Year-End Lists

Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade, as published by San Jose Mercury News

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. Pure Heroine
   Lorde
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
3. Born to Die
   Lana Del Rey
4. Same Trailer Different Park
   Kacey Musgraves
5. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
6. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
7. Melodrama
   Lorde
8. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
9. The Outsiders
   Eric Church
10. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
11. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
12. The Weight of These Wings
    Miranda Lambert
13. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
14. California Nights
    Best Coast
15. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
16. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
17. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
18. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
19. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
20. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
    Metallica
21. Red
    Taylor Swift
22. Look Up Child
    Lauren Daigle
23. Teen Dream
    Beach House
24. Push the Sky Away
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
25. Hero
    Maren Morris
26. Body Talk
    Robyn
27. 13
    Black Sabbath
28. All That Reckoning
    Cowboy Junkies
29. Born Sinner
    J. Cole
30. Kiss
    Carly Rae Jepsen
31. American Teen
    Khalid
32. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
33. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
34. Blackstar
    David Bowie
35. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
36. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
37. Pharmacy of Love
    Bettie Serveert
38. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
39. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
40. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
41. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
42. Vulnicura
    Björk
43. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
44. Jesus Is King
    Kanye West
45. You Want It Darker
    Leonard Cohen
46. Chief
    Eric Church
47. 1000 Forms of Fear
    Sia
48. Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo
49. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
50. Days Are Gone
    Haim