Year-End Lists

Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s

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1. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Yeezus
   Kanye West
3. Art Angels
   Grimes
4. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
5. Blond
   Frank Ocean
6. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
7. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
8. Night Time, My Time
   Sky Ferreira
9. E•MO•TION
   Carly Rae Jepsen
10. Red
    Taylor Swift
11. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
12. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
13. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
14. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
15. Blackstar
    David Bowie
16. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
17. Melodrama
    Lorde
18. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
19. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
20. Body Talk
    Robyn
21. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
22. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
23. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
24. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
25. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
26. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
27. Puberty 2
    Mitski
28. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
29. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
30. Old
    Danny Brown
31. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
32. Teen Dream
    Beach House
33. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
34. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
35. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
36. LP1
    FKA twigs
37. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
38. Take Care
    Drake
39. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
40. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
41. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
42. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
43. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
44. Slowdive
    Slowdive
45. Daytona
    Pusha T
46. Anti
    Rihanna
47. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
48. Lush
    Snail Mail
49. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
50. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
51. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
52. Currents
    Tame Impala
53. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
54. The Monitor
    Titus Andronicus
55. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
56. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
57. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
58. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
59. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
60. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
61. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
    The 1975
62. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
63. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
64. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
65. James Blake
    James Blake
66. Apocalypse, Girl
    Jenny Hval
67. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
68. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
69. 1989
    Taylor Swift
70. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
71. Double Negative
    Low
72. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
73. Vulnicura
    Björk
74. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
75. Pop 2
    Charli XCX
76. DSU
    (Sandy) Alex G
77. Ctrl
    SZA
78. Halcyon Digest
    Deerhunter
79. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
80. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
81. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
82. Slow Focus
    Fuck Buttons
83. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
84. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
85. Treats
    Sleigh Bells
86. The Outsiders
    Eric Church
87. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
88. Slow Forever
    Cobalt
89. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
90. Guppy
    Charly Bliss
91. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
92. Simple Songs
    Jim O’Rourke
93. Painted Shut
    Hop Along
94. Shrines
    Purity Ring
95. Civilian
    Wye Oak
96. I Want to Grow Up
    Colleen Green
97. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
98. The Dream Is Over
    PUP
99. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
100. Pluto
     Future