My Best Albums In 2010 Listed Alphabetically -by Iman Lababedi

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1. All Days Are Nights – Rufus Wainwright – Stephen Holden dubbed it an exended crying jag.

2. American VI – Ain’t No Grave – Johnny Cash – The man in black wondered where he was going

3. Animal – Ke$ha – Madonna’s badass grandaughter

4. Backpocket – What Am I Gonna Do With A gun Rack – Backpacked – From New Brunswick, it pretends it’s thrash but it keeps on stumbling on its three chords and adding a fourth.

5. Bajah -The Dry Eye Crew – Bajah – The Dry Eye Crew – The sound of  Sierra Leone, tightened up for a Western audience.

6. Beach Fossils – Beach Fossils – Echoey indie LA sitting in the shade watching the tide coming in.

7. The Beginning – The Black Eyed Peas – Much better than they’d have you believe:a veritable jukebox of pleasures.

8. Black Light – Groove Armada – As though a dance band in the double 00s covered Mamouna. this is the album Ferry shoulda recorded.

9. Body Talk Pt 1 – Robyn – An album as undeniable as Abba’s Arrival.

10. Bola Remixis EP – Hanuman – If you are going for found dance, this stuff will buzz your brains out.

11. The Bootleg Series Vol 9: The Witmark Demos (1962 – 1964) – It ain’t the leaaaavin’ that’s grievin’ me…

12. Brian Wilson Reimagined Gerhswin – Brian Wilson – His best album since the first solo, two melodic genius’s combine and though it is hit and miss, when it hits…

13. Brothers – The Black Keys – My friend Vanessa considers it a sell out of sorts, . Me? I consider it a blues pop stroke of the first order.

14. Burrpront 2 – Gucci Mane – Supposedly a stop gap while Mane was incarcerated, it is better than his later album because the samples are better and the the rhymes more, er, contained.

15. Castle Talk – Screaming Females – One of the great punk bands delve deeper into Marissa’s broken love affairs and her guitar playing professes what her voice confesses.

16. Come Around Sundown – Kings Of Leon – Delivers on the promise of a major Arena rock band, except, er, it doesn’t sell well.

17. Compass – Jamie Lidell – Excentric elctro soul music.

18. Confessions – Liza Minelli – I know you want the big gesture from Liza/ But you don’t.

19. Contra – Vampire Weekend – Expands and improves upon their World centric New York rock, recorded in LA.

20. The Courange Of Others – Midlake – Rural folk on half a tab of acid.

21. Crazy For You – Best Coast – The lyric sucks, the melodies indelible.

22. Devil’s Eyes EP – Drop The Lime – Less fun than we’re used, it gets there in the end.

23. The Drums – The Drums – If the Smiths were, etc.

24. Electric Endicott – Gary Wilson – The most deeply eccentric and perfectly obtuse music I heard this year.

25. FORTRESS – Miniature Tigers – Pop electronic rock band with the calling card of all the best pop bands: consistency.

26.Fireworks – Hilly Eye – It sounds like ambience played by Sleater Kinney and produced by Eno

27. First Four EPs – Off! – We had a word for this when I was growing up: punk rock.

28.The Forest EP –  Johanna And The Dusty Floor – The smartest singer songwriter you don’t know. Carole King would approve but so would Joni Mitchell.

29. From The Cradle To The Rave – Shit Robot – Best DJ album of the year.

30. The Future Sight – Veelee – Deep atmosphere folk


31. Heaven Is Whenever – the Hold Steady – Lacks consistency but when Craig gets it right he kills it.


32. Holy Hell – Noun – Sounds like a softer, deeper, more depressed Screaming Females.


33. Human Jungle – Take It Easy Hospital – New wave from the oldest wave in the world: Iran.


34. Innundir Skinnir – Olof Arnalds – Folk from Iceland. Much better than that might sound.


35. IRM – Charlotte Gainsbourg – Charlottes finest moment. Beck’s finest moment in years.


36. King Of The Beach – Wavves – The Ramones meet the Beach Boys (if that’s not redundant) plus a touch of LA thrasg.

37. Let It Sway – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Holding the power pop banner high. Even if they hate me on principle.

38. London Sessions – LCD Soundsystem – Live in the studio.

39. Lost In Time – Eic Benet – 70s style instant soul classic.

40. Loud – Rihanna – Pop music as perfect team effort.

41. Love Is Strange – David Lindley and Jackson browne – Maybe you think you don’t wanna hear em again. You do.

42. The Lucky One – David Keith – It’s a folk album the way Greetings From Asbury Park, it is a folk album which could become a classic rock album at any given moment.

42. Majestic Shredding – Superchunk – The owners of Merge do it one more time

43. Maximum Balloon – Maximum Ballon – Pretty great electronic soul from the TV On the radio bloke, David Sitek.

44.
Til I Am Dust – mick Rhodes – New wave froma Replacement fan. Ps “Rainbow” sounds like Apples In Stereo

45. The Monitor – Titus Andronicus – A new New Jersey.

46. Mount Wittenberg Orca – Dirty Prokectors And Bjork – An experiment that works.

47. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – Sounds terrific.

48. Night Work – Scissor Sisters –  Meanwhile, somewhere in a club in West Berlin…

49. Obadiah – Frazey Ford – A really unique singer with a handful of terrific songs.

50. Ooh La La Coq Tail – Phoebe Legere – Saucy cabaret standards.

51. Thank You For Nothing – Elizabeth And The Catapults – Very arranged, very played, very writerly and real smart.

52. Pinkerton – Weezer – Their greatest moment, extended and extended

53. Praise And Blame – Tom Jones – Very credible Gospel. Thank god Rubin or Burnett didn’t get to him.

54. Raymond VS Raymond – Usher – At its best when it is most shallow

55. Rebirth – Lil Wayne -Wonderful left field hop rock.

56.  Recovery – Eminem – Sure some of it sucks. but some of it doesn’t,

57. Self Titled EP – Nicole Simone – Film noir

58. Sleazeton Party Trax # 1 – Chrissy Murderbot – Hold out for the B-52’s remix

59. Sleep Mountain – The Kissaway Trail – Like waking into a beautiful nightmare

60. Static On the Wire EP – Holy Ghost! – The future of dance is hidden in this bands groove.

61. Storage – Wesley Wolfe – The singer songwriter stroke of the year.

62. Stuck On Nothing – Glammy rock

63. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire – Their best album is also their least obvious: a slow albun of an album.

64. Sweet Time – Dafni – If verve ever wanna be taken seriously, they should distribute this Jazz pop confection of this first order.

65. Take A  Vacation – The Young Veins – Freewheelin’ Beatley pop.

66. They Shit Horses, Don’t They – Shit Horse – Art rock fronted by a  bluesman

67. This Is Happenning – LCD Soundsystem – This happened.

68. To Whom It May Concern – Jack Phillips – In a parralel universe, Jack would be the next Elton John.

69. Transference – Spoon – Second best, true. but second best nonetheless.

70. Treats – Sleigh Bells – Two person uber-hip tronic riot.

71. Twist – Kelley Ryan – Song suite about that weird other sex.

72. Versus – Usher – Just as good as Raymond. Pure dance. 

73. What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood – The Mynabirds – Fine alternative soul band.

74. Wide Awake – Miggs – Classic rockers. 

75. Women And Country – Jakob Dylan – People don’t like it because it is poorly shaded. But that’s Burnett’s fault not Dylans. Dylan provided some killer songs.

77. Your Future Our Clutter – The Fall – Timeless

78. 1,000 Years – Corin Tucker Band – Guitar rock guitarist + great rock singer = Corin

79. 34 Number One Hits – Now THIS is consistency

80. Fuzzy G – Fuzzy G – A mix tape but a biggie,  try and track it down.

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