Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by buzzdainer

The 2010s began for me in a cabin in the North Georgia mountains, an auspicious beginning to a decade that's had more than its share of ups and downs, but has also brought an incredible amount of musical inspiration. I have peers my age who won't listen to anything that's been released since they finished high school in the late eighties; they remind me of people in my dad's generation who think "the music died" when Don McLean said it did in "American Pie." No, no, no, folks. There is great stuff coming out all the time, if you're willing to go find it. I discover new stuff these days through BIRP! and No Depression and American Songwriter and the Americana Music Association and WNCW and Pitchfork, not to mention music festivals and word of mouth. And my tastes are surely inflected by the places I've lived--first Georgia, then across the state line in Western North Carolina, then Colorado's Front Range, then central Minnesota, and now southwest Montana, where I hope to remain. I like music from many different genres--whatever hits my sweet spot--though I am particularly fond of things that remind me of the mountain landscapes I love and the people most dear to me, even (and perhaps especially) the eccentrics, cranks, and weirdos who make life fun and constantly invigorating. I'm sure you've heard many things from this decade that I haven't, so I welcome your recommendations and your feedback on this chart. Happy reading and listening!

• Chart updated: 02/12/2023 19:15
• (Created: 02/16/2016 19:20).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Strange Trails 

 Lord Huron

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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2021]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

258

Rank in 2015:

104

Rank in 2010s:

986

Overall Rank:

5,188

Average Rating:

 75 (28 votes)

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Lonesome Dreams 

 Lord Huron

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I first heard about Lord Huron because they were to open for Joseph Arthur at eTown Hall in Boulder, Colorado, a show I went to see with my then-girlfriend. In anticipation of the show, I downloaded some Lord Huron tracks to get some familiarity with them ahead of the show. I liked their sound; it was a little derivative, but also very much in line with the Bon Iver and Gregory Alan Isakov school of indie folk that represented the bulk of my music listening at the time. For some reason my girlfriend had a vsicerally negative reaction to Lord Huron at the time. I've never been sure what that was about: it seemed to have something to do with their name, or maybe the lack of originality in their sound. In any case, she's since come around on them, and I've since come to regard frontman Ben Schneider as one of the best songwriters out there. "Ends of the Earth" even made it into the terrible film adaptation of Bill Bryson's Appalachian Trail book A Walk in the Woods; in fact, I'd call it the high point of the movie, as it plays over the end credits. [First added to this chart: 04/05/2019]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

166

Rank in 2012:

158

Rank in 2010s:

1,499

Overall Rank:

7,557

Average Rating:

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Vide Noir 

 Lord Huron

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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2018]

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

51

Rank in 2018:

413

Rank in 2010s:

4,565

Overall Rank:

20,138

Average Rating:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%
2010	11	11%
2011	8	8%
2012	15	15%
2013	14	14%
2014	8	8%
2015	7	7%
2016	5	5%
2017	5	5%
2018	8	8%
2019	19	19%

Artist	Albums	%
Josh Ritter	5	5%
alt-J	4	4%
James Blake	3	3%
Arcade Fire	3	3%
The National	3	3%
Lord Huron	3	3%
Bon Iver	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	77	77%
	8	8%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s chart changes

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Down 1 from 41st to 42nd Vide Noir by Lord Huron
Down 1 from 42nd to 43rd Such Jubilee by Mandolin Orange
Down 1 from 43rd to 44th By Blood by Shovels & Rope

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Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

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Tomorrowland by Ryan Bingham

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95/100	02/26/2023 02:53	craab	14	95/100
100/100	11/27/2021 13:41	DommeDamian	969	90/100
55/100	04/10/2021 15:07	StreakyNuno	77	85/100
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90/100	10/11/2020 01:40	ExTeaSea	239	89/100

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From craab 02/26/2023 02:53

Terrific chart> Can't wait to follow some of these leads!

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From DommeDamian 11/27/2021 13:41

God almighty what a gr8 chart.

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From buzzdainer 04/18/2021 17:32

Thank you, StreakyNuno, for those insightful comments on two of my favorite bands from the nineties. One broke up in 1994. The other recorded two albums in the 2010s, neither of which I have heard, let alone ranked.

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From StreakyNuno 04/10/2021 15:09

Uncle tupelo anodyne best album ever and bufallo tom in second????
I don't feel like listening to the other albums this chart

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From Larcx13 12/05/2020 15:29

Nice,

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From ExTeaSea 10/11/2020 01:42

You have a very interesting chart as well! So different than mine but that's totally fine. I'd love to see Kishi Bashi in concert! Quite curious about the band The Dø.

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From buzzdainer 05/27/2019 18:17

Thanks, WayneMC, for those helpful comments. I've listened to a bunch of Jon Hopkins albums, at least as background music, and like him. I probably haven't yet given him the dedicated attention he deserves, so I'm saving him for my next long road trip for a deeper listen.

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From WayneMC 05/12/2018 21:57

Thanks for your very positive comments about my 2010s chart. I usually wait a year before adding anything recent but I've just added the new Jon Hopkins album, 'Singularity', despite only owning it a week. There are 60 albums in your chart that I haven't listened to (despite knowing many of the artists) but I'm certain there are some great albums there for me to discover.

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From buzzdainer 10/16/2017 02:29

Thanks for the encouraging word, ecwashere! Glad to see another BEA member who loves Once I Was an Eagle as much as I do. I think it's one of the very best breakup albums of all time, which is saying something since breakups and divorces have inspired some of the best material from our best artists (lookin' at you, Bob Dylan). For Laura Marling's sake, I hope she can find inspiration someplace else. No one should have to suffer for my musical enjoyment!

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From ecwashere 07/14/2017 10:18

Great!

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