Thursday, January 13, 2011

Also Rans: 2010 Edition

2010 was an unusually good year for music -- it was extremely difficult to limit myself to a Top 25. All of the records below are excellent and many of them could easily have been in my Top 25. Herewith -- in no particular order -- the Also Rans of 2010:

1. Buke and Gass - Riposte

2. Vampire Weekend - Contra

3. Four Tet - There is Love in You

4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

5. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme

6. The Sugar Stems - Sweet Sounds of

7. These New Puritans - Hidden

8. Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love

9. Wild Nothing - Gemini

10. Jónsi - Go

11. Washed Out - Life of Leisure e.p.

12. Glasser - Ring

13. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding

14. Super Wild Horses - Fifteen

15. Wolf Parade - Expo 86

16. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows

17. The Futureheads - The Chaos

18. Mystery Jets - Serotonin

19. Freedy Johnston - Rain on the City

20. Midlake - The Courage of Others

21. Reflection Eternal: Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek - Revolutions per Minute

22. The Rescues - Let Loose the Horses

23. The Posies - Blood/Candy

24. Emancipator - Safe In The Steep Cliffs

25. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

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