Year-End Lists

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Eccojams Vol. 1
   Chuck Person
2. Black is Beautiful
   Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland
3. Yeezus
   Kanye West
4. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
   Sophie
5. Just A Taste Vol. 1
   DJ Rashad
6. Floral Shoppe
   Macintosh Plus
7. R Plus Seven
   Oneohtrix Point Never
8. Pop 2
   Charli XCX
9. Blond
   Frank Ocean
9. Endless
   Frank Ocean
10. PC Music x DISown Radio
    PC Music
11. “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
    Babyfather
12. Far Side Virtual
    James Ferraro
13. The Light That You Gave Me To See You
    E+E
14. &&&&&
    Arca
15. Ruins
    Grouper
16. An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
    The Caretaker
17. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
18. Barter 6
    Young Thug
19. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
20. Bish Bosch
    Scott Walker
21. White Flame
    Lil B
22. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
23. DS2
    Future
24. The Smoke
    Lolina
25. Quarantine
    Laurel Halo
26. The Redeemer
    Dean Blunt
27. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    Kanye West
28. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
29. Elysia Crampton
    Elysia Crampton
30. Kaputt
    Destroyer
31. Anti
    Rihanna
32. XXX
    Danny Brown
33. James Blake
    James Blake
34. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
35. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
36. Dark Energy
    Jlin
37. Product
    Sophie
38. Devotion
    Tirzah
39. The Money Store
    Death Grips
40. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
41. Everywhere at the End of Time
    The Caretaker
42. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
43. Before Today
    Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
44. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
45. Some Rap Songs
    Earl Sweatshirt
46. My Teenage Dream Ended
    Farrah Abraham
47. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
48. Mutant
    Arca
49. Sounds of Sisso
    various artists
50. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
51. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
52. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
53. Melodrama
    Lorde
54. Songs About Nothing
    Jason Lescalleet
55. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
    Drake
56. Triad
    Triad God
57. Half Free
    U.S. Girls
58. Classical Curves
    Jam City
59. Double Negative
    Low
60. Tommy
    Klein
61. Oh No
    Jessy Lanza
62. Modern Jester
    Aaron Dilloway
63. Vroom Vroom
    Charli XCX
64. Late Nights: The Album
    Jeremih
65. The Monitor
    Titus Andronicus
66. Visions
    Grimes
67. MIXTAP3
    18+
68. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
69. Live In Paris
    Lolina
70. Dark Web
    Giant Claw
71. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
72. COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
    Matana Roberts
73. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
74. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
75. Stadium
    Eli Keszler
76. Almighty So
    Chief Keef
77. Public Strain
    Women
78. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
79. Teen Dream
    Beach House
80. Photographs
    Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet
81. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
82. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
83. Luxury Problems
    Andy Stott
84. Fresh Roses
    D/P/I
85. The Original Faces
    Helen
86. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
87. Through Donkey Jaw
    Amen Dunes
88. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
89. Carve Out the Face of My God
    Infinite Body
90. Blood Bitch
    Jenny Hval
91. Blackstar
    David Bowie
92. R.I.P.
    Actress
93. Apocalypse
    Bill Callahan
94. New Slaves
    ZS
95. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
96. A History Of Every One
    Bill Orcutt
97. Halcyon Digest
    Deerhunter
98. Daytona
    Pusha T
99. Grafts
    Kara-Lis Coverdale
100. We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
     John Maus