Best of 2010-2015

A place to discuss the best albums from 2010 - 2015. I'm associating this thread with the "best of" articles I've posted on the website.

 

Queens of the Stone Age - ... Like Clockwork

 

Meg Myers two EPs released prior to her debut album are also

 

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

 

1. Infinity Crush - When We're Snow
2. Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You?
3. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace is There
4. Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim
5. My Chemical Romance - Danger Days
6. My Chemical Romance - Conventional Weapons
7. The Reign of Kindo - This is What Happens
8. fun. - Some Nights
9. Fightstar - Behind the Devil's Back
10. La Dispute - Wildlife
11. Chad Perrone - Release
12. Copeland - Ixora
13. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
14. The 1975 - I Like it When You Sleep
15. Moving Mountains - Waves
16. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
17. mewithoutYou - Pale Horses
18. Nate Ruess - Grand Romantic
19. mewithoutYou - Ten Stories
20. John Mayer - Born & Raised

I think that's my top 20 at the moment for the decade.

 

I have a top list somewhere that I'll share in here later.

 

Ah boy, all of my AOTY lists for the past 7 years are gone

 

Will make a list later, when I'm at my laptop. Frightened Rabbit's Pedestrian Verse, or Friends In America's What It Is To Be will be my top two, for sure.

 

Need to remember to do this

 

did we do this back in AP.net or was it just the 2000-15 one?

this is gonna take some thinking, will do it later

 

Just going to pick my favorite ones with no particular number:

All Time Low - Don't Panic
All Time Low - Future Hearts
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Cartel - Collider
Coldplay - Ghost Stories
Copeland - Ixora
The Dangerous Summer - War Paint
The Dangerous Summer - Golden Record
Fall Out Boy - Save Rock and Roll
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
Jimmy Eat World - Invented
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
La Dispute - Rooms of the House
mewithoutYou - Pale Horses
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days
Noah Gundersen - Ledges
Noah Gundersen - Carry the Ghost
One Direction - FOUR
Parachute - The Way It Was
Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest
The Summer Set - Everything's Fine
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Taylor Swift - Red
Taylor Swift - 1989
Transit - Listen and Forgive
Turnover - Peripheral Vision
Yellowcard - Southern Air
The 1975 - The 1975
The 1975 - i like it when you sleep...

 

Ended up being way more than I expected. Wow. Shoulda whittled that down a little bit.

 

I think what that probably means is that I like the ones I listed more than the ones I didn't list.

 

love when we get one of these guys

 

Deleted now haha

 

Yeah I probably came off as bit of a jackass my bad haha. I understand everyone has their own taste. I just am not a fan of modern day pop music whatsoever. I think it overshadows more talented artists that deserve more exposure, but that's just my personal opinion.

 

This is my favorite of the period. After that, Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom and Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens.

 

Here are 20 random albums from this time period that I have enjoyed a lot. I could add more, but I figured I'd narrow it down to 20 like a poster before me. The numbers are just placers, they don't matter.

1. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Whenever, If Ever (2013)
2. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
3. Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math (2011)
4. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.D. city (2013)
5. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
6. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz (2010)
7. J. Cole - Born Sinner (2013)
8. The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)
9. Baroness – Yellow & Green (2012)
10. Baroness – Purple (2015)
11. Right Away, Great Captain – The Church and the Good Thief (2012)
12. Cult of Luna – Vertikal (2013)
13. Radiohead – The King of Limbs (2011)
14. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE (2012)
15. Owen – L’Ami du Peuple (2013)
16. Into It. Over It. – Proper (2011)
17. She & Him – Volume Two (2010)
18. Bad Books – II (2012)
19. Josh Ritter – The Beast in Its Tracks – (2013)
20. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (2011)

 

I tried not to double up on artists otherwise I would've had an easier time of it, but Charlie is sensational.

1. Angus and Julia Stone - Down the Way
2. Lanterns on the Lake - Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
3. Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim
4. Kathryn Joseph - Bones You've Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled
5. Kye Kye - Fantasize
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
7. Niki and the Dove - Instinct
8. Charlie Simpson - Long Road Home
9. Seabear - We Built A Fire
10. Little Daylight - Hello Memory

 

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Burial - Rival Dealer
Daughter - Not to Disappear
Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION
Jimmy Eat World - Invented
Mansions - Dig Up the Dead
Mitski - Bury Me At Makeout Creek
Now, Now - Threads
Pianos Become the Teeth - Keep You
Robyn - Body Talk
Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again
Sombear - Love You in the Dark

All releases from the time period that I've given a 5/5 on RYM. In no particular order, just alphabetical by artist.

 

jon hopkins - immunity
kanye west - MBDTF/Yeezus
drake- take care
the war on drugs - lost in the dream
future - ds2/pluto
rustie - glass swords
bon iver - bon iver, bon iver
robyn - body talk
burial - rival dealer
beyonce - beyonce
tim hecker - ravedeath 1972
chief keef - finally rich
oneohtrix point never - replica


off the top of my head

 

Not gonna try to rank these ever until I need to make an end of decade list.

Anberlin - Dark is the Way, Light is a Place
Anberlin - Vital
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe In
Colony House - When I Was Younger
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
From Indian Lakes - Absent Sounds
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
Local Natives - Hummingbird
London Grammar - If You Wait
MuteMath - Odd Soul
NEEDTOBREATHE - The Reckoning
Purity Ring - Another Eternity
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool

 

Top 25:

1. Jason Isbell - Southeastern - 2013
2. Dawes - Nothing is Wrong - 2011
3. Trapper Schoepp and the Shades - Run, Engine, Run - 2011
4. Houndmouth - From the Hills Below the City - 2013
5. Middle Brother - Middle Brother - 2011
6. Dan Wilson - Love Without Fear - 2014
7. Josh Ritter - Sermon on the Rocks - 2015
8. The Decemberists - The King is Dead - 2011
9. John Fullbright - Songs - 2014
10. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - 2010
11. Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight - 2015
12. The Belle Brigade - The Belle Brigade - 2011
13. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free - 2015
14. The Killers - Battle Born - 2012
15. Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - 2012
16. Shovels & Rope - O’ Be Joyful - 2012
17. Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland - 2014
18. John Moreland - High on Tulsa Heat - 2015
19. Wilco - The Whole Love - 2011
20. Old 97’s - Most Messed Up - 2014
21. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang - 2010
22. Lake Street Dive - Bad Self Portraits - 2014
23. Shovels & Rope - Swimmin’ Time - 2014
24. Kopecky Family Band - Kids Raising Kids - 2012
25. Blitzen Trapper - All Across This Land - 2015

Honorable Mentions:

Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect - 2015
The Postelles - The Postelles - 2011
The Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic - 2010
First Aid Kit - Stay Gold - 2014
The Old 97's - The Grand Theatre - 2010
Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away - 2010
Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes - 2011
REM - Collapse Into Now - 2011
Brett Dennen - Smoke and Mirrors - 2013
Girlpool - Before The World Was Big - 2015

 

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West - Yeezus
Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, maad City
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Frank Ocean - channel ORANAGE
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Burial - Kindred
Burial - Rival Dealer

 

I feel the need to mention Tigers Jaw - Tigers Jaw (2010) to this thread. I enjoy this album so much.