Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by 
FlorianJones 
Anything with a write-up was in my top 50 at the end of the decade, in December of 2019.
As of today (June 14, 2022), 6 of those original top 50 have dropped into 51-100. None of them have dropped off the list entirely.
- Chart updated: 06/14/2022 23:15
- (Created: 11/26/2014 05:57).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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As much as we’d all love to believe that the music industry is a perfect meritocracy, we know it isn’t. Building a persona can be as essential as building a solid oeuvre. LCD Soundsytem’s James Murphy probably knows this, and yet, he’s pretty bad at it. There’s nothing remarkable about his physical appearance. He was never the exciting young talent. He has historically been well behind the times, drawing heavily on the sounds of his youth for musical inspiration. (On This Is Happening, that trend continues with songs often accused of knocking off Iggy Pop’s Nightclubbing, The Pool’s Jamaica Running, and Bowie’s Heroes.) He’s desperate to earn clout by reciting his bona fides, but also the first to roast himself with a bit of self-deprecating humour. (I always get a sensible chuckle out of “love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry… and this is coming from me” in I Can Change.) James is the frontman and brains behind a band popular enough to sell out Madison Square Garden, but thanks to a stint as a self-proclaimed loser that lasted throughout his twenties, he may always struggle to feel like he’s made it. He’s fallible and there’s nothing wrong with that. James is always looking to the next thing in earnest – ready to just keep doing what he can.
It’s that dedication that really makes me wonder why after This is Happening, the conclusion of one of modern music’s best album trilogies, James Murphy announced his retirement. Plenty of past musicians have settled into early retirement. Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum was a private man who never loved fame. He called it quits to get out of the spotlight. That’s not a fitting reason for Murphy – a man who once penned a blog post begging his fans to buy sophomore LP Sound of Silver on release week in a go for broke attempt at topping the charts. As a disseminator of undeniable dance grooves, Murphy revels in performing for an audience, so fame was never the issue. Given that much of history’s great rock, and particularly punk rock (dance-punk included) was written by people barely out of high school, quitting before you lose touch is justifiable. Many bands should have retired early to keep from tarnishing their track record as they aged. Yet again, in James’ case this reasoning doesn’t jive. The man released his debut album on the eve of his 35th birthday. He lost touch before he ever began. I’m not saying that to be rude either. It’s the thesis of his career. LCD Soundsystem’s debut single Losing My Edge is an eight-minute diatribe on how out of touch he was. Sound of Silver is a full-length rumination on lost youth. Aging only ever worked in James’ favor. On This Is Happening, he reached a point in his life where he could put away everyone’s expectations and do exactly what he wanted to be doing. That’s what was happening. He riffed on the ideas of his elders because it’s what inspired him. He made a nine-minute piss take for anyone who thought he wasn’t a good enough hitmaker. He waited ‘til three minutes into the album to finally let the beat drop. I’m not even confident this is Murphy’s best album (that honor likely still goes to Sound of Silver), but it is probably his most self-assured, and that’s an alluring trait. Whatever Murphy’s reason was for leaving the spotlight, I’m glad he eventually returned. We need more albums like this one. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
As much as we’d all love to believe that the music industry is a perfect meritocracy, we know it isn’t. Building a persona can be as essential as building a solid oeuvre. LCD Soundsytem’s James Murphy probably knows this, and yet, he’s pretty bad at it. There’s nothing remarkable about his physical appearance. He was never the exciting young talent. He has historically been well behind the times, drawing heavily on the sounds of his youth for musical inspiration. (On This Is Happening, that trend continues with songs often accused of knocking off Iggy Pop’s Nightclubbing, The Pool’s Jamaica Running, and Bowie’s Heroes.) He’s desperate to earn clout by reciting his bona fides, but also the first to roast himself with a bit of self-deprecating humour. (I always get a sensible chuckle out of “love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry… and this is coming from me” in I Can Change.) James is the frontman and brains behind a band popular enough to sell out Madison Square Garden, but thanks to a stint as a self-proclaimed loser that lasted throughout his twenties, he may always struggle to feel like he’s made it. He’s fallible and there’s nothing wrong with that. James is always looking to the next thing in earnest – ready to just keep doing what he can.
It’s that dedication that really makes me wonder why after This is Happening, the conclusion of one of modern music’s best album trilogies, James Murphy announced his retirement. Plenty of past musicians have settled into early retirement. Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum was a private man who never loved fame. He called it quits to get out of the spotlight. That’s not a fitting reason for Murphy – a man who once penned a blog post begging his fans to buy sophomore LP Sound of Silver on release week in a go for broke attempt at topping the charts. As a disseminator of undeniable dance grooves, Murphy revels in performing for an audience, so fame was never the issue. Given that much of history’s great rock, and particularly punk rock (dance-punk included) was written by people barely out of high school, quitting before you lose touch is justifiable. Many bands should have retired early to keep from tarnishing their track record as they aged. Yet again, in James’ case this reasoning doesn’t jive. The man released his debut album on the eve of his 35th birthday. He lost touch before he ever began. I’m not saying that to be rude either. It’s the thesis of his career. LCD Soundsystem’s debut single Losing My Edge is an eight-minute diatribe on how out of touch he was. Sound of Silver is a full-length rumination on lost youth. Aging only ever worked in James’ favor. On This Is Happening, he reached a point in his life where he could put away everyone’s expectations and do exactly what he wanted to be doing. That’s what was happening. He riffed on the ideas of his elders because it’s what inspired him. He made a nine-minute piss take for anyone who thought he wasn’t a good enough hitmaker. He waited ‘til three minutes into the album to finally let the beat drop. I’m not even confident this is Murphy’s best album (that honor likely still goes to Sound of Silver), but it is probably his most self-assured, and that’s an alluring trait. Whatever Murphy’s reason was for leaving the spotlight, I’m glad he eventually returned. We need more albums like this one. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2011 | 6 | 6% | |
| 2012 | 7 | 7% | |
| 2013 | 5 | 5% | |
| 2014 | 9 | 9% | |
| 2015 | 15 | 15% | |
| 2016 | 13 | 13% | |
| 2017 | 12 | 12% | |
| 2018 | 7 | 7% | |
| 2019 | 15 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kendrick Lamar | 4 | 4% | |
| Tame Impala | 3 | 3% | |
| Frank Ocean | 3 | 3% | |
| Earl Sweatshirt | 2 | 2% | |
| Angel Olsen | 2 | 2% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 2 | 2% | |
| Destroyer | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 41 from 52nd to 11th Black Up by Shabazz Palaces |
| Up 34 from 82nd to 48th Reflections by Hannah Diamond |
| Up 26 from 99th to 73rd Moth by Chairlift |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 35 from 26th to 61st Pom Pom by Ariel Pink |
| Down 28 from 21st to 49th The Age Of Adz by Sufjan Stevens |
| Down 24 from 48th to 72nd Benji by Sun Kil Moon |
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| 85/100 | 06/28/2017 17:14 | weston | | 87/100 |
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From weston 06/28/2017 17:15
Nice! I agree 2015 was the strongest year so are. And I like the stuff you've thrown at the end.
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