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 :)