Craig Manning Writes About His Top 200 Favorite Albums of the 2010s

best news post I've ever seen

 

Craig is a machine.

 

High praise.

 

Having now read through the entire Chorus top 50 (this behemoth is next), I still, after all the years, find myself getting joyously pissed at how great of a writer you are. The Handwritten blurb, especially. I love when art inspires the creation of more art -- which is exactly what music criticism/journalism should be.

 

This means a lot, thanks. That was definitely the goal here: writing about these albums in a more interesting way than just "Hey, here's what this song sounds like."

 

Also, @Jason Tate, I was definitely surprised when I didn't see Southern Air on your list. I just figured you hadn't been listening to Yellowcard a ton since they called it quits.

 

I thought it came out in like 2009 or something 'cause I'm dumb. Just completely skipped my mind.

 

One of the reasons I'm afraid to even start making a decades-favorites list is because I'm absolutely sure I'll have some glaring omissions like this.

 

my word Craig. You are a machine.

 

Just read the Southern Air write-up last night and was floored. Excited to read the rest over the next few days. I'll always be fascinated by your ability to make your writing feel both immersive and emotional. I rarely read reviews more than once or twice, but yours stay on my mind afterwards.

 

Thanks for reading, and for the kind words! As someone who also thinks a lot of modern music criticism is a little thin on substance, it's definitely the goal to do something a little different. Glad it's coming through.

 

@Craig Manning This was absolutely a fantastic piece. Nice job. And as someone who has just recently been getting into Jimmy Eat World, I really enjoyed your write up on some of their albums. With that said, where was Chase This Light? :( But again, thanks for sharing this!

 

Thanks!

Chase This Light actually came out in 2007, so it wasn't eligible here. But it did feature on my 2000s list, at number 25!

 

Oh boy. You're right. Super embarrassing on my part lol. At least I have another list to read up on now! :)

 

I definitely had a few moments while making this list where I thought about those later 2000s records and was like "Wait, were those this decade?" Time flies, I guess!

 

This is an incredible and amazing piece of work Craig! So many albums I have truly loved over the past 10 years here and many I have not listened to, which I will make some time to check out. Thank you!

 

Thanks so much for checking it out! Hope you find some new stuff you enjoy.