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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Lonerism 

 Tame Impala

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Top Tracks: Endors Toi, Music To Walk Home By, Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control

It only takes a quick look at the liner notes for Lonerism to make perfect sense. “All songs written, produced, & recorded by Kevin Parker”…“All vocals & instruments performed by Kevin Parker”…“Recorded at home between 2010 & 2012”…“Cover photo by KP.” None of this should come as a surprise from the man whose debut album standout bore the title Solitude is Bliss. Kevin took what worked best from Innerspeaker, and he expanded upon it, delving deep into the reality of a loner. Crucial to this sentiment is that, while others might run with a title like loneliness, this album is Lonerism. There is loneliness here to be sure, but it’s more multifaceted than that, because surely the author of Solitude is Bliss knows there’s more to being alone than pure self-pity.

Lonerism finds Parker coming to grips with the effects of his self-isolating tendencies. He touches on his romantic struggles in the penultimate Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control by referring to his fighting and eventual split from then girlfriend Melody Prochet. On Why Won’t They Talk To Me Kevin vacillates between longing for social engagement and deciding he’s better alone as he falls prey to his own self-aggrandizing ego. These are the lyrics of a man realizing that he possibly oversimplified things a couple years back. This isn’t merely a lyrical realization either, because Lonerism also expands on the sound of debut album Innerspeaker. Innerspeaker thrived on Kevin’s ear for tight traditional verse chorus verse song structures. Lonerism hones in on those talents when necessary as on the commercially ubiquitous Elephant, but it also finds Kevin expanding Tame Impala’s sound outward. Instead of riveting the listener with concision, Lonerism opts to envelop the listener with grandeur. It’s an album replete with bombastic breaks and indulgent outros. Kevin loosens the structure, but he never loses sight of the meticulous planning that made his debut great. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,392 charts

Rank Score:

15,046

Rank in 2012:

2

Rank in 2010s:

7

Overall Rank:

85

Average Rating:

 85 (1,882 votes)

Comments:

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Innerspeaker 

 Tame Impala

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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

665 charts

Rank Score:

4,358

Rank in 2010:

11

Rank in 2010s:

53

Overall Rank:

394

Average Rating:

 80 (1,058 votes)

Comments:

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Currents 

 Tame Impala

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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

996 charts

Rank Score:

9,881

Rank in 2015:

3

Rank in 2010s:

13

Overall Rank:

145

Average Rating:

 82 (1,407 votes)

Comments:

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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	%
Kendrick Lamar	4	4%
Frank Ocean	3	3%
Tame Impala	3	3%
Ought	2	2%
Fleet Foxes	2	2%
Spoon	2	2%
LCD Soundsystem	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	66	66%
	13	13%
	12	12%
	6	6%
	2	2%
	1	1%

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
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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PC Music, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
PC Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
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'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Daytona by Pusha T

Leavers
Half-Light by Rostam
Reflektor by Arcade Fire
In Colour by Jamie xx
Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty
Dedicated by Carly Rae Jepsen

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95/100	02/17/2018 15:30	Davy	444	87/100
85/100	06/28/2017 17:14	weston	80	87/100
100/100	02/20/2017 19:20	Seab	2,007	93/100
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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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From SaulCortes1992 04/02/2015 20:04

Excellent Chart!

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