Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s
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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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According to a study conducted in 2015, millennials are collectively less religious than all recorded preceding American generations. Born in ‘84 and ‘83, the four men comprising Vampire Weekend are seniors of this generation that (according to most sources) spans roughly from them to me, and upon the release of Modern Vampires of the City, all four were on the verge of entering their thirties. Here in lie the two central conceits of said album: losing touch with religion and losing touch with youth.
With each passing generation, church attendance decreases, but spirituality has held at remarkably similar levels. It isn’t God that has fallen out of favor; it is the organization. Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, the band’s main songwriting duo, are respectively of Iranian and Jewish heritage, but grew up in the United States. Needless to say, their relationship with the Abrahamic religions is a complex one. These three branches stem from the same tree, yet they frequently engage in war with one another. On Modern Vampires of the City, Ezra confronts that disconnect – the disconnect of a God that is at once loving and merciful, yet vengeful and destructive. He has a desire for belief but struggles to reconcile that with the God portrayed in scriptural passages. “Through the fire and through the flames. You won’t even say your name. Only ‘I am that I am.’ But who could ever live that way?” Why doesn’t God announce more clearly who He is? Why doesn’t He provide definitive proof? God asks more of his believers than Ezra feels capable of giving. Throughout Modern Vampires of the City, Ezra namedrops denominational specifics like the Dies Irae or The Dome of the Rock. The blend of references is fine tuned to the band’s background, but his struggle with faith is a universal experience.
Faith seeks to explain the afterlife and is thus inextricably tied to the fear of death. Understandably then, mortality looms over Modern Vampires of the City. Don’t Lie and Hudson invoke the tick of a clock to signify death’s slow but steady approach. Energetic single Diane Young embraces a tongue in cheek ‘live fast die young’ ideology that gets flipped on its head for the album concluding Young Lion. That song is a single phrase repeated four times “You take your time, young lion.” There’s no need for these four men to rush through life. Take your time to find success in your pursuits. Give your experiences space. Death is inevitable. There’s no use in fretting over it. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
According to a study conducted in 2015, millennials are collectively less religious than all recorded preceding American generations. Born in ‘84 and ‘83, the four men comprising Vampire Weekend are seniors of this generation that (according to most sources) spans roughly from them to me, and upon the release of Modern Vampires of the City, all four were on the verge of entering their thirties. Here in lie the two central conceits of said album: losing touch with religion and losing touch with youth.
With each passing generation, church attendance decreases, but spirituality has held at remarkably similar levels. It isn’t God that has fallen out of favor; it is the organization. Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, the band’s main songwriting duo, are respectively of Iranian and Jewish heritage, but grew up in the United States. Needless to say, their relationship with the Abrahamic religions is a complex one. These three branches stem from the same tree, yet they frequently engage in war with one another. On Modern Vampires of the City, Ezra confronts that disconnect – the disconnect of a God that is at once loving and merciful, yet vengeful and destructive. He has a desire for belief but struggles to reconcile that with the God portrayed in scriptural passages. “Through the fire and through the flames. You won’t even say your name. Only ‘I am that I am.’ But who could ever live that way?” Why doesn’t God announce more clearly who He is? Why doesn’t He provide definitive proof? God asks more of his believers than Ezra feels capable of giving. Throughout Modern Vampires of the City, Ezra namedrops denominational specifics like the Dies Irae or The Dome of the Rock. The blend of references is fine tuned to the band’s background, but his struggle with faith is a universal experience.
Faith seeks to explain the afterlife and is thus inextricably tied to the fear of death. Understandably then, mortality looms over Modern Vampires of the City. Don’t Lie and Hudson invoke the tick of a clock to signify death’s slow but steady approach. Energetic single Diane Young embraces a tongue in cheek ‘live fast die young’ ideology that gets flipped on its head for the album concluding Young Lion. That song is a single phrase repeated four times “You take your time, young lion.” There’s no need for these four men to rush through life. Take your time to find success in your pursuits. Give your experiences space. Death is inevitable. There’s no use in fretting over it. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
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2010
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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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| ! | 02/17/2018 15:30 |  Davy | 441 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2017 17:14 | weston | 80 | 87/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2017 19:20 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2015 22:53 |  Applerill | 974 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2015 13:21 |  andy_hunter | 87 | 88/100 |
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From weston 06/28/2017 17:15 | #193348
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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Excellent Chart!
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