Q Magazine and NME's Top 50 Albums of 2010

[Aktivator]

I'm more a fan of Q mag than NME but both lists have several of my favorite albums of the year. Sort of surprised to see Arcade Fire's album at the top in both polls(#2 in NME). I love the album but thought most people thought it was a step backwards for them.

Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2010


1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
3. Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
4. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
5. Vampire Weekend - Contra
6. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
7. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
8. The National - High Violet
9. Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation
10. MGMT - Congratulations
11. The Black Keys - Brothers
12. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
13. Beach House - Teen Dream
14. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
15. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
16. Foals - Total Life Forever
17. John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
18. Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man
19. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
20. Take That - Progress
21. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
22. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
23. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
24. Bryan Ferry - Olympia
25. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
26. Klaxons - Surfing the Void
27. Midlake - The Courage of Others
28. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
29. Interpol - Interpol
30. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
31. The Chemical Brothers - Further
32. The Drums - The Drums
33. Tricky - Mixed Race
34. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
35. Man Alive - Everything Everything
36. The Roots - How I Got Over
37. The Coral - Butterfly House
38. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
39. I Am Kloot - Sky at Night
40. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back
41. Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
42. Tom Jones - Praise & Blame
43. Skream - Outside the Box
44. Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
45. Cherry Ghost - Beneath This Burning Shoreline
46. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
47. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
48. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
49. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
50. Steve Mason - Boys Outside

 

[Aktivator]

NME's Top 75 Albums of 2010

NME's Top 75 Albums Of 2010 are:
1. These New Puritans - 'Hidden'
2. Arcade Fire - 'The Suburbs'
3. Beach House - 'Teen Dream'
4. LCD Soundsystem - 'This Is Happening'
5. Laura Marling - 'I Speak Because I Can'
6. Foals - 'Total Life Forever'
7. Zola Jesus - 'Stridulum II'
8. Salem - 'King Night'
9. Liars - 'Sisterworld'
10. The Drums - 'The Drums
11. The National, 'High Violet'
12. Caribou, 'Swim'.
13. Gayngs, 'Relayted'.
14. The Fall, 'Your Future, Our Clutter'.
15. Yeasayer, 'Odd Blood'.
16. Grinderman, 'Grinderman 2'.
17. Factory Floor, 'Untitled'.
18. Warpaint, 'The Fool'
19. MGMT, 'Congratulations'
20. Deerhunter, 'Halcyon Digest'.
21. Janelle Monae, 'The ArchAndroid'
22. Swans, 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky'
23. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'Before Today'.
24. Vampire Weekend, 'Contra'
25. Avi Buffalo, 'Avi Buffalo'.
26. Les Savy Fav, 'Root For Ruin'.
27. Best Coast, 'Crazy For You '.
28. New Young Pony Club, 'The Optimist'
29. No Age, 'Everything In Between'.
30. Klaxons, 'Surfing The Void'
31. Crystal Castles, 'Crystal Castles'
32. Islet, 'Wimmy'. NME said: "Mind-bending.
33. Marina And The Diamonds, 'The Family Jewels'.
34. Kanye West, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'.
35. Glasser, 'Ring'.
36. Hurts, 'Happiness'.
37. Lonelady, 'Nerve Up'.
38. Big Boi, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty'.
39. Magnetic Man, 'Magnetic Man'.
40. Sleigh Bells, 'Treats'.
41. Steve Mason, 'Boys Outside'.
42. Mystery Jets, 'Serotonin'.
43. Everything Everything, 'Man Alive'.
44. Manic Street Preachers, 'Postcards From A Young Man'
45. Four Tet, 'There Is Love In You'
46. Paul Weller, 'Wake Up The Nation'.
47. Pulled Apart By Horses, 'Pulled Apart By Horses'.
48. My Chemical Romance, 'Danger Days'.
49. Surfer Blood, 'Astro Coast
50. Frightened Rabbit, 'The Winter of Mixed Drinks'
51. Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'IRM
52. Dum Dum Girls, 'I Will Be'
53. Kelis, 'Flesh Tone'.
54. First Aid Kit, 'The Big Black and The Blue'
55. Ikonika, 'Contact, Love, Want, Have'.
56. Mount Kimbie, 'Crooks & Lovers'.
57. Joanna Newsom, 'Have One On Me'.
58. Crocodiles, 'Sleep Forever'
59. Errors, 'Come Down With Me'
60. Belle And Sebastian, 'Write About Love'
61. Flying Lotus, 'Cosmogramma'
62. Gil Scott-Heron, 'I'm New Here'
63. Perfume Genius, 'Learning'
64. Walls, 'Walls'.
65. Robyn, 'Body Talk Pt 1'
66. Gorillaz, 'Plastic Beach'
67. The Dillinger Escape Plan, 'Option Paralysis'
68. Edwyn Collins, 'Losing Sleep'.
69. Happy Birthday, 'Happy Birthday'.
70. Broken Social Scene, 'Forgiveness Rock Record'.
71. Field Music, 'Field Music (Measure)'.
72. Male Bonding, 'Nothing Hurts'
73. Interpol, 'Interpol'
74. Sufjan Stevens, 'The Age Of Adz'.
75. The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, 'Blood & Fire'.

 

[LG]

Those are quite illuminating for me AK, I hardly know any of the bands...Sooty definitely would though.

Thanks for posting both lists...

 

[Magic]

LCD Soundsystems new album was really good. Surprisingly NME gave it a #4 and Q Mag gave it a #23. (atleast it made the top 25 on both lists)


O Wow...Gorillaz "Plastic Beach" didn't fair to well on NME @ #66. I liked that album, too.


I have to agree with you AK, I think Q Mag is a bit more accurate by my tastes anyway.

 

[Aktivator]

LCD Soundsystems new album was really good. Surprisingly NME gave it a #4 and Q Mag gave it a #23. (atleast it made the top 25 on both lists)


O Wow...Gorillaz "Plastic Beach" didn't fair to well on NME @ #66. I liked that album, too.


I have to agree with you AK, I think Q Mag is a bit more accurate by my tastes anyway.

YEah I'm surprised NME didn't rate Plastic Beach higher. In regards to the list both lists disregard americana and prog two things I also like but both are UK new music mags so I'm not surprised.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Those are quite illuminating for me AK, I hardly know any of the bands...Sooty definitely would though.

Thanks for posting both lists...

Actually I'm lukewarm on most of those groups and whilre I love new music I don't like a lot of hipster groups which seem to be the focus of these list. I do own and enjoy both Funeral and Neon Bible but honestly I haven't even bought the new album yet. There have been so many artist I love that have come out with music that aren't on this list because they are considered too mainstream but I love them a lot more. I do have the Grillaz album which i think is really good! I will have Kanye within a week as someone is picking up the Special Edition for me and I plan on getting Kings of Leon and First Aid Kit eventually. Aktivator, you know my taste by now, are there any recommendations from this list?

 

[b.o.b.]

Those are quite illuminating for me AK, I hardly know any of the bands...Sooty definitely would though.

Thanks for posting both lists...

Same feelings here . Besides some big names like Tom Jones, Brian Ferry or Peter Gabriel the rest of them are total unknown names for me. I must do some researches .

 

[AboutAGirl]

Very much an indie kind of list, which is quite alright and what you'd expect from them. But when I see these kinds of lists I just have to wonder -- does anybody do a comprehensive list? Like, who does the most comprehensive lists? 'Cause everybody has their bias, that's cool and unavoidable, but I'd be fascinated to see a list that put together not just mostly the stuff I'm aware of but all kinds of things... from underground electronic black metal like WOLD, to modern classical, to top 40 pop, to midlevel indie rock... all kinds of crazy things... throat singing... anything, man. Wouldn't a list like that be cool? I think so... Like a list that specifically tries to be as diverse as possible, no two entries from the same subset.

 

[Soot and Stars]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It would!

 

[METALPRIEST]

Every mag has to have their own list, that's just how it is...so it appeals to their readers, that crowd and those music fans...would be cool to see something diverse. I'm all up for it.