundNoise	475	87/100
95/100	11/11/2017 22:46	Onater	462	90/100

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From leniad 10/17/2020 06:01

some good picks

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From ForegroundNoise 12/22/2018 10:54

Interesting list, great detail with the notes!

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From JeffN999 02/13/2017 20:06

Great chart. A nice patriotic Canadian too. We may be the only people on this site who know who Mathew Good is. We have a lot of similar picks and the ones you have that I don't have look interesting. Nice mix.

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From platus 10/14/2016 17:01

Very good chart!

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From Tamthebam 10/14/2016 12:27

You have captured what this decade has been all about so far, country/rock folk & some great RnB.

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From buzzdainer 06/29/2016 15:29

Fantastic chart! I love a lot of this, starting with An Awesome Wave and Once I Was an Eagle in the top 10. Outstanding work!

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From pearljammer13 11/10/2015 00:57

Lots to like here, a great and well thought out chart.

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From greatson 07/23/2014 08:54

Great picks, great notes, great chart!

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From joathome 03/11/2014 09:01

Great chart with very interresting comments. Thanks

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From Mother Nature's Son 07/20/2013 08:59

Epic chart! Really liked reading the comments, short, yet very descriptive. But it seems like you don't like some of the albums here?

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