thread for tracking best music of the 2010s lists

Guardian weirdly did a list that also included the already well documented, debated and canonised music of the 00s. Gorilla vs Bear just dropped a very Gorilla vs Bear list. Feel like we'll start seeing more of these around November.

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019/

50 HOLY OTHER | Held
49 FKA TWIGS | EP2
48 TWIN SISTER | Color Your Life
47 KING KRULE | The OOZ
46 KERO KERO BONITO | Intro Bonito
45 EARL SWEATSHIRT | Some Rap Songs
44 HELEN | The Original Faces
43 YOUNG THUG | Barter 6
42 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Replica
41 JULIANNA BARWICK | The Magic Place
40 CLAMS CASINO | Instrumentals
39 A$AP ROCKY | LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
38 YAEJI | EPs
37 KENDRICK LAMAR | Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
36 DJ RASHAD | Double Cup
35 JULIA HOLTER | Have You in My Wilderness
34 CHUCK PERSON | Eccojams Vol. I
33 DEAN BLUNT + INGA COPELAND | Black is Beautiful
32 AMEN DUNES | Freedom
31 WOMEN | Public Strain
30 GAMES | That We Can Play
29 BIG THIEF | U.F.O.F.
28 KELLY LEE OWENS | Kelly Lee Owens
27 ROBYN | Body Talk
26 CHARLI XCX | Pop 2
25 ERIKA de CASIER | Essentials
24 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | E•MO•TION
23 PLAYBOI CARTI | Playboi Carti
22 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | we got it from here…thank you 4 your service
21 LAUREL HALO | Quarantine
20 FRANK OCEAN | Blonde
19 DANNY BROWN | XXX
18 SOPHIE | Product
17 PANDA BEAR | Tomboy
16 SUFJAN STEVENS | Carrie & Lowell
15 CINDY LEE | Act of Tenderness
14 JESSY LANZA | Pull My Hair Back
13 TOPS | Tender Opposites
12 HELENA DELAND | From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. I-IV
11 TIRZAH | Devotion
10 BURIAL | Rival Dealer
09 D’ANGELO | Black Messiah
08 CHROMATICS | Kill For Love
07 GROUPER | A I A
06 LANA DEL REY | Norman Fucking Rockwell!
05 SHABAZZ PALACES | Black Up
04 JAI PAUL | Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)
03 BEACH HOUSE | Teen Dream
02 JOANNA NEWSOM | Have One On Me
01 GRIMES | Visions

Why am I even more bored by the gvb list than I am by the guardian one?

ranking that most recent Earl Sweatshirt above his previous albums is crazy talk imo

also how was Kill For Love this decade, that album feels ancient to me

The GVB list is very predictable if you follow him but I actually love it, his taste aligns a lot with mine. I don’t think that many EOD lists will feature Amen Dunes, Dean Blunt + Inga Copeland, Tirzah, Chromatics, Shabazz Palaces or Clams Casino. These are all artists and albums I adore and love to see them represented in at least one of these lists.

I also like that there’s no love thrown to Tame Impala since every indie zine seems to overrate that one, makes me roll my eyes whenever I see any of his albums in a top 10.

Surprised he completely ignored Radiohead, Freddie Gibbs and Ariel Pink. He rated their albums highly each year. I get Ariel Pink has fallen from grace in the past couple of years, so that might be a factor.

I know this thread is for more official EOD not personal ones but I'll promise I only post it this one time:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/moteldemoka/top-50-albums-of-the-10s/

it's in heavy need of an update and I'll probably change it in a couple of months but I had to prove how much gvb taste overlaps with mine :P

Here's my also incomplete 'top 250 songs of the 2010s', I hope I can get to actually having a definite one by the end of the year, hopefully all the upcoming EOD lists will help me with my progressive loss of memory:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kspaCswzwBM6opo6xEhMX?si=DzCtPpiqQAGm2rlcQNR7IA

the gvb list is a bit boring to me, usually his lists have some interesting hidden gems i hadn't heard of but i'm already familiar with nearly everything on it for once, but i guess that isn't a surprise since i've been following his taste for most of the decade

Every list that doesn’t have Kendrick Lamar or Kanye West or Tame Impala or Frank Ocean in the top 20 isn’t that boring. Just you wait. You’ll wish we had more lists like gvb by the end on this cycle.

yeah it's not boring in the way that a lot of these lists will be i'm sure, just relatively boring/predictable for a gvb list

don't follow GvB closely but I like a lot of this list

I know this thread is for more official EOD not personal ones but I'll promise I only post it this one time:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/moteldemoka/top-50-albums-of-the-10s/

that's a nice list, some albums on there i like a fair amount, some i haven't heard of... i'd listen to them if i wasn't being lazy about discovering new music lately

i think it's a better list than gvb's

just clicked on it, I like that list too

i felt like blatantly nerding out so i threw together a quick list of 2010s records that struck me. they're not ranked and i don't know how many there are because i'm not feeling that completely anal, but these records have stuck with me over the course of the last ten years.

candy claws - hidden lands
grass widow - past time
luisa maita - lero-lero
roland p. young - istet serenade
shining - blackjazz
warpaint - the fool
chatmonchy - you more
grouper - a i a
jess cahill - long time have i been waiting
rodrigo campos - bahia fantastica
thursday - no devolucion
billy woods - history will absolve me
neneh cherry - the cherry thing
scott walker - bish bosch
amel larrieux - ice cream everyday
melt-banana - fetch
bob drake - lawn ornaments
gwenno - y dydd olaf
hound - out of time
moon b - "lifeworld"
seahawks - paradise freaks
wood spider - decadence
dodheimsgard - a umbra omega
floating points - elaenia
kendrick lamar - to pimp a butterfly
midday veil - this wilderness
theesatisfaction - earthee
bpm15q - bpm15q all songs
david bowie - blackstar
faun fables - born of the sun
king - we are king
solange - a seat at the table
algiers - the underside of power
bent knee - land animal
dalava - the book of transfigurations
eddie palmieri - sabiduria
jake kaufman - shovel knight - specter of torment ost
sw. - the album
the beths - future me hates me
chester watson - project 0
daphne & celeste - daphne & celeste save the world
gesu no kiwami otome. - ryoseibai
iceage - beyondless
kadhja bonet - childqueen
lydia kepinski - premier juin
max graef - lo siento mucho pero no hablo tu idioma
sun-el musician - africa to the world
cherushii & maria minerva - s/t
octo octa - resonant body

lifeworld hell yeah. I LOVE Moon B

Actually enjoying seeing people's individual lists. They'll be more interesting than the ones that major publications put out.

theesatisfaction - earthee

I give Awe Naturale a slight edge, but I'm just happy to see they haven't been forgotten in the noisy landscape of the 2010s.

major publications will inevitably have to reflect some kind of "consensus", compromise, smoothing off rough edges. but the 2010s was a decade without consensus. we don't need another canon right now. better to take this opportunity to reflect and listen to some of the people who may have gotten overlooked the first time around, imo.

there's a lot of folks who are on this that would be on my list as well, but different records.

still, the ooz is on here; nice.

I Voted(✓): https://pitchfork.com/news/vote-for-the-best-of-the-2010s-in-the-pitchfork-readers-poll/

(spent about 5 mins. on it; didn't knock myself out)

What shall we bomb that poll with. Coombes? Gotta be something more Pitchforky

nah I might vote seriously but it'll be pissing into the wind of their super-cool music-as-brand readership

It's telling to see the "autofill" options that they've pre-populated.

What shall we bomb that poll with. Coombes? Gotta be something more Pitchforky

Something that pairs well with an IPA?

macklemore

I just submitted a ballot. Was really annoyed that they had the album option for "In A Poem Unlimited" but not "Half-Free". By the time we got to "songs" there was a tonne of stuff that was missing. Oh well

You were allowed to type in your own choices, you weren't limited to the pre-populated ones (the instructions said just use the "Artist - Title" format)

You mean Artist: Title! Big difference lol

Richard Dawson is not an autocomplete but Keith Richards is. I call for a full and lasting boycott of pitchfork.com

Apologies – the “Artist - Title” format is a registered trademark of Imago/ILM Poll GmbH

Piss has met wind. The only two that autocompleted were Weyes Blood and ATCQ. So much for that. Fuck doing the tracks obv except I might vote for Pen Pineapple Apple Pen ten times

actually I will do the tracks later, the poll is too strong with me :(

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s

1. Kendrick Lamar: “Alright” (2015)
2. Grimes: “Oblivion” (2012)
3. Robyn: “Dancing on My Own” (2010)
4. Beyoncé: “Formation” (2016)
5. Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You” (2012)
6. Azealia Banks: “212” (2011)
7. Mitski: “Your Best American Girl” (2016)
8. Solange: “Cranes in the Sky” (2016)
9. Lana Del Rey: “Video Games” (2011)
10. Lil Uzi Vert: “XO TOUR Llif3” (2017)
11. Bill Callahan: “Riding for the Feeling” (2011)
12. Sky Ferreira: “Everything Is Embarrassing” (2012)
13. Chief Keef: “I Don’t Like” [ft. Lil Reese] (2012)
14. Angel Olsen: “Shut Up Kiss Me” (2016)
15. Rihanna: “Work” [ft. Drake] (2016)
16. The 1975: “Love It If We Made It” (2018)
17. Jamie xx: “Gosh” (2015)
18. Kanye West: “Runaway” [ft. Pusha T] (2010)
19. Vampire Weekend: “Hannah Hunt” (2013)
20. M83: “Midnight City” (2011)
21. Drake: “Hold On, We’re Going Home” [ft. Majid Jordan] (2013)
22. ANOHNI: “Drone Bomb Me” (2016)
23. Rosalía: “Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio)” (2018)
24. Todd Terje: “Inspector Norse” (2012)
25. FKA twigs: “Cellophane” (2019)
26. Bon Iver: “Holocene” (2011)
27. M.I.A.: “Bad Girls” (2010)
28. Beyoncé: “Countdown” (2011)
29. Joanna Newsom: “Good Intentions Paving Co.” (2010)
30. Cardi B: “Bodak Yellow” (2017)
31. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: “Round and Round” (2010)
32. Fiona Apple: “Every Single Night” (2012)
33. LCD Soundsystem: “Dance Yrself Clean” (2010)
34. Future Islands: “Seasons (Waiting on You)” (2014)
35. Rae Sremmurd: “Black Beatles” [ft. Gucci Mane] (2016)
36. Carly Rae Jepsen: “Run Away With Me” (2015)
37. Jai Paul: “BTSTU (edit)” (2011)
38. Kanye West: “Monster” [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, JAY-Z, and Nicki Minaj] (2010)
39. SOPHIE: “Bipp” (2013)
40. Frank Ocean: “Nights” (2016)
41. Courtney Barnett: “Avant Gardener” (2013)
42. SZA: “The Weekend” (2017)
43. Lorde: “The Louvre” (2017)
44. Big Thief: “Mary” (2017)
45. Robyn: “Call Your Girlfriend” (2010)
46. The Knife: “Full of Fire” (2013)
47. Tame Impala: “Let It Happen” (2015)
48. Ariana Grande: “thank u, next” (2018)
49. Gyptian: “Hold Yuh” (2010)
50. Arcade Fire: “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” (2010)
51. Kendrick Lamar: “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” (2012)
52. Camp Cope: “The Opener” (2017)
53. Solange: “Losing You” (2012)
54. Disclosure: “Latch” [ft. Sam Smith] (2012)
55. Bat for Lashes: “Laura” (2012)
56. Vince Staples: “Norf Norf” (2015)
57. Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” (2012)
58. Miguel: “Adorn” (2012)
59. David Bowie: “Blackstar” (2015)
60. Future: “March Madness” (2015)
61. EMA: “California” (2011)
62. Rihanna: “We Found Love” [ft. Calvin Harris] (2011)
63. Bobby Shmurda: “Hot Nigga” (2014)
64. Phoebe Bridgers: “Motion Sickness” (2017)
65. Drake: “Worst Behavior” (2013)
66. King Krule: “Out Getting Ribs” (2010)
67. Kacey Musgraves: “Slow Burn” (2018)
68. FKA twigs: “Two Weeks” (2014)
69. Caribou: “Can’t Do Without You” (2014)
70. Beach House: “Zebra” (2010)
71. Adele: “Someone Like You” (2011)
72. Tyler, the Creator: “Yonkers” (2011)
73. Perfume Genius: “Queen” (2014)
74. Jack Ü: “Where Are Ü Now” [ft. Justin Bieber] (2015)
75. DJ Koze: “Pick Up” (2018)
76. The National: “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (2010)
77. Kanye West: “Ultralight Beam” (2016)
78. Jeremih: “Oui” (2015)
79. Lana Del Rey: “The greatest” (2019)
80. Blood Orange: “You’re Not Good Enough” (2013)
81. Cass McCombs: “County Line” (2011)
82. Dej Loaf: “Try Me” (2014)
83. Deerhunter: “Desire Lines” (2010)
84. Kelela: “Bank Head” (2013)
85. Charli XCX: “Track 10” (2017)
86. Destroyer: “Chinatown” (2011)
87. Rich Gang: “Lifestyle” (2014)
88. Japandroids: “Younger Us” (2010)
89. Frank Ocean: “Pyramids” (2012)
90. Blawan: “Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?” (2012)
91. Haim: “The Wire” (2013)
92. Meek Mill: “Dreams and Nightmares (Intro)” (2012)
93. Radiohead: “True Love Waits” (2016)
94. Hurray for the Riff Raff: “Pa’lante” (2017)
95. Rihanna: “Bitch Better Have My Money” (2015)
96. Thundercat: “Them Changes” (2015)
97. Snail Mail: “Pristine” (2018)
98. D’Angelo / The Vanguard: “Really Love” (2014)
99. Mac DeMarco: “Ode to Viceroy” (2012)
100. Jamie xx: “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” [ft. Young Thug and Popcaan] (2015)
101. TNGHT: “Higher Ground” (2012)
102. Katy Perry: “Teenage Dream” (2010)
103. Erykah Badu: “Hello” [ft. André 3000] (2015)
104. Amen Dunes: “Miki Dora” (2018)
105. Kendrick Lamar: “DNA.” (2017)
106. Christine and the Queens: “Tilted” (2015)
107. Fetty Wap: “Trap Queen” (2014)
108. Girlpool: “Before the World Was Big” (2015)
109. Drake: “Nice for What” (2018)
110. Chairlift: “I Belong in Your Arms” (2012)
111. A$AP Ferg: “Shabba” [ft. A$AP Rocky] (2013)
112. Paramore: “Ain’t It Fun” (2013)
113. Jenny Hval: “Conceptual Romance” (2016)
114. Daft Punk: “Get Lucky” [ft. Pharrell] (2013)
115. The Weeknd: “The Morning” (2011)
116. Burial: “Kindred” (2012)
117. Usher: “Climax” (2012)
118. Travis Scott: “Sicko Mode” [ft. Drake] (2018)
119. Fleet Foxes: “Helplessness Blues” (2011)
120. Justin Bieber: “Sorry” (2015)
121. DJ Rashad: “Feelin” [ft. Spinn and Taso] (2013)
122. Playboi Carti: “Magnolia” (2017)
123. Clairo: “Bags” (2019)
124. Nicki Minaj: “Super Bass” (2010)
125. Lykke Li: “I Follow Rivers” (2011)
126. Ciara: “Ride” [ft. Ludacris] (2010)
127. James Blake: “CMYK” (2010)
128. Young Thug: “Danny Glover” (2013)
129. Lorde: “Royals” (2013)
130. A$AP Rocky: “Peso” (2011)
131. Chromatics: “Kill for Love” (2012)
132. Kurt Vile: “Baby’s Arms” (2011)
133. Future: “Mask Off” (2017)
134. Kamasi Washington: “Truth” (2017)
135. Robyn: “Honey” (2018)
136. CupcakKe: “Duck Duck Goose” (2018)
137. Yaeji: “Drink I’m Sippin On” (2017)
138. Drake: “Hotline Bling” (2015)
139. Iceage: “The Lord’s Favorite” (2014)
140. Rae Sremmurd: “No Type” (2014)
141. Gil Scott-Heron: “New York Is Killing Me” (2010)
142. Rihanna: “Needed Me” (2016)
143. Rick Ross: “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)” [ft. Styles P] (2010)
144. Spoon: “Inside Out” (2014)
145. Charli XCX: “Gone” [ft. Christine and the Queens] (2019)
146. Gunna: “Sold Out Dates” [ft. Lil Baby] (2018)
147. Ella Mai: “Boo’d Up” (2018)
148. GoldLink: “Crew” [ft. Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy] (2017)
149. Björk: “Stonemilker” (2015)
150. Nicki Minaj: “Beez in the Trap” [ft. 2 Chainz] (2012)
151. Gang Gang Dance: “Glass Jar” (2011)
152. Miley Cyrus: “Wrecking Ball” (2013)
153. Danny Brown: “30” (2011)
154. Japanese Breakfast: “Everybody Wants to Love You” (2016)
155. Kanye West: “Blood on the Leaves” (2013)
156. Girl Unit: “Wut” (2010)
157. Beyoncé: “1+1” (2011)
158. Waka Flocka Flame: “Hard in da Paint” (2010)
159. Katy B: “Katy on a Mission” (2010)
160. Odd Future: “Oldie” (2012)
161. Vybz Kartel: “Clarks” [ft. Popcaan and Gaza Slim] (2010)
162. Chance the Rapper: “No Problem” [ft. 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne] (2016)
163. Davido: “Fall” (2017)
164. Andrés: “New for U” (2012)
165. Jessica Pratt: “Back, Baby” (2014)
166. Bad Bunny: “Caro” (2018)
167. Tinashe: “2 On” [ft. Schoolboy Q] (2014)
168. King Krule: “Dum Surfer” (2017)
169. St. Vincent: “New York” (2017)
170. Lil Peep: “Kiss” (2016)
171. Adele: “Rolling in the Deep” (2011)
172. Sleep: “Marijuanaut’s Theme” (2018)
173. DJ Khaled: “I’m on One” [ft. Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne] (2011)
174. Florence and the Machine: “Shake It Out” (2011)
175. Nicki Minaj: “Come on a Cone” (2012)
176. Sampha: “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano” (2017)
177. A Tribe Called Quest: “The Space Program” (2016)
178. The 1975: “The Sound” (2016)
179. Rich Kidz: “My Life” [ft. Waka Flocka Flame] (2012)
180. Sons of Kemet: “My Queen Is Harriet Tubman” (2018)
181. Migos: “Bad and Boujee” [ft. Lil Uzi Vert] (2016)
182. Beyoncé: “XO” (2013)
183. Young M.A: “OOOUUU” (2016)
184. Frank Ocean: “Chanel” (2017)
185. Sharon Van Etten: “Seventeen” (2019)
186. Skepta: “Shutdown” (2015)
187. Thom Yorke: “Dawn Chorus” (2019)
188. Future: “Incredible” (2017)
189. J Balvin / Willy William: “Mi Gente (Remix)” [ft. Beyoncé] (2017)
190. Ty Dolla $ign: “Paranoid” [ft. B.o.B] (2013)
191. Rico Nasty: “Smack a Bitch” (2018)
192. Tame Impala: “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” (2012)
193. Nilüfer Yanya: “Baby Luv” (2017)
194. Lil B: “Wonton Soup” (2010)
195. Cloud Nothings: “I’m Not Part of Me” (2014)
196. John Maus: “Believer” (2011)
197. Icona Pop: “I Love It” [ft. Charli XCX] (2012)
198. dvsn: “The Line” (2016)
199. Stormzy: “Big for Your Boots” (2017)
200. Avicii: “Levels” (2011)

lol at the idea that there are 157 songs better than hard in da paint

as usual, fuck pitchfork

7 Drake appearances. The following acts were celebrated by pitchfork then completely ignored in this list:

Earl Sweatshirt
Sufjan Stevens
Freddie Gibbs
Death Grips
Car Seat Headrest
The War on Drugs
Alvvays
Janelle Monae
Oneohtrix Point Never
Pusha T
Julia Holter
Chelsea Wolfe

archie, marry me does seem like an odd omission

we shouldn't give a shit what these wankers think. they've been the self-appointed keepers of the key for 20 years and they've done nothing with it except set up a us-centric canon of a particularly dull, zeitgeist-chasing hue. no alarms, no surprises, no point. we should let them subside into an irrelevant, embarrassing joke. no shade to anyone here who's written for them obv, you're good writers and your reviews deserve a better home

I'm also furious 'Teenage Dream' just missed the Top 100 but come on now...

the whole 'handing out scores and BNMs by committee based on trend positioning' model is just so fucked and bullshit, that issue underlies the whole problem

if brad or alfred or whoever wants their review to have a 9/10 score atop it then goddamn it, give them their 9/10

think we should all be suspicious at their attempts to put together a canon, whatever anyone thinks of the actual choices

my point exactly. obviously i like/love plenty of these songs

(well, a few)

and our 00's poll isn't comparable, before anyone starts out with 'but YOU'RE building a canon!' - a) we are not a public-facing brand advertisement corporation, b) our choices will be inevitably highly personal and anti-canonical and c) our polling process is very thorough and, ideally, forces us to engage with a vast multiplicity of music before we make any decisions

also we're just a bunch of mates having fun, basically

so let's be cool

The list stinks. Pitchfork stinks.

When are the readers’ lists published? Maybe those will be better.

they won't lol

I hope the decade-defining song which they'll be pilloried for missing is released in october 2019

No kidding; I don't get that. Why not wait a few months?

because nobody will be interested in 2010s retrospectives between 31/12/2019 and 01/01/2030.

Meanwhile I am currently making a mix of 2018 to be released in January 2020, they are smarter than me.

websites still run on magazine schedules in 2019

around the holidays my back issues of www.pitchfork.com really start to pile up.

The list stinks. Pitchfork stinks.

When are the readers’ lists published? Maybe those will be better.

― Spry at 78 (morrisp), Monday, October 7, 2019 6:10 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Pitchfork stinks! Just wait till they publish the list of their hopelessly devoted followers, ha!

Well, I voted in that poll, lol. I’m assuming Pfork readers may have some interesting picks.

Wish I'd have voted now :)

the more interesting question would be if anything showed up in this list that had not been previously 'celebrated' via inclusion on one of their older lists, bnm designation etc.

For starters: Avicii - Levels

i'm so perplexed that that site continues to single out kurt vile's "baby's arms"... that song is not even a particular standout on that album, much less for the entire decade. isn't it just a song that they just gave bnm as a token at the time b/c it was the first track on an (admittedly great) album w/ no real 'singles'? idgi

Hahaha I hadn’t noticed that was the KV song they picked. Yeah I struggle to think that would be one of the top 200 songs this decade, let alone the best song he released. Any of his top 5 songs on spotify would be a better choice.

Runner-Ups is the real highlight from that album

if i had to choose a token kv song it'd easily be wakin on a pretty day

Runner-Ups is the real highlight from that album

yes!!

Gorilla vs. Bear's come out with their songs list

50 JAMIE XX | Gosh
49 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | I Only Have Eyes For You
48 FAYE WEBSTER | Remember When
47 YAEJI | Raingurl
46 USHER | Climax
45 D’ANGELO | The Charade
44 DANNY BROWN | Ain’t It Funny
43 ANGEL OLSEN | Sweet Dreams
42 ALVVAYS | Archie, Marry Me
41 KENDRICK LAMAR | Money Trees
40 WHITNEY | No Woman
39 JPEGMAFIA | Free the Frail (feat. Helena Deland)
38 RADIOHEAD | True Love Waits
37 LAUREL HALO | Thaw
36 TIRZAH | Holding On
35 JAMES BLAKE | CMYK
34 PLAYBOI CARTI | Magnolia
33 SUFJAN STEVENS | Fourth of July
32 AUTRE NE VEUT | Play by Play
31 FORD & LOPATIN | Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me)
30 TWIN SISTER | All Around and Away We Go
29 JESSY LANZA | It Means I Love You
28 ARIANA GRANDE | No Tears Left to Cry
27 YOUNG GALAXY | New Summer
26 AMEN DUNES | Believe
25 CHARLI XCX | Track 10
24 CLAIRO | Bags
23 LANA DEL REY | Ride
22 GAMES | Strawberry Skies
21 SHABAZZ PALACES | Forerunner Foray
20 MEN I TRUST | Tailwhip
19 PANDA BEAR | Alsatian Darn
18 CLAMS CASINO | I’m God
17 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Run Away With Me
16 ALDOUS HARDING | The Barrel
15 FRANK OCEAN | Pyramids
14 JAI PAUL | Str8 Outta Mumbai
13 LANA DEL REY | Video Games
12 ROBYN | Dancing on My Own
11 CHROMATICS | Cherry
10 GRIMES | REALiTi (demo)
09 BURIAL | Come Down To Us
08 SOPHIE | Bipp
07 BEACH HOUSE | 10 Mile Stereo
06 LANA DEL REY | Mariners Apartment Complex
05 HELENA DELAND | Baby
04 ARIEL PINK | Round & Round
03 GROUPER | Headache
02 JOANNA NEWSOM | Baby Birch
01 GRIMES | Oblivion

they included a runner-ups section too

ARIANA GRANDE | Into You
AZEALIA BANKS | 212
BEACH HOUSE | All Your Yeahs
BICEP | Just
BIG THIEF | Jenni
BLOOD DIAMONDS + GRIMES | Phone Sex
CHAIRLIFT | I Belong In Your Arms (Japanese version)
CULTS | Go Outside
DAFT PUNK | Doin’ It Right (feat. Panda Bear)
DANNY L HARLE | Broken Flowers
DEAN BLUNT + INGA COPELAND | The Narcissist
DIANA | Born Again
ERYKAH BADU + ANDRE 3000 | Hello
FEAR OF MEN | Green Sea
FKA TWIGS | Water Me
GEORGE CLANTON | It Makes the Babies Want To Cry
GIL SCOTT-HERON | Me and the Devil
GLASS CANDY | Warm in the Winter
HINDS | Bamboo
JAMIE XX + YOUNG THUG | I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)
JAI PAUL | All Night
JAPANESE BREAKFAST | The Woman That Loves You
JENNY HVAL | Conceptual Romance
JHENE AIKO | Stranger
JOANNA NEWSOM | Good Intentions Paving Company
JOHN MAUS | And the Rain
JULIA HOLTER | Maxim’s I
KERO KERO BONITO | Sick Beat
KYLE DIXON + MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things theme
LEON BRIDGES | Coming Home
MAJOR LAZER | Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman)
MGMT | Me & Michael
MICA LEVI | Love
MITSKI | Your Best American Girl
MOLLY NILSSON | I Hope You Die
OTHA | I’m On Top
PURITY RING | Lofticries
ROSALÍA | Pienso En Tu Mirá
SCHOOLBOY Q | There He Go
SOPHIE | Immaterial
SZA | Julia
THE WEEKND | House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
TOPS | Anything
TOPS | Diamond Look
VINCE STAPLES | Norf Norf
WESTERMAN | Confirmation
WHITE DENIM | Street Joy
YOUNG EJECTA | Build a Fire
YOUNG THUG + METRO BOOMIN | Free Gucci
YUMI ZOUMA | Song for Zoe & Gwen

No sign of This Is America is a surprise in the pitch4k list.

GvsB list is a million times better than the Pitchfork one. Really feels like the only lists worth looking paying attention to for this decade will be ones made by individuals (or in this case, a couple of people) rather than the huge groupthink branding exercise lists.

Feel like P4k have just opened the floodgates here. Here's Uproxx's albums list:

https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2010s-ranked-decade/

Wow, I really liked “Oblivian” at the time, but did not realize it was so universally acclaimed

the GvsB list reminded me that the P4k list doesn't have "Archie, Marry Me" on it

i mean, c'mon

GvsB list is a million times better than the Pitchfork one.

i’d say this is an overstatement

the uproxx albums list suxx

The GvB list has a more unitary aesthetic (in that odd way a stylistically diverse multi-genre list can seem unitary) but it’s correspondingly more myopic, I think.

just finished my hundred songs ... it rules ass tbh

love the pitchfork list tbh. this has been my favorite decade for the pop hivemind and pitchfork reflects a lot of it.

good kisser > climax

just finished my hundred songs ... it rules ass tbh

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 1:37 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

share it deej

Love that GvB list, also seems like we love the same KL song. TPAB might be his best record but the best standalone songs from KL this decade come from GKMC imho (money trees, art of peer pressure, sing about me).

weird list over here

https://uproxx.com/music/best-hip-hop-albums-of-the-2010s-ranked/

here's the pitchfork 2000's album list for you, happy birthday

200. Ratking: So It Goes (2014)
199. Wu Lyf: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (2011)
198. Jean Grae / Quelle Chris: Everything’s Fine (2018)
197. Fatima Al Qadiri: Genre-Specific Xperience (2011)
196. Portal: Vexovoid (2013)
195. Downtown Boys: Full Communism (2015)
194. Titus Andronicus: The Monitor (2010)
193. Lil Peep: Hellboy (2016)
192. Kelela: Cut 4 Me (2013)
191. Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow (2011)
190. Huerco S.: For Those of You Who Have Never (and Also Those Who Have) (2016)
189. Miranda Lambert: The Weight of These Wings (2016)
188. Pusha-T: Daytona (2018)
187. Iceage: Beyondless (2018)
186. Various Artists: Mono No Aware (2017)
185. Hailu Mergia: Lala Belu (2018)
184. Soccer Mommy: Clean (2018)
183. Elysia Crampton: American Drift (2015)
182. G.L.O.S.S.: Trans Day of Revenge (2016)
181. Jamila Woods: LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019)
180. Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
179. Shabazz Palaces: Black Up (2011)
178. Savages: Silence Yourself (2013)
177. Margo Price: All American Made (2017)
176. Gil Scott-Heron: I’m New Here (2010)
175. Jessie Ware: Devotion (2012)
174. Sharon Van Etten: Are We There (2014)
173. Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes (2014)
172. Popcaan: Where We Come From (2014)
171. JPEGMAFIA: Veteran (2018)
170. Skee Mask: Compro (2018)
169. Paramore: After Laughter (2017)
168. Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (2011)
167. (Sandy) Alex G: DSU (2014)
166. Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint (2014)
165. Jay Som: Everybody Works (2017)
164. Hop Along: Painted Shut (2015)
163. Meek Mill: Dreamchasers 2 (2012)
162. Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
161. The 1975: I like it when you sleep… (2016)
160. Noname: Room 25 (2018)
159. Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden (2014)
158. Sleigh Bells: Treats (2010)
157. The 1975: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
156. Jenny Lewis: The Voyager (2014)
155. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin: Savage Mode (2016)
154. Mica Levi: Under the Skin OST (2014)
153. Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (2019)
152. Arctic Monkeys: AM (2013)
151. Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster (2009)
150. Playboi Carti: Playboi Carti (2017)
149. Mac DeMarco: 2 (2012)
148. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise (2011)
147. The National: High Violet (2010)
146. Sheer Mag: Compilation (2017)
145. Chief Keef: Finally Rich (2012)
144. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (2011)
143. Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising (2019)
142. Fennesz: Agora (2019)
141. Rick Ross: Rich Forever (2012)
140. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal (2014)
139. Emeralds: Does It Look Like I’m Here? (2010)
138. Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color (2015)
137. A$AP Rocky: LIVE.LOVE.A$AP (2011)
136. Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)
135. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (2011)
134. M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
133. Frankie Cosmos: Zentropy (2014)
132. Amen Dunes: Freedom (2018)
131. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
130. Tame Impala: Lonerism (2012)
129. Various Artists: Bangs and Works Vol. 1: A Chicago Footwork Compilation (2010)
128. Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
127. Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial (2016)
126. Panda Bear: Tomboy (2011)
125. Yves Tumor: Safe in the Hands of Love (2018)
124. Real Estate: Days (2011)
123. Deafheaven: Sunbather (2013)
122. Snail Mail: Lush (2018)
121. The Hotelier: Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)
120. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy (2017)
119. Girlpool: Before the World Was Big (2015)
118. Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker (2016)
117. Death Grips: The Money Store (2012)
116. Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid (2010)
115. U.S. Girls: In a Poem Unlimited (2018)
114. Sampha: Process (2017)
113. Japandroids: Celebration Rock (2012)
112. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (2013)
111. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints (2011)
110. Waka Flocka Flame: Flockaveli (2010)
109. Julia Holter: Aviary (2018)
108. Kaytranada: 99.9% (2016)
107. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan (2012)
106. Moses Sumney: Aromanticism (2017)
105. Disclosure: Settle (2013)
104. Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt (2013)
103. Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile (2019)
102. Jeremih: Late Nights: The Album (2015)
101. Chromatics: Kill for Love (2012)
100. Ariana Grande: Sweetener (2018)
99. Bad Bunny: X 100PRE (2018)
98. Todd Terje: It’s Album Time (2014)
97. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream (2014)
96. Low: Double Negative (2018)
95. Jai Paul: Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2019)
94. Vampire Weekend: Contra (2010)
93. Tirzah: Devotion (2018)
92. JAY-Z / Kanye West: Watch the Throne (2011)
91. Bon Iver: 22, A Million (2016)
90. Joyce Manor: Never Hungover Again (2014)
89. Caribou: Our Love (2014)
88. Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, girl (2015)
87. Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife (2015)
86. Haim: Days Are Gone (2013)
85. Jessica Pratt: On Your Own Love Again (2015)
84. Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap (2013)
83. Burial: Rival Dealer EP (2013)
82. Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost (2011)
81. Solange: When I Get Home (2019)
80. Aphex Twin: Syro (2014)
79. Tame Impala: Currents (2015)
78. Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011)
77. Four Tet: There Is Love in You (2010)
76. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2010)
75. The Weeknd: House of Balloons (2011)
74. SOPHIE: OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES (2018)
73. Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy (2018)
72. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
71. Robyn: Honey (2018)
70. Perfume Genius: No Shape (2017)
69. Drake: If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late (2015)
68. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (2010)
67. Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
66. Fever Ray: Plunge (2017)
65. Future: Dirty Sprite 2 (2015)
64. Mitski: Be the Cowboy (2018)
63. Danny Brown: XXX (2011)
62. Grouper: Ruins (2014)
61. Arca: Arca (2017)
60. King Krule: The OOZ (2017)
59. Taylor Swift: Red (2012)
58. Kamasi Washington: The Epic (2015)
57. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. (2017)
56. Björk: Vulnicura (2015)
55. St. Vincent: Strange Mercy (2011)
54. Young Thug: Barter 6 (2015)
53. Jlin: Black Origami (2017)
52. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (2010)
51. DJ Koze: Knock Knock (2018)
50. Grimes: Visions (2012)
49. Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica (2011)
48. ANOHNI: Hopelessness (2016)
47. Carly Rae Jepsen: E•MO•TION (2015)
46. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual (2013)
45. Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me (2017)
44. A Tribe Called Quest: We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (2016)
43. Sky Ferreira: Night Time, My Time (2013)
42. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (2010)
41. Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016)
40. Charli XCX: Pop 2 (2017)
39. Bill Callahan: Apocalypse (2011)
38. Tierra Whack: Whack World (2018)
37. David Bowie: Blackstar (2016)
36. Rosalía: El Mal Querer (2018)
35. Blood Orange: Cupid Deluxe (2013)
34. Vince Staples: Summertime ’06 (2015)
33. Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (2019)
32. Bon Iver: Bon Iver (2011)
31. Beyoncé: 4 (2011)
30. Mitski: Puberty 2 (2016)
29. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (2010)
28. FKA twigs: LP1 (2014)
27. Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs (2018)
26. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
25. Jamie xx: In Colour (2015)
24. SZA: CTRL (2017)
23. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (2018)
22. Destroyer: Kaputt (2011)
21. Beach House: Teen Dream (2010)
20. DJ Rashad: Double Cup (2013)
19. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
18. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2012)
17. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (2015)
16. Joanna Newsom: Have One on Me (2010)
15. Kanye West: Yeezus (2013)
14. Lorde: Melodrama (2017)
13. Drake: Take Care (2011)
12. Rihanna: ANTI (2016)
11. Grimes: Art Angels (2015)
10. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (2012)
9. D’Angelo & the Vanguard: Black Messiah (2014)
8. Robyn: Body Talk (2010)
7. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
6. Solange: A Seat at the Table (2016)
5. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012)
4. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
3. Beyoncé: Beyoncé (2013)
2. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
1. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)

This list suxx too

fucking hell pitchfork, that is not it

I was putting together my favourites from the 2010s while I was trying to vote in the 2000s poll, so here are the 100 songs of the 2010s I picked, in a rough order from top to bottom. Not a curated list but hey, here it is if anyone wants to look. I haven't really paid much attention to 2019 yet so its missing this year altogether I think.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xU6X7n5YMWn1y5BeqMvs636VOMgsY2Sy_64jrPY-nbg/edit?usp=sharing

Best list so far, kruezer! #milesahead

yeah, good list, just baffles me that something like Tkay Maizda - U-huh does not make it onto things like the pitchfork list because why? too pop? no angle to take on it? seems like loads of great music is lost to them because they insist on viewing it down a series of narrow lenses.

There’s some really good songs in that list that I hope get more attention outside of ILM but I haven’t seen them hyped anywhere else.

tkay maidza shows up a couple of times when you search the pitchfork archives but basically she's not on anyone's radar outside of triple j and like...the singles jukebox

Diddy & Dirty Money, The Dream, Sun-El Musician, Owen Pallett, Tkay Maidza on that list, to name a few, are great songs from good albums that I have seen love thrown around ILM but seldom see mentioned elsewhere.

the pitchfork album list is pretty much as expected, isn't it? like aside from, say, mitski being their #1 last year and landing at #64, artists like miguel and rustie missing out, and 4 placing higher than lemonade, it seems as though there are few surprises if you've followed their site this decade

Beyond anything else, Blonde as the best lp of the decade is simply bizarre, I don't even dislike it but in what way is that the pinnacle?

god, i like a handful of them, but like the aesthetic range in that top 10 is paper thin as compared to the great big wide world of music. it's sad. or rather it'd be sad if it meant anything.

I don’t get Blonde. Maybe if he was a better singer? Maybe if it had more interesting production choices? Channel Orange has enough hooks to ignore the weakness within but Blonde is all about textures and his voice but they don’t interest me enough to do a full album that sounds like this.

production-wise there’s also an insane amount of clipping on his vocals

like the aesthetic range in that top 10 is paper thin as compared to the great big wide world of music.

That’s a good way of putting it

agree there were more memorable songs on Channel Orange, but I also like the texture and ambience of Blonde

Seems weird publishing a list with Big Thief's UFOF at #33, when its companion album is dropping in a few days. Like you'd want to wait and see if that one is good too.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/best-albums-of-the-2010s-paste.html

https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/10/9ca10ee95f3302/100-greatest-albums-of-the-2010s.html

That Cleveland.com list has some good choices (though the blurbs are really bad).

would be surprised if any new Big Thief album this year could top UFOF

Blonde feels like Donuts to me - haphazard, amorphous, not defining, but there is something about it

personally i'm waiting for Tiny Mix Tapes' list, which we all know will be completely fucked up but somewhat interesting

tmt's lists are by far the best thing they do because they're usually at least interesting and the blurbs are more generally readable than the reviews

just finished my hundred songs ... it rules ass tbh

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 1:37 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

share it deej

― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 9:02 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://somanyshrimp.com/2019/10/09/best-music-2010-2019

a friend linked me this v approvingly

great list deej!!!

yeah thats a great list, how the hell did I forget Wololo and Y-tjukutja.

sometimes I think these publications should just solicit lists from all of their writers (to maintain the ruse) and then just randomly pick one person's individual list and run that as the staff list.

spotify pl deej list

Yeah, good list. One question: which Respect The Drumboss did you pick? All of Heavy K’s albums have that title. I’m guessing it’s the 2013 one, or perhaps the 2015 one, and probably not the 2018 one, but who knows?

actually intended 2015 -- 2013 is dope ofc but i came to that late, "givemeluv" was one of my most listened songs that year (i regret not making space on the singles list, but that excuse was how i justified not ranking, like, rihanna singles on the songs list)

that excuse = dropping a song from the songs list if the artist had an album i knew would make it

thnx for the good words ppl

all these lists are missing chelsea jade's Personal Best, a favorite of mine.

just listened to "Alright" for the first time

prob not much for me in this decade

https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-of-the-2010s-list/

ctrl+f 'dawson'

nothing

next

OK I scrolled it. The same rancid shit Pitchfork served up. Genuinely great albums, yes, but diminished by this empty canon-affirmation. What's the point of Stereogum?

SOME genuinely great albums, I mean, and the usual pablum

Here's all the albums Pitchfork told you to love, in a slightly different order! And with Yeezus at 2 - that's OUR power move! Team Stereogum shocked you there!!

stereogum is one of the few sites that actually pays people to go in-depth about particular songs and albums, so they are a net good even if their taste can run towards the corny side. they also promote some pretty excellent guitar-oriented music that few other sites touch on.

i haven't looked at this list yet

their song list has some interesting choices!

https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/

not really, and I just scrolled the whole thing

faddish american pop canon reinforced once again. here are your royals

if these are your horizons i pity you tbh

there wasn't even a weyes blood song, presumably as she's a bit too weird. but i don't want to focus on single examples. there's something really empty and aggressively banal about these lists that serve to massage the self-assurance of middling-interest hipsters and achieve fuck all besides

i said 'some' interesting choices.

some people don't like weyes blood as much as you do.

that was just an example of how averse these lists are to anything that's a little tricky or unusual or heaven forbid unfashionable

it's the americanness of it all that's the lost stultifying part perhaps? idk I'd almost want to analyse these lists - pfork, stereogum etc - on an artist-by-artist basis and work out the curatorial parameters, the boxes being ticked, the consensuses they're trying to manufacture

nothing against lists, but there's something about these that gives me a sick feeling the deeper I scroll, and I know I'm not alone in this

*most stultifying

there are a bunch of songs in the 200-101 range (the only part of these lists i look at tbh) that probably won't make the cut on lots of other decades list. katie dey, girl band, polo g, tirzah, frightened rabbit, colleen green, etc., are all solid choices that have little-to-zero chance of making to in other lists.

and the poptimistic choices in that region (zedd, jidenna, fetty wap) appeal to me, personally.

if these are your horizons i pity you tbh

― imago, Tuesday, November 5, 2019 10:58 AM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

you can fuck right off for this btw

katie dey was p much the only time i was pleasantly surprised and that was in the bottom five of the 200!

why are you taking this personally

there's something about these that gives me a sick feeling the deeper I scroll

lol dude is getting a sick feeling from reading some lists

why are you taking this personally

― imago, Tuesday, November 5, 2019 11:11 AM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i wasn't until you said "if these are your horizons i pity you tbh"

but you must like more sorts of music than this

i mean, surely

i mean, obviously...

actually, the only songs i like are the 200 listed on stereogum's best songs of the decade. no more, no less.

Uhhh this list is exactly the same as the Pitchfork list, like even down to the blurbs being the same length and everything.

Not true, this list doesn't say pitchfork anywhere at all

the blurbs are also much shorter

“this is the music that MATTERED, and this is why it was IMPORTANT CULTURALLY and POLITICALLY”

“Wrecking Ball” and “Telephone” had MEMORABLE VIDEOS and “Formation” had the SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW

Beyonce had great singles for sure but I'm a bit sceptical about all those albums that are being included on the PF list. Kacey Musgraves is some nondescript stuff too and the canonisation of Frank Ocean baffles me.

Also Pitchfork include Aviary as the sole Julia Holter pick and HYIMW is nowhere to be seen. Ridiculous.

The bottom 1/3 of this list is cool. The top half is mostly what we can expect to see in thousand similar lists just arranged differently. The top 3 is even the same ones as pitchfork.

I hope the next decade we’ll see a rise of more focused publications. I know the line between music genres is blurred every passing year but this so called diversity in music actually feels very homogenic by the time these lists come out and everyone is picking the exact same 3 albums and songs as the best in their genres.

otm x2

not fair, moka put it slightly more diplomatically and got the otm lol

moka is nice to me!!!

:(

the grinch who dragged stereogum

Hahaha I don’t have a problem with the list, I just wish the more unique spirit of Stereogum that can be perceived in the bottom 100 would remain in the top 100. It’s not just their problem is a problem that many publications have had and it’s very noticeable at the end of the decade. Publications having a distinct personality and subculture used to be an asset.

Were such lists any less depressingly predictable twenty years ago? (Serious question, I wasn't really paying attention.)

the problem is that time is circling back in on itself, causing the universe to distort, and many people are saying, the internet is shrinking down to a single website that aggregates all others and is able to maintain a consistent, albeit tiny, profit margin.

That website's name? ilxor.com

there's even a thread on it, this is a problem

didn't stylus do a list that asked its staff to rank its 100 favorite albums and then only revealed 101-200?

I mean the audience is to blame too. The moment a publication realizes it gets 10x more clicks writing about Kanye West instead of say, Bon Iver, the strategy shifts to an attack on al fronts. Let’s write about Avicii, Ariana Grande, Animal Collective the same day, three times the chance of getting the interest of different readers.

It’s a trend that even infected music festivals. It’s become a kind of travelling circus that goes around the world with virtually the same “diverse” lineup but with a different festival name.

It’s killing actual diversity in music to only get “the cream of the crop” in any given year but it’s not surprising why it’s happening.

idk I'd almost want to analyse these lists - pfork, stereogum etc - on an artist-by-artist basis and work out the curatorial parameters, the boxes being ticked, the consensuses they're trying to manufacture

Huh, that's weird, 'cause I have the same problem.

haven’t FPed lj in a while

WE MUST PERFECT THE LISTS. THE LISTS ARE A DISGRACE. THE LISTS ARE MAKING ME ILL.

hark at crown prince milquetoast himself

dafuq are you talkin about cuz

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvg5j3/the-100-best-albums-of-the-2010s

100 Salem - King Night
99 Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
98 M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
97 (Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar
96 Nothing - Guilty of Everything
95 Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe
94 The Hotelier - Home, Like No Place Is There
93 Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
92 Elysia Crampton - American Drift
91 Gojira - Magma
90 Mac Miller - Swimming
89 The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
88 Pile - Dripping
87 Jeremih - Late Nights: The Album
86 FKA Twigs - LP1
85 Wiley - Zip Files
84 Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
83 Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
82 Darkside - Psychic
81 Holly Herndon - Platform
80 Total Control - Henge Beat
79 Gucci Mane - World War 3
78 Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
77 Turnstile - Nonstop Feeling
76 Kelela - Take Me Apart
75 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
74 100S - Ice Cold Perm
73 James Blake - James Blake
72 YOB - Atma
71 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
70 Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayer
69 Justin Bieber - Journals
68 Dean Blunt - The Redeemer
67 John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
66 J Balvin - Vibras
65 Lorde - Melodrama
64 Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober
63 Burna Boy - Africa Giant
62 Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
61 The-Dream - Love Kingn
60 SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
59 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
58 Bon Iver - Bon Iver
57 Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
56 Kamasi Washington - The Epic
55 Japandroids - Celebration Rock
54 Grouper - Ruins
53 Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
52 Carcass - Surgical Steel
51 Jamie xx - In Colour
50 Ozuna - Odisea
49 ANOHNI - Hopelessness
48 Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
47 Aphex Twin - Syro
46 Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
45 PartyNextDoor - PND2
44 Popcaan - Forever
43 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
42 Future - 56 Nights
41 Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
40 The Weeknd - House of Balloons
39 Grimes - Visions
38 Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
37 Charli XCX - Pop 2
36 Deafheaven - Sunbather
35 Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
34 Thundercat - Drunk
33 Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
32 Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
31 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
30 Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
29 Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
28 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
27 Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
26 Arca - Arca
25 Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION
24 Beyoncé - Beyoncé
23 Chief Keef - Almighty So
22 Robyn - Body Talk
21 Tierra Whack - Whack World
20 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
19 Young Thug - Barter 6
18 Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
17 Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
16 Bad Bunny - X100PRE
15 SZA - CTRL
14 Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
13 Tame Impala - Lonerism
12 Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
11 Beach House - Teen Dream
10 Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
09 Future - DS2
08 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
07 Rihanna - Anti
06 DJ Rashad - Double Cup
05 Beyoncé - Lemonade
04 Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
03 Frank Ocean - Blonde
02 Rich Gang - Tha Tour Pt. 1
01 Solange - A Seat at the Table

Weird list but I like that it has vaporwave, witch house and reggaeton and also a fixation on trap since those were definitely genres that dominated through the decade and haven’t been as prominent (if featured at all) on previous lists. This list kind of feels to me like the most “sounds of the 2010s” so far. It’s far from perfect and I think they’re overrating a bunch of these albums but makes me excited to read a singles/tracks list from them.

Many of those genres produced better songs than actual albums. I don’t think I can name an album in those genres that I’d rate a 10/10 but I can easily think of singles that would.

Also some interesting revisions of the decade by Chris Ott
https://shallowrewards.substack.com/p/rival-dealer-the-2010s-part-i

that vice list is very weird in places but that at least makes it interesting

the weirdest pick is justin bieber - journals which i don't remember ever seeing anyone advocate for before and in my memory the purpose singles were his only real critical breakthrough. journals had a bizarre release strategy though that made it very overlooked by both critics and the public compared to what you'd expect from someone of bieber's popularity. a weird inclusion like that definitely has me curious at least

I remember liking quite a few of those Journal tracks. It’s been ages though, would have to listen again.

Journals even

(he went full on r&b there)

It is very refreshing to see Burna, Popcaan, Balvin and Ozuna on a list like this.

journals >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> purpose

between stereogum and vice im a little incredulous that people like born to die so much

me too, i went back to it after nfr and some of it is outright bad, certainly the worst lana album despite being the one with the hits

ldr is a brand that sells well atm

vice list slight improvement on its ghastly forerunners but there are plenty of the same problems. for example but by no means limited to deafheaven as token metal pick across the board

at least vice have the decency to throw gojira and carcass in too

the vice list has much more metal than i expect to see on most other lists so i don't really think deafheaven count as a token pick there

yeah that Power Trip album is awesome but weird to see so high. i dont agree with a lot of that list but it at least feels more personal.

oh haha I didn't even notice that

my point stands that there are certain artists cropping up in all of these lists, creating an undisputed canon that i just can't get with. exhibit a: tame impala but there's like 60/70 that are ubiquitous regardless of their merits

i suppose we have to find the pleasure in the gaps, which this list has more of. 'henge beat' for instance is a good & crazy call on a fairly obscure album, everyone go listen to 'carpet rash'

my point stands that there are certain artists cropping up in all of these lists, creating an undisputed canon that i just can't get with. exhibit a: tame impala but there's like 60/70 that are ubiquitous regardless of their merits

― imago

canons are an exercise in compromise, decade-end lists are not really the time or the place to erase the arguably boring music beloved by a certain vocal demographic from the canon. in 20 years if it's really boring nobody will care about it and we can all sit back and laugh. merits? tame impala have an audience and aren't obviously evil.

Speaking of canon, metacritic’s list is out:

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-the-decade-2010s

creating an undisputed canon that i just can't get with.

you literally just disputed it

undisputed by the basic culturezine mafia ;)

and you give a shit what the mafia says why?

becaaaause the sheeple listen to them and construct this tastes accordingly

maybe let's see how the land lies in twenty years though yes

I like that these lists exist. None of them ever match what I like at all. Out of a list of, say, 200 I'm lucky to find 1 or 2 songs or albums I was unaware of that I wind up liking. Good enough for me. Literally could not care less about a canon.

I fully endorse the Power Trip placement.

my point stands that there are certain artists cropping up in all of these lists, creating an undisputed canon that i just can't get with. exhibit a: tame impala but there's like 60/70 that are ubiquitous regardless of their merits

― imago, Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:41 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's called 'lowest common denominator'. i'm not crazy about them or anything, but imho tame impala are a relatively good lcd band. they have a really good drummer, and the 'always going backwards' song is catchy

"speaking of canon" erm isn't that the whole reason threads like this are even made? i'm surprised there isn't more pushback to the idea that we ought to keep reflexively making threads like this every single time list season starts up again

Crack Magazine top 100 albums of the decade

https://crackmagazine.net/article/what-just-happened/the-top-100-albums-of-the-decade/

100 Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe
99 Jeremih - Late Nights (The Album)
98 Caribou - Swim
97 Tropic of Cancer - Restless Idylls
96 Clams Casino - Instrumentals
95 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
94 Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
93 Ratking - So It Goes
92 Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
91 JME - Integrity
90 St. Vincent - Masseduction
89 Odd Future - The OF Tape Vol. 2
88 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
87 Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap | Youtube Version with "Juice" included
86 Tierra Whack - Whack World
85 Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
84 Huerco S - For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
83 Kano - Hoodies All Summer
82 Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
81 Nines - Crop Circle
80 Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
79 Metronomy - The English Riviera
78 Tomasa Del Real - Bellaca Del Año
77 Lorde - Melodrama
76 The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
75 Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
74 Popcaan - Where We Come From
73 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
72 M.E.S.H. - Piteous Gate
71 Charli XCX - Pop 2
70 DJ Python - Dulce Compañia
69 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
68 Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
67 These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
66 Richard Dawson - Peasant
65 Perfume Genius - Too Bright
64 (Sandy) Alex G - DSU
63 Bad Bunny - X 100PRE
62 Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
61 Ought - More Than Any Other Day
60 Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
59 U.S. Girl - In a Poem Unlimited
58 Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
57 Beach House - Bloom
56 Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
55 Kelela - Cut 4 Me
54 The Bug - Angels & Devils
53 SpaceGhostPurrp - Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6
52 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
51 The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
50 Young Thug - Barter 6
49 IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance
48 Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
47 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
46 Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
45 Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
44 Show Me the Body - Body War
43 Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
42 Novelist - Novelist Guy
41 Robyn - Body Talk
40 Actress - Ghettoville
39 Anohni - HOPELESSNESS
38 Jlin - Dark Energy
37 Mitski - Puberty 2
36 Danny Brown - XXX
35 Arca - Arca
34 Deafheaven - Sunbather
33 Drake - Take Care
32 SZA - Ctrl
31 D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
30 Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
29 Rihanna - ANTI
28 Fever Ray - Plunge
27 The Weeknd - House of Balloons
26 Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
25 John Talabot - ƒIN
24 David Bowie - Blackstar
23 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22 Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
21 Björk - Vulnicura
20 Grimes - Visions
19 Frank Ocean - Blonde
18 Grouper - Ruins
17 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
16 J Hus - Common Sense
15 Rustie - Glass Swords
14 Kanye West - Yeezus
13 Beyoncé - Lemonade
12 Rich Gang - Tha Tour Pt. 1
11 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
10 FKA Twigs - LP1
09 Jam City - Classical Curves
08 Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, girl
07 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
06 SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES
05 Solange - A Seat at the Table
04 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
03 DJ Rashad - Double Cup
02 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
01 Dean Blunt - BLACK METAL

i swear to god the next time i see deafheaven in one of these

Dean Blunt's Black Metal is pretty good but I think The Redeemer is great

Classical Curves is an interesting choice

i swear to god the next time i see deafheaven in one of these

― imago

i will never understand how upset you can get that other people like records you don't

Classical Curves being in there makes a lot of sense considering the make-up of the rest of that Clash list, it's a very FACT list and the ballot contained a lot of FACTish writers. There's an element of canon construction in all of these but it feels especially on-the-nose here, but when the list contains Popcaan, John Talabot, Sons of Kemet, J Hus, JME, DJ Rashad and the new Kano I'm OK with that.

It also feels *very much* like an albums list composed by people whose primary listening is to largely non-album genres.

the difference between this list and a FACT one is that FACT are quite wilfully not on-the-nose in their lists generally (and all for the better). this feels like a midpoint between FACT and the more typical sort of lists that come out of big US publications. there's still a lot to like about it as Matt said. i expect Classical Curves will show up on a lot of other UK lists, it seemed to be a real favourite among slightly left of center UK publications. generally i find UK lists to be a little more interesting as there's fair amount of stuff that just doesn't crossover to the US (and thus the rest of the english-speaking world) unfortunately

still have never understood anything from Dean Blunt though

also had no idea "Juice" was missing from the streaming version of Acid Rap - what's up with that, was it a sample issue or something?

Even regional US scenes have a tendency to be erased in the big publications' lists.

(Also 'Juice' was the one I always found myself skipping so props to the streaming version there)

it’s a sample issue iirc

lol Deafheaven is a great band

I misread that as: lol Deafheaven is a great bland

the redeemer, black is beautiful, and one nation are my fave dean blunt albums

I like classical curves a lot, glad to see/hear that its appeal has endured. it has a lot of space and drama

Me I like Stone Island

Classical Curves includes a very out-there mutation of instrumental grime, but it also feels like it is much more than that

it stimulates some of the same pleasure centers for me as Daniel Lopatin’s music

I love almost everything he’s done this decade but Dean Blunt is a hard sell for most of my friends except those who smoke weed. And even them can’t stand him more than two songs in a row. I might need to meet more people.

The Babyfather side project is also slept upon a lot. I get so offput by that offensively tacky album cover for BBF, but I give it a pass because God Hour is one of my favorite things he’s done.

One of my friends described his music as post-racial and I can kind of hear what he meant.

never was sure what the object was that was depicted on that album cover

Kind of enjoyed this list despite multiple Drake entries:

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim_50_best_canadian_albums_of_the_2010s

50. Owen Pallett - In Conflict (2014)
49. Shad - Flying Colours (2013)
48. Jennifer Castle - Pink City (2014)
47. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light (2013)
46. Andy Shauf - The Party (2016)
45. Counterparts - The Difference Between Hell and Home (2013)
44. Women - Public Strain (2010)
43. Braids - Deep in the Iris (2015)
42. Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Trapline (2019)
41. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance (2019)
40. Justin Bieber - Purpose (2015)
39. Ought - More Than Any Other Day (2014)
38. Gord Downie - Secret Path (2016)
37. Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman (2018)
36. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams (2014)
35. Alvvays - Antisocialites (2017)
34. Royal Canoe - Today We're Believers (2013)
33. Majical Cloudz - Impersonator (2013)
32. Dilly Dally - Sore (2015)
31. METZ - METZ (2012)
30. Haviah Mighty - 13th Floor (2019)
29. Gorguts - Colored Sands (2013)
28. Hubert Lenoir - Darlène (2018)
27. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
26. Purity Ring - Shrines (2013)
25. Preoccupations - Viet Cong (2015)
24. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
23. Tanya Tagaq - Animism (2014)
22. Feist - Metals (2011)
21. BADBADNOTGOOD - IV (2016)
20. Caribou - Our Love (2014)
19. PUP - The Dream Is Over (2016)
18. Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)
16. Alvvays - Alvvays (2014)
15. A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation (2016)
14. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
13. Grimes - Visions (2012)
12. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life (2011)
11. Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (2018)
10. Daniel Caesar - Freudian (2017)
9. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited (2018)
8. Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
7. The Weeknd - House of Balloons (2011)
6. Caribou - Swim (2010)
5. Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
4. Drake - Take Care (2011)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION (2015)
2. Kaytranada - 99.9% (2016)
1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)

Jennifer Castle and Tomb Mold too low, wrong PUP and Braids albums, gtfo Drake, where is Sandro Perri???, absolutely not @ the #1

no black dresses

Rofl at suburbs number 1

ought debut is a classic. they made my montreal decade list

My friends love Ought but I’m still struggling with the vocals.

In Conflict should be many places higher, obviously. I also think the alvvays second album is better than the first, but they both belong

I remember at the time writing about The Suburbs on some message board (not this I am pretty sure) and wondering if all the songs sounding pleasant enough but ultimately all the same and seemingly never-ending was meant to be some sort of meta-comment on urban sprawl.

that should be "(not this one I am pretty sure)"

Visions is #1 imo

all the women side-projects are top 10. cindy lee should be on here

very Toronto centric normster list

Crack Magazine top 100 songs

https://crackmagazine.net/article/what-just-happened/the-top-100-songs-of-the-decade/

Very uk-centric but I like it. Lots of songs which were popular on ILM’s EOY poll and which I had even forgotten came out this decade.

"bipp" is a worthy #1

Exclaim! forgot about Heartland :'(

Or maybe they didn't lol! Fuck the past

Holy shit, two of those lists up there put DJ Rashad's Double Cup in the top 10. This warms my heart and gives me hope.

The music video for She A Go might be my favorite this decade.

alvvays and frankie ocean win 2010s everything else zzzzz

i wonder if the Quietus is doing one. now that i might actually enjoy.

they probably are but their recent enough "best albums of the life time of the quietus" (iirc) was really weird and atypical for them because they asked a much wider range of contributors than usual for their votes

didn't see that, but I like the idea of an atypical list

https://thequietus.com/articles/25381-top-100-albums-of-the-quietus-existence-2008-2018-decade

this was it, atypical bc it's a bit less in line with their usual general aesthetic, and some really bizarre picks like the second travis scott album

Lololol genuine joy at 'Blue Pedro' still hanging in there in the Crack list.

:D that's cool! it'll def be in my list

oh, i do remember that Quietus list now. i did a quick look through it at the time and was totally dismayed, so decided to just stick with their end of year hoopla.

15. A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation (2016)

This album is fantastic and everyone should listen to it.

my opo Canadian album of the 10s is Mind Miniatures by Aquarian Foundation

interesting to see Born to Die on a number of these lists. Perhaps it's the latest addition to the "albums that were critically panned upon release but are now acclaimed" club? Or nah?

A Tribe Called Red are really great, I've taught their music in my indigenous lit/history classes. missed their show here last year because i was ill, but heard it was phenomenal from a friend who went.

https://rateyourmusic.com/feature/rate-your-music-100-top-albums-of-the-2010s/

I made two for Time.

SINGLES - https://time.com/5725150/best-songs-2010s-decade/
Adele, "Rolling In the Deep"
Dierks Bentley, "Drunk on a Plane"
Sky Ferreira, "Everything Is Embarrassing"
Hospitality, "I Miss Your Bones'
Luke James, "I Want You"
Khalid, "Young Dumb & Broke"
Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road"
Paramore, "Ain't It Fun"
Robyn, "Dancing On My Own"
Taylor Swift, "All Too Well"

ALBUMS - https://time.com/5725768/best-albums-2010s-decade/
Fiona Apple, THE IDLER WHEEL...
Beauty Pill, BEAUTY PILL DESCRIBES THINGS AS THEY ARE
Beyoncé, LEMONADE
Leonard Cohen, YOU WANT IT DARKER
Carly Rae Jepsen, E•MO•TION
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
Miranda Lambert, THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS
Miguel, KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
Ozuna, AURA
Solange, A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Not an ordered list, but AllMusic just put out a Decade in Review in which most of the albums featured have been upgraded to 5 Stars (with the exception of albums from 2018/2019). Some Interesting choices in there:
https://www.allmusic.com/decade-in-review

Miguel, KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
Ozuna, AURA

Thank you, maura

Also I assume someone from here is responsible for WE ARE KING getting 5 Stars.

fuck that allmusic list is delightful in format and selection

Also I assume someone from here is responsible for WE ARE KING getting 5 Stars.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, November 19, 2019 7:06

good evening!

my favorite album of 2016

fuck that allmusic list is delightful in format and selection

― american bradass (BradNelson)

X2

Hell yes to Drunk on a Plane. Nice one, maura.

https://music.avclub.com/the-50-best-albums-of-the-2010s-1839776060

this one's very dull, the most interesting thing i can say about it is they confusingly put the absolute worst james blake album (overgrown) on it

Ugh James Blake. I get his fandom even less than Frank Ocean’s.

That said, I don’t hate this list. Sure 80% of it is comprised of the “consensus” picks we’ll continue to see everywhere but it somehow feels to me like a more varied list than similar ones in its ranking and selections.

Maybe I’m just happy to see Shabazz so high in here

i enjoy the presentation of the allmusic feature

obligatory left field / not pop / classical / improvised / noise music, etc. on Another Timbr--several *great* albums over the last ten years:

Horsky Park
Lost Daylight (Tilbury)
Ist gefallen in den Schnee
Chamber works 92-09 (Laurence Crane)
Two Pianos (Feldman)
Olivia Block (s/t)

as well as the just-released five disc Feldman box set.. AT are killing it

*Another Timbre

did this one get posted? unranked. https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/10/30/aquarium-drunkard-decade-2010-19/
i contributed! it's a pretty good selection.

I have no idea why AT has garnered so much avant-garde cred and not, say, Kairos or Wergo or Neos or Outhere's sadly dormant Aeon imprint, each of which has put out infinitely more interesting records in my estimation. Actually, I think I know why: AT is British and thus more in tune with the tastes of English-speaking listeners. (Just thinking out loud here – I enjoy AT's releases for the most part.)

Would love to hear some recommendations if you wouldn't mind sharing...

Sure! I'll try to come up with a solid list for the 2010s, I just need a bit of time. Until then, you can check the rolling 2019 classical for some more recent suggestions:

Rolling Classical 2019

Here you go, Lowell – five 2010s favourites per label:

Kairos

Agata Zubel - Not I
Alberto Posadas - Glossopoeia
Marino Formenti - Liszt Inspections
Tristan Murail - Portulan
Yann Robin - Vulcano; Art of Metal I, III

Wergo

Adriana Hölszky - Wie ein gläsernes Meer, mit Feuer gemischt
Heinz Holliger - Choral Utopia
Liza Lim - Tongue of the Invisible
Toshio Hosokawa - Silent Flowers
Wolfgang Rihm - 11. Streichquartett; Interscriptum; Grave

NEOS

Aaron Cassidy - The Crutch of Memory
Arturo Fuentes - Space Factory
Franck Bedrossian, Raphaël Cendo & Christoph Trebue Moore - Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009, Vol. 2
Horațiu Rădulescu - Complete Works for Piano
Philippe Manoury - Le temps, mode d’emploi

Aeon

Brian Ferneyhough - Complete Works for String Quartet & Trio
Jérôme Combier - Gone
Michael Jarrell - …mais les images restent…
Michaël Levinas - La Métamorphose; Je, tu, il
Richard Barrett - Music for Cello and Electronics

Other labels worth mentioning in the same breath: Stradivarius (Italy), Cyprès (Belgium), BIS (Sweden), Ondine (Finland), Col Legno (Austria), DaCapo (Denmark), Mode Records (USA), etc.

excellent.. thank you!!

Making notes.

Pomenitul, what do you think of Sono Luminus' releases of the last few years, all the Icelandic stuff they've been doing?

At times the stuff they release is a little too soundtracky or John Adams-y or neo-Romantic (in the bad sense) for my admittedly idiosyncratic ears, but most of it is really solid and I salute their commitment to Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir's music in particular, as she is one of my favourite living composers. I'm also glad they've got Jenny Lin and Matei Varga – superb pianists both.

Not an ordered list, but AllMusic just put out a Decade in Review in which most of the albums featured have been upgraded to 5 Stars (with the exception of albums from 2018/2019). Some Interesting choices in there:
https://www.allmusic.com/decade-in-review

― MarkoP, Tuesday, November 19, 2019 7:00 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Wow the Adrian Younge album on this list is stunning, it's like The Belle Album on steroids.

I'm very pleased with the metal representation

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8544710/best-k-pop-songs-2010s-top-100

this is a surprisingly quite good list! "good day" at #1 is a strange, boring pick though - it's a decent song and was one of iu's biggest hits but hardly represents what made kpop so exciting this decade

Some decent tokenistic picks in that Allmusic list, alongside the usual ubiquitous trash.

that kpop list *is* pretty good. a lot of my favorites in the top 30. “i am the best” should've been no. 1, maybe obvious but, like, is there anything better

i don't know if it'd be my personal #1 but as far as being both Important and Really Good goes it's the obvious pick yeah. certainly the defining song of the defining sound in kpop of its time. i have a few minor quibbles with some of the order and the song picks (like i'd go for "likey" as the best twice single of the decade over "tt") but they're really quite minor overall, it's a great list.

"tt" is one of my favorites of the decade! but i cld see "likey" as the representative pick-- to pull from a tsj blurb, "it’s a perfect balance of charming leap and trembling flail forward, doing its best to never sound as starved a record as it is"

(whereas "tt" does sound starved, "i'm like"s and fake-"oh well" sighs and the overcompensating glide of the second verse and the trying-to-be-rousing claps hitting all that point of like, keeping forward momentum to not trip all over yourself)

(*all hitting)

(which ig is more a matter of difference in degree btwn the two songs than anything, so personal preference... anyway!)

Work in progress from tiny mixtapes. Celebrating the end of the decade through lists, essays, and mixes.

https://www.tinymixtapes.com/series/tmt-decade-2010-2019

cheers, always good reads on tmt

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2010s-ranked-913997/

Rolling Stone list is pretty predictable but seeing Pistol Annies all the way up at #9 (albeit for their second-best album) was a nice surprise. cool to see J Balvin, Bad Bunny, and Rosalia placing as well.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2019-in-review/the-best-music-of-2019-and-the-best-music-of-the-decade

end of year and decade from Amanda Petrusich, accompanied by an essay that I wish was much longer. very intrigued to see her singling out a largely forgotten Beck album as a decade high-water mark.

very intrigued to see her singling out a largely forgotten Beck album as a decade high-water mark.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, December 3, 2019 9:18 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it won the grammy for album of the year

*lj voice* god what a dull list

I’ll admit that at the start of 2019 I was feeling down about popular music and the increasingly gutless way we consume it. One of the early promises of the Internet—that it might democratize criticism in a generative and exciting way—hadn’t quite actualized for me. It felt, instead, like there were fewer places to read about music than ever, and nearly all of those places—self-implication alert!—were covering the same handful of artists, in almost the exact same way.

like, it's weird to read this and then read her lists

can we have a thread for bad-faith descriptions of poptimism in decade-end coverage?

ig i'm missing sfj now?

lol i have seen someone specifically bemoaning the lack of that beck album on any lists though, the internet's a big place

sorry you guys aren't going to gaslight me into think anyone still gives a shit about Morning Phase.

obviously amanda petrusich does

it's just part of the in-house style guide

I like to kid about being totally out of the musical loop but these lists reveal that I've very successfully (if not entirely intentionally) avoided contemporary music for basically an entire decade. Almost everything I'm at all familiar with is from 2010. Yikes.</old>

her 2019 list has 75 dollar bill on it, which is cool

xp you ain't young lunch

petrusich lists making the risible error of treating the 2010s like the 1960s and the readership like idiots. brad's already got this one though thankfully

Quietus is always the one where i learn the most:
https://thequietus.com/articles/27504-quietus-albums-of-the-year-2019-norman-records

whoops, thought this was best of 2019

i actually back the quietus to do a decent decade list tbf, there won't be as much scope for boring wibbly ambient-experimental bollocks as in their eoy lists

I wouldn't be surprised if tQ doesn't join in w/ a eod list.

Also, it is my very unscientific opinion that the percentage of "boring wibbly ambient-experimental bollocks" has gone down steadily over the last years?

Lovely to see Bad Debt get a mention, albeit it's the very essence of a minor record, swamped by the very notion of what's around it and the notion of a decade list of this size.

agreed ^ that is a VERY strange record on that list

did this one get posted? unranked. https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/10/30/aquarium-drunkard-decade-2010-19/
this is a great resource

https://www.billboard.com/100-songs-that-defined-the-2010s

wow music is terrible

― 💠 (crüt), Monday, November 18, 2019 6:48 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think that's a pretty good list in terms of not trying to make critical judgments but just presenting the songs that made a big splash.

Yeah, I like that BB list — it’s a nice mix of personal faves (including unexpectedly recent tracks like Rosalía’s “Malamente”); stuff that’s not my bag but was “important”; and then a few LOL / 🤔 picks like Rebecca Black / “Friday” and Weezer / “Africa.”

Like, including “Let It Go” and “My Shot” (among some of those other picks) seems genuinely smart.

https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-decade

I think it's very weird of that Billboard list to include The Weeknd and NOT have the song be "Can't Feel My Face"

https://www.factmag.com/2019/12/10/the-best-tracks-of-2019/

I guess this is the best place to ask, so when does our EOY poll nomination thread go up?

November 2029

the intro to that fact list is making me insane ... sanctimony ahoy

if you're gonna have a list like that you shouldnt be ranking fucking pop smoke & 2019 thug songs ... i feel like the audacity of that demands u pick records that show a deeper reading of genre than this tepid poptimism

Sorry that one belonged in the eoy thread not the eod one.

@JF EOY nominations r open: ILM's 2019 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

they chose the wrong 2019 thug song anyway

“hot”, not that it matters, forget I said anything

https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2010s-favorite-music-releases-staff-picks

I like how many of the lists challenge the idea of eoy lists

attn emo goons

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/100-best-punk-emo-albums-of-the-2010s/

lots of good records presented in a mostly baffling order

weird to see a publication fucking with white lung after their singer went full alt-right. they weren't *that* good

wait what

the white lung trajectory from "good punk band" to "alt-right shill in charge of penthouse, which is now also alt-right" was, from a 2012 vantage point, unexpected!

— David Grossman (@davidgross_man) December 12, 2018

that's a yikes from me fam

but I mean even putting that aside their placements are way too high imo

Wait, Penthouse is now alt-right???

despite the conor oberst association i really wouldnt have considered phoebe bridgers 'emo' so surprising to see her on that list

a lot of what gets counted as part of the emo umbrella is about association tbh

Was Elliott Smith emo? If so, what is different about phoebe bridgers which makes her not emo?

really liked that tinymixtapes list

might not be linked here yet
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2010s-favorite-100-music-releases-decade

20 to 11 is ♥

Wait, Penthouse is now alt-right???

That article doesn’t seem particularly damning(?)

dang I didn’t know anything about the White Lung singer besides the music. I think I may have seen them live a few years ago.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/penthouse-right-conservative-feminism-politics.html

this article maybe focuses a little too much on some dumb twitter beef penthouse started but does detail its rightward shift under barber-way (though it doesn't explicitly attribute it to her, she's been in charge since 2017)

there's some pretty damning stuff in that twitter thread too (publishing noted white nationalist mike cernovich is probably the worst)

Variety Crix Pix: https://variety.com/feature/best-albums-decade-2010-2019-1203444452/

3 comments, Jesus wept

December 23, 2019 at 7:06 am
Archie Chapman says:

It is not the end of the decade yet…
A year has elapsed at the END of 365 days.
A decade has elapsed at the END of 10 years A century has elapsed at the end of 100 years (not 99).
A millennium ends at the end of 1,000 years (not 1999).
This century /millennium started on 1 January 2001.
This decade started 1 January 2011 and will elapsed AT THE END of 2020.

December 23, 2019 at 9:46 am
John Doe says:

Okay, boomer.

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Just going through some year-by-year lists and one thing I've not seen much mention of is Dysnomia by Dawn of Midi. Great record.

^^^ I'm putting together a "best jazz of the 2010s" piece and had to think really hard about whether to include that record or not. It's fantastic, but ultimately I had to cut it to make space for things that had broader cultural resonance.

Don’t do that. Fuck “cultural resonance”, just list the best albums.

song #45,987 that will end up on 0 best of 2010s lists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYzwdbbgF8

that Dawn of MIDI record is great and I've heard very little like it

some of the writing in the Tiny Mix Tapes list was excellent

The aforementioned Stereogum "best jazz albums of the 2010s" list is up now:

https://www.stereogum.com/2068942/best-jazz-albums-2010s/franchises/2010s-in-review/

Argue away.

There needs to be more “Worst Songs/Albums of the 2010s” lists.