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[Mutagenic]

You hate Pitchfork? I'm sorry you clicked on this thread. Did your favorite album not make the list? Those P4K bastards. Let's hug it out, bitch. Perhaps give them a hit HERE, or not...

EXTRAS!: Honorable Mentions. The Top 100 Tracks of 2010: #100-51 / #50-1. Travel back in time: 2008.

50. Wavves - King of the Beach
49. Wild Nothing - Gemini
48. Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
47. Women - Public Strain
46. Matthew Dear - Black City
45. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
44. Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
43. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
42. Drake - Thank Me Later
41. Delorean - Subiza
40. Abe Vigoda - Crush
39. Best Coast - Crazy For You
38. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
37. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
36. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
35. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
34. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
33. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
32. Tyler, the Creator - Bastard
31. Woods - At Echo Lake
30. The-Dream - Love King
29. The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange
28. The National - High Violet
27. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
26. Twin Shadow - Forget
25. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
24. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
23. Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
22. Girls - Broken Dreams Club EP
21. The Walkmen - Lisbon
20. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
19. How to Dress Well - Love Remains
18. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
17. Caribou - Swim
16. Sleigh Bells - Treats
15. Robyn - Body Talk
14. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
13. No Age - Everything in Between
12. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
11. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
10. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
9. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
8. James Blake - The Bells Sketch EP / CMYK EP / Klavierwerke EP
7. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
6. Vampire Weekend - Contra
5. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
3. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
2. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

 

[Jenga]

1 is kanye

others are bands no one has ever heard of

 

[Conceited]

I haven`t heard of at least half of the artists on this list.

 

[DMczaf]

I for one welcome our new Kanye overlord.

 

[Lafiel]

#1 will probably be Arcade Fire - The Suburbs. Or at least in the top 5.

 

[lightless_shado]

Its going to be something so ironic and unexpected like their pic for best song of the decade

 

[Movement]

1 is kanye

others are bands no one has ever heard of

I forgot that no one has heard of gorillaz.

 

[Jenga]

I forgot that no one has heard of gorillaz.

ok

48 other bands no one has ever heard of

 

[WEGGLES]

Glad to see The Monitor in the top 10

 

[ZephyrFate]

#1 will probably be Arcade Fire - The Suburbs. Or at least in the top 5.

It's #11.

 

[Dan]

Well I bought and liked Gorillaz and especially Four Tet. Haven't heard any of the others.

Edit: Oh, I see Flying Lotus' brilliant Cosmogramma made the top 20 along with James Blake's EPs. I'm down with those too.

 

[nemesun]

Hail to the king.

 

[lightless_shado]

ok

48 other bands no one has ever heard of

You've never heard of Drake or Big boi?

 

[StuBurns]

Only number seven, that's an insult.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

ok

48 other bands no one has ever heard of

No one has ever heard of Big Boi from Outkast, Drake, or the Teflon Don himself?

 

[N4Us]

Its going to be something so ironic and unexpected like their pic for best song of the decade

"B.O.B" is the song of the decade though. One of the few times I agree with them about something.

 

[Jenga]

No one has ever heard of Big Boi from Outkast, Drake, or the Teflon Don himself?

wasnt drake that dude who was in a photo op with beiber?

 

[HiResDes]

Pitchfork doesn't know rap/hip-hop I'm not surprised by any of these pick...In fact if I made a top 50 everyone would probably be more outraged...As there definitely wouldn't be any The National or The Walkmen anywhere near my top 50 nor 100. :lol

Edit: Oh and I think Cosmogramma is the most overrated album this year.

 

[B1gg_Randall]

No Kid Cudi??? Im outta here..

 

[Dan]

No one has ever heard of Big Boi from Outkast, Drake, or the Teflon Don himself?

You lost me.

 

[_Bro]

Weren't they the ones who were praising Titus Andronicus as the greatest band to ever land on the planet? Didn't they pretty much promote the shit out of them and really only them through Pitchfork concerts?

Man, their list beyond #9 must be really, super great - better than what they've actually listened too so they just put them there off of the hyperbole of the great internet.

 

[joeyjoejoeshabadoo]

Did Abe Vigoda the actor put out a record or is there a band called Abe Vigoda?

 

[HiResDes]

No Kid Cudi??? Im outta here..

That album was mediocre dude, sorry...You'd have a case if you were talking about Man on the Moon #1 though.

 

[Kevtones]

Deerhunter #3

 

[HiResDes]

Did Abe Vigoda the actor put out a record or is there a band called Abe Vigoda?

Wow that's just about the dumbest questions I've ever seen.

 

[Zoramon089]

Why does no one recognize this?!

 

[XMonkey]

The Naked and Famous not on this list? Tragedy. In my top 3 albums for the year easily.

 

[Jangocube]

:lol

#1 is Kanye :lol

:lol

Damn that CD is so overrated.

 

[Conceited]

Did Abe Vigoda the actor put out a record or is there a band called Abe Vigoda?

I sure hope it`s the former.

 

[giga]

5. Beach House - Teen Dream

Definitely my record of the year.

 

[ATF487]

Wow, Contra is so much higher than I thought it would be

ftr I probably have at least a third of those

 

[Spider from Mars]

1 is kanye

others are bands no one has ever heard of

I have heard of all of them but 5. Hipster victory!

 

[teepo]

i fucking love pitchfork.

these threads are always a joy to read through each and every single year.


keep up the good work guys.

 

[HiResDes]

Wow, Contra is so much higher than I thought it would be

ftr I probably have at least a third of those

Contra is way too high, and there about 5 albums in the bottom 50 that should be in the top 20 IMO.

 

[Corwood Rep]

Gil Scott-Heron is some 40 spots too low, Kanye shouldn't even be on the list, and where the fuck is Grinderman.

Major complaints done!

 

[HiResDes]

I have heard of all of them but 5. Hipster victory!

They aren't ridiculously obscure bands dude, at this point people are calling things hipster because they are too lazy to expand their musical horizons...It's ridiculous.

 

[hateradio]

Lots of mediocre shit, figures. :]

 

[ZephyrFate]

Lots of mediocre shit, figures. :]

Love your apt username.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Why does no one recognize this?!

Because Pitchfork loves to troll any conscious, good hip hop. To be fair I'm not knocking their two highest picks - Kanye's album is obviously very good, and Big Boi's album is not only good but the best mastered/engineered/etc album of the year. But throughout the year Pitchfork gave laughably favoralbe reviews to shit from Gucci Mane, Wacka Flack Flame, etc while constantly 7-7.6ing anything that didn't feature party songs.

My AOTY is Have One On Me, so seeing it in their top 10 is cool. I ain't mad

 

[Pinko Marx]

Fuck Conway

 

[Spider from Mars]

They aren't ridiculously obscure bands dude, at this point people are calling things hipster because they are too lazy to expand their musical horizons...It's ridiculous.

Fuckin' ridiculous

Spoiler

I know that most of those bands are fairly well known within the Indie community, just trying to dilute the word hipster to the point where it is truly meaningless

 

[goldlion054]

I for one welcome our new Kanye overlord.

New?

 

[HiResDes]

#1 will probably be Arcade Fire - The Suburbs. Or at least in the top 5.

Spoiler

Salt that is

Fuckin' ridiculous

Spoiler

I know that most of those bands are fairly well known within the Indie community, just trying to dilute the word hipster to the point where it is truly meaningless

Complaining about anything hipster in a Pitchfork thread is like coming into an NBA thread and complaining about black people.

...Is this kosher, if I'm black?

 

[-Eddman-]

The only album worth a damn in that list is Titus Andronicus.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Pitchfork is now anti-indie. Its official.

 

[sharkmuncher]

Looks like there's a few albums to pick up, then its off to listen to 30-1 straight through in descending order. Introduced me to a lot of enjoyable music last year with only some crap (I just can't enjoy Antony and the Johnsons, among others, not my deal).

 

[ATF487]

The only album worth a damn in that list is Titus Andronicus.

:-\

Still don't get the intense love for this one. I prefer The Airing of Grievances by a comfortable margin

 

[mellowyellowod]

Yay at Contra! I know I'm in the tiny minority but it was my personal fave this year

 

[HiResDes]

The only album worth a damn in that list is Titus Andronicus.

If you like Titus Andronicus I don't know how you can hate on No Age and Abe Vigoda.

Edit: Oh and I agree with ATF about the album overall.

 

[toastyToast]

Where the hell is Red Flame?