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My 2010 Top Ten Songs and Albums (so far)

hardlikealgebra:

I just applied to write for Pitchfork.

AS such, I had to do a top ten list of albums and songs from 2010 so far.

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What would your list look like?

Good question! This has been such a good year so far. Here’s what I came up with, although I cheated and expanded the songs list to 20.

20 albums for the first ~57% of 2010 #

  1. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
  2. Robyn - Body Talk Pt 1
  3. Major Lazer/La Roux - Lazerproof
  4. Fang Island - s/t
  5. The-Dream - Love King
  6. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
  7. We All Inherit the Moon - 月継
  8. Sleigh Bells - Treats
  9. Eluvium - Similes
  10. Tokyo Police Club - Champ

20 songs for the first ~57% of 2010 #

  1. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
  2. Massive Attack - Saturday Come Slow f. Damon Albarn
  3. The-Dream - F.I.L.A.
  4. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
  5. Gyptian - Hold Yuh Remix f. Nicki Minaj
  6. Broken Bells - The High Road
  7. Robyn - None Of Dem f. Royksopp
  8. Dirty Money - Hello, Good Morning Remix f. Rick Ross & Nicki Minaj
  9. Big Boi - Shine Blockas f. Gucci Mane
  10. Fang Island - Careful Crossers
  11. Mariah Carey - Up Out My Face f. Nicki Minaj
  12. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope f. Big Boi
  13. Sleigh Bells - Run the Heart
  14. Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang f. Q-Tip
  15. Beach House - Norway
  16. Crystal Castles - Baptism
  17. Los Campesinos! - The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future
  18. MIA - XXXO Remix f. Jay-Z
  19. Sade - Soldier of Love
  20. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun

P.S. Good luck Jim!