2010: The Year In Review - Top 30 Albums

So, here we are. It's taken the best part of December to come to this final decision, but the top 30 albums of the year have been confirmed and listed, accordingly. Still, it's all been fun none the less. First and foremost, congratulations to the artists below. The respective albums listed have been a great source of enjoyment for myself over the last 12 months and I think that will continue into 2011. Staying power is important and I think these albums - for me - will hold their value over time for different reasons. Enjoy:

30. Tindersticks - Falling Down the Mountain
Label: 4AD/Constellation
Release Date: January 25th

29. Autolux - Transit Transit
Label: ATP Recordings
Release Date: August 3rd

28. Clinic - Bubblegum
Label: Domino
Release Date: October 4th

27. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: June 8th

26. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
Label: French Kiss
Release Date: August 3rd

25. The National - High Violet
Label: 4AD
Release Date: May 7th

24. The Walkmen - Lisbon
Label: Fat Possum
Release Date: September 14th

23. Best Coast - Crazy For You
Label: Mexican Summer
Release Date: July 27th

22. Crippled Black Phoenix
Label: Invada Records
Release Date: August 30th

21. Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
Label: Dead Oceans
Release Date: May 11th

20. Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist
Label: ATP Recordings
Release Date: October 1st

19. The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter
Label: Domino
Release Date: August 26th

18. Steve Mason - Boys Outside
Label: Domino
Release Date: May 3rd

17. The New Pornographers - Together
Label: Matador Records
Release Date: May 3rd

16. Liars - Mute
Label: Matador Records
Release Date: March 9th 

15. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope to the Sky
Label: Young God Records
Release Date: September 21st

14. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: August 3rd

13. Eluvium - Similies
Label: Temporary Residence
Release Date: February 23rd

12. Salem - King Night
Label: Iam Sound
Release Date: September 27th

11. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Label: Mute
Release Date: September 14th

10. Three Mile Pilot -The Inevitable Past Is The Future Forgotten
Label: Temporary Residence
Release Date: September 27th

9. No Age - Everything In Between
Label: Sub Pop
Release Date: September 27th

8. Envy - Recitation
Label: Rock Action
Release Date: October 12th

7. Retribution Gospel Choir - 2
Label: Sub Pop
Release Date: January 26th

6. Neil Young - Le Noise
Label: Reprise
Release Date: September 27th

5. Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
Label: Souterrain Transmissons
Release Date: August 31st

4. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
Label: Spinefarm Records
Release Date: September 27th

3. Philip Selway - Familial
Label: Nonesuch Records
Release Date: August 31st

2. The Besnard Lakes - ...Are The Roaring Night
Label: Jagjaguar
Release Date: March 9th

1. Roky Erickson and Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Label: Anti-
Release Date: May 13th










Words by Simon K.