Ive decided to compile a list of my favourite albums of the 10's. You're right. The 10's doesn't have a ring to it. I'm curious as to what people called this decade a hundred years ago (we seemed to have jumped over a short form for 1910-1919's, for example). I'm looking forward to next year when we can return to normalcy and officially call it the 20's. And, if I don't have at least one Gatsby themed party in the next decade I'll consider myself a failure.
Anyway. Music. The reason why you came. This decade has been one of the biggest in terms of game changers. Streaming, and our unfettered access to music of all kinds and from all places has changed the way we simply, do all things music. Our exposure to music is larger than ever before, platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, apps like Shazam, or even chart topping artists clamouring to do songs for movies not named James Bond. Looking back, my tastes have changed drastically over this past decade. Maybe it's maturity and a general open-mindedness, but I feel like maybe it's due, in part, to a plethora of artists at my finger tips.
When trying to come up with a "best of" list, I struggled. I wanted to put a spin on it, but the more I poured through the albums, the more I found that the rules I had self-imposed on said list didn't leave me with a result I felt good about. So instead, I landed on giving you a list of 35. I was going to do a classic 25, or my age at 32, but I settled at 35. So here is my "best of" list of 35 of my favourite albums of the last decade. I've attempted to rank them, but don't put too much stalk into it.
Essentially what I did was compile 100 albums, about 10 per year, and whittle it down from there. Interesting notes while doing this: 2015 clocked in with the most albums at 6, and both Mumford & Sons and Kanye West tied for most albums at 3 each. Take a look, and hit me up in the comment section with some of your favourites!
Best of the 10's Music List (2010-2019)
35. Awake - Illenium (2017)
34. 21 - Adele (2011)
33. Trouble will find me - The National (2013)
32. An Awesome Wave - Alt-J (2012)
31. Church of Scars - Bishop Briggs (2018)
30. If you wait - London Grammar (2014)
29. Hurry Up, Were Dreaming - M83 (2011)
28. Coastline - Geoffroy (2017)
27. Dawn - Ry X (2016)
26. Full Circle - Haelos (2016)
25. Woodstock - Portugal.The Man (2017)
24. Integrity Blues - Jimmy Eat World (2016)
23. Lover - Noah Gundersen (2019)
22. Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons (2015)
21. A Head full of Dreams - Coldplay (2015)
20. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010)
19. Hozier - Hozier (2014)
18. A Pill for Loneliness - City & Colour (2019)
17. Beneath the Skin - Of Monsters & Men (2015)
16. Folk Hop & Roll - Judah and the Lion (2017)
15. Beauty Behind the Madness - The Weekend (2015)
14. Purpose - Justin Bieber (2015)
13. Jesus is King - Kanye West (2019)
12. 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake (2013)
11. Pure Heroin - Lorde (2013)
10. Interstellar Motion Picture Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer (2014)
9. A Black Mile to the Surface - Manchester Orchestra (2017)
8. Watch the Throne - Jay-Z & Kanye West (2011)
7. Living Things - Linkin Park (2012)
6. Babel - Mumford & Sons (2012)
5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)
4. Strange Trails - Lord Huron (2015)
3. Delta - Mumford & Sons (2018)
2. Ghost Stories - Coldplay (2014)
1. 22, A Million - Bon Iver (2016)
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