fledgehog Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 instead of making some big list, i've just listed all the 2010 albums i've heard, categorized by star rating on my rateyourmusic profile. i haven't heard quite as many from this year as i have from previous years, just barely over 100 i believe. I can already tell there's going to be a lot of anger and a lot of 0_o'ing over this list. I'd just like to let y'all know that I could care less what you think of my favorite albums that being said, feel free to share your thoughts and your own lists! * indicates an EP, + indicates a live album 4.5 stars Agalloch- Marrow of the Spirit Band of Horses- Infinite Arms Beach House- Teen Dream Elvis Costello- Live at Hollywood High+ Grammatics- Krupt* LCD Soundsystem- This Is Happening LCD Soundsystem- London Sessions+ Owen Pallett- Heartland Porcupine Tree- Atlanta+ Grace Potter and the Nocturnals- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Red Sparowes- The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer Secret and Whisper- Teenage Fantasy Sufjan Stevens- All Delighted People* The Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt Tokyo Police Club- Champ 4.0 stars Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- III/IV The Album Leaf- A Chorus of Storytellers Alkaline Trio- This Addiction Alter Bridge- AB III Anberlin- Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place Angels and Airwaves- Love Arcade Fire- The Suburbs Sara Bareilles- Kaleidoscope Heart Jeff Beck- Emotion & Commotion Blind Guardian- At the Edge of Time Broken Bells- Broken Bells Broken Social Scene- Forgiveness Rock Record S. Carey- All We Grow Circa Survive- Blue Sky Noise Dead Letter Circus- This Is the Warning Enslaved- Axioma Ethica Odini Envy on the Coast- Lowcountry Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma Foals- Total Life Forever The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang Girls- Broken Dreams Club* Goldfrapp- Head First Gorillaz- Plastic Beach Ivoryline- Vessels Jonsi- Go James LaBrie- Static Impulse Massive Attack- Heligoland Pat Metheny- Orchestrion MGMT- Congratulations Nevermore- The Obsidian Conspiracy The New Pornographers- Together Oceansize- Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up of Montral- False Priest The Reign of Kindo- This Is What Happens Relocator- Relocator The Roots- How I Got over Royksopp- Senior Joe Satriani- Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards She & Him- Volume Two Soilwork- The Panic Broadcast Spoon- Transference Sufjan Stevens- The Age of Adz The Tallest Man on Earth- Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird* Teenage Fanclub- Shadows Vampire Weekend- Contra The Walkmen- Lisbon Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Brian Wilson- Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin Yeasayer- Odd Blood Hans Zimmer- Inception 3.5 stars Antony and the Johnsons- Swanlights Belle and Sebastian- Belle and Sebastian Write About Love Caribou- Swim Circa Survive- Appendage* City Light- Burned Out Bright Coheed and Cambria- Year of the Black Rainbow Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles The Dead Weather- Sea of Cowards Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest Derek Trucks Band- Roadsongs+ Jakob Dylan- Women and Country Eels- End Times Errors- Come Down With me Ben Folds/Nick Hornby- Lonely Avenue Good Old War- Good Old War Goo Goo Dolls- Something for the Rest of Us House vs. Hurricane- Perspectives Inlets- inter Arbiter Michael Jackson- MICHAEL Jimmy Eat World- Invented Kings of Leon- Come Around Sundown Midlake- The Courage of Others Kylie Minogue- Aphrodite Motion City Soundtrack- My Dinosaur Life The National- High Violet Portugal. The Man- American Ghetto Ra Ra Riot- The Orchard Spock's Beard- X Story of the Year- The Constant Sun Kil Moon- Admiral Fell Promises Surfer Blood- Astro Coast Taylor Swift- Speak Now Switchfoot- Eastern Hymns for Western Shores* Tera Melos- Patagonian Rats Tindersticks- Falling Down a Mountain Vanden Plas- The Seraphic Clockwork Wintersleep- New Inheritors Woodpidgeon- Die Stadt Muzikanten Wuthering Heights- Salt 3.0 stars Birds of Tokyo- Birds of Tokyo The Black Keys- Brothers Cary Brothers- Under Control Jimi Hendrix- Valleys of Neptune Iron Maiden- The Final Frontier Joanna Newsom- Have One on Me Of Mice and Men- Of Mice and Men Joshua Radin- The Rock and the Tide Robyn- Body Talk Rufio- Anybody Out There Slash- Slash This Will Destroy You- Moving on the Edges of Things* 2.5 stars Atomic Tom- The Moment Elvis Costello- National Ransom Jars of Clay- The Shelter Keane- Night Train* Liars- Sisterworld Loreena McKennitt- The Wind That Shakes the Barley Serj Tankian- Imperfect Harmonies 2.0 stars Michelle Branch- Everything Comes and Goes* How to Dress Well- Love Remains 1.0 stars Avey Tare- Down There unrated: Bob Dylan- The Original Mono Recordings (haven't gotten around to listening to all of them yet) Peter Gabriel- Scratch My Back (downloaded it for The Book of Love, didn't bother with the rest of it) Pain of Salvation- Road Salt One (would probably get 0.5 stars anyways if they continue the Scarsick pattern) ==================================== Top 5 albums overall: 1. The Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt 2. Agalloch- Marrow of the Spirit 3. LCD Soundsystem- This Is Happening 4. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals 5. Band of Horses- Infinite Arms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top 5 albums (emerging artists) 1. The Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt 2. Beach House- Teen Dream 3. Secret and Whisper- Teenage Fantasy 4. She & Him- Volume Two 5. Jonsi- GO I know that "emerging artist" is a very ambiguous and subjective term, i define it in this case as having released three full-length albums or less with the oldest being no more than 5 years old ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top 10 tracks: 1. The Tallest Man on Earth- Burden of Tomorrow 2. 3. LCD Soundsystem- All I Want 4. Taylor Swift- Enchanted 5. (the studio version isn't anywhere to be found on youtube, this is the only full-band live version i could find...wish it were better quality 6. 7. The Roots- How I Got Over 8. [i hesitate to give a top 10 position to a cover, but they just did such a great job of it] 9. 10. Arcade Fire- Modern Man =================================== Surprises: The Tallest Man On Earth- Trumped all my lists this year. I'd heard pretty good things about him, but holy god damn! great lyrics, great songwriting, and a voice reminiscent of bob dylan. very impressed with this, and this year's release may have in fact trumped his first! Jonsi- like Sigur Ros without the acid. Pat Metheny- Who ever knew that robots could make such cool jazz-fusion? Relocator- instrumental prog-rock with ex-Dream Theater members almost never fails. Relocator is no exception. Looking forward to what they do in the future. Taylor Swift- simply put, i was stunned. stunned that there's more to Speak Now than just a ditzy-bopper pop-country singer. Yes indeed, she's grown up quite a bit on this record and produced a pop album worthy of a solid 3.5 stars. Kanye West- ironic placement in the list. kanye too has made an album that's caught the attention of the most critical of music listeners this year, and i daresay it is a true art-pop album. enjoyable, and BRILLIANTLY produced. Teenage Fantasy- I'm just surprised that these guys still exist, to be honest. oh yeah, the cd's pretty good. Agalloch- a staple of modern progressive metal, agalloch has a new, unique sound for each release, and as always, they've delivered with a very special surprise. Not surprised that it's an amazing modern classic, but i am surprised with their new sound, and like what they've done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disappointments: Coheed and Cambria- yeeaaahhh...nothin special here... Jakob Dylan- it's gotta be tough to live in the shadow of your father, especially when your father is bob dylan. and going into music as a singer-songwriter is probably one of the most daring things you could do. but i'm sorry, this album just doesn't deliver. it's boring in just about every way conceivable. Joanna Newsom- i was expecting my mind to be blown, but i was bored out of it before i ever had that opportunity. Liars- this band has an awful lot of fans, and that truly confuses me. oh well, at least someone's making music that's marketed towards the deaf community. Arcade Fire- yes, granted 4.0 is a pretty good rating, and the suburbs is a pretty solid album, it still shoulda been better, at least for the arcade fire name (especially when you consider that neon bible is a solid 5 star album and i would give funeral 20 stars if i could). i wouldn't say i quite agree with the usual accusations of the band "selling out", but they certainly do seem to have hopped on the hipster wagon. Avey Tare- On second thought, I'm not so sure just how "disappointed" i am...i wouldn't expect anything decent out of a member of animal collective. but i'm not making a "flat out sucks" list just to give avey tare's album the recognition it deserves...sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz44 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 If you don't care what others think of your list why did you bother to post it? There again, why did I waste my time reading it and then being stupid enough to reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 for the sake of sharing. it's a valid point of conversation in a music-oriented board, is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandDesigner Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've been saving all these top 2010 lists from different forums I go to, as I found that last year was one of the best years for music I've ever lived through. Teen Dream is my favorite of 2010. Such a brilliant album, I can't stop listening to it. Glad to see it on so many people's lists Surprised to see Modern Man as a top track from The Suburbs. That album made my top 10 as well, but I feel like Modern Man is easily the weakest track (or maybe tied with City With No Children). Sprawl II blew me away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I love the fact people make lists like this. Over the years I find myself not having the time or energy to do the same. I discover a lot of good music this way. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Jan 2 2011, 07:08 PM) I've been saving all these top 2010 lists from different forums I go to, as I found that last year was one of the best years for music I've ever lived through. Teen Dream is my favorite of 2010. Such a brilliant album, I can't stop listening to it. Glad to see it on so many people's lists Surprised to see Modern Man as a top track from The Suburbs. That album made my top 10 as well, but I feel like Modern Man is easily the weakest track (or maybe tied with City With No Children). Sprawl II blew me away! I quite enjoyed Teen Dream as well Modern Man may be a somewhat simple track, but it's the odd meter that really makes it stand out to me. I guess that just shows how much of a theory nerd I am . But I debated for a long long while on which Suburbs track to rank highest (Sprawl II was certainly under consideration as well), but decided on the one that struck my odd fancy the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm still working on my list a bit, then I'll post it. I listened to nowhere near as many albums as colinfledge, but then again, most people didn't listen to 100 albums from this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 QUOTE (Xanadu93 @ Jan 2 2011, 10:59 PM) I'm still working on my list a bit, then I'll post it. I listened to nowhere near as many albums as colinfledge, but then again, most people didn't listen to 100 albums from this year I look forward to seeing it, I haven't seen a good piece of comedic writing in a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I really need to get more albums this year. I listened to like 20 in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rummut71 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Jan 2 2011, 11:49 PM) I really need to get more albums this year. I listened to like 20 in 2010. This... While I do listen to a good slice of music and enjoy these lists, I find it hard to believe that anyone really did listen to 150 or 200 records of new music in a year, and if they did that there is no way to be able to listen enough times to have a really decent basis to go off of... Unless you are a DJ, a total shut in loser who does nothing but listen to records 24/7 in their mom's basement because they have no life or job, or just gooooooogled a bunch of stuff, I shall always remain skeptical at best. Generally a new record gets a good solid week of play. (for simple maths) Even if you double that total up, that 104 records. There are 130 on this paticular list, and it is even harder to believe that out of ALL of those records that only THREE get a rating of '2 or less'... Color me a skeptic. There are some good records on your list that I have and did listen to multiple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Good God Fledge... And I thought I did pretty well for 2010...listened to only 42 albums... Still need to listen to Joanna Newsom, Agalloch, etc. Great list...I will refer to this for my missing 2010 albums! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Great list. Like RR, I love these things, they always send me off to Youtube, then if I take the bait, it's off to iTunes or Amazon. The 3 out of 5 you gave the divine Miss Newsom gave me a sleepless night though. And, I adore Modern Man and City With No Children...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 QUOTE (rummut71 @ Jan 3 2011, 12:04 AM)Unless you are a DJ, a total shut in loser who does nothing but listen to records 24/7... <snip> ...because they have no life That's our colinfledge! (Also, yes, Colin, I realize I have no life too. I just felt like taking the piss out of you ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 QUOTE (rummut71 @ Jan 3 2011, 05:04 AM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Jan 2 2011, 11:49 PM) I really need to get more albums this year. I listened to like 20 in 2010. This... While I do listen to a good slice of music and enjoy these lists, I find it hard to believe that anyone really did listen to 150 or 200 records of new music in a year, and if they did that there is no way to be able to listen enough times to have a really decent basis to go off of... Unless you are a DJ, a total shut in loser who does nothing but listen to records 24/7 in their mom's basement because they have no life or job, or just gooooooogled a bunch of stuff, I shall always remain skeptical at best. Generally a new record gets a good solid week of play. (for simple maths) Even if you double that total up, that 104 records. There are 130 on this paticular list, and it is even harder to believe that out of ALL of those records that only THREE get a rating of '2 or less'... Color me a skeptic. There are some good records on your list that I have and did listen to multiple times. I'm married, have 2 kids(who are insane), and I run a business, and I buy a 3 to 4 albums a week, always have done. They all get listened to, there's always time. Gotta feed the beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCastro Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Two great albums that aren't on your list that I enjoyed: Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders - Red Light Fever Steven Page - Page One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Limelight* Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 QUOTE (fritz44 @ Jan 2 2011, 01:36 PM) If you don't care what others think of your list why did you bother to post it? There again, why did I waste my time reading it and then being stupid enough to reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 You know, I really have to get out more. I knew very few artists on your list and heard very few of the ones that I had heard of. What is Porcupine Trees' Atlanta? I missed this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Jan 4 2011, 07:52 PM) You know, I really have to get out more. I knew very few artists on your list and heard very few of the ones that I had heard of. What is Porcupine Trees' Atlanta? I missed this one. Ok, I should google before I type. I must have missed this one. I am going to download it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Atlanta is a live album...very solid performance IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 And I totally agree with you about Pat Metheny. I have all of his early albums and have lost interest in him in the last 20 years or so. His new album is quite good. I really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Jan 4 2011, 08:55 PM) And I totally agree with you about Pat Metheny. I have all of his early albums and have lost interest in him in the last 20 years or so. His new album is quite good. I really enjoyed it. If you haven't already, I'd suggest you check out the Pat Metheny Group album The Way Up from a few years back. The whole album is a single composition (in seperate parts of course), but it's very well-done and moving music. He and his fellow bandmates are geniuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thanks for the list. I only wish I had time to listen to that much music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fledgehog Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 QUOTE (Xanadu93 @ Jan 5 2011, 11:09 PM) 1. Angels & Airwaves - LOVE oh my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I was expecting a 1,000-word written summary about how every choice I made was wrong. I'm disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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