Your Personal Top 10 of the 2010s • Page 9

In no order...

Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
clipping. - CLPPNG
Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Need to think of 3 more, but i'm struggling

EDIT: had to take Ben Frost out as it was 2009. Damn.

 

The songs part was impossible, but here’s what I submitted to Pitchfork.

 

This is impossible, I'm sure there is something I will be mad at myself for missing, but here is my best guess:

Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

The Dear Hunter- The Color Spectrum (2011)
-This feels like cheating since it is so much music, but I have to keep it.

The Menzingers- On the Impossible Past (2012)

The Wonder Years- The Greatest Generation (2013)
-Not my favorite TWY record in hindsight, but I loved it more than anything when it was fresh.

Chance the Rapper- Coloring Book (2016)

Frank Ocean- Blonde (2016)

The Hotelier- Goodness (2016)

Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile to the Surface (2017)

The Menzingers- After the Party (2017)

Barndi Carlile- By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)

 

This is what I submitted to the Pitchfork thing without thinking too much about it

Albums

#1 : Charli XCX: Pop 2
#2 : Kanye West: Yeezus
#3 : Autre Ne Veut: Anxiety
#4 : The National: Sleep Well Beast
#5 : Jamie xx: In Colour
#6 : Joyce Manor: Never Hungover Again
#7 : The Hotelier: Goodness
#8 : Camp Cope: Camp Cope
#9 : Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory
#10 : Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog

Songs

#1 : The 1975: "Love It If We Made It"
#2 : Jamie xx: "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" [ft. Young Thug and Popcaan]
#3 : Autre Ne Veut: "Play by Play"
#4 : The 1975: TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME
#5 : Chairlift: Crying in Public
#6 : Future: News or Somthn
#7 : Calvin Harris: "Slide" [ft. Frank Ocean and Migos]
#8 : Snail Mail: Thinning
#9 : Charli XCX: Tears
#10 : Bon Iver: "33 'GOD'"

 

I didn’t think too much about my songs list, but two of your picks were on mine as well.

 

Realizing now that I left off “Elephant”, which was stupid.

I’m guessing my 8 and 9?

 

Full disclosure: I had three Isbell songs on there.

But yes, those are the two. I can't fault you for any of these picks, though. All great songs.

 

Best song of the decade is Carly Rae Jepsen - Real Love

 

This is what I submitted but I know I’m gonna think I’m an idiot for this (which is why I never make EOTY/D lists)

The 1975: I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
The Hotelier: Home, Like NoPlace Is There
The 1975: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Frank Ocean: Blonde
Carly Rae Jepsen: E-MO-TION
Drake: Take Care
Oso Oso: Basking in the Glow*
Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger In The Alps


*crazy regency bias with this one, I wanted to place it even higher but I knew it was too soon

 

I have a chronological top 30 (I've been working on a top 100 list, but about 30 have risen to the top of that list). The bolded items are what I'd consider my top 10 right now. I know for sure that Some Nights, My Dinosaur Life, and After Laughter are 1, 2, and 3.

1. Motion City Soundtrack: My Dinosaur Life (2010)
2. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
3. All Time Low: Dirty Work (2011)
4. The Maine: Pioneer (2011)
5. Fun.: Some Nights (2012)
6. Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls (2012)
7. Taylor Swift: Red (2012)
8. Paramore: Paramore (2013)
9. The Front Bottoms: Talon Of the Hawk (2013)
10. Miley Cyrus: Bangerz (2013)
11. Lady Gaga: Artpop (2013)
12. Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence (2014)
13. Modern Baseball: You’re Gonna Miss It All (2014)
14. Say Anything: Hebrews (2014)
15. Bleachers: Strange Desire (2014)
16. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
17. Turnover: Peripheral Vision (2015)
18. Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz: Dead Petz (2015)
19. David Bowie: Blackstar (2016)
20. Kanye West: The Life of Pablo (2016)
21. Mitski: Puberty 2
22. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)
23. Paramore: After Laughter (2017)
24. The Maine: Lovely Little Lonely (2017)
25. Lorde: Melodrama (2017)
26. Janelle Monae: Dirty Computer (2018)
27. Tierra Whack: Whack World (2018)
28. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (2018)
29. Kali Uchis: Isolation (2018)
30. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)

Edit: I already realize I'm missing some from looking at other lists so this is a rough draft. (The Greatest Generation comes to mind.)

 

i think i only know my top 3 for sure, but its home, goodness, and the monitor

 

I always forget that Autre Ne Veut exists (that second album kinda sucked, too), but you're right, Play by Play is definitely one of the best songs of the decade.

 

Anxiety was the second album! So I assume you're talking about Age of Transparency which is also an absolutely brilliant album imo. I was always bummed at how it was received generally but I love the risks he took with it and the fact that he didn't just make Anxiety 2.

 

Dang, I've never heard the first album then, always assumed Anxiety was the debut. Admittedly I probably didn't give that third one it's fair shot, but the few times I did listen to it, there was nothing that really drew me back.

 

Guessing...

"Elephant"
"If We Were Vampires"
"Relatively Easy"?

 

“Cover Me Up” is my number one! I had “Vampires” and “Elephant” too. “Speed Trap Town” and “Relatively Easy” would be close, but I figured that would be overkill.

 

Lol I should've known to just pick my three favorites instead of trying to guess yours.

 

Decided I'm going to try to figure out my 200 favorite songs of the decade.

 

I'll have a top ten list complete with 10 other honorable mentions in January!

 

I don’t think I can do songs, at least not in a ranked format. Too much work.


I’m still debating if I want to rank my albums list. It could be fun, but it could also be infuriating.

 

I think it’s a really vulnerable album that’s genuinely helped by the stripping back of the clean pop tendencies of Anxiety (though this seems to be why most don’t like it). I would definitely recommend giving it another shot! The Body EP is very good too if you haven’t heard that.

 

Gorilla vs Bear already put out their list.

gorilla vs. bear's albums of the decade | 2010-2019

 

this isn't final, i still have to gather all of my lists together, but:

diddy-dirty money: last train to paris
taylor swift: red
paramore: paramore
the 1975: i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
laurel halo: quarantine
theo parrish: american intelligence
carly rae jepsen: dedicated
miranda lambert: the weight of these wings
deftones: koi no yokan
mewithoutyou: [untitled]

 

Will probably be one of the best

 

What I find weird about GvB posting their list already is that there’s artists on that list who are still confirmed to be releasing stuff this year. Feels like if you think project x by an artist is worth being on there then maybe it’s worth waiting to hear what else they’ve got.

Also, September.