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.

Rank	Album	Band
1.	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:  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon:
2.	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:  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon:
3.	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: No MP3 preview.  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon:
4.	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: No MP3 preview.  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes
5.	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:  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes
6.	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: No MP3 preview.  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes
7.	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: No MP3 preview.  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes
8.	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:  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes
9.	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:  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes
10.	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: No MP3 preview.  Buy MP3 from iTunes:  Buy CD from Amazon: Not on iTunes