The Best Albums of 2010
The genres of Europop and Eurodance have also achieved notable commercial success, evidenced by Swedish producer Max Martin’s ubiquity in the decade’s most successful pop albums. Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream (2010) drew heavily from this style and became the first album by a female artist in history to release five number one U.S. singles. Europop and electronica were used more extensively in the early 2010s as a result of the success of disk jockeys, like David Guetta and Calvin Harris, also influencing the work of female solo acts like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Robyn, and Kesha. Some of the best-selling songs of the decade, including “Only Girl (In the World)” and “S&M” by Rihanna, were strongly influenced by Eurodance. In 2012, a large number of songs by American instrumentalists featured quintessential Eurodance elements, especially synthesizers and strong beats during the chorus mixed with rapping or vocals for verses. Flo Rida, Pitbull, LMFAO, and The Black Eyed Peas were popular hip-house acts from the early half of the 2010s. Here are all of the 2010 albums ranked.
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10. Innerspeaker (Tame Impala)
“Kevin Parker already had a great vision from the beginning, and this is a fully accomplished psychedelic album. The only flaw is that the songs are kinda same so it takes lots of listening to differentiate them. Supreme modern psychedelic rock. Gorgeous from beginning to end and pretty close to being a sonic masterpiece.”
9. Brothers (The Black Keys)
“The best Black keys album, but having said that nothing the Black keys do is ever spectacular. Everything they do is always just okay. It’s always competently done but it’s always nothing better than good. All their songs are just alright. They haven’t written even one great song. They’re always just okay, nothing more.”
8. The Age Of Adz (Sufjan Stevens)
“.Tracks like Futile Devices, Age of Adz, and Vesuvius are great on their own, but the way everything plays together is what really makes this album special. That’s not even getting into the best track on the entire album, Impossible Soul. It’s a song that I can’t really compare to anything else (well it’s about the same length as Echoes by Pink Floyd).”
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7. Plastic Beach (Gorillaz)
“The atmosphere of this album is amazing! From start to finish a great experience. With every listen to this album it sounds better than the previous listen. My all-time favorite song is on here: On melancholy hill and even the filler Glitter Freeze fits great into this record. For me, this is the best album of the Gorillaz and also the best of all time, because I never get tired of listening to it and it combines so many different genres.”
6. Halcyon Digest (Deerhunter)
“Very good album. Interestingly enough, I am not very impressed by the tracks that seem to be most highly rated here, namely Desire Lines and Helicopter. Some of the other tracks I find absolute gems, such as Basement Scene and Coronado. The final part of He Would Have Laughed is also very strong.”
5. This Is Happening (LCD Soundsystem)
“Sound of Silver might be the fan favorite, but honestly, the LCD album I revisit the most is This Is Happening. It is such a forward-thinking album released at a time when electronic music was about to be fully consumed by the EDM bubble, abandoning more artsy electronic artists like Aphex Twin. This Is Happening manages to remain artsy while also embracing pop sensibilities.”
4. Teen Dream (Beach House)
“The definitive Beach House’s masterpiece and probably the best dream pop album ever made (contending with Heaven or Las Vegas of course). All the work they’ve done after this is almost equally good, but this is where their glory begins. The first half may sound more epic but the second half is also brilliant, being “10-mile stereo” the climax and one of my favorites songs to date.”
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3. High Violet (The National)
“Alternative rock brilliance and my favorite album by The National. Every track is so intricately put together; this album will never get old and almost every track has something that sticks with me. This beauty, the ruthless music critics will call it mainstream, as if this music, because it obeys melodic rules, lost its charm.”
2. The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
“This is a brilliant album all the way through. I think it is a nice transition from Neon Bible and Reflektor. This album has quite a bit going on in the way of it’s use of instruments. Heavily orchestrated at moments and then stripped, simple art-pop at the next turn. This band makes it impossible to have a favorite song or favorite album, everything is really good and they don’t seem to be sitting very still in any specific space for very long.”
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
“I like the album. It certainly is well-produced, has good rapping, and has nice beats. However, the first half just didn’t really do it for me. I hate to say that it was boring, but it was. The second half is great, and my favorite song is The Devil in a New Dress.”