Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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1. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
3. This Is Happening
   LCD Soundsystem
4. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
5. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
6. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
   Courtney Barnett
7. Blond
   Frank Ocean
8. E•MO•TION
   Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
10. Ctrl
    SZA
11. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
12. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
13. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
14. Blackstar
    David Bowie
15. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
16. Teen Dream
    Beach House
17. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
18. Body Talk
    Robyn
19. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
20. Historian
    Lucy Dacus
21. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
22. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
23. Puberty 2
    Mitski
24. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
25. Yeezus
    Kanye West
26. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
27. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
28. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
29. Currents
    Tame Impala
30. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
31. Southeastern
    Jason Isbell
32. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
33. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
34. Stranger in the Alps
    Phoebe Bridgers
35. Anti
    Rihanna
36. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
37. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
38. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
39. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
40. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
41. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
42. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
43. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
44. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
45. Lush
    Snail Mail
46. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
47. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
48. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
49. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
50. 1989
    Taylor Swift
51. No Cities To Love
    Sleater-Kinney
52. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
53. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
54. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
55. 21
    Adele
56. In Colour
    Jamie xx
57. Telefone
    Noname
58. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
59. You’re Nothing
    Iceage
60. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
61. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
62. LP1
    FKA twigs
63. Days Are Gone
    Haim
64. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
65. Singles
    Future Islands
66. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
67. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
68. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
69. Coming Home
    Leon Bridges
70. Kaputt
    Destroyer
71. Our Love
    Caribou
72. The Winter of Mixed Drinks
    Frightened Rabbit
73. City Music
    Kevin Morby
74. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
75. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
76. Joy as an Act of Resistance
    Idles
77. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
78. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
79. Half the City
    St. Paul & The Broken Bones
80. James Blake
    James Blake
81. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
82. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
83. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
84. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
85. Capacity
    Big Thief
86. Visions
    Grimes
87. Painted Shut
    Hop Along
88. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
89. Silence Yourself
    Savages
90. Turn Out the Lights
    Julien Baker
91. Wildewoman
    Lucius
92. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
93. Victim of Love
    Charles Bradley
94. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
95. Brothers
    The Black Keys
96. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
97. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
98. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
99. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
100. Take Care
     Drake