The Top 100 Albums Of The Decade: 2010 – 2019
1 – The Black Magnolia Project – Tomas Doncker And The True Groove Allstars – 2019
2 – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – 2010
3 – The Monitor – Titus Andronicus – 2010
4 – Red – Taylor Swift – 2012
5 – thank u, next – Ariana Grande – 2019
6 – The Next Day Extra, Black Star – David Bowie – 2013, 2016
7 – Goodbye And Good Riddance – Juice WRLD – 2018
8 – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish – 2019
9 – It Won’t be Long Now – Linda Thompson – 2013
10 – Blue And Lonesome – The Rolling Stones – 2016
11 – Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe – 2018
12 – Old – Danny Brown – 2013
13 – Hollywood High – Mike Hudson And The Pagans – 2014
14 – Kiddo EP – Jessie Reyez – 2017
15 – Miracles: Los And Found – Marla Mase – 2016
16 – ASTROWORLD – Travis Scott – 2018
17 – Brett Eldredge – Brett Eldredge – 2017
18 – Triplicate – Bob Dylan – 2015
19 – Goblin – Tyler The Creator – 2011
20 – Carrie And Lowell – Sufjan Stevens – 2015
21 – Something About Knowing – Maria Taylor – 2013
22 – Take Care – Drake – 2011
23 – Generic Gift – Modern Hut – 2013
24 – Half Life – Marla Mase – 2014
25 – New Facts Emerge – The Fall – 2017
26 – LP 1 – FKA twigs – 2014
27 – California Nights – Best Coast – 2016
28 – Big Apple Blues – Tomas Doncker And The True Groove Allstars – 2014
29 – Most Messed Up – Old 97s – 2014
30 – BROCKHAMPTON – SATURATION III – 2017
31 – Anti – Rihanna – 2016
32 – Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens – 2017
33 – American Beauty/American Psycho – Fall Out Boy – 2016
34 – Speak Now – Taylor Swift – 2010
35 – Body Talk Pt 1 – Robyn – 2010
36 – When I was An Eagle – Laura Marling – 2013
37 – K.T.S.E. – Teyana Taylor – 2018
38 – Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack – The Coup – 2018
39 – The Mess We Made – Tomas Doncker – 2015
40 – A Crow Looked At Me – Mount Eerie
41 – 22, a million – Bon Iver – 2016
42 – m b v – My Bloody Valentine – 2013
43 – The Tree of Forgiveness – John Prine – 2018
44 – reflektor – Arcade Fire – 2013
45 – Penny Park, Omaha, NE, Summer 1989 – Matt Whipkey – 2013
46 – One Of A Kind Ep – G-Dragon – 2012
47 – Sing The Delta – Iris DeMent – 2013
48 – Talk That Talk – Rihanna – 2011
49 – Shake My Head – Spider Bags – 2012
50 – How The West Was Won – Peter Perrett – 2017
51 – Cardi B – Invasion Of Privacy – 2018
52 – Claire’s Diary – Claire’s Diary – 2013
53 – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service – A Tribe Called Quest – 2016
54 – The Beginning – The Black Eyed Peas – 2010
55 – R.A.P. Music – Killer Mike – 2012
56 – Swing Lo, Magellan – Dirty Projectors – 2012
57 – Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way that You Feel About Me – Justin Townes Earle – 2012
58 – BIG BABY D.R.A.M. – D.R.A.M.- 2016
59 – Make My Bed -EP – King Princess – 2018
60 – m b v – My Bloody Valentine -2013
61 – Bloom – Troye Sivan – 2018
62 – Blunderbuss – Jack White – 2012
63 – Melodrama – Lorde – 2017
64 – My Name Is My Name – Pusha T – 2013
65 – Love Letter – Regina Bonelli – 2018
66 – Honest – Future – 2014
67 – Atrocity Exhibition – Danny Brown – 2016
68 – Portamento – The Drums – 2011
69 – 4 – Beyonce – 2011
70 – For the Many – UB40 – 2019
71 – Yes, You – Jahn Xavier And The Bowerytones – 2013
72 – Coloring Book – Chance The Rapper – 2016
73 – Beauty Behind The Madness – The Weeknd – 2015
74 – This Is Happening – LCD Soundsystem – 2010
75 – Yeezus – Kanye West – 2013
76 – All Days Are Nights – Rufus Wainwright – 2010
77 – Painting Of A Panic Attack – Frightened Rabbit – 2016
78 – I Used To Know Her – Part 2 – EP – H.E.R – 2018
79 – JESUS IS KING – Kanye West – 2019
80 – Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin – Brian Wilson – 2010
81 – Storage – Wesley Wolfe – 2010
82 – Honey – Robyn – 2018
83 – DRAM – Big Baby DRAM – 2017
84 – Better Day – Dolly Parton – 2011
85 – Darkside – Tom Stoppard And Pink Floyd – 2013
86 – Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey – 2019
87 – Lemonade – Beyoncé – 2016
88 – Random Access Memories – Daft Punk – 2013
89 – Ghost On The Canvas – Glen Campbell – 2011
90 – Vulnicara – Bjork – 2015
91 – She: A Tribute To Joni Mitchell EP – Kevin Jenkins – 2016
92 – Animal – Ke$ha – 2010
93 – Contra – Vampire Weekend – 2010
94 – Chuck – Chuck Berry – 2017
95 – Relax – Das Racists – 2011
96 – The Best Place – Best Coast – 2012
97 – Devil’s Eyes EP – Drop The Lime – 2010
98 – Before This World – James Taylor – 2015
99 – Rebel Heart – Madonna – 2015
100 – Presenting – JJ McCabe, Fallin’ Angels – 2013
Bubbling Under
Prisoner And Prisoner (B-Sides)– Ryan Adams – 2017
Nothing But The Beat – David Guetta – 2011
Trouble will Find Me – The National – 2013
Electric Endicott – Gary Wilson -2010
Rainbow – Kesha – 2017
Power Of Trinity… A Slight Return (EP) – Tomas Doncker – 2013
Beyonce – Beyonce – 2013
Lamb To The Slaughter – Khalil Kain – 2019
Paramore – Paramore – 2013
Room 25 – Noname – 2018
She – A Tribute To Joni Mitchel – Kevin Jenkins
At Long Last A$AP – A$AP Rocky – 2015
My Shame Is True – Alkaline Trio – 2013
The Greatest Generation – The Wonder Years – 2013
25 – Adele – 2015
Five Dimensional Man – Herb Eimerman – 2015
Let England Shake – PJ Harvey – 2011
Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1 – Lil Peep – 2017
Night Escape – Eric Contractor – 2011
Imaginary Life – Worriers – 2015
#392: The EP Collection – Marshall Crenshaw – 2015
Single Mothers – Justin Townes Earle -2014
Better Than Expected – Peter Stampfel And The Brooklyn And Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron – 2014
David Comes Alive -Fucked Up – 2011
Most Of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear On No Stamps – Public Enemy – 2012
Honeys – Pissed Jeans – 2013
Fireworks – Hilly Eye – 2010
Loud – Rihanna – 2010
Majestic Shredding – Superchunk – 2010
Born To Die/Paradise – Lana Del Rey – 2012
Gucci Mane – Mr. Davis – 2017
Everybody Down – Kate Tempest – 2014
How Did I Find Myself Here – The Dream Syndicate – 2017
Southeastern – Jason Isbell – 2013
Ephorize – cupcake – 2018
A Creature I Don’t Know – Laura Marling – 2011
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire – 2010
Vicki Leekx Mixtape – M.I.A. – 2011
The Idlers Wheel – Fiona Apple – 2012
Low in High School (Deluxe Edition) – Morrissey – 2018
Father, Son, Holy Ghost – Girls – 2011
Lil Wayne – Dedication 6 – 2017
This Is The Tomas Doncker Band’s Howling Wolf Ep -We Hope He Likes It – Tomas Doncker Band – 2013
IGOR – Tyler, The Creator – 2019
Assume Form – James Blake – 2019
Popular Problems – Leonard Cohen – 2014
Wild Flag – Wild Flag – 2011
Do It Again – Roykscopp And Robyn – 2014
Science Fiction – Brand New –2017
Re-Mit – The Fall – 2013
Voyageur – Kathleen Edwards – 2012
Fairy Tale And Myth – Suzzy Roche And Lucy Wainwright Roche – 2013
Summertime ’06 – Vince Staples – 2016
All Of You – Colbie Caillat – 2011
We Love You Tecca – Lil Tecca
Nothing Was The Same – Drake – 2013
Tempest – Bob Dylan – 2012
Cheaters Game – Kelly Willis And Bruce Robison – 2013
Adventures In Bluesland – Phil Gammage – 2014
Artpop – Lady Gaga – 2013
Adam Ant is marrying The Gunner’s daughter – Adam Ant – 2013
Matangi – M.I.A. – 2013
Gang Signs & Prayers – Stormzy – 2017
Z – SZA – 2014
Blisters EP – Serpentwithfeet – 2016
~how i’m feeling~ – Lauv – 2019
Elevation (The Upper Air) – Bernie Worrell – 2013
American Football (LP3) – American Football – 2019
Title Huevo – Touchy Feely – 2019
Beautiful – Teena Marie – 2013
Memories… Do Not Open – The Chainsmokers – 2017
Cafe Nights In New York – Jack Phillips – 2012
St. Vincent – MASSEDUCTION – 2017
Exits & All The Rest – Girl In A Coma 2011
Doris – Earl Sweatshirt – 2013
Step Inside – Kevin Jenkins – 2013
Driving And Drinking EP – Marshall Crenshaw – 2013
Future and Young Thug – SUPER SLIMEY – 2017
Sunbathing Animals – Parquet Court – 2014
The Long Lost – David Bronson – 2013
Chief – Eric Church – 2011
Acrylic – Leikeli47 –
Sweet Time – Dafni – 2010
The Life Of Pablo – Kanye West – 2016
They Shit Horses, Don’t They – Shit Horse – 2010
Cyhi The Prynce – No Dope On Sundays – 2017
>> – Beak – 2012
To Whom It May Concern – Jack Phillips – 2010
Lust For Life – Lana Del Rey – 2017
Time – Rod Stewart – 2013
Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey – 2019
Born Sinner – J. Cole – 2013
The Take Off And Landing Of Everything – Elbow – 2014
Shamir – Revelations – 2017
THE LOVE TRAIN – Meghan Trainor – 2019
Skeleton Tree – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – 2016
Another World – Fall On Your Swords – 2011
Shellshag Forever – Shellshag – 2013
Without Warning – 21 Savage, Future, Metro Boomin –2017
My Krazy Life – YG – 2014
Jon Langford – Four Lost Souls – 2017
The Heart Speaks In Whispers – Corinne Bailey Rae – 2016
The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake – 2013
Masterpiece – Big Thief – 2016
÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran – 2017
HNDRXX – Future – 2017
Lil Pump – Lil Pump – 2017
1989 – Taylor Swift – 2014
6 Feet Beneath The Moon – King Krule – 2013
Death Of A Bachelor – Panic! At The Disco – 2016
Save Rock And Roll – Fall Out Boy – 2013
THIS IS – Icona Pop – 2013
Culture – Migos – 2017
The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us – Beach Slang – 2015
Views – Drake – 2016
Lil Wayne – Dedication 6 – 2017
Small Time Heroes – Hurray For The Riff Raff – 2014
abysskiss – Adrianne Lenker – 2018
Jon Langford – Four Lost Souls – 2017
The Underside Of Power – Algiers – 2017
The New Classic – Iggy Azalea – 2014
Strength Of A Woman – Mary J. Blige – 2017
Lee Ann Womack – The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone – 2017
The OF Tapes Vol 2 – Various Artists – 2012
2010: Much more indie, unsigned, less well known , and much less hip hop… back then Robyn was sas cool as now, and LCD Soundsystem had one, last shining moment.
2011: Rihanna ruled my life, but album for album it was a very strong year, though hip hop was still on the backburner, with nether Big Sean nor Jay-Z and Kanye making the cut.
2012 – Odd Future changed rap for a year, streaming changed music forever
2013 – The last great indie year and the arrival of Danny Brown and art rap is here to stay OG…
2014 – Southern trap begins to take over, there will be blood… but 2013 remains the best of the year
2015 – Some big names show up, Vince Staples, A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd -that entire r&b with hip hop qualities, is taking over
2016 – At the time it felt like a pretty good year but looking back it was missing really big albums, Bowie died and the Stones had a great year.
2017 – Album for album, a good year without a center. the arrival of Lorde, the arrival of death albums (Annie Hardy, Mount Eerie, more), Plus? Guicci’s last great album and Migos make friends.
2018 – A handful, more than a handful of ace albums, and, of course, a whole lotta black girl magic
2019 – The worst year of the decade…
Most Important Development: Streaming.
The death of indie, and the birth of art-rap and singer songwriter EDM.
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