Best Albums of 2010

Listed below are the best albums of 2010 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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2010 year summaryThe best artists of 2010 were Kanye West, Arcade Fire, The National, Beach House, LCD Soundsystem, Gorillaz, Deerhunter, Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom and The Black Keys.
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"Sounds that you find scary at first, might become your dark friends one time. You start to learn how to interact and how to feel in their presence. I don't even know what halfaxa means, but it has become a close friend of mine. We spend a lot of time just sitting on a hill and watching the dark s..."  [+]  Reply
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"This is my least favourite of their proper albums (I don't count the King as a proper album) as there is too much low-key ballads and not enough up-tempo. Also, the lead single, Baby Lee, while joyously catchy, does have quite the creepy incel stalker aspect to the lyrics which is unfortunate. No..."  [+]  Reply
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"Nice album, but not the best album from Kashmir. Something happened on this album where I don't think the songs are as great as on the last three albums. Also I think the sound is a bit to overproduced and Kasper's (the lead singer) voice also sounds a bit nasal and auto-tuned at times. Still a g..."  [+]  Reply
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"i have never heard of a more underrated album in my life. the production, the lyrics, the individual song concepts, the execution, the fun, everything on this album seems to work as best as possible but unfortunately the album is largely overlooked especially when it was released during an averag..."  [+]  Reply
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