Best Albums of the 2010s
Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"i can't stop listening to this!" Reply
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dfulfo01 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2013
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"The title is no jest; this is country music. But it's Waylon and Willie country, straight out of the early 70s. As people's patience wears thin with checklist songs and beer anthems, this album is being raised as a beacon. If you've ever been known to say, "I don't like country music," please giv..." [+] Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2014
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832
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"Amazing album with the Horse, how is Young able to still make great records 50 yrs on.........only one of a very few artists that were great and are still great" Reply
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2012
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830
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"Janelle killed it on this one. I think she showed definite improvement in her songwriting and furthered her pop aesthetic while still maintaining her R&B/funk roots of The ArchAndroid. The songs don't flow as seamlessly as they do on the first album, but there are so many stand-out songs here tha..." [+] Reply
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2013
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"This is a very good album, with two very different sides. Side 1 (the first 5 songs) is Spoon at their best, 5 incredible tracks, well-produced and catchy as ever. Side 2 (the 5 last songs) covers new grounds for Spoon and is more experimental. First, there's "Can I Sit Next To You" that could ha..." [+] Reply
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2017
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826
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"Better than Veteran in terms of artistic quality and magnificent production. I've got to sit back and chew on this one for a while though, as it's an intense collage of different sounds constantly thrown at you. There's no way this can be digested in one day, but for now, I'd say this is quite th..." [+] Reply
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awesomness425 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2019
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824
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"The prolific Shabaka Hutchings (Melt Yourself Down, The Shabaka And The Ancestors, The Comet Is Coming...) returns in 2018 with one of his many projects, Sons Of Kemet. "Your queen is a reptile" is a concept album denouncing the imperialism and injustice of the British monarchy. They celebrate he..." [+] Reply
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2018
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823
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"At the end of last year I’d been dreaming up a piece on Lingua Ignota (real name Kristin Hayter) and female subjectivity in metal and its subgenres. And who knows, maybe at some point it will see the light of day. But for now, here is as good as any place to let some of those half-formed ideas un..." [+] Reply
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ForegroundNoise | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2019
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"U.F.O.F was alright. This is excellent. "Not" is in the running for song of the year." Reply
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LebowskiRams | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2019
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815
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"More a direct up-down outpouring of Mitski's usual hybrids of lushly melodic ballads and sledgehammer guitar breakdowns (often in the space of a single song), overall it does feel a bit like a trial run for Puberty 2... but wow what an opener." Reply
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cestuneblague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2014
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 33 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| 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 | % | |
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562 | 56% | |
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216 | 22% | |
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69 | 7% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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25 | 2% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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