Thursday, April 30, 2020

2010s Starter Pack (Albums #61-41)


2010s Starter Pack Albums:
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |

Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |

The blog version of this website has now been a thing for over 10 years, and we had a plan to do a "best tracks since this blog started" special due for launch last Summer. This never happened, but we've been looking forward to doing both a "decade" list and a "10 year anniversary" playlist. And we actually have time, so now is when it shall happen. Let's get this out of our system. Time to move on and eventually not do the blog anymore.

The tracks list is coming.

In the meantime, here are our "best records of the 2010s." We usually do 60 or 61 or 62 of these for each year, and so that's what we did here.

61. Farrah Abraham My Teenage Dream Ended
August 1, 2012 // Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
(Enigma Productions)

"The 200th best album of the 2010s." - Infamous vlogger whomst we don't watch
2012 EOY Position: #6
| Spotify |

60. Diddy-Dirty Money Last Train To Paris
December 14, 2010 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Bad Boy)

"I'm shuttin' the studio down." - @Diddy
2010 EOY Position: Did Not Place
| Spotify |

59. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Lotta Sea Lice
October 13, 2017 // North Melbourne, Australia
(Matador / Milk!)

"They're both such slobs." - @dimestorehegem1
2017 EOY Position: #3


58. Disco Doom Numerals
February 7, 2014 // Zürich, Switzerland
(Defer / Exploding In Sound)

"They call these guys The Nirvana of Switzerland." - Announcer
"Shut the fuck up." - Gabriel from Disco Doom, to Announcer
2014 EOY Position: #29


57. Pissed Jeans Honeys
February 12, 2013 // Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
(Sub Pop)

"We're changing our name to Virgin Mobile Pissed Jeans." - Matt Korvette (http://www.yellowgreenred.com/)
2013 EOY Position: #53


56. Expander Endless Computer
September 20, 2017 // Austin, Texas, USA
(Nuclear War Now!)

"Why isn't Expander playing Beerland tonight?" - Doorman at Beerland
2017 EOY Position: Did Not Place (We Intended This To Place But We Forgot)


55. Sun Araw On Patrol
April 7, 2010 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Sun Ark / Not Not Fun)

"You're not a nice person.. Are you?" - Hotline Miami
2010 EOY Position: #23 (Honorary)


54. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Piñata
March 18, 2014 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Madlib Invazion)

2014 EOY Position: #2


53. Frank Ocean channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012 // Long Beach, California, USA
(Island Def Jam)

"Lordy shorty you're a 10 and I wait for your drunk dials at 3:30 AM I love them" - Kitty Pryde
2012 EOY Position: #21
[Note: We're kind of embarrassed that the 2012 albums list looks like absolute shit and has been viewed several thousand times.]
| Spotify |
Bandcamp alternative: nostalgia, ULTRA


52. Tony Molina Dissed and Dismissed
February 26, 2013 // Pacifica, California, USA
(Melters / Slumberland)

"Viet Cong's van got stolen on tour, so they got a new one, and the next day it got stolen." - Dale Nixon
2013 EOY Position: #13
[Ovens' self-titled triple-LP was retroactively named our #1 album of 2009 in July of last year.]


51. Guided By Voices Class Clown Spots a UFO
June 12, 2012 // Dayton, Ohio, USA
(Self-released)

"Is that your ol' lady?" - Mitch Mitchell, GBV
2012 EOY Position: #16


50. Schoolboy Q Oxymoron
February 25, 2014 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Top Dawg)

"There's four types of collard greens." - Brad Leone
2014 EOY Position: #41
| Spotify |

49. Young Guv GUV I & II
November 8, 2019 // Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(Run For Cover)

2019 EOY Position: #1


48. Waka Flocka Flame Flockaveli
October 5, 2010 // Atlanta, Georgia, USA
(1017 Brick Squad)

2010 EOY Position: #11
| Spotify |

47. Real Estate Atlas
March 4, 2014 // Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
(Domino)

2014 EOY Position: #5


46. Omar Souleyman Wenu Wenu
October 21, 2013 // Ra's al-'Ayn, Al-Hasakah, Syria
(Ribbon Music)

2013 EOY Position: #17
| Spotify |

45. Sheer Mag Compilation
December 9, 2016 // Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
(Self-released)

2017 Reissues Position: #5


44. David Bowie
January 8, 2016 // New York City, USA
(Columbia)

"Ground control to magnum dong." - Frank Reynolds
2016 EOY Position: #3
| Spotify |

43. A Tribe Called Quest We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
November 11, 2016 // Queens, New York, USA
(Epic)

"I miss Phife Dawg." - Charles M. Schulz
2016 EOY Position: #2
| Spotify |

42. Miguel Kaleidoscope Dream
September 25, 2012 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(RCA)

2012 EOY Position: #2
| Spotify |

41. Aye Nako Silver Haze
April 7, 2017 // Brooklyn, New York, USA
(Don Giovanni)

"Conserve pepper." - Burger Time Walkthrough
2017 EOY Position: #18


2010s Starter Pack Albums:
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |

Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |

2010s Starter Pack (Albums #40-21)


2010s Starter Pack Albums:
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |

Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |

40. Joanna Gruesome Weird Sister
September 10, 2013 // Cardiff, Wales, UK
(Fortuna / Slumberland)

2013 EOY Position: #18


39. Oneohtrix Point Never Returnal
June 18, 2010 // Wayland, Maryland, USA
(Editions Mego)

2010 EOY Position: #7


38. Robyn Body Talk
November 22, 2010 // Stockholm, Sweden
(Konichiwa)

2010 EOY Position: #10
| Spotify |


37. Mac Demarco 2
October 16, 2012 // Brooklyn, New York, USA
(Captured Tracks)

2012 EOY Position: #3


36. Autolux Transit Transit
August 3, 2010 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(TBD)

2010 EOY Position: Did Not Place
| Spotify |


35. Tenement Predatory Headlights
June 2, 2015 // Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
(Don Giovanni / Dead Broke)

2015 EOY Position: #12


34. Palehound Dry Food
August 14, 2015 // Boston, Massachusetts, USA
(Exploding In Sound)

2015 EOY Position: #19


33. Chris Weisman Fresh Sip
February 2, 2010 // Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
(Feeding Tube / Autumn)

2010 EOY Position: Did Not Place


32. Windhand Eternal Return
October 5, 2018 // Richmond, Virginia, USA
(Relapse)

2018 EOY Position: #2


31. Surface To Air Missive Third Missive
December 25, 2015 // Athens, Georgia, USA
(Olde English Spelling Bee)

2015 EOY Position: #7


30. Deftones Diamond Eyes
May 4, 2010 // Sacramento, California, USA
(Reprise)

2010 EOY Position: #22
| Spotify |


29. Otoboke Beaver Itekoma Hits
April 26, 2019 // Kyoto, Japan
(Damnably)

2019 EOY Position: #2


28. YG Still Brazy
June 14, 2016 // Compton, California, USA
(Def Jam)

2016 EOY Position: #4
| Spotify |


27. Grass Is Green Yeddo
September 10, 2010 // Boston, Massachusetts, USA
(Exploding In Sound)

2010 EOY Position: Did Not Place


26. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
March 15, 2015 // Compton, California, USA
(Top Dawg)

"Great album." - Obama
2015 EOY Position: #1
| Spotify |


25. Sleep The Sciences
April 20, 2018 // San Jose, California, USA
(Third Man)

"I'm sleep." - Earl "Thebe" Sweatshirt
2018 EOY Position: #4


24. (Sandy) Alex G Beach Music
October 9, 2015 // Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA
(Domino)

2015 EOY Position: #2


23. Beak> >>>
September 21, 2018 // Bristol, UK
(Invada)

2018 EOY Position: #1


22. Miguel Wildheart
June 29, 2015 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(RCA)

2015 EOY Position: #6
| Spotify |


21. Maren Morris Hero
June 3, 2016 // Nashville, Tennessee, USA
(Columbia Nashville)

2017 EOY Position: #5
| Spotify |


2010s Starter Pack Albums:
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |

Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |

2010s Starter Pack (Albums #20-1)


2010s Starter Pack Albums:
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |

Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |

Tomorrow is May 1st, the best day of every other year besides 2020.

However tomorrow is also Bandcamp Day.

Here are 10 of the best albums of the 2010s that are on Bandcamp, plus 10 others that are not.

20. The Rubs Impossible Dream
May 24, 2017 // Chicago, Illinois, USA
(HoZac)

"Behind every tree there's a new monster." - Todd Rundgren
2017 EOY Position: #1


19. Turnstile Nonstop Feeling
January 13, 2015 // Baltimore, Maryland, USA
(Reaper / Roadrunner)

"My favorite band." - Nick Hexum
2015 EOY Position: Did Not Place


18. Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION
June 24, 2015 // Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(School Boy Interscope)

"Look how happy this song makes people." - @justinbieber
2015 EOY Position: #10
| Spotify |


17. Yuck Yuck
February 15, 2011 // London, UK
(Fat Possum)

"My mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele." - Lou Barlow
2011 EOY Position: #7


16. Ovlov Am
July 2, 2013 // Newtown, Connecticut, USA
(Exploding In Sound)

"Nice place. Maybe I'll buy a house here." - Murph
2013 EOY Position: #2


15. Lil B God's Father
March 7, 2012 // Berkeley, California, USA
(Self-Released)

"Hey Dad, Pikachu is outside." - @LILBTHEBASEDGOD
2012 EOY Position: #8


14. The Coneheads L​.​P​.​1. aka "14 Year Old High School PC​-​Fascist Hype Lords Rip Off Devo for the Sake of Extorting $​$​$ from Helpless Impressionable Midwestern Internet Peoplepunks L​.​P​.​"
February 14, 2015 // Northwest Indiana, USA
(Self-Released)

"You did good, kid." - Hopper, Stranger Things
2015 EOY Position: #15


13. Two Inch Astronaut Foulbrood
November 25, 2014// Colesville, Maryland, USA
(Exploding In Sound)

"Free Adnan." - @MisterGoblin1
2014 EOY Position: #11


12. Nicki Minaj Pink Friday...Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up
April 3, 2012 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Cash Money Universal)

"We are Young Money, bitch, and I am the leadar, he are, Curren$y, Mack Maine, and D-Raw, and I just signed a chick named Nicki Minaj, and me, I'm still spittin' like a ******"" - Lil Wayne, Da Drought 3
2012 EOY Position: #17


11. Mindforce Excalibur
November 16, 2018 // Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
(Triple B)

"Hardcore kids rockin' LO." - Josh
2018 EOY Position: #11


10. Kanye West Yeezus
June 18, 2013 // Hidden Hills, California, USA
(Def Jam)

"Picasso is dead." - Kanye
2013 EOY Position: #3


9. Ringo Deathstarr Colour Trip
February 14, 2011 // Austin, Texas, USA
(Peppermint Daydream / Club AC30 / Sonic Unyon)

"Why isn't Ringo Deathstarr playing Barracuda tonight?" - Doorman at Barracuda
2011 EOY Position: #3


8. No Age Snares Like A Haircut
January 26, 2018 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Drag City)

"Long live The Smell." - Showgoers at The Smell
2018 EOY Position: #3


7. My Bloody Valentine m b v
February 3, 2013 // London, UK
(Self-released)

"Yea." - J Mascis
2013 EOY Position: #6


6. Earl Sweatshirt Doris
August 20, 2013 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Columbia)

"Hot ass beat clap." - Odd Future Beat
2013 EOY Position: #1


5. Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012 // Compton, California, USA
(Top Dawg Aftermath)

"The good people at Dewers." - Colbert Report
2012 EOY Position: #19


4. Beak> >>
June 29, 2012 // Bristol, UK
(Invada)

"Gonna have a wee." - Beak> fans at the show
2012 EOY Position: #1


3. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Blood Lust
May 27, 2011 // Cambridge, UK
(Rise Above)

2011 EOY Position: #1
| Spotify |


2. D'Angelo and the Vanguard Black Messiah
December 15, 2014 // Richmond, Virginia, USA
(RCA)

"I was up til 5AM playing Red Dead 2." - D
2014 EOY Position: #1
| Spotify |


1. Rihanna Anti
January 28, 2016 // Los Angeles, California, USA
(Roc Nation)

"BAR-b'dos" - Delocated
2016 EOY Position: #1


2010s Starter Pack Albums:
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |

Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |