The best albums of the 2010s
Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 1,500 greatest album charts.
The current decade is still underway, so the stats for the 2010s are low compared to the 2000s. It obviously takes time for an album to feed through to a critic's list. After all, new albums are competing with what has gone before for those elusive places in the best ever rankings!
The best bands of the 2010s are Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Danny Elfman, Peter Gabriel, Laura Marling, Shearwater , Massive Attack and The Black Box Revelation.
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 | Contra | Vampire Weekend |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 5 charts | | Rank in 2010: | 1 | Total Rank Score: | 187 | | Rank in 2010s: | 1 | Overall Rank: | 1,301 | Download / Buy Contra on MP3:
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 | Teen Dream | Beach House |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 5 charts | | Rank in 2010: | 2 | Total Rank Score: | 182 | | Rank in 2010s: | 2 | Overall Rank: | 1,338 | Download / Buy Teen Dream on MP3:
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 | One Life Stand | Hot Chip |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 2 charts | | Rank in 2010: | 3 | Total Rank Score: | 108 | | Rank in 2010s: | 3 | Overall Rank: | 1,978 | Download / Buy One Life Stand on MP3:
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 | Have One On Me | Joanna Newsom |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 2 charts | | Rank in 2010: | 4 | Total Rank Score: | 102 | | Rank in 2010s: | 4 | Overall Rank: | 2,044 | Download / Buy Have One On Me on MP3:
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 | Alice In Wonderland | Danny Elfman |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 1 chart | | Rank in 2010: | 5 | Total Rank Score: | 98 | | Rank in 2010s: | 5 | Overall Rank: | 2,151 | Download / Buy Alice In Wonderland on MP3:
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 | Scratch My Back | Peter Gabriel |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 1 chart | | Rank in 2010: | 6 | Total Rank Score: | 90 | | Rank in 2010s: | 6 | Overall Rank: | 2,372 | Download / Buy Scratch My Back on MP3:
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 | I Speak Because I Can | Laura Marling |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 1 chart | | Rank in 2010: | 7 | Total Rank Score: | 86 | | Rank in 2010s: | 7 | Overall Rank: | 2,535 | Download / Buy I Speak Because I Can on MP3:
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 | The Golden Archipelago | Shearwater |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 2 charts | | Rank in 2010: | 8 | Total Rank Score: | 53 | | Rank in 2010s: | 8 | Overall Rank: | 3,856 | Download / Buy The Golden Archipelago on MP3:
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 | Heligoland | Massive Attack |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 1 chart | | Rank in 2010: | 9 | Total Rank Score: | 46 | | Rank in 2010s: | 9 | Overall Rank: | 4,109 | Download / Buy Heligoland on MP3:
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 | Silver Threats | The Black Box Revelation |
| Year of Release: | 2010 | Appears in: | 1 chart | | Rank in 2010: | 10 | Total Rank Score: | 38 | | Rank in 2010s: | 10 | Overall Rank: | 4,453 | Download / Buy Silver Threats on MP3:
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