. . .and your Top Five for 2010?

[Charlie Jefferson]

1) It's What I'm Thinking - Badly Drawn Boy 2) All Delighted People - Sufjan Stevens 3) Band Of Joy = Robert Plant 4) Write About Love - Belle & Sebastian 5) Le Noise - Neil Young

 

[Anonymous]

1. Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill

2. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark

3. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows

4. First Aid Kit - The Big Black & The Blue

5 Darren Hayman - Essex Arms

Reissue of the year - Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle Boxset

 

[Charlie Jefferson]

ianmcg:
1. Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill

2. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark

3. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows

4. First Aid Kit - The Big Black & The Blue

5 Darren Hayman - Essex Arms

Reissue of the year - Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle Boxset

Queen Of Denmark is lovely, I agree. Not heard the others, as yet.

Re-issue: Neu vinyl box set & The Promise - Bruce Springsteen

 

[matthewpiano]

1. Midlake - The Courage of Others

2. Ralph McTell - Somewhere Down The Road

3. Eric Clapton - Clapton

4. Bryan Ferry - Olympia

5. Neil Diamond - Dreams

(These are my top five pop choices.) Also loved the Teenage Fanclub album but not space for it in my top 5!

 

[DavidNorway]

Ok not in any order but these five,its been a great year for music.

Nick Rosen-In To The Sky

The Roots-How I Got Over

Beady Belle-At Welding Bridge

Bonobo-Black Sands

Stac-Turn That Light Out

 

[Simon Lucas]

In no order:

Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz

Boxharp - The Green

Das Racist - Sit Down, Man

Four Tet - There Is Love In You

Lena - My Cassette Player

 

[6th.replicant]

Very sorry to break the rules - could we please make it a Top 10??

It has been a very good year (for music).

In no order:

I Am Kloot - Sky At Night

Massive Attack - Heligoland

Belleruche - 270 Stories

Antony & The Johnsons - Swanlights

Bryan Ferry - Olympia

Tricky - Mixed Race

Neil Young - Le Noise

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

Pantha du Prince - Black Noise

The Chemical Brothers - Further

 

[AL13N]

One of my favourites this year has been Ossicles by Karl Seglem. Beautiful album you can listen to any time, regardless of mood.

Also liked Brothers by The Black Keys, and Gonja Sufi, and...

 

[Anonymous]

1. Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds And A Sound (I literally cannot stop playing this!)

2. Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

3. The Drums - The Drums

4. The National - High Violet

5. Foals - Total Life Forever

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Charlie Jefferson:1) It's What I'm Thinking - Badly Drawn Boy
2) All Delighted People - Sufjan Stevens
3) Band Of Joy = Robert Plant
4) Write About Love - Belle & Sebastian
5) Le Noise - Neil Young

1) The Sea - Corinne Bailey Rae
2) The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
3) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) - Janelle Mon e
4) The Dafamation of Strickland Banks - Plan B
5) Contra - Vampire Weekend

 

[simon3102000]

1) Eminem - Recovery

2) Tinie Tempah - Discovery

3) Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a young man

4) XX - XX

5) Robyn - Body talk parts 1,2 and 3

 

[DavidNorway]

Part 2 not in any order

Gorrillaz-Plastic Beach

Four Tet-There Is Love In You

Caribou-Swim

Finn Peters-Music Of The Mind

Aloe Blacc-Good Things

 

[JohnnyC]

In no particular order -

Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter
These New Puritans - Hidden
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

 

[Paul.]

In order...

1) BT - These hopeful machines

2) 65DaysOfStatic - We were exploding anyway

3) Imogen Heap - Ellipse

4) UNKLE - Where did the night fall

5) Hybrid - Disappear here

 

[BillDay66]

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

2. Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

3. Paul Weller - Wake up The Nation

4. Rumer - Seasons of my Soul

5. Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks

and a special mention for the 'Exile on Main Street' Reissue - How many records released today do you think you will still want to play all the time in 40 years?

 

[Babur72]

My 9 nominees(i couldn't quite whittle them down to 5) in alphbetical order are:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs.

Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks.

Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a young man(looking forward to seeing them at the Brixton Academy in January).

Janelle Mon e - The ArchAndroid.

Robert Plant - Band of Joy.

Bruce Springsteen - The Promise.

Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz.

Paul Weller - Wake up The Nation(excellent performance at Wembley Arena last week - despite the shortcomings of the venue).

XX - XX.

BABUR.

 

[The_Lhc]

Not even sure I bought 5 albums this year...

Plan B - Defamation of Strickland Banks

William Orbit - Pieces in a Modern Style 2

Take That - Progress

Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Come and Get It

errr, no that's pretty much it really I think, can't remember anything else crossing my path...

 

[Anonymous]

5? Hmmm... No guarantees these were all released in 2010, I just got them in 2010 🙂

Charlie Winston - Passport

Peter Gabriel - Scratch my Back

Diana Krall - Quiet Nights

Julianna Raye - Dominoes

Claudio Abbado & Berlin Philharmonic - Beethoven's 9th

Filur - In Retrospect (CD 2 the remixes)

Ok, so that was six 🙂

 

[6th.replicant]

Babur72:...Arcade Fire - The Suburbs...
Great album, which seems to be the most popular thus far.

Can be DL'd in ALAC or FLAC from the band's site for $7.99 (£5.11). A shame that all artists don't offer the same option.

 

[johnnyblue]

Dylan LeBlanc - Paupers Field...great singer/songwriter son of James.

Jenny & Johnny - I'm having fun now...Jenny Lewis + 1.

She & Him - Volume Two. Pure pop.

Laura Veirs - July Flame. Her best album by a mile.

Midlake - The Courage of Others. Everything the Fleet Foxes were supposed to be, but aren't.

Kris Drever - Mark The Hard Earth. Excellent young Scottish singer/songwriter/folkie.

 

[Babur72]

putt1ck:

Peter Gabriel - Scratch my Back

Diana Krall - Quiet Nights

Yeah.Solid albums,for sure.

johnnyblue:

Midlake - The Courage of Others. Everything the Fleet Foxes were supposed to be, but aren't.

Agh!..Can't believe i neglected to list Midlakes' fine composition.

BABUR.

 

[bay24]

Mine would be;
Caribu - swim
Wild beasts - two dancers
The drums- the drums
Foals- total life forever
Polar bear - peepers

Oh and the xx is deffinately 2009 not 2010 so anyone who picked it has another entrant!

 

[Anonymous]

1. The National - High Violet, by far the best album of the year!

2. The Beach House - Teen Dreams

3. MGMT - Congratulations

4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

5. John Grant - The Queen of Denmark

I just bought Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz and Walkmen - Lisbon, both of which are possible contenders for spots 2.-5. based on first impressions. I was also pleasantly surprised by the new Belle and Sebastian album.

All in all, I think 2010 was a really good year in music.

 

[jerry klinger]

johnnyblue:

Dylan LeBlanc - Paupers Field...great singer/songwriter son of James.

Jenny & Johnny - I'm having fun now...Jenny Lewis + 1.

She & Him - Volume Two. Pure pop.

Laura Veirs - July Flame. Her best album by a mile.

Midlake - The Courage of Others. Everything the Fleet Foxes were supposed to be, but aren't.

Kris Drever - Mark The Hard Earth. Excellent young Scottish singer/songwriter/folkie.

As I agree with you about the Laura Veirs and Midlake vs Fleet Foxes, I'll check out your other suggestions!

My purchased 5 of 2010:

Tin Can Trust - Los Lobos

Once Around - The Autumn Defense

I Tried - David Celia

Propellor Time - Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3

Listening Booth 1970 - Mark Cohn

and a reissue - the John Lennon 4CD set Gimme Some Truth - fantastic value and a lot of tracks not heard by me.

 

[Babur72]

Ooh...Ooh!

Honourabe(if belated) mentions to:

Joan Armatrading - Live at the Royal Albert Hall(CD+DVD).

Professor Green - Alive Till i'm Dead.

Beth Hart - My California.

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More(3-disc box-set).

SIA - We Are Born.

Skunk Anansie - Wonderlustre.

The Script - Science & Faith.

KT Tunstall - Tiger Suit Special Edition(CD+DVD).

Vampire Weekend - Contra.

I only received & heard the following albums in full during 2010...Not sure if they count?

Paramore - Brand New Eyes.

Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures.

BABUR.