Best Albums of the 2010s

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31.

Plastic Beach 

 Gorillaz

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"This is probably Gorillaz most expansive album. A lot of the songs, while having some of the nice nods back to their last entry in their discography; Demon Days, it feels more electronic and commercial in comparison. But that's not to say that it's a bad thing, the songs are actually quite catchy...""This is probably Gorillaz most expansive album. A lot of the songs, while having some of the nice nods back to their last entry in their discography; Demon Days, it feels more electronic and commercial in comparison. But that's not to say that it's a bad thing, the songs are actually quite catchy and are a ton of fun to be had with. Not to mention that some of that fun is brought by Damon Albarn's ingenuity as a music artist. This album also has some of the best collaborations on any album/side project type thingy I have ever heard, with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack and they even managed to get Lou Reed on here, (LOU FRICKEN' REED!!!) most of them are great because they add a lot of personality to each song. This album is an enjoyable and relaxing album as a whole. While not as dark or hypnotic as Demon Days, but this is an album to be enjoyed by Gorillaz's fans and casual on-goers as it's diverse enough to reach that sort of crowd. "  [+]  Reply

- HazeyTwilight | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

747 charts

Rank Score:

6,060

Rank in 2010:

6

Rank in 2010s:

31

Overall Rank:

269

Average Rating:

 79 (1,270 votes)

Comments:

76

32.

To Be Kind 

 Swans

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"Fantano also gave The Money Store 10/10 yet you don't see it at the top of 2012.He thought MBDTF was average but BEA has it as second best of 2010.So no,it's not first because a famous critic gave it a perfect score."  Reply

- newbands1 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +19 votes (20 helpful | 1 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

642 charts

Rank Score:

6,042

Rank in 2014:

2

Rank in 2010s:

32

Overall Rank:

274

Average Rating:

 82 (889 votes)

Comments:

102

33.

Let England Shake 

 PJ Harvey

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"Best album I've heard so far this year, and a welcome return to greatness for P.J. Amazing."  Reply

- Norman Bates | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

766 charts

Rank Score:

5,841

Rank in 2011:

3

Rank in 2010s:

33

Overall Rank:

278

Average Rating:

 80 (963 votes)

Comments:

60

34.

Halcyon Digest 

 Deerhunter

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"Say what you want about Pitchfork but I find it hard to talk bad about them, as they introduced me to so much good music that I would otherwise never listen to. This album is one example. So good."  Reply

- 19loveless91 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

750 charts

Rank Score:

5,744

Rank in 2010:

7

Rank in 2010s:

34

Overall Rank:

283

Average Rating:

 81 (922 votes)

Comments:

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35.

The Smile Sessions 

 The Beach Boys

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"Finally, after more than forty years, the Beach Boys' unfinished album "Smile" has been released in its entirety - to the extent possible. "Smile" was in 1966 Brian Wilson's most ambitious project, and he wanted to create music that was as innovative as that of the Beatles - a group which he both...""Finally, after more than forty years, the Beach Boys' unfinished album "Smile" has been released in its entirety - to the extent possible. "Smile" was in 1966 Brian Wilson's most ambitious project, and he wanted to create music that was as innovative as that of the Beatles - a group which he both admired and wished to match. Wilson dropped tour-life to concentrate on writing and recording music, while the other Beach Boys occasionally came in the studio and recorded vocals on the new songs. The amazing single "Good Vibrations" was an indication of directions Wilson's musical ideas took. The single became a huge hit and there were naturally great expectations for the album that would follow. Unfortunately, Wilson broke down under the stress of the high expectations and his own ambtions before the album was completed. In fact, a cover drawn with a charming beautiful colorful front and a back side with a preliminary tracklist. Some of the songs were practically finished, while others were under development when the project was dropped. However several of the Smile songs appeared on the next Beach Boys albums where the overall musical ambitions were lowered and the other Beach Boys began to take more part in the songwriting. The best of these are now well known classics, especially "Heroes and Villains," "Surf's Up," "Wind Chimes" and "Vegetables." In early 2000 years Brian Wilson re-recorded the Smile songs and also went on tour with them. Although these were fine and impressive performances, they also meant that the wishes the the original versions, with different beautiful Beach Boys voices, became even stronger. This 2 CD version contains the versions of the many Smile recordings which Brian Wilson believes are the best. CD 1 contains the finished versions of the songs, or in some cases as finished as possible. CD 2 gives a little insight into the work in the studio, and numerous recordings and overdubs behind these contemporary loose shots. Since there never was any final decision on tracklisting, anyone can try to put an album that may match or perhaps overpass the group's previous album "Pet Sounds" which is considered as the group's masterpiece. I have put such an album together which after the contemporary standards has14 songs and which lasts about 40 minutes. In fact, I think this "album" in respects in on the level of "Pet Sounds", which after all also does contain songs of lesser significance Side one of this imaginary vinyl version looks like this: Side one 1. You're Welcome / 2. Good Vibrations / 3. Surf's Up / 4. Wonderful / 5. Cabin Essence / 6. Child Is Father Of The Mon 7. Look (Song For Children) - Side two 1. Our Prayer / 2.Heroes And Villains / 3 Holidays / 4. Wind Chimes / 5. Vega-Tables / 6. Gee / 7. Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock). I've played this compilation many times and am very satisfied with it, and I believe it would have received deserved recognition in its time, even if individual numbers may seem a little incomplete. In any rate, this bunch of beautiful songs constitute an important part in music history. "  [+]  Reply

- Rovers | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +15 votes (15 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

469 charts

Rank Score:

5,733

Rank in 2011:

4

Rank in 2010s:

35

Overall Rank:

285

Average Rating:

 85 (843 votes)

Comments:

77

36.

Trouble Will Find Me 

 The National

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"Honestly I can't understand the people who give this album a 20, 10 or 5 rating. Seriously, we all can see you didnt like the album, but seriously a "5"?? Every single band just for the fact they made an album should deserve more than a 5. If you are angry that currently this album is in No. 1, w...""Honestly I can't understand the people who give this album a 20, 10 or 5 rating. Seriously, we all can see you didnt like the album, but seriously a "5"?? Every single band just for the fact they made an album should deserve more than a 5. If you are angry that currently this album is in No. 1, well save the rating for yourself. This is a brilliant album, and their music should be appreciated or at least respected. "  [+]  Reply

- meruizh | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (15 helpful | 2 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

679 charts

Rank Score:

5,627

Rank in 2013:

7

Rank in 2010s:

36

Overall Rank:

290

Average Rating:

 79 (953 votes)

Comments:

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37.

Twin Fantasy (2018) 

 Car Seat Headrest

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"The courage to put out an album like Twin Fantasy is in itself moving. It always sat as a personal favourite of mine, but one that I never put on a list because a) I couldn't bring myself to, and b) I'd convinced myself it wasn't good enough, as if the despair of listening to it was the only valu...""The courage to put out an album like Twin Fantasy is in itself moving. It always sat as a personal favourite of mine, but one that I never put on a list because a) I couldn't bring myself to, and b) I'd convinced myself it wasn't good enough, as if the despair of listening to it was the only value I derived from it. In fact I hadn't listened to the album in years when I heard it was going to be re-worked. Something I was both excited about and terrified of. The album was already canonical, what might be if this rework changes the experience for the worse? would it kill my memory of it? That said, I was deep down excited because I've found myself listening to newer Car Seat Headrest album and loving the production. I'd been waiting for an album to come out that had the power and profundity of Twin Fantasy but the production chops of later works, like deep down I'd convinced myself if I could take the album (or whatever post teens of denial masterpiece I thought was coming) seriously, and still be moved as I was a teenager to bandcamp Toledo, then I could happily herald the work a masterpiece, and deservingly so. I think deep down I was waiting for this to happen, and I couldn't be happier it did. "  [+]  Reply

- Arthurknight | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

544 charts

Rank Score:

5,592

Rank in 2018:

1

Rank in 2010s:

37

Overall Rank:

292

Average Rating:

 82 (844 votes)

Comments:

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38.

Titanic Rising 

 Weyes Blood

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"Definitely an early contender for my favorite album of 2019 (along with Grey Area). Natalie Mering’s voice gives me Joni Mitchell and Nico vibes while still feeling completely new. The instrumentation is beautiful. There's the folky, twangy guitars, lush pianos, strings, synths... it's all perfec...""Definitely an early contender for my favorite album of 2019 (along with Grey Area). Natalie Mering’s voice gives me Joni Mitchell and Nico vibes while still feeling completely new. The instrumentation is beautiful. There's the folky, twangy guitars, lush pianos, strings, synths... it's all perfect! Titanic Rising sounds like it exists outside of time too. It definitely has the folk and psychedelic sounds of the 60s and 70s but the production and mixing are all very modern. This is especially true on songs like Andromeda and Movies where the synth really transports you out of this world and into the future. I've already listened to the album three times and honestly I think my opinion of this album is only going to go up from here. Titanic Rising is an album I want to go around showing off to my friends. Can't say enough good things about it."  [+]  Reply

- mjp11 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

644 charts

Rank Score:

5,545

Rank in 2019:

3

Rank in 2010s:

38

Overall Rank:

298

Average Rating:

 82 (701 votes)

Comments:

74

39.

Atrocity Exhibition 

 Danny Brown

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"It's great how rappers can rap over anything these days; no more need being restricted to boom bap drum loops. Atrocity Exhibition might be the best demonstration of this I've heard yet"  Reply

- Perring | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

620 charts

Rank Score:

5,545

Rank in 2016:

5

Rank in 2010s:

39

Overall Rank:

299

Average Rating:

 83 (721 votes)

Comments:

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40.

Melodrama 

 Lorde

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"I think it's a kind of silly to suggest that people/critics are 'overhyping' this album because they are wary of underrating it like they may of done with Pure Heroine. I believe it's more to do with Pure Heroine being a slowburner; I remember not being very keen the first 5 or even 6 listens but...""I think it's a kind of silly to suggest that people/critics are 'overhyping' this album because they are wary of underrating it like they may of done with Pure Heroine. I believe it's more to do with Pure Heroine being a slowburner; I remember not being very keen the first 5 or even 6 listens but now it's probably up there with my favourite pop records. Pure Heroine was great and so is Melodrama, perhaps greater. Pure Heroine was pretty leftfield as far as pop records go and had a great skeletal sound which some, including myself, are very fond of. Whereas Melodrama, while still maintaining and capitalising on the interesting qualities of the album before, is MORE of a pop record (catchier hooks, drops in the instrumentals etc.), which I feel isn't a bad thing but I can understand why others may be turned off. I do have to say, Melodrama's lyrical themes are a lot more interesting and matured then those of Pure Heroine. Now in doing this, Lorde has two releases that I enjoy for very different reasons and for a pop artist to stay fresh release after release can be quite an ask, particularly in such a washed out, bland pop industry. I don't think it's a case of overrating, this album is just more of a solid and accessible pop record that still maintains the interesting qualities of it's predecessor. Who knows; perhaps this record won't have the longevity of Pure Heroine for years to come but right now I'm impressed and jamming it pretty hard."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

662 charts

Rank Score:

5,537

Rank in 2017:

2

Rank in 2010s:

40

Overall Rank:

300

Average Rating:

 81 (798 votes)

Comments:

77

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
2010	90	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	105	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	93	9%
2015	106	11%
2016	86	9%
2017	115	12%
2018	91	9%
2019	80	8%

Artist	Albums	%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	562	56%
	216	22%
	69	7%
	32	3%
	25	2%
	20	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	5	0%