On November 30, several British music magazines published their lists of the best albums of 2010. Here's a rundown.
Q Magazine
Top 10:
1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Their Neon Bible was Q's #1 album of 2007; the only album that is in the top 10 for all 3 of these lists)
2. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
3. Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks (Surprisingly high)
4. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
5. Vampire Weekend - Contra (Their debut was #4 in 2008)
6. John Grant - Queen of Denmark (The only name I don't recognize in the top 10)
7. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (Demon Days was #2 in 2005)
8. The National - High Violet (Yes!)
9. Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation
10. MGMT - Congratulations (Outranks Oracular Spectacular, which was #13 in 2008)
Highlights:
11. The Black Keys - Brothers
12. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm Not Here
20. Take That - Progress (First Take That appearance on Q's year-end albums list)
22. Corrine Bailey Rae - The Sea
25. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (Only By the Night was #1 album of 2008)
38. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
50. Steve Mason - Boys Outside
NME
Top 10:
1. These New Puritans - Hidden (I'm afraid I don't know anything about them)
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
5. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
6. Foals - Total Life Forever
7. Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
8. Salem - King Night
9. Liars - Sisterworld
10. The Drums - 'The Drums
Highlights:
11. The National - High Violet
21. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
24. Vampire Weekend - Contra
34. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
65. Robyn - Body Talk Part 1
Mojo
Top 10:
1. John Grant - Queen of Denmark (Him again, definitely checking this one out)
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (All three Arcade Fire albums have ranked #2 on Mojo)
3. MGMT - Congratulations
4. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
5. The Black Keys - Brothers (Nice to see this ranked so high)
6. Paul Weller - Wakes Up The Nation
7. Midlake - The Courage of Others
8. Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
9. The Coral - Butterfly House
10. Doug Paisley - Constant Companion
Highlights:
19. Rumer - Seasons of My Soul
35. M.I.A. - // / Y / (not as big as her previous effort)
48. John Legend and the Roots - Wake Up!
1 comment:
That's messed up. The one critic favorite that I genuninly loved (Delphic) is the one that doesn't actually make any of these lists. I mean, The National are great an all--but Acolyte just completely... performed sexual activities on my iPod all year.
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