Pitchfork's Top Albums Of 2010

The almighty Pitchfork has spent all week posting their Top Tracks Of 2010 and Top Albums Of 2010. Check out the albums below. As always, quite a few I've never heard, but should I even bother.



50. Wavves - King of the Beach [Fat Possum]
49. Wild Nothing - Gemini [Captured Tracks]
48. Forest Swords - Dagger Paths [Olde English Spelling Bee / No Pain in Pop]
47. Women - Public Strain [Jagjaguwar]
46. Matthew Dear - Black City [Ghostly]
45. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here [XL]
44. Kylesa - Spiral Shadow [Season of Mist]
43. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker [Modular]
42. Drake - Thank Me Later [Young Money Entertainment]
41. Delorean - Subiza [True Panther]
40. Abe Vigoda - Crush [Bella Union / Post Present Medium]
39. Best Coast - Crazy For You [Mexican Summer]
38. Rick Ross - Teflon Don [Maybach]
37. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP [Scared Bones]
36. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here? [Editions Mego]
35. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach [Virgin]
34. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [Last Gang / Universal Motown]
33. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt [Dead Oceans]
32. Tyler, the Creator - Bastard [self-released]
31. Woods - At Echo Lake [Woodsist]
30. The-Dream - Love King [Def Jam]
29. The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange [In the Red]
28. The National - High Violet [4AD]
27. Four Tet - There Is Love in You [Domino]
26. Twin Shadow - Forget [4AD / Terrible]
25. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz [Asthmatic Kitty]
24. Hot Chip - One Life Stand [Astralwerks / Parlophone / EMI]
23. Das Racist - Sit Down, Man [Mad Decent / Greedhead / Mishka]
22. Girls - Broken Dreams Club [EP] [True Panther]
21. The Walkmen - Lisbon [Fat Possum]
20. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal [Editions Mego]
19. How to Dress Well - Love Remains [Lefse]
18. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh [Universal Motown]
17. Caribou - Swim [Merge]
16. Sleigh Bells - Treats [N.E.E.T. / Mom & Pop]
15. Robyn - Body Talk [Konichiwa / Cherrytree / Interscope]
14. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma [Warp]
13. No Age - Everything in Between [Sub Pop]
12. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid [Bad Boy / Wondaland Arts Society]
11. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs [Merge]
10. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor [XL]
09. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today [4AD]
08. James Blake - The Bells Sketch [EP] / CMYK [EP] / Klavierwerke [EP] [R&S / Hessle]
07. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me [Drag City]
06. Vampire Weekend - Contra [XL]
05. Beach House - Teen Dream [Sub Pop]
04. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty [Def Jam]
03. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest [4AD]
02. LCD Sounsystem - This Is Happening [Virgin / Parlophone / DFA]
01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella]



Honorable Mention

Actress - Splazsh [Honest Jon's]
Baths - Cerulean [Anticon]
ceo - White Magic [Modular / Sincerely Yours]
Curren$y - Pilot Talk / Pilot Talk II [Roc-a-Fella / BluRoc]
DOM - Sun Bronzed Greek Gods [EP] [Burning Mill]
Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be [Sub Pop]
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM [Because]
Glasser - Ring [True Panther]
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner [Ghostly]
Grinderman - Grinderman 2 [Anti-]
Guido - Anidea [Punch Drunk]
Liars - Sisterworld [Mute]
Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts [Sub Pop]
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers [Hotflush]
Pantha du Prince - Black Noise [Rough Trade]
Perfume Genius - Learning [Matador]
Sam Amidon - I See the Sign [Bedroom Community]
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast [Kanine]
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky [Young God]
Toro y Moi - Causers of This [Carpark]


* I realize that reading these lists may get old, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing and feel like sharing what my fellow blogger's dig.


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