Best Albums of the 2010s
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"As expected, Kendrick Lamar evolved and matured his sound into more obscure influences than M.A.A.D. City. Despite my appreciation for Kendrick's attempt to reinvent himself in a completely different form, this album took a swing and results in a miss. The overall sound of this album to me is Mil..." Reply
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C_Krug2009 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (19 helpful | 9 unhelpful)
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2015
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29,036
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"it's more pop to me than rap, but is that a bad thing? isn't being the world's biggest pop star what kanyes been trying to do for all these years? I can't say it's perfect, but I think it's as good as you can get while remaining a pop artist in today's music industry. kanye isn't exactly the best..." Reply
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jeremih724 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"I'm tempted to call this The Wall of hip hop. Kendrick Lamar's insight into a troubled life in Compton gets better as the album moves forward. It's definitely something I had to pay close attention to. good kid m.A.A.d city is better listened through completely. It tells a story." Reply
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NubbinBased | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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20,576
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"The 401st best album EVER?!? It hasn't even been out for two weeks! How many albums could you people have possibly heard?!" Reply
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40footwolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (12 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2010
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"I really want to believe that Illinois is still his best album, but this might just be." Reply
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2015
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15,459
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"To the people saying the rating is inflated: To Pimp A Butterfly was the same way. This is a natural process. When a popular album comes out, the first people to listen to it and rate it are fans. Of course they'll rate it higher than the average person. And since there are a lot of fans of these..." Reply
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2016
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14,565
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"once the Beatles married the 1967's pink floyd. But when they got married a ray of light coming from a kaleidoscope hit them, and transported them to the future, in the future they turned into hipsters and vomited music,that vomit shapeshifted to a huge monster with four heads. They all fought un..." Reply
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Antonio-Pedro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (14 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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"Putting it mildly, it is extremely difficult to comment an album after his composer has just died so unexpectedly. However I don't personally think that his death will influence our judging over this piece of art, since it IS part of his project itself. 'Blackstar' wouldn't have even existed with..." Reply
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Socipluco | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +17 votes (18 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2016
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"Blonde is brilliant. That might even be the extent to which I can give my thoughts on this album. That is all. It is just a brilliant album. Ocean takes us on an emotional, dreamy adventure into his own world, and introduces us to a new class of music. The sound of Blonde is experimental without ..." Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2016
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"This album concluded a perfect trilogy of albums from The National. And I personally believe it to be the best of the bunch." Reply
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FlorianJones | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 124 | 12% | |
| 2012 | 103 | 10% | |
| 2013 | 115 | 12% | |
| 2014 | 96 | 10% | |
| 2015 | 107 | 11% | |
| 2016 | 84 | 8% | |
| 2017 | 112 | 11% | |
| 2018 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2019 | 76 | 8% |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 9 | 1% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 6 | 1% | |
| Drake | 6 | 1% | |
| Death Grips | 6 | 1% | |
| The Weeknd | 5 | 1% | |
| Beach House | 5 | 1% | |
| Julia Holter | 5 | 1% | |
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558 | 56% | |
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216 | 22% | |
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69 | 7% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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9 | 1% | |
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Best Albums of the 2010s chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 9 from 99th to 90th |
Up 5 from 105th to 100th |
Up 3 from 71st to 68th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 68th to 71st |
Down 2 from 58th to 60th |
Down 2 from 65th to 67th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 5 from 105th to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
