It’s a new decade, and the great music just keeps coming. It’s that time again, time to make an ongoing, editable list of my top albums of 2010; because you know I’m going to do a countdown at the end of the year, and I like to keep a running list of who’s in the running to make that list. Here’s a quick breakdown of star ratings and whatnot:
The number of stars (out of 5) represents a couple of things: how much I enjoy the album, how much I listen to it, and how good I feel that it is overall. A lot of a total rating for an album goes into how many stars out of 5 each song gets, and then how that averages for the entire album. This makes it more fair, as an album with an amazing song or two obviously won’t beat out an album that is consistently amazing throughout. If something tanked rating wise, just know that it didn’t click well with me for whatever reason; it doesn’t necessarily mean that I hate it with the heat of a thousand suns.
Now that the formalities are out of the way, let’s get to the list of the albums, shall we??
Now that 2010 is but a memory, why not check out my rundown of my favorite albums of 2010, by reading this fabulous blog post, won’t you?
1. Robyn – Body Talk- 2. Sara Bareilles – Kaleidoscope Heart
- 3. Marina and the Diamonds – Family Jewels
- 4. The Script – Science and Faith
- 5. The National – High Violet
- 6. Sleigh Bells – Treats
- 7. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
- 8. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
- 9. Antony and the Johnsons – Swanlights
- 10. Jónsi – Go
- 11. Melissa Etheridge – Fearless Love
- 12. Kate Nash – My Best Friend Is You
- 13. Vampire Weekend – Contra
- 14. Erik Hassle – Pieces
- P!nk – The Greatest Hits… So Far!!
A1 – Waiting For Daylight- Aqualung – Magnetic North
- Broken Bells – Broken Bells
- Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer
- Elizabeth and the Catapult – The Other Side of Zero
- Goldfrapp – Head First
- Hot Chip – One Life Stand
- Kelis – Flesh Tone
- Kylie – Aphrodite
- Greg Laswell – Take A Bow
- Scissor Sisters – Night Work
- Stars – Five Ghosts
- The Bird and the Bee – Interpreting the Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
- The Saturdays – Headlines EP
- Shayne Ward – Obsession
- Westlife – Gravity
The Wanted – The Wanted