Thanks, once again, to all of you who submitted your Top Tens of 2010 to the blog at the end of the year. I’ve now applied the dark mathematics and come up with a Top 50 from them, which provides an interesting - healthy, to be honest - contrast to my own list. The winner was ahead of the pack by a mile, incidentally… 50. Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Void 49. Robert Plant - Band Of Joy 48. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 47. The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever 46. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty 45. Spoon – Transference 44. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon 43. Hot Chip – One Life Stand 42. Forest Swords - Dagger Paths 41. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 40. Besnard Lakes - Are The Roaring Night 39. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows 38. Hans Chew - Tennessee And Other Stories 37. Caribou – Swim 36. Grinderman - Grinderman II 35. Trembling Bells - Abandoned Love 34. Cherry Ghost - Beneath This Burning Shoreline 33. Janelle Monae - The Arch Android 32. Four Tet – There Is Love In You 31. The Duke And The King – Long Live The Duke And The King 30. Wolf People - Steeple 29. Neil Young - Le Noise 28. Jack Rose - Luck In The Valley 27. Sleepy Sun – Fever 26. Magic Lantern - Platoon 25. Black Keys - Brothers 24. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 23. Steve Mason – Boys Outside 22. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor 21. The Walkmen - Lisbon 20. Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises 19. MGMT – Congratulations 18. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma 17. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark 16. Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy 15. Field Music - (Measure) 14. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 13. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I’m Here? 12. Voice Of The Seven Thunders - Voice Of The Seven Thunders 11. Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show Of The World 10. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Before Today 9. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 8. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo 7. Vampire Weekend - Contra 6. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz 5. The Coral - Butterfly House 4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 3. The National - High Violet 2. Beach House - Teen Dream 1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Thanks, once again, to all of you who submitted your Top Tens of 2010 to the blog at the end of the year. I’ve now applied the dark mathematics and come up with a Top 50 from them, which provides an interesting – healthy, to be honest – contrast to my own list. The winner was ahead of the pack by a mile, incidentally…
50. Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer Of The Void
49. Robert Plant – Band Of Joy
48. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
47. The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
46. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
45. Spoon – Transference
44. Maximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
43. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
42. Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
41. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
40. Besnard Lakes – Are The Roaring Night
39. Teenage Fanclub – Shadows
38. Hans Chew – Tennessee And Other Stories
37. Caribou – Swim
36. Grinderman – Grinderman II
35. Trembling Bells – Abandoned Love
34. Cherry Ghost – Beneath This Burning Shoreline
33. Janelle Monae – The Arch Android
32. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
31. The Duke And The King – Long Live The Duke And The King
30. Wolf People – Steeple
29. Neil Young – Le Noise
28. Jack Rose – Luck In The Valley
27. Sleepy Sun – Fever
26. Magic Lantern – Platoon
25. Black Keys – Brothers
24. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
23. Steve Mason – Boys Outside
22. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
21. The Walkmen – Lisbon
20. Sun Kil Moon – Admiral Fell Promises
19. MGMT – Congratulations
18. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
17. John Grant – Queen Of Denmark
16. Phosphorescent – Here’s To Taking It Easy
15. Field Music – (Measure)
14. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
13. Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
12. Voice Of The Seven Thunders – Voice Of The Seven Thunders
11. Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show Of The World
10. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
9. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
8. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
7. Vampire Weekend – Contra
6. Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
5. The Coral – Butterfly House
4. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
3. The National – High Violet
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
1. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
