The Q Magazine's list of the year's best albums is out. Here's the top 10 (full list here):
1. Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
2. Florence And The Machine – Lungs
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
4. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers
6. Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
7. Muse – The Resistance
8. Lilly Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
9. U2 – No Line On The Horizon
10. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
I'm surprised to see Kasabian at #1; I'll have to check that album out, as it's one I took a pass on. This is list is more alternative than in previous years, save for Lily Allen and U2. Other entries on the list: #11 Doves, #13 Grizzly Bear, #16 Empire of the Sun (really?), #17 Green Day, #30 La Roux, #40 Cheryl Cole.
Here's Uncut's top 10 (full list here):
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years
3. The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
4. Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
5. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
6. The XX – The XX
7. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
8. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
10. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Three entries overlap with Q's top 10 (Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Phoenix). I imagine we'll be seeing Animal Collective on a lot of lists. It's interesting, although not an album I'd recommend (my reviews of it and Phoenix are coming soon). Other entries on Uncut's list: #14 The Flaming Lips, #16 Florence and the Machine, #17 Doves, #38 Arctic Monkeys.
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