Best Albums 2010

65 favourite records

30 gems

TOP 5

Crystal Castles - II (10/10)

Memoryhouse - The Hours ep (10/10)

Best Coast - Crazy for You (10/10)

MGMT - Congratulations (9.5/10)

Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (9.5/10)

The Radio Dept. - Clinging To a Scheme (9/10)

Arcade Fire - Suburbs (9/10)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (8.5/10)

Twin Shadow - Forget (8.5/10)

Wild Nothing - Gemini (8.5/10)

Women - Public Strain (8.5/10)

John Grant - Queen of Denmark (8.5)

No Joy - Ghost Blonde (8.5/10)

Wavves - King of the Beach (8/10)
Robyn - Body Talk (8/10)

Beach House - Teen Dream (8/10)

The Strange Boys - Be Brave (8/10)

Diamond Rings - Special Affections (8/10)

Zola Jesus - Strydulum II (8/10)

Ducktails - Ducktails III Arcade (8/10)

Twin Sister - Colour your Life (8.5/10)

Baths - Celurean (8/10)

Crocodiles - Sleep Forever (8/10)

Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo (8/10)
Pop Winds - The Turquoise (9/10)

Woods - at echo lake (8.5/10) 

Sean Nicholas Savage - mutual feelings of respect and ... (8.5/10)

Hunx and his Punx - gay singles (8/10)
Lower Dens - twin-hand movement (9/10)

Actress - Splazsh (8/10)

then 25 excellent records

The Drums - The Drums (8/10)

Egyptian Hip Hop - Some Reptiles Grew Wings/Wild Human Child (8/10)

SUUNS - Zeroes QC (8/10)
Owen Pallett - Heartland (8/10)

The Fresh and Onlys - Play It Strange (8/10)

Trembling Blue Stars - Fast Trains and Telegraphs Wires (8/10)

No Age - Everything in Between (7.5/10)

The Depreciation Guild - Spirit Youth (7.5/10)

Warpaint - The Fool (7.5/10)

She and Him - Volume 2 (7.5/10)

Vampire Weekend - Contra (8/10)

Lcd Soundsystem - This is Happening (7.5/10)

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Records (7.5/10)

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (7/10)

Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be (7.5/10)

Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love (7.5/10)

Beach Fossils - st (7/10)

Caribou - Swim (8/10)

Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise (7/10)

Salem - King Night (7/10)

Thieves Like Us - Again and Again (7/10)

20 more records I really enjoyed

Tame Impala - Inner Speaker (7.5/10)

Das Racist - Sit Down Man (7/10)

The Chemical Brothers - Further (6.5/10)

Kanye West - My Dark Beautiful Fantasy (7/10)

Surferblood - Astrocoast (7/10)

How To Dress Well - Love Remains (7/10)

Echo Lake - young Silence (8/10)
Hot Chip - One Life Stand (7/10)

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (7/10)

Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle (7/10)

Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner (7/10)

Jonsi - Go (7/10)

Here We Go Magic - Pigeons (7.5/10)

Joanna Newsom - have one on me (7/10)

Sleigh Bells - Treats (7/10)

Magic Kids - memphis (7/10)

Perfume Genius - Learning (6/10)

Walls - Walls (7/10)

Avey Tare - Down There (7/10)

and the rest is quite good too

Blue Hawai - blooming summer (7/10)
Frankie Rose and the Outs - st (7/10)
Silly Kissers - precious neckless (7/10)
alcest - ecailles de lune (7/10)

The Soft Pack - st (7/10)

Sean Nicholas Savage - moving up in society (7/10)

Allo' Darlin - Allo' Darlin (6.5/10)

Katerine - Katerine (7/10)
Magic Kids - memphis (7/10)
Pop Winds - the turquoise (7/10)

The Coral - Butterfly House (6/10)

Zola Jesus - Valusia ep (7/10)

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (6/10)

Stereolab - Not Music (6.5/10)

Glasser - Ring (6/10)
Foals - Total Life Forever (7/10)

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (6/10)

Errors - come down with me (6/10)

Laetitia Sadier - The Trip (7/10)

Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (6/10)

Four Tet - There is love in you (6/10)

Liars - Sisterworld (5/10)

Harlem - Hippies (7/10)

Happy Birthday - st (7/10)

Jaill - That's How We Burn (6/10)
Violens - amoral 
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