Best Albums of the 2010s
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"Man, ok, so it seems people like this album. I don't typically listen to a lot of rap so i have a hard time rating it. but because this record has gotten so muc attention this week (and i wanna be one of the cool kids) i listened to a few times straight through. First the positives, i actually re..." [+] Reply
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samistake2ice | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +19 votes (23 helpful | 4 unhelpful)
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2015
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29,194
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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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21,183
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"Set to define a generation. You've been put on notice." Reply
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2012
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20,787
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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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"Sufjan Stevens started off making lo-fi singer/songwriter music, but quickly became renowned for his emphatic compositions and experimentation. There are very few artists to ever cross as many musical borders as Sufjan did between 2002 and 2014. He did everything from long-winded albums about Ame..." [+] Reply
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slurpdurp | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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15,359
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"A quick timeline. 1. Album released *6 hours later* 2. Top rated album on BEA Jokes aside, I've heard side one and will listen to the rest in a few minutes. I'm impressed." Reply
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LAF2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +30 votes (33 helpful | 3 unhelpful)
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2016
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14,439
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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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13,761
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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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"I went into this album without listening to his previous effort, Channel Orange. I didn't know what to expect going in, and I have to admit, the first listen left me... confused. I didn't know what to think. I thought "is this really the album everyone was hyping about?" However, I gave the album..." [+] Reply
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2016
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"Singer/Writer Bersinger's baritone is unique and monotonous at the same time which limits any of their albums being perfect 100's for me. High Violet is lush and the lyrics are always interesting in their imagery and generalities that the listener can relate to in their own way. There isn't a bad..." [+] Reply
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2010
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Total albums: 993. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 93 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 125 | 13% | |
| 2012 | 104 | 10% | |
| 2013 | 117 | 12% | |
| 2014 | 94 | 9% | |
| 2015 | 105 | 11% | |
| 2016 | 84 | 8% | |
| 2017 | 113 | 11% | |
| 2018 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2019 | 77 | 8% |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 9 | 1% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 6 | 1% | |
| Drake | 6 | 1% | |
| Death Grips | 6 | 1% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 5 | 0% | |
| Brockhampton | 5 | 0% | |
| Kanye West | 5 | 0% | |
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559 | 56% | |
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216 | 22% | |
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71 | 7% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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8 | 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 4 from 102nd to 98th |
Up 4 from 89th to 85th |
Up 3 from 99th to 96th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 67th to 70th |
Down 3 from 96th to 99th |
Down 2 from 30th to 32nd |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 102nd to 98th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
Best Ever
Artists
1.
The Beatles
2.
Radiohead
3.
Pink Floyd
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David Bowie
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Bob Dylan
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Led Zeppelin
8.
Arcade Fire
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Neil Young
10.
Nirvana
