(short and sweet and to the point; culled from listening to 502 releases—at time of publishing—from 2010. ask me tomorrow and the list will probably be drastically different, but you have to lock ’em in sometime. click album cover for website)
 #100: I Speak Because I Can by Laura Marling |
 #99: LP4 by Ratatat |
 #98: Wilderness Heart by Black Mountain |
 #97: Libraries by The Love Language |
 #96: To The Sea by Jack Johnson |
 #95: Star Tiger, Star Ariel by Delays |
 #94: God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise by Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs |
 #93: Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You by Lightspeed Champion . |
 #92: Man on The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager by KiD CuDi . |
 #91: Maximum Balloon by Maximum Balloon |
 #90: The Ghost Who Walks by Karen Elson |
 #89: The Weight’s On The Wheels by The Russian Futurists |
 #88: En plats i solen by Kent |
 #87: Stridulum II by Zola Jesus |
 #86: Modern Rituals by Chief |
 #85: Crazy For You by Best Coast |
 #84: Pharmacy Of Love by Bettie Serveert |
 #83: Boys Outside by Steve Mason |
 #82: Undercover Psycho by Wayne Jackson . |
 #81: Life In the Treehouse by Marlango . |
 #80: B.o.B Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray by B.o.B |
 #79: A Million Dead Stars by The Brew . |
 #78: The Orchard by Ra Ra Riot . |
 #77: The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer by Red Sparowes |
 #76: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
 #75: Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club . |
 #74: Be In Love by Locksley . |
 #73: Blue Sky Noise by Circa Survive |
 #72: Endlessly by Duffy |
 #71: Total Life Forever by Foals |
 #70: Black Light by Groove Armada . |
 #69: Invented by Jimmy Eat World . |
 #68: Beat The Devil’s Tattoo by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club |
 #67: Let It Sway by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin |
 #66: Champ by Tokyo Police Club . |
 #65: Kaleidoscope Heart by Sara Bareilles . |
 #64: Tear The World Down by We Are the Fallen |
 #63: Dead Waves by Kyte |
 #62: The Five Ghosts by Stars |
 #61: It’ll Be Better by Francis and the Lights |
 #60: Would It Kill You by Hellogoodbye |
 #59: 11:59 by Ryan Star |
 #58: Year Of The Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria |
 #57: The Drums by The Drums |
 #56: A Curious Thing by Amy Macdonald |
 #55: Astro Coast by Surfer Blood |
 #54: Go by Jónsi |
 #53: I’m Having Fun Now by Jenny and Johnny |
 #52: No Ghostless Place by Raised by Swans |
 #51: Personal Life by The Thermals |
 #50: Teen Dream by Beach House |
 #49: Sidewalks by Matt & Kim |
 #48: Together by The New Pornographers |
 #47: Thistled Spring by Horse Feathers |
 #46: Sugarpills by Kids of 88 |
 #45: These Hopeful Machines by BT |
 #44: The Lady Killer by Cee Lo Green |
 #43: Interpol by Interpol |
 #42: Twilight Theater by Poets Of The Fall |
 #41: The A-Z Series by Ash |
 #40: Paper Tongues by Paper Tongues . |
 #39: The Morning After The Night Before by James |
 #38: Smoke & Mirrors by Lifehouse . |
 #37: Cloak and Cipher by Land of Talk |
 #36: Stuck On Nothing by Free Energy |
 #35: Fields by Junip |
 #34: One Life Stand by Hot Chip |
 #33: Big Echo by The Morning Benders |
 #32: Disconnect From Desire by School of Seven Bells |
 #31: Outbursts by Turin Brakes |
 #30: Pickin’ Up The Pieces by Fitz and the Tantrums |
 #29: The Optimist by New Young Pony Club |
 #28: Golden Archipelago by Shearwater |
 #27: Congratulations by MGMT |
 #26: Fire Like This by Blood Red Shoes |
 #25: Brothers by The Black Keys |
 #24: American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem |
 #23: Broken Bells by Broken Bells |
 #22: Work by Shout Out Louds |
 #21: We Are Born by Sia |
 #20: Good Things by Aloe Blacc |
 #19: The Spell by Alphabeat |
 #18: I Will Be by Dum Dum Girls |
 #17: Treats by Sleigh Bells |
 #16: Beachcomber’s Windowsill by Stornoway |
 #15: Catching a Tiger by Lissie |
 #14: How I Got Over by The Roots |
 #13: A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park . |
 #12: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals by Grace Potter & the Nocturnals |
 #11: Head First by Goldfrapp . |
 #10: American Ghetto by Portugal. The Man |
 #09: High Violet by The National |
 #08: The Suburbs by Arcade Fire |
 #07: Infinite Arms by Band of Horses |
 #06: Odd Blood by Yeasayer |
 #05: OMNI by Minus the Bear |
 #04: Future Brite by Demander |
 #03: Serotonin by Mystery Jets |
 #02: The Courage of Others by Midlake |
 #01: The Winter Of Mixed Drinks by Frightened Rabbit |
How the heck can I compete with a man who has time to list to this many?!
haha … I have been working on it since january. can’t listen to 500+ albums overnight.
Nice Jared, I have a lot of these and I’ll definitely get those further up the list that I don’t have. I don’t want to cause any trouble, especially since it’s a Country album, but Jamey Johnson’s The Guitar Song is well worth the time…
Thanks Mike.
I tried Jamey Johnson but could only get halfway through disc one. Something about country just doesn’t mesh with me … But folk I can handle and oftentimes enjoy