Best Albums of 2010
Explore the best albums of 2010, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"Great Album. But not in all of the ways ! mostly because the music and vocals. The lyrics ... no. Maybe the only good lyrics on the album are Runaway and Lost in the world.Power is great musically but still lacks in lyric.This album really "shaped" Hip hop.But somehow ruined it too.You could use ..." [+] Reply
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Behrus58 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"it is so funny, everyone on this website is afraid of saying anything negative about Arcade Fire (or Radiohead for that matter)...it is like living in a fascist state." Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (21 helpful | 8 unhelpful)
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"Another great album from my favourite band. High Violet is much denser than previous efforts and it's great to see them evolving their sound, would've been easy to stick with the formula they perfected on Alligator and Boxer but the hyperactive Dessner twins are unlikely to let that happen." Reply
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2010
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"The first time I listened to this, I thought it was boring, and terrible, and felt often "out of key" (too dissonant at times)... then I realized I was just in a bad mood and came back for it and it's actually pretty good. Fantastic soundscapes. It does get a bit boring still in the sense that I ..." [+] Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"Almost as good as Sound of silver, which is no small feat. Come back, James Murphy. Music needs you." Reply
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9999 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"The front half is incredible. About as strong as the best parts of Demon Days or Gorillaz, but it kind of drops off after track eight. Not a bad album, but that edge is sort of lost. This is still a really great album, but something is missing, unfortunately." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"Beautifully crafted album. The more I listen to it, the more I fall in love with it. I love the diversity of it, you never feel like it's the same thing over and over again. I'll just somewhat briefly describe how it feels to listen to it, track by track. It begins with a deep, soothing, very tri..." [+] Reply
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Cargusbralem | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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"This album right here. Heard it the first time today, thinking previously that Ys was her undisputed masterpiece. Ys sure feels sporadic and magical, but this album is focused, down to earth, human, and felt like much more of a statement. The quality of the album is so consistant, it baffles me h..." [+] Reply
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2010
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"Some slight problems with consistency but overall the high moments are really high. Next Girl, Tighten Up, Howlin For You, These Days, and Everlasting Light all deserve to be on their eventual greatest hits record. Also The Only One is hands down the best song they ever made, damn that song is se..." [+] Reply
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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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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2010 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 0% | |
| Robyn | 3 | 0% | |
| Gorillaz | 2 | 0% | |
| Tom Petty | 2 | 0% | |
| Wild Nothing | 2 | 0% | |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2 | 0% | |
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449 | 45% | |
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184 | 18% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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Best Albums of 2010 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 90th to 86th |
Up 2 from 60th to 58th |
Up 2 from 44th to 42nd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 5 from 92nd to 97th |
Down 1 from 42nd to 43rd |
Down 1 from 43rd to 44th |
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