[Centauri]

With the year nearly over, I think it's fairly safe to call Nitzer Ebb's Industrial Complex as my favorite album of the year.
 
Amazing comeback. Completely unlame.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Complex/dp/B004AQ4ZYM/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi

 

[steveotron]

18. Baths - Cerulean
17. Liars - Sisterworld
16. Glasser - Ring
15. Owen Pallett - Heartland
14. Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher
13. Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
12. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
11. Arcade Fire - Suburbs
10. Envy - Recitation
9. The Roots - How I Got Over
8. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
7. school food punishment - amp-reflection
6. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
5. JASMINE - Gold
4. Tokyo Jihen - Sports
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
2. Kanye West - MBDTW
1. The National - High Violet

 

[Cosmonaut]

I like that list, steveotron.
 
I narrowed my faves down to 20 and wrote a little blurb about them.
 
http://steven-is-adrift.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-20-albums-of-2010.html
 

 

[Adub]

Updated list
 
Kno - Death Is Silent
Slum Village - Villa Manifesto
Murs & 9th Wonder - Fornever
Little brother - Leftback
Army of the pharaohs - Unholy terror
Reflections eternal - RPM
Shad - TSOL
The Roots - How i got Over
Copywrite - The Life and Times of Peter Nelson
Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
The Black Keys - Brother
Neil Young - Le Noise
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights
Balkan Beat Box - Blue Eyed Black Boy
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune
Gord Downie - The Grand Bounce
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
The Tallest Man on Earth - Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird EP
Weezer - Death to False Metal
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Dutch - A Bright Cold Day
 
 

 

[DirtMcgirt]

 
some die hard fans said they don't like it, but i enjoyed it just as much as their other albums.
 
Quote:

Updated list
 

The Black Keys - Brother
 
 
 

 

[iem222]

Favorite new release, that's a tough one. For me it would probably be either To the Sea by Jack Johnson or An Airplane Carried Me to Bed by Sky Sailing, IMHO.

 

[donlaw]

Dark Night of the Soul Sparklehorse/Dangermouse
Small Craft on a Milk Sea  Brian Eno
Together  The New Pornographers
 
3 of my favorites from 2010!

 

[The Actual]

I made a top ten list
 
1.) Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
2.) JME- Blam!
3.) Double Dagger- Masks EP
4.) Richard Rich- Twit Tape
5.) Kingdom- That Mystic EP
6.) Caribou- Odessa
7.) Lower Dens- Demo Vol II
8.) Nice Face- Immer Etwas
9.) Drunkdriver- Drunkdriver
10.) Dinowalrus- %
 
 
 
Caribou is a great album but I don't listen to it a ton.  probably should be rated higher.
 
 
I didn't include singles, ruling out a bunch of dance stuff.  some really good UK funky tracks I've been learning about this past month, but the 12" from 2010 getting the most play from me would have to be The Fantastic Researches of Yushin Maru Isolee
 
compilations also aren't in my list, but I have been listening to Immer 3 a ton since I got it earlier this week, and Total 11 was quite good.
 
I like Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj pretty well too, though I don't think it has a place on the best of 2010 list.
 
 
Virometal:  what's up!  first get Immer 3 if you haven't already! honestly it might be as good as the original which is saying a lot.  also check out That Mystic EP by Kingdom, you would dig it I think.  

 

[sammcj]

Not in any order.

Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Black Keys - Brothers
Massive Attack - Heligoland
Mike Patton - Mondo Cane

 

[virometal]

The Actual:

Virometal:  what's up!  first get Immer 3 if you haven't already! honestly it might be as good as the original which is saying a lot.  also check out That Mystic EP by Kingdom, you would dig it I think.  

Heh, you got it buddy. Will do. BTW, I thought of you the other day when I found that Yelle has a new single out. A hip cat like you, has probably already gathered that but just in case...

 

[vk93]

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Excellent album. Most artists start getting worse and worse, but this album IMO is his second best, first being Late Registration. Production is at a completely new level and way better than whatever he has previously done. Lyrically, Kanyes best work. Only reason this doesnt beat Late Registration is because of the lack of songs and how we have heard half the album before. Also, I have to admit most of the songs just arent relatable like in his past albums. 4.4/5
2. Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relatives - The son of Bob Marley plus the creator of one of the best rap albums of all time is obviously going to the product of pure genius. This is what exactly happened. Every song is great, however I felt Nas only truly showed his skilled lyricism in a few of the songs like Strong Will Continue, Count Your Blessings, and Tribes at War. Production is very nice, lyricism is good, and the overall message is definitely important. 4.2/5
3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - I have to say that I havent listened to their past work but this is a great album. Not much to say, but it is a very haunting album and I love alot of things about it. 4/5
4. N.E.R.D. - Nothing - Their 3rd weakest album, and it is still great. Love the funky vibe they went with on this. I also felt that they used the guest features very nicely, especially T.I. 3.8/5
5. Tie between Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns and Broken Bells- Broken Bells. Linkin Park went with a very different album, however it had too many snippets and only about 2/3 of the actual songs were truly amazing. Broken Bells had a great album but sadly it doesnt seem to have any particular standout songs, just songs to chill too. 3.5/5 for both albums.

 

[The Actual]

Quote:

The Actual:

Virometal:  what's up!  first get Immer 3 if you haven't already! honestly it might be as good as the original which is saying a lot.  also check out That Mystic EP by Kingdom, you would dig it I think.  

Heh, you got it buddy. Will do. BTW, I thought of you the other day when I found that Yelle has a new single out. A hip cat like you, has probably already gathered that but just in case...

nice, is that La Musique?  just found it on youtube, thanks for the heads up.  song is pretty good!

 

[Ynoskire]

Ahhh... end of the year list time
 
1. Alcest - Écailles de Lune
2. Actress - Splazsh
3. Redshape - Red Pack
4. Ólafur Arnalds - ...And they have escaped the weight of darkness
5. John Robberts - Glass Eights
6. Bonobo - Black Sands
7. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
8. Clubroot - II - MMX
9. Scuba - Triangulation
10. Thee Silver mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps Tradixionales
11. Autechre - Oversteps
12. Anathema - We're here because we're here
13. Traversable Wormhole - Singles / remixes part 1
14. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
15. Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea
 

 

[moriez]

In quite the good year musically and even better in life itself it's going to end something like this for me:
 
10.the roots-how i got over
09.talvihorros-music in four movements
08.broken social scene-forgiveness rock record
07.actress-splazsh
06.four tet-there is love in you
05.relmic statute-morning tapes
04.sepalcure-love pressure
03.the black keys-brothers
02.oneohtrix point never-returnal
01.games-that we can play
 
Salute, music lovers. Here's to a fine 2011

 

[swoon]

i have a broken wrist, so just a list.
 
 
1. nina nastasia - outsider
2. deerhunter - halcyon digest  
3. mi ami - steal this face
4. antony and the johnsons  - swanlights
5. grinderman - grinderman 2
6. best coast - crazy for you
7. lcd soundsystem - this is happening
8. scout niblett - the calcination of scoutt niblett
9. xiu xiu - dear god, i hate myself
10. marnie stern - s/t 
 
11. titus andronicus - the monitor  
12. no age - everything in between
13. no joy - ghost blonde
14. abe vidgoda - crush
15. shannonwright - secret blood
16. kayne west - my beautifu dark twisted fantasy
17. beach house - teen dream
18. wild nothing - gemini
19. swans - my father will guide me...
20. wavves - king of the beach
 
21. weekend - sports 
22. tyvek - nothing fits
23. tallest man on earth - wild hunt
24. dum dum girls - i will be
25. bonnie "prince" billy & the cairo gang - the wonder show of the world 
26. teengirl fantasy - 7am
27. isobell campbell & mark lanegan - hawk
28. bilal - airtight's first revenge
29. strange boys - be brave
30. sadies - darker circles
 
31. nobunny - first blood
32. cocorosie - grey oceans
33. twin shadow - forget
34. mynabirds - what we lost in the fire we gained in the flood
35. flying lotus - cosmogramma        
36. tamaryn - waves
37. diamond rings - special affections 
38. harvey milk - small turn of human kindness
39. janelle monae - the archandroid
40. former ghosts - new love
 
41. atlas sound - logos
42. daughters - s/t
43. vampire weekend - contra
44. les savy fav - root for ruin      
45. neil young - le noise
46. big boi - sir luscious left foot...
47. walkman - lisbon  
48. currency - pilot talk  
49. the body - all the waters of the earth turn to blood
50. toro y moi - causers of this