50 Best Albums of 2010
50. Future Islands – In Evening Air
[synthpop / best tracks: “Tin Man”, “Walking Through That Door”, “Long Flight”]
49. Ke$ha – Animal
[electropop / best tracks: “Your Love Is My Drug”, “TiK ToK”, “Kiss N Tell”]
48. Foals – Total Life Forever
[indie rock / best tracks: “Miami”, “Total Life Forever”, “This Orient”]
47. Cloud Control – Bliss Release
[indie pop / best tracks: “This Is What I Said”, “There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight”, “Gold Canary”]
46. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
[pop / best tracks: “Teenage Dream”, “California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)”, “The One That Got Away”]
45. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
[psychedelic rock / best tracks: “Solitude Is Bliss”, “Lucidity”, “Jeremy’s Storm”]
44. Women – Public Strain
[post-punk / best tracks: “Eyesore”, “Penal Colony”, “China Steps”]
43. Ellie Goulding – Lights
[electropop / best tracks: “Guns And Horses”, “The Writer”, “Your Biggest Mistake”]
42. Breathe Carolina – Hello Fascination
[synthpop / best tracks: “Hello Fascination”, “Can I Take You Home?”, “Dressed Up To Undress”]
41. Bombay Bicycle Club – Flaws
[indie folk / best tracks: “Fairytale Lullaby”, “Rinse Me Down”, “Ivy & Gold”]
40. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
[indie rock / best tracks: “Ready To Start”, “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”, “City With No Children”]
39. Miguel – All I Want Is You
[R&B / best tracks: “Girls Like You”, “Hard Way”, “Quickie”]
38. Ellie Goulding – Bright Lights
[electropop / best tracks: “Lights”, “Animal”, “Your Song”]
37. The Books – The Way Out
[plunderphonics / best tracks: “A Cold Freezin’ Night”, “I Didn’t Know That”, “I Am Who I Am”]
36. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
[IDM / best tracks: “Angel Echoes”, “Sing”, “Love Cry”]
35. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles II
[synthpop / best tracks: “Celestica”, “Baptism”, “Empathy”]
34. Wild Nothing – Gemini
[dream pop / best tracks: “Chinatown”, “Summer Holiday”, “Drifter”]
33. Tokyo Police Club – Champ
[indie rock / best tracks: “Bambi”, “Breakneck Speed”, “Hands Reversed”]
32. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
[IDM / best tracks: “Do The Astral Plane”, “Galaxy In Janaki”, “Nose Art”]
31. Ratatat – LP4
[electronic / best tracks: “Bare Feast”, “Mahalo”, “Drugs”]
30. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
[hip-hop / best tracks: “Moment 4 Life (feat. Drake)”, “Check It Out (feat. will.i.am)”, “Did It On ‘Em”]
29. Chuck Person – Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1
[vaporwave / best tracks: “Alone”, “Be Real”, “Angel”]
28. Susanne Sundfør – The Brothel
[art pop / best tracks: “It’s All Gone Tomorrow”, “Turkish Delight”, “Lilith”]
27. Robyn – Body Talk
[synthpop / best tracks: “Dancing On My Own”, “Indestructible”, “Call Your Girlfriend”]
26. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
[indie folk / best tracks: “Baby Birch”, “Soft As Chalk”, “Good Intentions Paving Company”]
25. Sara Bareilles – Kaleidoscope Heart
[pop / best tracks: “Machine Gun”, “Uncharted”, “Gonna Get Over You”]
24. Everything Everything – Man Alive
[art rock / best tracks: “Final Form”, “Photoshop Handsome”, “Leave The Engine Room”]
23. A Day To Remember – What Separates Me From You
[post-hardcore / best tracks: “All I Want”, “It’s Complicated”, “You Be Tails, I’ll Be Sonic”]
22. Jónsi – Go
[art pop / best tracks: “Boy Lilikoi”, “Go Do”, “Around Us”]
21. Perfume Genius – Learning
[indie pop / best tracks: “Mr. Peterson”, “Learning”, “You Won’t Be Here”]
20. The National – High Violet
[indie rock / best tracks: “Sorrow”, “Bloodbuzz Ohio”, “Conversation 16”]
19. Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
[folktronica / best tracks: “Age Of Adz”, “Futile Devices”, “I Walked”]
18. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
[alternative R&B / best tracks: “Oh, Maker”, “Cold War”, “Locked Inside”]
17. Sleigh Bells – Treats
[noise pop / best tracks: “Infinity Guitars”, “Rill Rill”, “Run The Heart”]
16. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
[indie rock / best tracks: “Undercover Martyn”, “Something Good Can Work”, “What You Know”]
15. Kelis – Flesh Tone
[electropop / best tracks: “Song For The Baby”, “Home”, “Brave”]
14. Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life
[pop punk / best tracks: “Her Words Destroyed My Planet”, “A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help)”, “Stand Too Close”]
13. Caribou – Swim
[electronic / best tracks: “Odessa”, “Bowls”, “Found Out”]
12. CEO – White Magic
[indie pop / best tracks: “Illuminata”, “No Mercy”, “Come With Me”]
11. Rihanna – Loud
[pop / best tracks: “What’s My Name (feat. Drake)”, “Fading”, “Only Girl (In The World)”]
10. Marina & The Diamonds – The Family Jewels
[chamber pop / best tracks: “Oh No!”, “Hollywood”, “Rootless”]
9. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[hip-hop / best tracks: “Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)”, “All Of The Lights”, “Blame Game (feat. John Legend)”]
8. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
[neo-psychedelica / best tracks: “Helicopter”, “He Would Have Laughed”, “Coronado”]
7. The Wonder Years – The Upsides
[pop punk / best tracks: “My Last Semester”, “Logan Circle”, “Melrose Diner”]
6. Vampire Weekend – Contra
[indie rock / best tracks: “White Sky”, “Diplomat’s Son”, “Run”]
5. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
[folk / best tracks: “Burden Of Tomorrow”, “King Of Spain”, “The Wild Hunt”]
4. Four Year Strong – Enemy Of The World
[pop punk / best tracks: “This Body Pays The Bill$”, “It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now”, “On A Saturday”]
3. Beach House – Teen Dream
[dream pop / best tracks: “Silver Soul”, “Walk In The Park”, “Zebra”]
2. Hellogoodbye – Would It Kill You?
[indie pop / best tracks: “Finding Something To Do”, “When We First Met”, “The Thoughts That Give Me The Creeps”]
1. You, Me, And Everyone We Know – Some Things Don’t Wash Out
[pop punk / best tracks: “James Brown Is Dead”, “Moon, Roll Me Away”, “Livin’ Th’ Dream”]
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