Best Albums of the 2010s
Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"Lovely little album this. Very good infact. Possibly not cool enough for some. Their loss." Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Yeah, they still sound like Pavement but they also remind me of The Modern Lovers and they're really good at copying Lou Reed's ostrich guitar by way of 'The Black Angel's Death Song'. Saying all that, Human Performance is the type of indie album you thought they'd forgotten to make with tunes ap..." [+] Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Not as great as Gentle Spirit, but still sounds pretty good. Jonathan Wilson is one of the most underrated musicians out there." Reply
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rafaellaxer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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"This album makes me want to take off my shirt, put on some douchebag sunglasses and punch a wall." Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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"One of the best albums of the decade. It soars in the typical style of Suede, and it's great to be hearing them in top form even after all these years." Reply
"An interesting contrast to The Hold Steady's "Heaven is Whenever" which is also heavily influenced by early Bruce Springsteen. Very enjoyable and one of the better albums of 2010 but I don't think they are in the same league as the E Street Band when they were in their prime. Maybe if they had a ..." [+] Reply
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Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"This is a masterpiece. An instant classic. An overwhelmingly beautiful and tragic work of art." Reply
"I assumed quite early on in listening to this album that I wasn’t going to be on board with its quite rigid folksy deconstruction of medieval British life, dedicating a track each to eleven different members of society. I was quickly shut up by the superbly good songwriting, which reaches a peak ..." [+] Reply
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2017
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"The ratings site Metacritic gives this record a high rating of 93, making it the 22nd highest rating on the whole website, as of 2021, outranking Beyonce's "Lemonade," Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid..." and White Stripes' "Elephant." Two years before the heartland rock revival record "Lost in the Dre..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 122 | 12% | |
| 2012 | 103 | 10% | |
| 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% | |
| Brockhampton | 5 | 1% | |
| Taylor Swift | 5 | 1% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 5 | 1% | |
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557 | 56% | |
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214 | 21% | |
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70 | 7% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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| Best Artists of 2011 | |
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| 1. Fleet Foxes | |
| 2. Bon Iver | |
| 3. PJ Harvey | |
| 4. The Beach Boys | |
| 5. Radiohead | |
| 6. The Black Keys | |
| 7. Destroyer | |
| 8. M83 | |
| 9. Adele | |
| 10. St. Vincent |
