Best Albums of the 2010s
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"Its a little startling at first to listen to an album with so much personality and so little pretension. The mix sentimentality and humour make this a very intimate record. Kind of getting hints of The Velvet Underground and early John Lennon solo but very much its own sound and the lyrics really..." Reply
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andy_hunter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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5,108
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"Should be rated higher. This album is ridiculously slept on. Incredible vocals, experimental singing and instrumentation, soulful lyrics. There are lines here that just make me cry because they're so good. If you rate this lower than a 8.5/9/10, I strongly recommend you revisit it." Reply
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sophialeviev | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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5,046
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"Might be the best (quality) album of the year. After two spins though I don't want to listen to it or her anymore. It's like going to a fine steakhouse. The 10, 12 and even 16 ounce steaks are great. The 48 ounce steak is too much and if you eat it all you'll get sick!!!" Reply
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Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (8 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2010
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"The most underrated Radiohead album. The way they blend elements from all of their previous albums is fantastic. Pitchfork isn't the ambassador of music, this is one of their best albums." Reply
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NubbinBased | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (11 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2011
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4,502
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"Beautiful and emotionally devastating. Subsequent listens may push this above "A Moon Shaped Pool" to become my favourite album of 2016, but amazingly on my first listen from a band I've never heard of before today, it's not far off." Reply
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2016
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4,487
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"Mark Kozelek has always trafficked in personal lyrics and spare arrangements, but this album is about as raw as it gets. He is so open that it can honestly be hard to listen to; it feels like eavesdropping. But there is something compelling about the honesty, and the stories are thematically univ..." Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2014
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4,400
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"If I based my overall chart purely on what I've listened to the most this would likely make top ten. It just fits nearly every mood. And for a couple years, I swear I didn't go a single week without pulling this out, and I often listened multiple times in a day." Reply
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FlorianJones | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"Definitely the best record he's ever done. Shaping up to be my hip-hop record of the year along with Joey Badass." Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2017
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"This was my first Sufjan CD ever. I had ignored him all the time. So I didn't know what to expect. When I listened to to it,I thought: "WTF? This is pretty heavy stuff!" After the second time I thought: "Crazy music". When I listened to it the third time: "There are actually great melodies under ..." Reply
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2010
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"There are moments of beauty - the gorgeous opener, #Strafford and 8(circle) - but for me, it's a frustrating listen. I think its scattershot and oblique for the sake of being scattershot and oblique, and some of the songs just feel lazily scrapbook. I really tried to like this, honestly. It's not..." Reply
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2016
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 5 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 124 | 12% | |
| 2012 | 103 | 10% | |
| 2013 | 114 | 11% | |
| 2014 | 96 | 10% | |
| 2015 | 107 | 11% | |
| 2016 | 84 | 8% | |
| 2017 | 113 | 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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557 | 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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