Top Albums of 2010
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy Alt-Country, Americana
Deftones Diamond Eyes Alternative Metal
How to Dress Well Love Remains Alternative R&B, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
Gayngs Relayted Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Downtempo, Pop Soul
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival
The Gaslight Anthem American Slang Alternative Rock, Heartland Rock
My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Manic Street Preachers Postcards From A Young Man Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Against Me! White Crosses Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Oneohtrix Point Never Returnal Ambient, Electronic
Autechre Oversteps Ambient, IDM
Emeralds Does It Look Like I'm Here? Ambient, Progressive Electronic
Demdike Stare Liberation Through Hearing/Tryptych Ambient Dub, Dark Ambient
Robert Plant Band of Joy Americana, Country Rock
Band of Horses Infinite Arms Americana, Indie Rock
Jónsi Go Art Pop
Antony and The Johnsons Swanlights Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Owen Pallett Heartland Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Folktronica
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 Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Progressive Pop
8
530
 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid Art Pop, Contemporary R&B
Zola Jesus Stridulum II Art Pop, Darkwave
Susanne Sundfřr The Brothel Art Pop, Electronic
Field Music Field Music (Measure) Art Pop, Indie Pop
Everything Everything Man Alive Art Pop, Indie Pop, Progressive Pop
Glasser Ring Art Pop, Indietronica
Agalloch Marrow of the Spirit Atmospheric Black Metal
Shining Blackjazz Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal
Delorean Subiza Balearic Beat, Indietronica
Arnaud Fleurent-Didier La Reproduction Baroque Pop, French Pop, Nouvelle chanson française
Kvelertak Kvelertak Black 'n' Roll, Hardcore Punk
Watain Lawless Darkness Black Metal
Deathspell Omega Paracletus Black Metal
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1266
 The Black Keys Brothers Blues Rock
The Dead Weather Sea Of Cowards Blues Rock, Garage Rock
Black Milk Album Of The Year Boom Bap
I Am Kloot Sky At Night Britpop, Indie Pop
Anaďs Mitchell Hadestown Chamber Folk
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535
 Joanna Newsom Have One On Me Chamber Folk, Progressive Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Wyatt/ Atzmon/ Stephen For The Ghosts Within Chamber Jazz
Perfume Genius Learning Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Toro y Moi Causers Of This Chillwave
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 The Roots How I Got Over Conscious Hip Hop
Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives Conscious Hip Hop
Drake Thank Me Later Conscious Hip Hop, Pop Rap
The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River True Love Cast Out All Evil Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Sharon Van Etten Epic Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The-Dream Love King Contemporary R&B
Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul
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296
 Robyn Body Talk Dance-Pop, Electropop
Javiera Mena Mena Dance-Pop, Electropop, Synthpop
Les Savy Fav Root For Ruin Dance-Punk, Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
3
245
 LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening Dance-Punk, Indietronica
John Roberts Glass Eights Deep House
Waka Flocka Flame Flockaveli Dirty South, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Triptykon Eparistera Daimones Doom Metal
Sade Soldier Of Love Downtempo, Smooth Soul
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256
 Beach House Teen Dream Dream Pop, Indie Pop
The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Wild Nothing Gemini Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Klaus&Kinski Tierra, trágalos Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Warpaint The Fool Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Yellow Swans Going Places Drone, Noise
Shed The Traveller Dub Techno
Ikonika Contact, Love, Want, Have Dubstep
Scuba Triangulation Dubstep, Future Garage
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1086
 Caribou Swim Electronic
13
1237
 Four Tet There Is Love in You Electronic
The Chemical Brothers Further Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia
Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer Electronic, Psychedelic Soul
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1051
 Gorillaz Plastic Beach Electropop
Hot Chip One Life Stand Electropop, Indietronica, Synthpop
M.I.A. ?? ? Y ? Electropop, Industrial Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
Swans My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky Experimental Rock
Liars Sisterworld Experimental Rock
She & Him Volume Two Folk Pop, Indie Pop
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2248
 John Grant Queen of Denmark Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
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1285
 Titus Andronicus The Monitor Folk Punk, Indie Rock
Midlake The Courage Of Others Folk Rock, Indie Folk
Standstill Adelante Bonaparte (una fábula circular) Folk Rock, Indie Rock
The Coral Butterfly House Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Jangle Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
The Books The Way Out Folktronica
Mount Kimbie Crooks & Lovers Future Garage
Rick Ross Teflon Don Gangsta Rap, Southern Hip Hop
Ty Segall Melted Garage Punk
Male Bonding Nothing Hurts Garage Punk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Baths Cerulean Glitch Hop, Glitch Pop
Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Nails Unsilent Death Grindcore, Powerviolence
Afrocubism Afrocubism Guajira, Mande Music
Ghost Opus Eponymous Hard Rock
Bruce Springsteen The Promise Heartland Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
High on Fire Snakes For The Divine Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal
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1464
 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty Hip Hop
Lone Emerald Fantasy Tracks House
16
1314
 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today Hypnagogic Pop, Psychedelic Pop
10
667
 Flying Lotus Cosmogramma IDM
Gold Panda Lucky Shiner IDM
Villagers Becoming a Jackal Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Shearwater The Golden Archipelago Indie Folk, Indie Rock
Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Laura Veirs July Flame Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
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 Vampire Weekend Contra Indie Pop
Best Coast Crazy for You Indie Pop
Broken Bells Broken Bells Indie Pop
Hĺkan Hellström 2 steg frĺn Paradise Indie Pop
The Drums The Drums Indie Pop
Of Montreal False Priest Indie Pop
Surfer Blood Astro Coast Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Frightened Rabbit The Winter Of Mixed Drinks Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Los Planetas Una ópera egipcia Indie Pop, Indie Rock
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2184
 MGMT Congratulations Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
The New Pornographers Together Indie Pop, Power Pop
The Morning Benders Big Echo Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Gepe Audiovision Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
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2760
 Dënver Musica, gramatica, gimnasia Indie Pop, Synthpop
2
120
 Arcade Fire The Suburbs Indie Rock
7
411
 The National High Violet Indie Rock
20
1638
 Foals Total Life Forever Indie Rock
The Walkmen Lisbon Indie Rock
Tocotronic Schall & Wahn Indie Rock
Superchunk Majesty Shredding Indie Rock
Spoon Transference Indie Rock
Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record Indie Rock
Menomena Mines Indie Rock
Wolf Parade Expo '86 Indie Rock
Steve Mason Boys Outside Indie Rock, Indietronica, Singer/Songwriter
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355
 Deerhunter Halcyon Digest Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
The Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
No Age Everything in Between Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Women Public Strain Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Wavves King Of The Beach Indie Rock, Surf Punk
Delphic Acolyte Indietronica
Holy Fuck Latin Indietronica
Killing Joke Absolute Dissent Industrial Rock, Post-Punk
Teenage Fanclub Shadows Jangle Pop, Power Pop
Rita Indiana y los Misterios El Juidero Latin Alternative, Merengue
Dum Dum Girls I Will Be Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Noise Pop
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate Ali & Toumani Mande Music, Songhai Music
Marnie Stern Marnie Stern Math Rock, Noise Pop
The Dillinger Esc Plan Option Paralysis Mathcore
Pantha du Prince Black Noise Microhouse, Minimal Techno
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2160
 Actress Splazsh Microhouse, Tech House
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1738
 Tame Impala Innerspeaker Neo-Psychedelia
Forest Swords Dagger Paths Neo-Psychedelia
27
2217
 El Guincho Pop negro Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Yeasayer Odd Blood Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
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2957
 Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Pt. 2 (Return of the Ankh) Neo-Soul
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1642
 Sleigh Bells Treats Noise Pop
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro Ańo Santo Noise Pop
Crocodiles Sleep Forever Noise Pop
Marina & The Diamonds The Family Jewels Pop
Paul Weller Wake Up the Nation Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter
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 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Pop Rap
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday Pop Rap
Eminem Recovery Pop Rap
Edwyn Collins Losing Sleep Pop Rock
Taylor Swift Speak Now Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Cee Lo Green The Lady Killer Pop Soul
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 These New Puritans Hidden Post-Punk
The Fall Your Future Our Clutter Post-Punk
Interpol Interpol Post-Punk Revival
Massimo Volume Cattive abitudini Post-Rock, Spoken Word
Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song Progressive Country
Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini Progressive Metal
Pony Bravo Un Gramo de Fe Psychedelic Rock
Grinderman Grinderman 2 Punk Blues
Neil Young Le Noise Singer/Songwriter
Kylesa Spiral Shadow Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal
Bryan Ferry Olympia Sophisti-Pop
Aloe Blacc Good Things Soul
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings I Learned The Hard Way Soul
Curren$y Pilot Talk Southern Hip Hop
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1661
 Gil Scott-Heron I'm New Here Spoken Word
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2343
 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles [II] Synthpop
Twin Shadow Forget Synthpop
Matthew Dear Black City Synthpop
Darkstar North Synthpop
Konono No. 1 Assume Crash Position Tradi-Modern
Massive Attack Heligoland Trip Hop
Belle and Sebastian Write About Love Twee Pop
Chuck Person Eccojams Vol. I Vaporwave
Salem King Night Witch House