Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s by 
ForegroundNoise 
December 2020.
A year late and completely unasked for, but today was finally the day I rated fifty albums by fifty artists from the last decade worthy of being on this list. As with my 2000s list this is an extreme WIP; I'll add short bios and other notable releases (ONR), solo records, or projects by related artists that are worth checking out are mentioned in each entry's notes when I finally open a wormhole find some time in there. Please leave your suggestions in the comments below! Never someone to turn down the recommendation of a passionate music fan.
Below are my favourite short releases of the decade, and below that any stand-out albums that do not qualify as contemporary (retrospective compilations, live albums etc.). As for the term 'short release' this refers to anything that falls under less than half an hour in length, a distinction I prefer to the outdated classifiers of traditional LP/EP boundaries (also makes for more exciting individual lists).
Top 5 Short Releases of the 2010s
1. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (2018) [US]
abstract hip hop • experimental hip hop (Tan Cressida, 24:48) - 9/10
2. Murmuüre - Murmuüre (2010) [FR]
atmospheric black metal • ambient (Cold Void Emanations, 29:13) - 8/10
3. Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile (Warp, 23:07) [US]
indie folk - 8/10
4. The Brave Little Abacus - Okumay (2012) [US]
emo (Quote Unquote, 14:48) - 8/10
5. Mach-Hommy - Fête des Morts aka Día de las Muertos (2017) [US]
abstract hip hop (n/a, 16:57) - 8/10
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Retrospective/Archival
Neutral Milk Hotel - Ferris Wheel on Fire (2011) [US]
indie folk (NMH, 24:25) - 8/10
S.E.M. Ensemble / Julius Eastman - Femenine (2016) [US]
minimalism • chamber music (Frozen Reeds, 72:37) - 7.5/10
- Chart updated: 03/15/2024 15:45
- (Created: 04/15/2018 08:29).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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future garage
(Hyperdub, 30:45)
8.5/10
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future garage
(Hyperdub, 30:45)
8.5/10
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2012
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657
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glitch pop • alternative R&B
(Bella Union, 62:14)
8/10
"It’s the yin and the yang
And the yang and the yin
Life without sex
Is a life without sin
We’re just buck-toothed players
Playing ourselves out"
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glitch pop • alternative R&B
(Bella Union, 62:14)
8/10
"It’s the yin and the yang
And the yang and the yin
Life without sex
Is a life without sin
We’re just buck-toothed players
Playing ourselves out"
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art pop • hypnagogic pop
(Rough Trade, 52:31)
8/10
"Ten bodies in the back
Heart attack
Had about four
Tryna add one more
But only on the weekend"
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art pop • hypnagogic pop
(Rough Trade, 52:31)
8/10
"Ten bodies in the back
Heart attack
Had about four
Tryna add one more
But only on the weekend"
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progressive folk • avant-folk
(Weird World, 58:46)
8/10
"At the murmur of dawn there's a knock at the door
And a small man standing by
He is wearing a dogshide and flies for a crown
One good eye a sparkling well in his brow
I'd already acquainted myself of that voice
Before he'd even spoke:
'I have come to collect what is rightfully owed
Rouse the boy from slept
Get him bathed and dressed
It is time he kept your end of the bargain'"
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progressive folk • avant-folk
(Weird World, 58:46)
8/10
"At the murmur of dawn there's a knock at the door
And a small man standing by
He is wearing a dogshide and flies for a crown
One good eye a sparkling well in his brow
I'd already acquainted myself of that voice
Before he'd even spoke:
'I have come to collect what is rightfully owed
Rouse the boy from slept
Get him bathed and dressed
It is time he kept your end of the bargain'"
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drone • electroacoustic
(Milan, 46:53)
7.5/10
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drone • electroacoustic
(Milan, 46:53)
7.5/10
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dub techno
(Modern Love, 48:49)
7.5/10
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dub techno
(Modern Love, 48:49)
7.5/10
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art pop • indie pop
(RCA Victor, 48:05)
7.5/10
"And I'm left holding my head looking down at every grave
And all millennia pass, just a flicker in a wave
And I've seen more villages burn than animals born
I've seen more towers come down than children grow up"
ONR:
Man Alive (2010)
progressive pop • math pop (Geffen) - 7.5/10
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art pop • indie pop
(RCA Victor, 48:05)
7.5/10
"And I'm left holding my head looking down at every grave
And all millennia pass, just a flicker in a wave
And I've seen more villages burn than animals born
I've seen more towers come down than children grow up"
ONR:
Man Alive (2010)
progressive pop • math pop (Geffen) - 7.5/10
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bubblegum bass • deconstructed club
(Transgressive, 39:56)
7.5/10
"My face is the front of shop
My face is the real shop front
My shop is the face I front
I'm real when I shop my face"
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bubblegum bass • deconstructed club
(Transgressive, 39:56)
7.5/10
"My face is the front of shop
My face is the real shop front
My shop is the face I front
I'm real when I shop my face"
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Year of Release:
2018
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1,506
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noise rock • math rock • experimental rock
(Rough Trade, 43:10)
7.5/10
"I'm alive and I can see
The water is foul and it's hard to breathe
There's lead in the water, there's lead in the water
There's lead in the water and you think that I'm fine
I'm stained by the water and only the water
I'm drained by the water, are you losing your mind?
Dead in the water, dead in the water"
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noise rock • math rock • experimental rock
(Rough Trade, 43:10)
7.5/10
"I'm alive and I can see
The water is foul and it's hard to breathe
There's lead in the water, there's lead in the water
There's lead in the water and you think that I'm fine
I'm stained by the water and only the water
I'm drained by the water, are you losing your mind?
Dead in the water, dead in the water"
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Year of Release:
2019
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2,457
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 6 | 12% | |
| 2011 | 4 | 8% | |
| 2012 | 5 | 10% | |
| 2013 | 4 | 8% | |
| 2014 | 3 | 6% | |
| 2015 | 7 | 14% | |
| 2016 | 6 | 12% | |
| 2017 | 5 | 10% | |
| 2018 | 5 | 10% | |
| 2019 | 5 | 10% |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 1 | 2% | |
| Jenny Hval | 1 | 2% | |
| Danny Brown | 1 | 2% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 2% | |
| Prurient | 1 | 2% | |
| Julia Holter | 1 | 2% | |
| Uboa | 1 | 2% | |
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27 | 54% | |
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9 | 18% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 47th to 48th Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides by SOPHIE |
| Down 1 from 48th to 49th Schlagenheim by Black Midi |
| New entries |
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 Going Placesby Yellow Swans |
| Leavers |
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 Logic Songsby Little Kid |
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