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Personal EOY Lists

I'm not sure how it works around here exactly. I'm sure there is some official EOY list that everyone gets involved in, but I thought I'd post my Top for the year. I think I have it down. Making this list was a great reminder that this was one of the greatest years in a long time for music. If you were to tell me that Grinderman was going to best their debut by a large margin, I'd say they would have to make the album of the year without a doubt, yet I place it as number 8 here. Feel free to add your own list. Enjoy. I hope this opens someone up to one of my entries. Thats why we do this right?


1) Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
2) Women – Public Strain
3) Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
4) Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
5) Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
6) Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
7) Beach House – Teen Dream
8) Grinderman – Grinderman 2
9) Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twist Fantasy
10) Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
11) Robyn – Body Talk 1,2,3
12) These New Puritans – Hidden
13) Little Women – Throat
14) LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
15) Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
16) The National – High Violet
17) Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
18) Vampire Weekend - Contra
19) Big Boi – Sir Luscious Leftfoot, Son Of Chico Dusty
20) Owen Pallet – Heartland
21) Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
22) Titus Andronicus – The Montior
23) Robert Wyatt – For The Ghosts Within
24) Avey Tare – Down There
25) MIA – Maya
26) Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
27) Dirty Projectors & Bjork – Mt Wittenberg Orca
28) The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
29) The Roots – How I Got Over
30) No Age – Everything In Between
31) The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
32) Dark Star - North
33) Swans – My Father Will Guide Me
34) Caribou – Swim
35) Marnie Stern –Marnie Stern
36) Gil Scott Heron – I’m New Here
37) Foals – Total Life Forever
38) Liars - Sisterworld
39) Janelle Monae – The Archandriod
40) Hot Chip – One Life Stand
41) Manic Street Preachers – Post Cards From A Young Man
42) Yeasayer – Odd Blood
23) Das Racist – Shut Up Dude
44) How To Destroy Angels EP
45) Julian Lynch - Mare
46) Four Tet – There Is Love In You
47) Wavves – King Of The Beach
48) Twin Shadow – Forget
49) Sliegh Bells - Treats
50) Emralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here

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I already posted my Top 5 in a different thread, but I'll just expand on that.

My Personal Top 40 Albums of the Year

1)Jimi Hendrix-Valleys of Neptune*
2)Gorillaz-Plastic Beach
3)Yeasayer-Odd Blood
4)John Butler Trio-April Uprising
5)Janelle Monae-Archandroid
6)Swans-My Father will Guide me up on a Rope in the Sky
7)Sufjan Stevens-Age of Adz
8)British India-Avalanche
9)Arcade Fire-The Suburbs
10)LCD Soundsystem-This is Happening
11)Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
12)Birds of Tokyo-Birds of Tokyo
13)Beach House-Teen Dream
14)Deftones-Diamond Eyes
15)Broken Bells-Broken Bells
16)Tame Impala-Innerspeaker
17)MGMT-Congratulations
18)Kings of Leon-Come Around Sundown
19)Stone Sour-Audio Secrecy
20)Chromeo-Business Casual
21)Caribou-Swim
22)Interpol-Interpol
23)Cee-Lo Green-The Lady Killer
24)The National-High Violet
25)The Roots-How I Got Over
26)Deerhunter-Halcyon Digest
27)Vampire Weekend-Contra
28)Sia-We are Born
29)Eminem-Recovery
30)Black Keys-Brothers
31)Spoon-Transference
32)Gil-Scott Heron-I'm New Here
33)Jimmy Eat World-Invented
34)Serj Tankian-Imperfect Harmonies
35)Drake-Thank me Later
36)Kid Cudi-Man in the Moon II
37)Band of Horses-Infinite Arms
38)You am I-You am I
39)Stone Temple Pilots-Stone Temple Pilots
40)How to Destroy Angels-How to Destroy Angels (EP)
*This was released in March and contains previously unreleased material, so I count it here.

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Yeah, at the end of the yeah we usually do our own Pazz and Jop end of year lists. This is what mine looks like so far.

Albums-

1. This is Happening- LCD Soundsystem
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West
3. The Suburbs- Arcade Fire
4. The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)- Janelle Monae
5. Teen Dream- Beach House
6. Treats- Sleigh Bells
7. Plastic Beach- Gorillaz
8. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty- Big Boi
9. Have One On Me- Joanna Newsom
10. Contra- Vampire Weekend
11. High Violet- The National
12. Halcyon Digest- Deerhunter
13. Crazy For You- Best Coast
14. There Is Love In You- Four Tet
15. Cosmogramma- Flying Lotus
16. Crystal Castles II- Crystal Castles
17. The Age of Adz- Sufjan Stevens
18. The Monitor- Titus Andronicus
19. Everything in Between- No Age
20. Before Today- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Songs-

1. All I Want- LCD Soundsystem
2. Fuck You- Cee-Lo Green
3. Shutterbugg- Big Boi
4. Runaway- Kanye West
5. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)- Arcade Fire
6. Tightrope- Janelle Monae (featuring Big Boi)
7. Rill Rill- Sleigh Bells
8. I Can Change- LCD Soundsystem
9. Good Intentions Paving Company- Joanna Newsom
10. Drunk Girls- LCD Soundsystem
11. Power- Kanye West
12. Bloodbuzz Ohio- The National
13. Stylo- Gorillaz
14. We Used to Wait- Arcade Fire
15. Dance Yrself Clean- LCD Soundsystem
16. Used to Be- Beach House
17. Born Free- M.I.A.
18. The Suburbs- Arcade Fire
19. Home- LCD Soundsystem
20. Boyfriend- Best Coast

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Deep year. Here's my preliminary top songs.

75. Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me
74. Beach House - Norway
73. Arcade Fire - The Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
72. Gorillaz - Stylo
71. Mulatu Astatqé - Green Africa
70. Stars - Dead Hearts
69. Belle and Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming
68. Tamikrest - Outmacheck
67. G&D - Shine On (Prod. Black Milk)
66. Los Planetas - No sé cómo te atreves
65. Lindstrom & Christabelle - Lovesick
64. Olafur Arnalds - Loftið verður skyndilega kalt
63. Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
62. Brian Eno - 2 Forms of Anger
61. Flying Lotus - Galaxy In Janaki
60. Robyn - Hang With Me
59. Kanye West - Lost In The World
58. Wyatt, Atzmon and Stephen - The Ghosts Within
57. Pan Sonic and Haino Keiji - So Many Things I Still Have Yet to Say
56. Mi Ami - Harmonics (Genius of Love)
55. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
54. Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well
53. British Sea Power - Zeus
52. Shugo Tokumaru - Laminate
51. These New Puritans - We Want War
50. The Roots - Now or Never
49. Erykah Badu - Out My Mind, Just In Time
48. Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 3 (Tribute To Steve Reich)
47. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Ocotea
46. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
45. Omar Souleyman - Hafer Gabrak Bidi (I Will Dig Your Grave With My Hands)
44. Field Music - The Rest Is Noise
43. Marcos Valle - Vamos Sambar
42. Janelle Monáe - Faster
41. The Divine Comedy - Down In The Street Below
40. Caribou - Odessa
39. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
38. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
37. Joanna Newsom - Easy
36. Konono No. 1 - Fula Fula
35. Souljazz Orchestra - Consecration
34. Big Boi feat. Cutty - Shutterbugg
33. Deerhunter - Desire Lines
32. The Fall - Weather Report 2
31. Yellow Swans - Limited Space
30. Zola Jesus - Night
29. Swans - No Words/No Thoughts
28. Girl Talk - Triple Double
27. Little Women - Throat III
26. Grupo Fantasma - Realizando
25. The Books - I Didn't Know That
24. The-Dream - Yamaha
23. Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke
22. Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar
21. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
20. Afro-Cubism - Mali Cuba
19. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
18. Mi Ami - Slow
17. The Budos Band - Rite of The Ancients
16. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
15. Jason Moran - Gangsterism Over 10 Years
14. Janelle Monáe - BaBopBye Ya
13. John Grant - TC and Honeybear
12. The Knife (feat. Mt. Sims and Planningtorock) - Colouring of Pigeons
11. Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj - Monster
10. Laurie Anderson - Only an Expert
09. Cee Lo Green - Fuck You!
08. Gil Scott-Heron - Me and The Devil
07. Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi - Tightrope
06. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
05. Emeralds - Genetic
04. Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
03. Jaga Jazzist - Toccata
02. Kanye West featt. Pusha T - Runaway
01. Janelle Monáe - Cold War

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My top 20 albums of 2010 at the moment:

01. Beach House - Teen Dream
02. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
03. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
04. The Black Keys - Brothers
05. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
06. The National - High Violet
07. Afrocubism - Afrocubism
08. The Knife in Collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock - Tomorrow, in a Year
09. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
10. Warpaint - The Fool

11. Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
12. Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Ali and Toumani
13. Balmorhea - Constellations
14. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
15. Antony and the Johnsons - Swanlights
16. Massive Attack - Heligoland
17. MGMT - Congratulations
18. Neil Young - Le Noise
19. Jónsi - Go
20. Sophie Hunger - 1983

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My Top Five Albums of the Year. I too, definitely agreee this was an incredible year for music.

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
2. The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monae
3. The age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens
4. Recovery by Eminem
5. Plastic Beach by the Gorillaz

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Here's my current list. The positions will probably shift around a lot as I re-listen to all of them, but the members probably will not.

All time top 50
1. Janelle Monae – The Archandroid
All time top 100
2. The National – High Violet
3. Anais Mitchell – Hadestown
All time top 200
4. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
5. LCD Soundsytem – This Is Happening
6. Shining – Blackjazz
7. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two
8. Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot
9. Lindstrom & Christabelle – Real Life Is No Cool
9/10
10. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
11. Deerhunter – Halycon Digest
12. Sleigh Bells – Treats
13. Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
14. Grinderman – Grinderman 2
15. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
16. Jonsi – Go
17. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
18. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
8/10
19. Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
20. Drive By Truckers – The Big To Do
21. Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
22. Dungen – Skit I Allt
23. Gonjasufi – A Sufi & A Killer
24. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
25. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
26. Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
27. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
28. Robyn – Body Talk
29. Sufjan Stevens – All Delighted People
30. Avi Buffalo – Avi Bufalo
31. Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago
32. The Ruby Suns – Flights of Fly
33. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
34. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali and Toumani
35. White Hinterland – Kairos
7/10
36. Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer Of The Void
37. Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring
38. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
39. Kele – The Boxer
40. Picastro – Become Secret
41. Sam Amidon – I See The Sign
42. Laura Viers – July Flame
43. John Grant – Queen of Denmark
44. Neil Young – Le Noise
45. Robert Plant – Band of Joy
46. Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
47. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
48. Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love
49. BLK JKS – Zol!
50. Kylesa – Spiral Shadow

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I hate making these lists, especially for as great a year as this. How can I say for sure that I liked Album A distinctly more than Album B, or that Album R was great but not great enough to make the cut? Anyway, my thirty, very haphazardly ranked.

30. Sir Lucious Left Foot - Big Boi
29. Love Someone - Wolf + Lamb
28. Fabric 55 - Shackleton
27. Total Life Forever - Foals
26. Fabric 54 - Damian Lazarus
25. Mines - Menomena
24. Infra - Max Richter
23. Fabric 52 - Optimo
22. Axioma Ethica Odini - Enslaved
21. DJ Kicks - James Holden
20. Splazsh - Actress
19. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
18. Swim - Caribou
17. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
16. Hadestown - Anais Mitchell
15. Glass Eights - John Roberts
14. Crooks and Lovers - Mount Kimbie
13. Eparistera Daimones - Triptykon
12. Black Noise - Pantha du Prince
11. The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
10. The Fool - Warpaint
9. Returnal - Oneohtrix Point Never
8. Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
7. Lawless Darkness - Watain
6. Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up - Oceansize
5. Triangulation - Scuba
4. My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky - Swans
3. Marrow of the Spirit - Agalloch
2. Immer 3 - Michael Mayer
1. Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus

So many others could've easily been there, but I'll refrain from honourable mentions. It'd be even longer!

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As I knew I would, I re-did my list. Still can't believe I forgot Shit Robot the first time around. My final edit, OFFICIAL EOY list:

30. Ninja Tune XX: 20 Years of Beats 'n' Pieces - Various Artists
29. Sir Lucious Left Foot - Big Boi
28. Love Someone - Wolf + Lamb
27. Watergate 06 - dOP
26. Brothers - Black Keys
25. Sub:Stance - Scuba
24. Black City - Matthew Dear
23. Infra - Max Richter
22. Fabric 52 - Optimo
21. Axioma Ethica Odini - Enslaved
20. Berghain 04 - Ben Klock
19. Splazsh - Actress
18. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
17. Swim - Caribou
16. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
15. Hadestown - Anais Mitchell
14. Real Life is No Cool - Lindstrom & Christabelle
13. Crooks and Lovers - Mount Kimbie
12. Eparistera Daimones - Triptykon
11. Black Sands - Bonobo
10. The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
9. The Fool - Warpaint
8. From the Cradle to the Rave - Shit Robot
7. Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
6. Lawless Darkness - Watain
5. Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up - Oceansize
4. Triangulation - Scuba (Yep, his second time on the list. I LOVE this dude.)
3. My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky - Swans
2. Marrow of the Spirit - Agalloch
1. Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus

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As always, just a top 10, although this is the first year in a long time where I seriously considered making more than just a top 10. The amount of instant classics is not that high, there's no significant difference in 9.0's and 8.5's compared to the last few years, but the amount of 8.0's in 2010 is simply staggering and makes this one of the best years in a long time.

1. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
2. The National - High Violet
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
5. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
6. Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
7. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
8. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
9. Robyn - Body Talk
10. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

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There are still a few albums I'd like to hear before I make it "final", but here's my list so far:

1. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
2. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
3. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
4. Chromeo - Business Casual
5. Twin Shadow - Forget
6. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
7. Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite
8. Robyn - Body Talk
9. !!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It?
10. Sleigh Bells - Treats
11. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1
12. Prince - 20Ten
13. Duffy - Endlessly
14. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
15. Beach House - Teen Dream
16. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
17. Gorillaz - The Fall
18. Annie Lennox - A Christmas Cornucopia
19. Soundtrack - Greenberg
20. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
21. Bryan Ferry - Olympia
22. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
23. Goldfrapp - Head First
24. Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels

With 3 albums in my all-time top 100, 2 of which being in my top 40, 2010 is going down as one of my top 10 years of all time.

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01. Kanye West- My Dark Twisted Beautiful Fantasy
02. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
03. LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
04. The National- High Violet
05. Janelle Monae- ArchAndroid
06. Beach House- Teen Dream
07. Big Boi- Sir Lucious Leftfoot
08. Joanna Newsom- Have One on Me
09. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
10. Bruce Springsteen- The Promise

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I just realized not only that White Denim quietly released an online album this year (The band that released my #1 of 2009 Fits), but that I downloaded it, and forgot about it.

I must reevaluate.

You know you suck at advertising when even your biggest fans forget your album exists.

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BillAdama
I just realized not only that White Denim quietly released an online album this year (The band that released my #1 of 2009 Fits), but that I downloaded it, and forgot about it.

I must reevaluate.

You know you suck at advertising when even your biggest fans forget your album exists.


And you also know you suck at marketing when Pitchfork finally reviews your album three weeks after you release it.

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Here are my top 20 of 2010

http://jeremyslists.info/top-albums/top-20-albums-of-2010/


And I mean to make more video lists for acclaimed but haven't got around to it yet :)

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1. The Black Keys - Brothers
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Timmy Sean - Songs From & Inspired By Noisewater
4. Duncan Maitland - Lullabies For the 21st Century
5. Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
6. She & Him - Volume Two
7. Kelley Stoltz - To Dreamers
8. Seth Swirsky - Watercolor Day
9. The Grip Weeds - Strange Change Machine
10. Kula Shaker - Pilgrims Progress
11. The Apples in Stereo - Travellers in Space and Time
12. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark
13. Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
14. Ed Harcourt - Lustre
15. The Coral - Butterfly House
16. Farrah - Farrah
17. The Divine Comedy - Bang Goes The Knighthood
18. Sunrise Highway - Sunrise Highway
19. Fyfe Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon
20. The Offbeat - In Love Field

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My I-don't-get-it of the year is The Black Keys, I just.. don't get it. To me it sounds like the same thing literally a hundred other bands do, and they don't stand out at all. What am I missing here?

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Stephan
My I-don't-get-it of the year is The Black Keys, I just.. don't get it. To me it sounds like the same thing literally a hundred other bands do, and they don't stand out at all. What am I missing here?


Mine is Beach House.

For me the Black Keys have retro 'guitar rock' appeal. I often see them grouped together with the White Stripes.

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Another album that's almost certain to get on my list once I listen to it more: Mavis Staples - Creep Along Moses.

One of the factors in the factor analysis I did in the EOY spreadsheet was:

1. Joanna Newsom
2. Mavis Staples
3. Sufjan Stevens

I like Joanna Newsom and Sufjan Stevens a lot, so I went to hear Mavis Staples'. I liked it a lot, but it sounds nothing like the other two. It's a gospel album that has an old school soul feel.

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You Are Not Alone?

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1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
3. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
4. Vampire Weekend – Contra
5. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
6. The Roots – How I Got Over
7. Screaming Females – Castle Talk
8. Best Coast – Crazy For You
9. Harlem – Hippies
10. Baths – Cereulean

1. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Say No To Love
2. Arcade Fire – Empty Room
3. Kanye West – Monster
4. Janelle Monae – Cold War
5. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
6. Kanye West – POWER
7. Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill
8. Best Coast - Girlfriend
9. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
10. Harlem – Friendly Ghost

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Top 5 songs

Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Rosetta - A Determinism of Morality
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
The Black Belles - What Can I Do?

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1. Janelle Monae / The ArchAndroid
2. Kanye West / My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Agalloch / Marrow of the Spirit
4. Barren Earth / Curse of the Red River
5. Big K.R.I.T. / K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
6. The-Dream / Love King
7. Salif Keita / La Difference
8. The Sword / Warp Riders
9. Lindstrom & Christabelle / Real Life is No Cool
10. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate / Ali & Toumani
11. Freeway & Jake One / The Stimulus Package
12. Brian Wilson / Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
13. Drive-By Truckers / The Big To-Do
14. Cee-Lo Green / The Lady Killer
15. Celph Titled & Buckwild / Nineteen Ninety Now
16. Electric Wizard / Black Masses
17. Edwyn Collins / Losing Sleep
18. Iron Maiden / The Final Frontier
19. Lloyd Cole / Broken Record
20. Midlake / The Courage of Others
21. Curren$y / Pilot Talk
22. Caribou / Swim
23. Flying Lotus / Cosmogramma
24. Robert Plant / Band of Joy
25. Witchery / Witchkrieg
26. Gorillaz / Plastic Beach
27. Vampire Weekend / Contra
28. Tom Jones / Praise & Blame
29. The Magnetic Fields / Realism
30. Justin Townes Earle / Harlem River Blues
31. Los Lobos / Tin Can Trust
32. The New Pornographers / Together
33. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden / Jasmine
34. Erykah Badu / New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
35. Mount Kimbie / Crooks & Lovers
36. Afrocubism / Afrocubism
37. Antony & the Johnsons / Swanlights
38. Deathspell Omega / Paracletus
39. John Hiatt / The Open Road
40. The Hold Steady / Heaven is Whenever
41. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals / III/IV
42. Grinderman / Grinderman 2
43. Hole / Nobody's Daughter
44. Josh Rouse / El Turista
45. Weezer / Hurley
46. Four Tet / There is Love in You
47. Superchunk / Majesty Shredding
48. Mose Allison / The Way of the World
49. Sun Kil Moon / Admiral Fell Promises
50. Kylesa / Spiral Shadow

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Here's mine, which is a nice follow-up to Greg's great list, seeing as we share the same Top 2:

01. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
02. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
03. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
04. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
05. Actress - Splaszh
06. Zs - New Slaves
07. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
08. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
09. Little Women - Throat
10. Laurie Anderson - Homeland
11. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
12. Yellow Swans - Going Places
13. Sun City Girls - Funeral Mariachi
14. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Ocotea
15. The Roots - How I Got Over
16. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to The Sky
17. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
18. Rangers - Suburban Tours
19. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
20. Arp - The Soft Wave
21. The Budos Band - III
22. These New Puritans - Hidden
23. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of The Ankh
24. The Besnard Lakes - …Are The Roaring Night
25. Afro-Cubism - Afro-Cubism
26. Robyn - Body Talk
27. Jason Moran - Ten
28. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
29. MGMT - Congratulations
30. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
31. Glenn Branca - The Ascension, Part II
32. The Books - The Way Out
33. The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun
34. Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society
35. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
36. Los Planetas - Una ópera egipcia
37. Shugo Tokumaru - Port Entropy
38. Curren$y - Pilot Talk
39. Konono No. 1 - Assume Crash Position
40. Girl Talk - All Day

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Mine, I have already said, it's for me the worst year since a long time. NOt totally bad, good albums, but none that are truly exceptional.

01. Beach House - Teen Dream
02. Yodelice - Cardioïd
03; Bryan Ferry - Olympia
04. Caribou - Swim
05. Vampire Weekend - Contra
06. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
07. Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
08. Florent Marchet - Courchevel
09. The National - High Violet
10. MGMT - Congratulations
11. LCD Soundsystem - This is happening