Best Of 2010
I reasonably enjoyed all of these. There are some I'm definitely missing. |
| 1 |  | Swans
My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To the Sky
This is a lumbering beast of an album. In other words, just how a Swans
album should be. In fact, this may be the best Swans yet. |
| 2 |  | Rosetta
A Determinism of Morality
Brilliant post-space-hardcore-metal. |
| 3 |  | Hammock
Chasing After Shadows...Living with the Ghosts
This has a beautiful ambience. |
| 4 |  | Jonsi
Go
Absolutely breathtaking. |
| 5 |  | Max Richter
Infra
Max Richter seems to be channeling Phillip Glass here. |
| 6 |  | Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
The best punk concept album based on the Civil War you'll hear all year. |
| 7 |  | Agalloch
Marrow of the Spirit
I'm surprised this isn't very well-liked here. I am also surprised this works
so well as a concept. |
| 8 |  | Kayo Dot
Coyote |
| 9 |  | U.S. Christmas
Run Thick In The Night
This album is criminally overlooked. |
| 10 |  | Maserati
Pyramid of the Sun
This album serves an excellent tribute to their dead drummer, but it also
really stands up on it's own. |
| 11 |  | Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
In lesser years, this would have been much higher for me. It's not quite as
good as the past two Arcade Fire albums, but it is still really great. |
| 12 |  | God is an Astronaut
Age of the Fifth Sun |
| 13 |  | Superchunk
Majesty Shredding
In lesser years, this would have been much higher for me. It's not quite as
good as the past two Arcade Fire albums, but it is still really great. In other
words, why isn't this higher on more people's year end lists? |
| 14 |  | The Ascent of Everest
From This Vantage |
| 15 |  | Alcest
Ecailles de Lune |
| 16 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Obligatory choice. Seriously though, it's good. Really, criminally good. |
| 17 |  | Kylesa
Spiral Shadow |
| 18 |  | Envy
Recitation |
| 19 |  | Intronaut
Valley of Smoke |
| 20 |  | Grinderman
Grinderman 2
Nick Cave is a god. |
| 21 |  | Yakuza
Of Seismic Consequence |
| 22 |  | Enslaved
Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 23 |  | Zoroaster
Matador |
| 24 |  | Oceansize
Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up |
| 25 |  | High on Fire
Snakes for the Divine |
| 26 | | Emeralds
Does It Look Like I'm Here? |
| 27 |  | Nachtmystium
Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2 |
| 28 |  | Eluvium
Similes |
| 29 |  | Electric Wizard
Black Masses |
| 30 |  | RVIVR
RVIVR LP |
| 31 |  | Goldmund
Famous Places |
| 32 |  | Sailors With Wax Wings
Sailors With Wax Wings |
| 33 |  | The Ocean
Anthropocentric
I think this works much better than Heliocentric. |
| 34 |  | Scout Niblett
The Calcination of Scout Niblett |
| 35 |  | Julie Christmas
The Bad Wife |
| 36 |  | Coliseum
House With A Curse |
| 37 |  | Defiance, Ohio
Midwestern Minutes |
| 38 |  | East of the Wall
Ressentiment |
| 39 |  | Off With Their Heads
In Desolation |
| 40 |  | James Blackshaw
All Is Falling |
| 41 |  | Triptykon
Eparistera Daimones |
| 42 |  | 65daysofstatic
We Were Exploding Anyway |
| 43 |  | Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Kollaps Tradixionales |
| 44 |  | The Corin Tucker Band
1,000 Years
New stuff by Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney. |
| 45 |  | Castevet
Mounds of Ash
It's annoying that there are two Castevets I want to check out: the emo one and the black metal one. This
album
by the latter is good stuff. |
| 46 |  | Adebisi Shank
This Is the Second Album of a Band Called... |
| 47 |  | Deathspell Omega
Paracletus |
| 48 |  | Balmorhea
Constellations |
| 49 |  | Constants
If Tomorrow the War |
| 50 |  | Twilight
Monument to Time End |
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