Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s
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Davy 
- Chart updated: 03/22/2022 12:15
- (Created: 12/28/2016 09:19).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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My musical journey started as a fan of U2 at the age of 13. At some point, I felt the need to expand my taste and was keen to find acts that have the same vibe as my then-favourite band. Around that time, Arcade Fire released Reflektor, which was praised as "the band's Achtung Baby" - which happened to be my favourite U2-album. While I enjoyed the first disc more at that time, I would consider the second disc superior nowadays. The first disc show Arcade Fire opening up to both world, Caribbean influenced music as well as marvellous dance tracks. The second disc has them picking up a more emotional, atmospheric sound - with amazing production by none other than the LCD Soundsystem. While it isn't as opulent and warm as Funeral or The Suburbs, Reflektor still manages - in my eyes - to be an equal indie rock masterpiece.
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2013
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Preoccupations' - or Viet Cong, as they were formerly known as - debut album has nothing to add to the already extremely diverse musical landscape of the '10s. Fuck, it hasn't even something to add to the genre of post punk. But this unbelievably destructive musical landscape that you find yourself being thrown into with the tramping opening track Newspaper Spoons, and that continues to crunch you throughout the whole nine tracks, has really convinced me, that this has to be not only one of my favourite album of the decade, but the best post punk record ever, 30 years after the genre's decline. Yes, this is even more nihilistic than Joy Division. On some points, Viet Cong is just heavy noise, on other moments, it's almost catchy. An album like a dentist drill.
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2015
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1,401
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The most exciting journey into any suburbs ever. The power of Arcade Fire is expressed through their ability to write down their own nostalgia, bring it to life through their music and in the end make the listener feel nostalgic as well. I never grew up in the suburbs, I never learnt to drive there and I never left only to come back and rediscover it later. But I think what this whole conceptual work really is about, is growing up, leaving childhood behind. And that is what makes The Suburbs so relatable. Also the music shows just what this Canadian band is best at - sweet indie rock that is magnified through opulent baroque instrumentation - while also extending their facets.
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Year of Release:
2010
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19,124
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I discovered Tame Impala through Elephant - a song that has the most basic rhythm possible just to completely destroy it throughout. This is the band that should prove all "born in le wrong generation"-douchebags wrong (I couldn't care less when a certain type of music is released). Kevin Parker brings psychedelic music into the 2010s. And Lonerism is his magnum opus. While Innerspeaker is more psychedelic rock and Currents more psychedelic pop, Lonerism is the perfect symbiosis of both. What I like most about these songs is, that every sound is stretched to it's extend, so that you can savour it even longer. Parker's lyrical content is unbelievably introverted and insecure - with song titles like Why Won't They Talk To Me - which is so odd, because the music is extroverted and loud and layered and thick. Every song is a bright journey with trippy twists and turns.
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2012
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14,603
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Although I always try to put as much attention as possible to the music when I listen to a record, I always find myself doing something else additionally. Sometimes it's like reading a passage in a book while thinking of something else, so you have to reread the whole passage. With a few exceptions, not even my favourite albums are so immersive that I can just sink into the music. I'm using the term "immersive" for a reason, because Uhrwald Orange is truly immersive. Uhrwald Orange isn't only a reference to the German title of A Clockwork Orange but also a worldplay on "Urwald". You could translate it with "jungle", which wouldn't quite fit, word by word it would be something like "ancient jungle". Urwald is a special kind of jungle, the deep, dark thicket of an undiscovered, foreign land. The kind of jungle where you get lost in, lose track of space and time and scattered sounds from all sides slowly drive you insane ... that's the kind of musical immersion that Sebastian Lee Philipp provides on this record. He only sings on three of the eight tracks, the 80 minute experience is almost instrumental. Guitar licks, organic percussions and oriental synth-snippets - over and over and over again. The monotony on this record can be mesmerizing, nerverecking, intense, even groovy - the sinsiter krautrock is definetly no everyday listen, but a listen that I recommend to everyone.
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The main dish is a set of catchy alternative pop tunes that everyone can enjoy, flavoured with the basic essence of folktronica. Pouring in some serious 21-century-poetry and voila, there you have one excellent example of a perfect hipster record. Whenever I put this record on, I can be sure: Spring is here, a long, stressful winter is over and the year will start to be okay. So lovely and light.
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2012
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In 2015, there was no way to escape the hype of To Pimp A Butterfly. At that time, I wasn't into hip hop at all - enjoying Eminem and Macklemore, the stuff on the radio. With the release of TPAB, I was finally forced to open my eyes to what this genre is capable of. TPAB is one monstrosity of a hip hop concept album, with Kendrick expressing himself both as selfreflecting as usual, but also politically, in a preacher-like position. Kendrick took inspiration from virtually any genre that one could consider "black" - soul, funk, jazz, R&B. As time goes by, the statement of this record only grows more important and I am confident that TPAB will go down as THE record of the decade.
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2015
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2015
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There is a reason this album is so highly rated on this website and considered one of the greatest records of the decade. On his major label debut, Kendrick delivers a lyrical journey into his past and gives a broad insight into the social circumstances he grew up in. GKMC is not less conceptual than TPAB and DAMN. and paved the way for Kendrick's career and the statement he gives on these later records.
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2012
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Noel had me with the cheeky "nanananana"-chrous on the first single In The Heat Of The Moment. I knew that he would release some really good tunes of fresh guitar rock. Furthermore, I really appreciate him as a songwriter, considering he wrote some of the biggest hymns of modern rock music. The subtle use of sax and slightly psychedelic experimentations on Chasing Yesterday present Noel on his prime. Although I love Oasis and the stuff they put out in the 90s, I'm so glad that they broke up, so Noel could reinvent himself and create this album.
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 1 | 2% | |
| 2011 | 2 | 4% | |
| 2012 | 4 | 8% | |
| 2013 | 3 | 6% | |
| 2014 | 5 | 10% | |
| 2015 | 8 | 16% | |
| 2016 | 8 | 16% | |
| 2017 | 9 | 18% | |
| 2018 | 5 | 10% | |
| 2019 | 5 | 10% |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 3 | 6% | |
| Tame Impala | 2 | 4% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 4% | |
| Tyler, The Creator | 2 | 4% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 4% | |
| Kali Uchis | 1 | 2% | |
| Bilderbuch | 1 | 2% | |
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10 | 20% | |
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6 | 12% | |
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5 | 10% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 15 from 46th to 31st Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs |
| Up 4 from 10th to 6th An Awesome Wave by alt-J |
| Up 3 from 15th to 12th Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 9th to 13th Igor by Tyler, The Creator |
| Down 3 from 11th to 14th ★ [Blackstar] by David Bowie |
| Down 3 from 12th to 15th Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels |
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| ! | 03/10/2023 00:38 |  AvalancheGrips | 128 | 89/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2023 10:05 | Johnnyo | 2,561 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2021 20:17 |  Rhyner | 1,457 | 99/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2021 08:20 |  Timestarter | 114 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2020 14:49 | cabvo | 118 | 86/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.3/100, a mean average of 92.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.7.
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From Johnnyo 03/09/2023 10:05 | #294840
Really nice chart and the addition of the notes helps to bring it to life. Really enjoyed the read
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From Timooosterink 11/12/2019 16:12 | #244722
Really like your comments!
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Hayden 06/11/2018 07:48 | #216514
Hayden 06/11/2018 07:48 | #216514
By all means, go ahead. It's all good.
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kadupheming 01/04/2018 00:43 | #204535
kadupheming 01/04/2018 00:43 | #204535
it's interesting that your only chart is the 2010s...i've been fascinated with the current decade in the last days
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From kadupheming 01/04/2018 00:42 | #204534
kadupheming 01/04/2018 00:42 | #204534
it's a cool list. your number 1 is great. some of the others are a little underwhelming for me...
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JulianR 01/02/2018 17:01 | #204426
JulianR 01/02/2018 17:01 | #204426
Nice! Keep expanding
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FunkyStudent21 08/18/2017 11:14 | #196259
FunkyStudent21 08/18/2017 11:14 | #196259
Great chart, i enjoyed reading your thoughts on each album and will definitely check out that Viet Cong album
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From SMcCrae95 07/17/2017 15:37 | #194483
big fan of this list always happy to see Everything Everything show up v underappreciated
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DommeDamian 04/22/2017 13:19 | #189671
DommeDamian 04/22/2017 13:19 | #189671
Alot of new joints here, bro :)
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LAF2 04/14/2017 17:34 | #189287
LAF2 04/14/2017 17:34 | #189287
I really fuck with this as a decade chart and need to check some of these out
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