Author Topic: The Bore 2010 Favorite Albums of the Year Thread (Read 4400 times)

Himu · « **on:** November 25, 2010, 10:30:33 PM »

One more month left so we might as well.

Overall favorite:

Janelle Monae - Archandroid (rnb/soul)
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Runner Up:

Contra - Vampire Weekend (alt rock)
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The rest:

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (hip hop)
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Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers (electronic)
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Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II) (electronic)
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Bonobo - Black Sands (Electronic)
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Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (Electronic)
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Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (Electronic)
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Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (Alt rock)
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Sade - Soldier of Love (rnb/soul)
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Erykah Badu - New Amerykah II: Return Of The Ankh (rnb/soul)
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The Roots and John Legend - Wake Up! (rnb/soul)
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The Roots - How I got Over (hip hop)
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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (indie alt rock)
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Yeasayer - Odd Blood (alt rock)
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Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relatives (hip hop/reggae)
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The Black Keys - Brothers (blues rock)
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Surprise of the year:

J Cole - Friday Night Lights (hip hop)
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Notables I have yet to listen to:

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Massive Attack – Heligoland
Beach House – Teen Dream

Pretty good year: fantastic year for electro, even better for rnb and soul, as we saw a revival of actually good soul music which is great because it was my favorite genre growing up. Personally the only thing missing from this year for me, music wise, is some good new jazz, funk and reggae but as usual, due to its sheer diversity electro managed to fill that niche. Otherwise, this year covered almost all the bases for me.

Mupepe · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2010, 10:38:55 PM »

not too many bands I'm into had new albums this yeardo my list is short....

silversun pickups - swoon

tron: legacy ost

its usually too much work to find new music. I'm too picky and i don't care enough to search hard

Diunx · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2010, 10:43:21 PM »

Enrique Bunbury - Las Consecuencias

Mupepe · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2010, 10:45:30 PM »

don't lie. you listen to aventura and xtreme

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2010, 10:52:19 PM »

it's at this moment that i realize i cannot find a single album on my computer from this year.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:01:29 PM »

Here's my top ten.

10) Big Boi -- Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

9) Cotton Jones -- Tall hours in the Glowstream

Jaga Jazzist -- One Armed Bandit

7) Arcade Fire -- The Suburbs

6) Rebels Eat Apples -- Body Popular

5) The Tallest Man on Earth -- The Wild Hunt

4) Harlem -- Hippies

3) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

2) Fang Island -- Self titled LP

1) Titus Andronicus -- The Monitor

Himu · « **Reply #6 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:08:06 PM »

hello 90's rap album cover

Robo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:37:10 PM »

Here's my top 25 in an arbitrary order of the moment:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
The Black Keys - Brothers
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
Beach House - Teen Dream
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Twin Shadow - Forget
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Best Coast - Crazy For You
No Age - Everything In Between
Spoon - Transference
The Roots - How I Got Over
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
Ratatat - LP4
Caribou - Swim
Harlem - Hippies
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
HEALTH - ::DISCO2
Tobacco - Maniac Meat

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Himu · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:38:21 PM »

So the new LCD Soundsystem is great, I imagine.

Robo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:46:24 PM »

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A bit too often it sounds like James Murphy self-parody, but otherwise it's a nice summarization of his career as LCD Soundsystem. It took some warming up to, but I like it a lot.

Himu · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:53:50 PM »

Oh wow, that song owns.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:55:03 PM »

10) Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

9) Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer

8) Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way

7) Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks

6) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

5) Kno - Death is Silent

4) Beach House - Teen Dream

3) Foreign Exchange - Authenticity

2) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

1) Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

Himu · « **Reply #12 on:** November 26, 2010, 12:02:54 AM »

I love the Foreign Exchange's new album but forgot to include it.

God what a wonderful year for rnb.

Robo · « **Reply #13 on:** November 26, 2010, 12:04:45 AM »

That Karen Elson album must be really good if PD included it in his top 10 twice.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #14 on:** November 26, 2010, 12:06:35 AM »

LCD Soundsystem is awful

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #15 on:** November 26, 2010, 12:06:44 AM »

Whoops, supposed to be #7 alone

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Diunx · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2010, 12:09:01 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on November 25, 2010, 10:45:30 PM

don't lie. you listen to aventura and xtreme

I don't even know what xtreme is.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2010, 12:15:00 AM »

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Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** November 26, 2010, 02:56:58 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on November 26, 2010, 12:06:35 AM

LCD Soundsystem is awful

smh

Third · « **Reply #19 on:** November 26, 2010, 04:51:33 PM »

<--------------------

And

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Kanye West - MBDTF
Kelis - Flesh Tone
Robyn - Body Talk part 1
Robyn - Body Talk part 2

Eric P · « **Reply #20 on:** November 26, 2010, 11:56:32 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on November 25, 2010, 11:01:29 PM

6) Rebels Eat Apples -- Body Popular
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he has a new ep which is basically a "good-bye" to that project

http://www.ourselvescollective.com/index.php?/rebels-eat-apples---wodie/

It's not as good as Body Popular, but The Napping House is a good song

Robo · « **Reply #21 on:** November 27, 2010, 02:08:29 AM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on November 26, 2010, 02:50:16 PM

Quote from: BrandNew on November 26, 2010, 12:06:35 AM
LCD Soundsystem is awful
Get out, turn in your hipster cred card at the door.

Caribou's Swim is my album of the year

Swim is really good, but after hearing them live, the album seems like sort of a disappointment. That live drumming is greatly missed.

Vizzys · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2010, 05:21:00 AM »

[youtube=560,345]xptIEkCHTZ4[/youtube]

Powerslave · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2010, 07:13:24 PM »

Cool GAF-esque thread.

Diunx · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2010, 07:17:49 PM »

Just wait till I make my tv show of the year thread in december

Powerslave · « **Reply #25 on:** November 27, 2010, 07:19:29 PM »

nah I was just addressing the 40 giant shitty album cover pics per post formula. Go ahead doing any '__ of the year' thread.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #26 on:** November 28, 2010, 05:53:53 PM »

BEACH HOUSE - TEEN DREAM.

PERIOD.

Although I'm listening to the new Kanye and it's pretty damn good too.

I still really like False Priest by Of Montreal but I don't think it's my favorite of the year at this point. Definitely going to grab most of these albums. I've listened to most of the albums but haven't downloaded them.

Agree with the Janelle Monae for sure.

tiesto · « **Reply #27 on:** November 29, 2010, 02:33:13 PM »

Can't really think of any at the moment... Even the Tensnake In The House mixcomp I was looking forward to... the second CD kinda sucks (especially compared to the amazing first CD). Aeroplane album was disappointing too...

I think this one was my favorite, first disk was especially interesting and innovative:

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #28 on:** December 01, 2010, 01:30:24 PM »

My favorite record of the year:
Broken Social Scene -- Forgiveness Rock Record

The other nine:
Los Campesinos -- Romance is Boring
Weekend -- Sports
Math and Physics Club -- I Shouldn't Look as Good as I Do
Stars -- The Five Ghosts
Sufjan Stevens -- The Age of Adz
Arcade Fire -- The Suburbs
The National -- High Violet
Beach House -- Teen Dream
Belle and Sebastian -- Write About Love

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #29 on:** December 01, 2010, 02:30:55 PM »

I was gonna be the first to mention These New Puritans' Hidden, but I see GENTLEMAN AND SCHOLAR Mojovonio already beat me to it

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My AOTY, sure, but also so totally unlike anything else out there that I know I'll be listening to it forever. (Well, maybe Snowman's The Horse, The Rat and The Swan.)

My others are pretty bog-standard:

Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Robyn - Body Talk Pts. 1, 2 and 3
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
PS I Love You - Meet Me at the Muster Station
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

In terms of old stuff I somehow only discovered this year, Joe Jackson - I'm the Man and Kate Bush - Hounds of Love definitely got the most rotation.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2010, 02:56:47 PM »

Deftones - Diamond eyes

Charred Walls of the Damned - Self titled

Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

Himu · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2010, 03:21:13 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 01, 2010, 02:30:55 PM

In terms of old stuff I somehow only discovered this year, Joe Jackson - I'm the Man and Kate Bush - Hounds of Love definitely got the most rotation.

Amazing album

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #32 on:** December 01, 2010, 04:26:42 PM »

this thread is awesome, some good shit

my fanboyish nature to this band makes album of the year choice pretty easy: Oceansize's 'Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up'

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Also Crippled Black Phoenix's 'I, Vigalante' is pretty awesome too.
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both these albums get extra kudos because they feature some amazing drumming.

Beezy · « **Reply #33 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:22:55 PM »

I still got some stuff to listen to, but:

This is definitely my favorite and most listened to album of 2010.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #34 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:31:23 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on December 01, 2010, 05:20:34 PM

I'm surprised so many people love Age of Adz. I've heard so much shit about the album, but I absolutely love it. Didn't make it to my top 5 though. Probably would have been 6.

Yeah, I was expecting a "good but ultimately disappointing" Sufjan album but I really think he knocked it out of the fucking park

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #35 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:11:42 PM »

Age of Adz took a while to grow on me, but it's absolutely brilliant. Seeing it performed live cemented that in my mind.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #36 on:** December 01, 2010, 09:31:28 PM »

I don't really keep up with recent stuff but that Kno album is something else...

[youtube=560,345]TRPSTDh_pfE[/youtube]

Oh man

Beezy · « **Reply #37 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:10:56 PM »

Yeah, I won't be doing this until the end of the month. Heard two more albums today that are instant favorites.

from Girl Talk

lennedsay · « **Reply #38 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:33:16 PM »

Mostly because it's the only CD I think I own from this year. :'( But I played the shit out of it.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #39 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:44:22 PM »

Quote from: lennedsay on December 01, 2010, 10:33:16 PM

Mostly because it's the only CD I think I own from this year. :'( But I played the shit out of it.

Champ wasn't bad at all, but I still like Elephant Shell better.

lennedsay · « **Reply #40 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:53:59 PM »

Oh did that come out in 2010?

I didn't think so.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41 on:** December 02, 2010, 12:45:17 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on December 01, 2010, 09:31:28 PM

I don't really keep up with recent stuff but that Kno album is something else...

[youtube=560,345]TRPSTDh_pfE[/youtube]

Oh man

I had a feeling you'd like the production, which is pretty dark

Himu · « **Reply #42 on:** December 02, 2010, 01:21:12 PM »

I gotta check that out.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #43 on:** December 03, 2010, 01:18:57 AM »

my hip hop top 10. Not going to include Friday Night Lights since it's a mixtape, although it could easily be #1

10) Nas & Damien Marley - Distant Relatives

9) The Left - Gas Mask

8) Black Milk - Album of the Year

7) Strong Army Steady - In Search of Stony Jackson

6) Rick Ross - Teflon Don

5) Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty

4) Currency - Pilot Talk

3) The Roots - How I Got Over

2) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

1) Kno - Death Is Silent

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #44 on:** December 05, 2010, 07:50:20 PM »

i completely forgot the new Blind Guardian album was 2010.

so... that

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #45 on:** December 05, 2010, 07:54:47 PM »

that's pretty boss too

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Author Topic: The Bore 2010 Favorite Albums of the Year Thread (Read 4400 times)