Year-End Lists

Slant Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
2. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
4. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
5. Body Talk
   Robyn
6. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
7. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
8. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
9. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
   Courtney Barnett
10. 1989
    Taylor Swift
11. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
12. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
13. The ArchAndroid
    Janelle Monáe
14. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
15. Art Angels
    Grimes
16. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
17. Melodrama
    Lorde
18. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
19. LP1
    FKA twigs
20. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
21. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
22. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
23. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
24. Teen Dream
    Beach House
25. True Romance
    Charli XCX
26. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
27. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
28. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
29. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
30. Honey
    Robyn
31. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
32. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
33. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
34. Ctrl
    SZA
35. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
36. Something To Tell You
    HAIM
37. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
38. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
39. Blackstar
    David Bowie
40. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
41. Yeezus
    Kanye West
42. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
43. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
44. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
45. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
46. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
47. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
48. Anima
    Thom Yorke
49. The Ghosts of Highway 20
    Lucinda Williams
50. Blond
    Frank Ocean
51. Settle
    Disclosure
52. Hive Mind
    The Internet
53. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
54. Take Care
    Drake
55. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
56. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
57. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
58. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
59. Utopia
    Björk
60. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
    Sturgill Simpson
61. Tough Love
    Jessie Ware
62. Brothers
    The Black Keys
63. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
64. 4:44
    JAY-Z
65. Treats
    Sleigh Bells
66. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
67. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
68. Wildheart
    Miguel
69. (II)
    Crystal Castles
70. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
71. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
72. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
73. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
74. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
75. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
76. The Most Lamentable Tragedy
    Titus Andronicus
77. Hell on Heels
    Pistol Annies
78. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
79. You Want It Darker
    Leonard Cohen
80. Vulnicura
    Björk
81. Master of My Make-Believe
    Santigold
82. 50 Song Memoir
    The Magnetic Fields
83. Smother
    Wild Beasts
84. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
85. The Practice of Love
    Jenny Hval
86. Knock Knock
    DJ Koze
87. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
88. reputation
    Taylor Swift
89. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
90. Kaputt
    Destroyer
91. Caution
    Mariah Carey
92. On A Mission
    Katy B
93. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
94. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
95. Syro
    Aphex Twin
96. James Blake
    James Blake
97. Real Life Is No Cool
    Lindstrøm & Christabelle
98. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
99. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
100. Life Is Easy
     Bright Light Bright Light