2010 Top 50 Albums of the Year: #50-26

Now that we've got the honorable mentions out of the way, it's time we get right to the meat of this list! I'm gonna start off with the first stretch of albums, and then I will finally reveal the rest New Year's Eve! So without further adieu, here are my choices:


#50
Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
Genre: Experimental, Electronic, Female Vocalist

Sample Songs: "Night", "Run Me Out", "Manifest Destiny"

#49
CEO - White Magic

Genre: Synth Pop, Electro

Sample Songs: "Come With Me", "Illuminata", "Love And Do What You Will"

#48
Weapon - From The Devils Tomb

Genre: Black Metal

Sample Songs: "The Inner Wolf", "Sardonyx", "Towards the Uncreated"

#47
Warpaint - The Fool

Genre: Psychedelic, Shoegaze

Sample Songs: "Shadows", "Undertow", "Baby"

#46
HEALTH - DISCO2

Genre: Noise-rock, dance-punk

Sample Songs: "USA Boys", "In Heat(Javelin Remix)", "Eat Flesh(Crystal Castles Remix)"

#45
The Black Keys - Brothers

Genre: Blues-rock

Sample Songs: "Next Girl", "The Only One", "Unknown Brother"

#44
65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway

Genre: Electronic, post-rock

Sample Songs: "Crash Tactics", "Come To Me", "Tiger Girl"

#43
BT - These Hopeful Machines

Genre: Electronica, Glitch

Sample Songs: "The Rose Of Jericho", "The Emergency", "Le Nocturne de Lumiere"

#42
Alcest - Écailles de Lune

Genre: Shoegaze, Metal

Sample Songs: "Écailles de Lune - Part 1", "Percées de lumière", "Sur L'Océan Couleur de Fer"

#41
The Sword - Warp Riders

Genre: Heavy Metal, Doom Metal

Sample Songs: "Lawless Lands", "Arrows in the Dark", "(The Night The Sky Cried) Tears Of Fire"

#40
!!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It?

Genre: Dance-punk, indie rock

Sample Songs: "The Most Certain Sure", "The Hammer", "Even Judas Gave Jesus A Kiss"

#39
Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude/Sit Down, Man

Genre: Underground hip-hop

Sample Songs: "All Tan Everything", "Hugo Chavez", "Rooftop"

#38
She & Him - Volume Two

Genre: Indie Pop, Folk

Sample Songs: "In The Sun", "Brand New Shoes", "I'm Gonna Make It Better"

#37
Massive Attack - Heligoland

Genre: Trip-hop, Down-tempo

Sample Songs: "Splitting The Atom", "Atlas Air", "Flat Of The Blade"

#36
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest

Genre: Indie, Electronic

Sample Songs: "Alphaville", "Black Rivers", "B.A.R.R.Y."

#35
And So I Watch You From Afar - Letters

Genre: Post-rock, Instrumental Rock

Sample Songs: "S is for Salamander", "D is for Django The Bastard", "K Is For Killing Spree(An Ode To)"

#34
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever

Genre: Noise-pop, Dream-pop

Sample Songs: "Sleep Forever", "Hearts of Love", "All My Hate And My Hexes Are For You"

#33
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy OST

Genre: Electronic, Orchestral, Movie Soundtrack

Sample Songs: "The Game Has Changed", "Derezzed", "C.L.U."

#32
Deftones - Diamond Eyes

Genre: Alternative Rock

Sample Songs: "CMND/CTRL", "You've Seen The Butcher", "Risk"

#31
The Chemical Brothers - Further

Genre: Electronica

Sample Songs: "Another World", "Horse Power", "Swoon"

#30
Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz

Genre: Indie Folk, Art-Rock, Electronic

Sample Songs: "Too Much", "Vesuvius", "Impossible Soul"

*Note: Impossible Soul is split into two parts on YouTube

#29
Baths - Cerulean

Genre: Electronic, Glitch-hop, lo-fi, Ambient

Sample Songs: "Maximalist", "You're My Excuse To Travel", "Plea"

#28
Wild Nothing - Gemini

Genre: Dream-pop

Sample Songs: "Live In Dreams", "Confirmation", "Chinatown"

#27
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Sample Songs: "It Is Not Meant To Be", "Lucidity", "Runway, Houses, City, Clouds"

#26
Janelle Monae - TheArchAndroid(Suites II and III)

Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk, Pop

Sample Songs: "Tightrope", "Cold War", "Mushrooms & Roses"

Hope you guys enjoy my selections thus far! There's only 25 albums left to go. Think you'll be able to predict any of em? Wanna discuss which ones you think are crap and which are awesome? Feel free to leave some comments!

2010 Top 50 Albums of the Year: Honorable Mentions

2010 has been an incredible versatile year for music, and a great way to kick off the second decade of the 21st century. I decided to go big this year and move from doing a top 10 list...all the way to my top 50 favorite albums. But first before we get to that, let's take a look at some of the honorable mentions of the year:



A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Genre: Dream-pop
Sample Songs: "Drink Drank Drunk", "Sigh, inhibitionist (Come all day with me)"

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network OST

Genre: Ambient, Industrial, Movie Soundtrack

Sample Songs: "In Motion", "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", "Hands Cover Bruise"

Burzum - Belus

Genre: Black Metal
Sample Songs: "Kaimadalthas' nedstigning", "Morgenrøde"

Husky Rescue - Ship of Light

Genre: Ambient, Trip-Hop

Sample Songs: "Beautiful My Monster", "Sound of Love"

The Roots - How I Got Over

Genre: Hip-hop, neo-soul

Sample Songs: "Dear God 2.0 ft. Monsters of Folk", "Walk Alone"

Matthew Dear - Black City

Genre: Electronic, down-tempo

Sample Songs: "Honey", "Little People (Black City)"

The Seven Fields of Aphelion - Periphery

Genre: Experimental, Psychedelic, Keyboard

Sample Songs: "Michigan Icarus", "Saturation: Arrhythmia"

Jonsi - Go

Genre: Baroque pop, Sigur Ros

Sample Songs: "Go Do", "Kolniður"

Anamanaguchi - Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game OST

Genre: 8-bit, Video Game Music

Sample Songs: "Skate or Live", "Sushi Box", "Leave The Past Behind"

The Ruby Suns - Fight Softly

Genre: Synth-pop

Sample Songs: "Cranberry", "Dusty Fruit"

That about wraps it up for the honorable mentions! Stay tuned till next time! Next couple of days I'll reveal the top 50 albums of the year! I'll probably separate it into a couple posts to drag it out, but they shall be up before the year is over :)