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✅ RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:36 pm
by Elder
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... st-item-50

100 The War on Drugs, ‘A Deeper Understanding’
99 Lana Del Rey, ‘Ultraviolence’
98 John Prine, ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’
97 Rich Gang, ‘Tha Tour Part 1’
96 Low Cut Connie, ‘Call Me Sylvia’
95 Future, ‘Monster’
94 Sheer Mag, ‘Need to Feel Your Love’
93 U2, ‘Songs of Innocence’
92 Vampire Weekend, ‘Father of the Bride’
91 Tierra Whack, ‘Whack World’
90 Neil Young and Crazy Horse, ‘Psychedelic Pill’
89 Joanna Newsom, ‘Have One on Me’
88 Arctic Monkeys, ‘AM’
87 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, ‘Ghosteen’
86 Angel Olsen, ‘My Woman’
85 Metallica, ‘Hardwired … to Self-Destruct’
84 Jamie XX, ‘In Color’
83 Eric Church, ‘Chief’
82 Kamasi Washington, ‘The Epic’
81 Brandi Carlile, ‘By The Way, I Forgive You’
80 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, ‘Mirror Traffic’
79 Kesha, ‘Rainbow’
78 Soccer Mommy, ‘Clean’
77 The Highwomen, ‘The Highwomen’
76 Frank Ocean, ‘Nostalgia Ultra’
75 Father John Misty, ‘I Love You, Honeybear’
74 Pusha T, ‘Daytona’
73 Jenny Lewis, ‘On the Line’
72 Jack White, ‘Blunderbuss’
71 Grimes, ‘Art Angels’
70 Drake, ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’
69 Lizzo, ‘Cuz I Love You’
68 Florence + the Machine, ‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’
67 Bad Bunny, ‘X 100Pre’
66 Kendrick Lamar, ‘Good Kid…m.A.A.d City’
65 St. Vincent, ‘St. Vincent’
64 Sharon Van Etten, ‘Are We There’
63 Janelle Monáe, ‘Dirty Computer’
62 Paul McCartney, ‘Egypt Station’
61 Waxahatchee, ‘Cerulean Salt’
60 Nicki Minaj, ‘The Pinkprint’
59 Harry Styles, ‘Harry Styles’
58 Miranda Lambert, ‘The Weight of These Wings’
57 Alabama Shakes, ‘Boys & Girls’
56 Sky Ferreira, ‘Night Time, My Time’
55 Daft Punk, ‘Random Access Memories’
54 Japandroids, ‘Celebration Rock’
53 Fiona Apple, ‘The Idler Wheel …’
52 Khalid, ‘American Teen’
51 Arcade Fire, ‘The Suburbs’
50 Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Emotion’
49 Jay Z and Kanye West, ‘Watch the Throne’
48 Leonard Cohen, ‘You Want It Darker’
47 Bon Iver, ’22, A Million’
46 Bruce Springsteen, ‘Wrecking Ball’
45 ‘Hamilton’ Original Broadway Cast Recording
44 Haim, ‘Days Are Gone’
43 Bob Dylan, ‘Tempest’
42 Miranda Lambert, ‘Platinum’
41 Sturgill Simpson, ‘A Sailor’s Guide to Earth’
40 SZA, ‘CTRL’
39 Rosalía, El Mal Querer
38 Chance the Rapper, ‘Coloring Book’
37 Frank Ocean, ‘Channel Orange’
36 Randy Newman, ‘Dark Matter’
35 D’Angelo, ‘Black Messiah’
34 Cardi B, ‘Invasion of Privacy’
33 Mitski, ‘Be the Cowboy’
32 Lana Del Rey, ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’
31 Billie Eilish, ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’
30 Ariana Grande, ‘Thank You, Next’
29 Car Seat Headrest, ‘Teens of Denial’
28 Jason Isbell, ‘Southeastern’
27 Kendrick Lamar, ‘Damn’
26 Beyoncé, ‘Beyoncé’
25 Rihanna, ‘Anti’
24 Vampire Weekend, ‘Modern Vampires of the City’
23 Robyn, ‘Body Talk’
22 Radiohead, ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’
21 Courtney Barnett, ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’
20 Solange, ‘A Seat at the Table’
19 Taylor Swift, ‘1989’
18 Paul Simon, ‘So Beautiful or So What’
17 Chance the Rapper, ‘Acid Rap’
16 Parquet Courts, ‘Light Up Gold’
15 J Balvin, ‘Vibras’
14 The Black Keys, ‘Brothers’
13 Kanye West, ‘Yeezus’
12 Frank Ocean, ‘Blonde’
11 Kacey Musgraves, ‘Golden Hour’
10 LCD Soundsystem, ‘This Is Happening’
9 Pistol Annies, ‘Interstate Gospel’
8 Adele, ’21’
7 Lorde, ‘Melodrama’
6 Drake, ‘Take Care’
5 David Bowie, ‘Blackstar’
4 Taylor Swift, ‘Red’
3 Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
2 Beyoncé, ‘Lemonade’
1 Kanye West, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:02 pm
by Monte
Yikes.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:15 pm
by Live in Phoenix
Kind of early on their part. The presumption is they won't miss anything in December, but they would have failed the London Calling test (Dec. 14, 1979), and for that matter Let It Bleed (Dec. 5, 1969).

Other famous albums released late in the year (although not at the end of the decade) include Rubber Soul (December 3), Beggars Banquet (December 6), John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (December 11), and Hunky Dory (December 17). I generally advise against what I might call having Christmas a few weeks early just 'cause you can't help yourself.

As far as the list, I'm impressed that only one old name besides Bowie is in the top 35, and not the most obvious one.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:16 pm
by Future Critic
Monte wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:02 pmYikes.
It's actually much better than I was expecting. I figured some U2 album would be number one.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:17 pm
by PlasticRam
There's a few good picks that I originally missed.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:38 pm
by acroamor
Pretty much what we all expected, although I'd have imagined Kacey Musgraves above Pistol Annies. Glad to see Waxahatchee, Sturgill Simpson, and Jason Isbell appear so high.

Also, it's going to be remarkable to see how high Red will place when the next update occurs. I'm guessing the record will go from not even bubbling under to top 500, easily. Got to be one of the highest debuts of any album that isn't added with an EOY update.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:39 pm
by Live in Phoenix
Future Critic wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:16 pm
Monte wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:02 pmYikes.
It's actually much better than I was expecting. I figured some U2 album would be number one.
I assume Jann Wenner's ass-kissing has finally been taken out of the equation.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:41 pm
by charliepanayi
Live in Phoenix wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:15 pm Kind of early on their part. The presumption is they won't miss anything in December, but they would have failed the London Calling test (Dec. 14, 1979), and for that matter Let It Bleed (Dec. 5, 1969).

Other famous albums released late in the year (although not at the end of the decade) include Rubber Soul (December 3), Beggars Banquet (December 6), John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (December 11), and Hunky Dory (December 17). I generally advise against what I might call having Christmas a few weeks early just 'cause you can't help yourself.

As far as the list, I'm impressed that only one old name besides Bowie is in the top 35, and not the most obvious one.
The only promising album out this month is Stormzy, and I can't see Rolling Stone being big fans of him. They're not missing much by printing the list now.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:06 pm
by StevieFan13
Putting Bob Dylan ahead of good kid, m.A.A.d city and Dirty Computer makes me roll my eyes a little, but this isn't actually that bad a list. Lost of interesting takes.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:00 pm
by Cold Butterfly
Elder wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:36 pm 43 Bob Dylan, ‘Tempest’
66 Kendrick Lamar, ‘Good Kid…m.A.A.d City’
ok boomer

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:02 pm
by acroamor
5 David Bowie, ‘Blackstar’
4 Taylor Swift, ‘Red’

ok zoomer

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:06 pm
by Sweepstakes Ron
71 Grimes, ‘Art Angels’
36 Randy Newman, ‘Dark Matter’

ok doomer

I just wanted in on the joke

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:38 am
by Chris K.
acroamor wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:02 pm 5 David Bowie, ‘Blackstar’
4 Taylor Swift, ‘Red’

ok zoomer
Funny enough, my parents (both boomers) are big fans of Red and Blackstar (but especially Red) and I seriously doubt they've even listened to Tempest.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:59 am
by Monte
Future Critic wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:16 pm
Monte wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:02 pmYikes.
It's actually much better than I was expecting. I figured some U2 album would be number one.
They still shamelessly included that horrible album lol
You gotta love RS and U2 history. List sucks imo

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:48 am
by Donchano
They gave Adele '25' a perfect 5 star yet the album nowhere to be found on the list :whistle:

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:51 am
by PlasticRam
Donchano wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:48 am They gave Adele '25' a perfect 5 star yet the album nowhere to be found on the list :whistle:
Rightly so. Album is mid.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:51 am
by Chambord
8 Adele, ’21’
29 Car Seat Headrest, ‘Teens of Denial’

ok mom

Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:37 pm
by Sweepstakes Ron
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 0s-917532/

100. Coldplay, “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”
99. Bryson Tiller, “Exchange”
98. The 1975, “Love It If We Made It”
97. Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”
96. First Aid Kit, “Emmylou”
95. Britney Spears, “How I Roll”
94. Future Islands, “Seasons (Waiting on You)”
93. A$AP Rocky, “Palace”
92. Rae Sremmurd feat. Juicy J, “Powerglide”
91. Tove Styrke, “Say My Name”
90. Alessia Cara, “Here”
89. M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
88. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith, “Latch”
87. Sleigh Bells, “Rill Rill”
86. Fifth Harmony, “Work From Home”
85. FKA Twigs, “2 Weeks”
84. Bomba Estereo “Soy Yo”
83. Sky Ferreira, “Everything Is Embarrassing”
82. Lorde, “Green Light”
81. Nick Jonas, “Jealous”
80. Angel Olsen, “Shut Up Kiss Me”
79. Frank Ocean, “Nights”
78. Snail Mail “Pristine”
77. Tame Impala, “Let It Happen”
76. The Monkees, “Me & Magdalena”
75. Kanye West, “Blood on the Leaves”
74. Lil Uzi Vert, “XO Tour Lif3”
73. Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
72. Casper, Nio García, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny, Ozuna, “Te Bote”
71. Charli XCX, “Boys”
70. Kanye West, “Ultralight Beam”
69. Car Seat Headrest, “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales”
68. Joanna Newsom, “Good Intentions Paving Company”
67. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX, “I Love it”
66. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
65. Kanye West, “Bound 2”
64. Adele, “Someone Like You”
63. Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly, “Cruise (Remix)”
62. Miley Cyrus, “We Can’t Stop”
61. Camila Cabello, “Never Be the Same”
60. Rihanna, “Diamonds”
59. Lady Gaga, ‘Edge of Glory”
58. Taylor Swift, “New Romantics”
57. One Direction, “Story of My Life”
56. David Bowie, “I Can’t Give Everything Away”
55. Haim, “The Wire”
54. Drake, “Nice for What”
53. Courtney Barnett, “Avant Gardener”
52. The Black Keys, “Everlasting Light”
51. Tove Lo, “Habits (Stay High)”
50. DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon, “Turn Down for What”
49. U2, “Every Breaking Wave”
48. Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
47. Azealia Banks, “212”
46. Jay-Z and Kanye West, “N****s in Paris”
45. Lana Del Rey, “Mariners Apartment Complex”
44. Nicki Minaj, “Beez in the Trap”
43. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
42. The Weeknd, “High for This”
41. Frank Ocean, “Novacaine”
40. Katy Perry, “Teenage Dream”
39. Selena Gomez, “Bad Liar”
38. Craig Finn, “God in Chicago”
37. Maren Morris, “My Church”
36. Travis Scott feat. Drake, “Sicko Mode”
35. Lucy Dacus, “Night Shift”
34. Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”
33. Drake, “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
32. Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow”
31. Harry Styles, “Sign of the Times”
30. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
29. Justin Bieber, “Sorry”
28. Alvvays, “Archie, Marry Me”
27. Sia, “Chandelier”
26. Future, “Mask Off”
25. Miguel, “Adorn”
24. Lizzo, “Truth Hurts”
23. Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, “Despacito”
22. Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z, “Drunk in Love”
21. Eric Church, “Springsteen”
20. Grimes, “Oblivion”
19. Alabama Shakes, “Hold On”
18. Migos, “Bad and Boujee”
17. Daft Punk, “Get Lucky”
16. Parquet Courts, “Stoned and Starving”
15. J. Balvin and Willy William, “Mi Gente”
14. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
13. Mitski, “Your Best American Girl”
12. Lil Nas X, “Old Town Road”
11. Lorde, “Royals”
10. Drake, “Hotline Bling”
9. Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny and J Balvin, “I Like It”
8. Kacey Musgraves, “Follow Your Arrow”
7. Ariana Grande, “Thank U, Next”
6. Kanye West, “Runaway”
5. Taylor Swift, “All Too Well”
4. Beyoncé, “Formation”
3. Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
2. Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
1. Robyn, “Dancing on My Own”

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:55 pm
by Sweepstakes Ron
Honestly, I can't even be mad at this list, because it's the only one so far to give a spot to "Rill Rill".

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:58 pm
by charliepanayi
Even Rolling Stone realise that Dancing On My Own is the best song of the 2000s, I guess a stopped clock is right twice a day

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:19 pm
by Donchano
Huh All Too Well really is coming out of nowhere and slaying this decade-end list :angry-banghead:

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:09 pm
by Live in Phoenix
Wait, where dafuq are "Video Games" and "Pyramids."

Apparently the Monkees are still dropping singles.

Do you have to like lyrics more than melody to think that "All Too Well" is Taylor Swift's best song, because I think that's how Rob Sheffield works. The tune seemed pretty average to me.

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:27 pm
by acroamor
Shocked at how many actually great picks are in this. God in Chicago, Night Shift, Archie Marry Me, and Stoned and Starving in the top 50 were not something I expected.

Also, I gotta say, Dancing on My Own is not one of my favorite tracks and I'll be quite disappointed if the top song of the decade winds up being one that wasn't a part of my own personal decade at all.

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:52 pm
by Elder
Album list was even good by RollingStone standard

However, I didn't like this list, obviously there are some songs I like and that's all

It's great to have "Dancing On My Own" at the top, which is infinitely higher than "Get Lucky" if Robyn tops the AM list for me, it's great !!!

:|

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:58 pm
by Cold Butterfly
I really hate to admit this considering this publication's history, but their EOD lists have been superb. This is one of those lists which you can look at and say "hey, this really were the songs of the decade".

I feel like with Jann Wenner out of the equation, Rolling Stone is slowly on the road back to being a respectable publication, which is a blessing. Remember, this was the magazine that really jump started popular music criticism. It may never be interesting in the same way it was when Paul Nelson and Lester Bangs were writing for them, but I really do think that Rolling Stone has taken a turn for the better lately. Their record reviews and cultural reportage the last two years have also been great.

Also - these lists have given me a new respect for songs such as Dancing On My Own and Oblivion :mrgreen: They've even made it to my personal EOD top ten.

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:58 pm
by prosecutorgodot
I am not surprised by the rise of Taylor Swift's Red / "All Too Well". There were signs of this occurring since the release of the album in 2012. Also, I feel like "All Too Well" is the song of the decade for women (true, largely due to the lyrics, I mean Swift IS a singer-songwriter at heart), and that is not being fully appreciated by us forumers, who are mainly men who listen to the underground.

Also, I approve of "Mariners Apartment Complex" as the top LDR song. It is easily my favorite song from NFR, and could potentially rise to become my personal favorite from her catalogue as well.

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:20 am
by Cold Butterfly
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Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:25 am
by Cold Butterfly
Also, Jann Wenner's head is probably steaming right now due to the high Parquet Courts placements :mrgreen:

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:36 pm
by Rob
Tempest is very good, regardless of the place it should be. There is this weird tendency in music criticism (completely absent in pretty much any other art form) to focus extremely on the young and even somewhat ridiculing the old (rock and roll is actually to blame for this development, now almost ironically). There are exceptions, like Nick Cave (perhaps because he was never that big; maybe he is at his most popular now) or when David Bowie and Leonard Cohen managed to turn their death into an event album, but these prove the rule. There have been quite a few albums made by artists of age that got great reviews, but they will hardly make an appearance in any of the End of Decade lists. Think not just of Tempest, but some of the Neil Young ones (Psychedelic Pill, Le Noise and Colorado), Dr. John's stunning Locked Down, all efforts by Paul Simon, the two Leonard Cohen albums preceding You Want It Darker (though admittedly, YWID is the best of the bunch), the last by Marianne Faithful, some by Paul Weller and many more. They do not have to dominate these lists, but it would be nice if outside of Rolling Stone Magazine other publications weren't embarrassed to acknowledge that they gave them high reviews. But apparently liking a musician of age makes you a boomer...

Re: Rolling Stone (US) - The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:47 pm
by StevieFan13
I'll agree that this is a pretty great list (rolling my eyes a bit at including Cruise in any form, but whatever). A little bit surprised that there's only one Kendrick song, but I'm pleased with how high it is.

Re: RollingStone (US) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:52 pm
by StevieFan13
A fine little list. A bit stupefied that good kid, m.A.A.d city isn't a top 50 album for them, but taste is subjective.

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