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: 4 hours ago).
"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..." [+] Reply
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HazeyTwilight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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6,060
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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
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2014
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6,042
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"Best album I've heard so far this year, and a welcome return to greatness for P.J. Amazing." Reply
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Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2011
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5,841
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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
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2010
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5,744
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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..." [+] Reply
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2011
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5,733
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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..." [+] Reply
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meruizh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (15 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2013
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5,627
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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..." [+] Reply
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Arthurknight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2018
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5,592
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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..." [+] Reply
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2019
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5,545
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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
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Perring | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2016
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5,545
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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..." [+] Reply
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Sometype | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (8 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2017
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5,537
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 90 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 122 | 12% | |
| 2012 | 106 | 11% | |
| 2013 | 114 | 11% | |
| 2014 | 93 | 9% | |
| 2015 | 106 | 11% | |
| 2016 | 85 | 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% | |
| Taylor Swift | 5 | 0% | |
| Julia Holter | 5 | 0% | |
| Brockhampton | 5 | 0% | |
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561 | 56% | |
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215 | 21% | |
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69 | 7% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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25 | 2% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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10 | 1% | |
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