Merry-Go-Round - Top Albums Of The 2010s: https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/merry- ... the-2010s/
This is your usual decade lists with 60% of the expected (the Top 40) and 40% of a slightly different twist (mainly around 45 -100). Yes, like many decade end lists as usual, there are many omissions. But thank heavens, no Billie Eilish this time!
1. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City (2012)
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010)
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
6. Beyonce - Lemonade (2016)
7. Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
8. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2012)
9. SZA - Ctrl (2017)
10. Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016)
11. Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
12. Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
13. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
14. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
15. David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
16. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (2015)
17. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)
18. Vince Staples - Summertime '06 (2015)
19. Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
20. Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
21. Solange - A Seat At The Table (2016)
22. D'Angelo & The Vanguards - Black Messiah (2014)
23. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
24. Japanroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
25. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
26. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (2011)
27. Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
28. Mitski - Be The Cowboy (2018)
29. Beach House - Bloom (2012)
30. Crystal Castles - 2 (2010)
31. Pusha T - Daytona (2018)
32. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory (2012)
33. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata (2014)
34. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
35. Miguel - Wildheart (2015)
36. James Blake - James Blake (2011)
37. Alvvays - Antisocialites (2017)
38. Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
39. Rihanna - Anti (2016)
40. 100 Gecs - 1000 Gecs (2019)
41. FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)
42. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
43. Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)
44. Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
45. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
46. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (2010)
47. Chuck Person - Eccojams Vol.1 (2010)
48. Lil Ugly Mane - Mister Thug Isolation (2012)
49. Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2013)
50. Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
51. Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)
52. Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017 (2018)
53. Los Campesino! - Hello Sadness (2011)
54. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry (2016)
55. Slowdive - Slowdive (2017)
56. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel (2012)
57. Brockhampton - Saturation 2 (2017)
58. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
59. Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
60. Big Thief - UFOF (2019)
61. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket (2017)
62. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
63. Katie Dey - ASDFASDF (2015)
64. Anderson Paak - Malibu (2016)
65. St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
66. Death Grips - No Love Deep Web (2012)
67. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (2014)
68. Black Midi - Schlagenheim (2019)
69. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
70. Pup - The Dream Is Over (2016)
71. Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This (2010)
72. Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor (2011)
73. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance (2018)
74. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012)
75. Four Tet - There Is Love In You (2010)
76. Candy Claws - Ceres & Calypso In The Deep Time (2013)
77. Gnarwhal - Shinerboy (2015)
78. The National - High Violet (2010)
79. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here, Thank You For The Service (2016)
80. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager (2010)
81. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog (2018)
82. Future Islands - In Evening Air (2010)
83. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)
84. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness (2015)
85. Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
86. DIIV - Oshin (2012)
87. The Roots - Undun (2011)
88. Real Estate - Days (2011)
89. Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)
90. Kamsai Washington - The Epic (2015)
91. Darkside - Psychic (2013)
92. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth (2016)
93. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon (2013)
94. Caroline Rose - Loner (2018)
95. Bjork - Utopia (2017)
96. Rhye - Woman (2013)
97. The Weeknd - House Of Ballons (2011)
98. Panda Bear - Tomboy (2011)
99. My Bloody Valentine - MBV (2013)
100. Hozier - Hozier (2014)
Merry-Go-Round: Top Albums Of The 2010s
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