Dalton Presents Everyone's Preliminary Top Albums of 2010 (too soon)

[mobvok]

I'd be interested in reading a (too soon) Top Singles/Songs of 2010 thread, if anyone's interested.

I don't really have a list though.

 

[cobl04]

i'm all for a massive thread, i've got something planned out, but can we wait until the year is a bit closer to over? or even jan? i've got about 10 albums i still need to listen to.

 

[PhilsFan]

I think we all have more listening to do. This thread is even titled "preliminary" and "too soon." It's more of a suggestion thing for albums to squeeze in listening to, I'd assume.

 

[bono_212]

I'm not even going to justify having Contra in my top ten. I love the fuck out of that album.

 

[MMP]

Well, a preliminary list would go like this...

#1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
#2) Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
#3) The Promise - Bruce Springsteen
#4) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) - Janelle Monáe
#5) The Crystal Axis - Midnight Juggernauts
#6) Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club
#7) False Priest - of Montreal
#8) Infinite Arms - Band of Horses
#9) Plastic Beach - Gorillaz
#10) Hidden - These New Puritans

But for sure this won't be my final list.

And an honorary mention for the most bizarre album of the year: The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness - Tony da Gatorra vs. Gruff Rhys

 

[IWasBored]

Well, a preliminary list would go like this...


#2) Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? - The Brian Jonestown Massacre

that was this past year?


my brief infatuation with the band ended before i ever got around to hearing it.

 

[MMP]

that was this past year?


my brief infatuation with the band ended before i ever got around to hearing it.

It was released somewhere near the end of February, if I remember correctly.
You should give it a listen, it's among their best work to me.

 

[Dalton]

GAF's Top 20:

1. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
2. High Violet - The National
3. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
4. Heaven Is Whenever - The Hold Steady
5. True Love Cast Out All Evil - Roky Erickson/Okkervil River
6. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae
7. Together - The New Pornographers
8. Can't Be Tamed - Miley Cyrus
9. The Brutalist Bricks - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
10. Contra - Vampire Weekend

11. My Twisted Black Fantasy - Kanye West
12. Messy Little Raindrops - Cheryl Cole
13. Fang Island - Fang Island
14. Mojo - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
15. Wu-Massacre - Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon The Chef
16. Astro Coast - Surfer Blood
17. American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem
18. False Priest - of Montreal
19. Body Talk - Robyn
20. Big Echo - The Morning Benders

Your lists never fail to crack me up.

 

[bono_212]

I missed that he had Mojo in there the first time I ran through it. Any comments, Gaf?

 

[IWasBored]

i could not get into the new gaslight anthem album. i didn't try very hard, though. i should give it another listen.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Damn, I totally forgot about the Sleigh Bells album when making that list. It would be in my Top 20, for sure. I will have to amend the list if we ever do a more official thread, or the point tallying thing that peef talked about doing.

I missed that he had Mojo in there the first time I ran through it. Any comments, Gaf?

It grew on me, due in large part to a friend that played the shit out of it over the summer. There are some strong tracks. "Something Good Coming" being one of my favorites of the year.

Also, it's Petty. I like Petty more than most of the younger musicians putting out new music these days. So a record by him is going to end up rating pretty high purely because of the Petty likeability scale.

 

[bono_212]

The Petty factor was strong in my ever listening to the album in the first place. I do like it, but I've never felt compelled to go back to it, really.

"Something Good Coming" however, is probably a top ten song of the year for me.