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Pitchfork.com: The Top 50 Albums of 2010
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Hot Coldman
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I heard a bit of it. Sounded tolerable to me, better than dismal previous efforts. but nothing amazing. That's just me though!HiResDes said:
Foxtastical
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After a few listens, I'm still on the fence. It's okay.Kodiak said:
But claiming this will be a definitive album of this decade is rather bold. It's been out for maybe a month? Hyped up rap and hip-hop albums always see the most reactionary opinions from both sides.
Foxtastical said:
It's a great album, but they'll probably go back and delete that blurb if it doesn't age well or something when they do their half decade list....and throw in a bunch of albums they didn't review and act like a bunch of stuff they heavily promoted in the earlier part of the decade didn't exist.
Shake Appeal
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Fishscale isn't even the best Ghostface record in that time period.theBishop said:
Shake Appeal said:
Supreme Clientele fashaw but I won't argue with Madvillainy. Any ways we're talking about 2010 and this dude is bringing up Led Zeppelin's IV like the 70's and 80's didn't exist. Stop talking before I drug you and force feed you Talking Heads, XTC, and The Cure. You are silly so stop acting like you have any real opinion on music.
GoutPatrol
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Vampire Weekend should be up that high. Love that album.
I really would've liked to see Girl Talk - All Day on here, but maybe that doesn't count since there isn't any actual NEW music on that.
That's really saying a lot. I like both of those albums quite a bit, but they don't seem like they really broke new ground or changed the genre at all.
If I were to pick a few of my favorite hip hop albums though, it'd probably be Labor Days, Deltron 3030, or White People.
That's really saying a lot. I like both of those albums quite a bit, but they don't seem like they really broke new ground or changed the genre at all.
If I were to pick a few of my favorite hip hop albums though, it'd probably be Labor Days, Deltron 3030, or White People.
JimiNutz
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I'll put my hand up and say that I don't follow music like I used to.
Can people start posting youtube links to some of their favourite tracks from their favourite albums on the list?
Obviously I could just type the band names into Youtube for myself, but it would get the thread back on track if people were actually posting about their favourite albums/tracks and including links to those tracks for non-music GAF to listen to (and hopefully discover some cool new bands the lazy way)
Can people start posting youtube links to some of their favourite tracks from their favourite albums on the list?
Obviously I could just type the band names into Youtube for myself, but it would get the thread back on track if people were actually posting about their favourite albums/tracks and including links to those tracks for non-music GAF to listen to (and hopefully discover some cool new bands the lazy way)
rdelaney said:
I don't see how you could say they don't break new ground. The song structures on both are remarkable. Madvillainy with its short, dense, chorus-free flows over some of the strangest, most original, and most consistent production ever. Fishscale with its longform storytelling that commits to the details without sacrifice the flow.
If these records didn't change rap it's because nobody else can operate on that level.
Shake Appeal
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They were decent, but a letdown if you were expecting them to deliver more of what they teased in singles/EPs before; there is nothing on the Kimbie album as good as 'Maybes', nothing on the Darkstar album as good as 'Need You'.modernkicks said:
The best thing of the year that falls within Pitchfork's remit and yet was completely ignored/unnoticed by them is the Paul Cary album. It isn't even all on youtube, but for fans of indie/garage rock: 'Yes Machine', 'Angel from Heaven'.
BenjaminBirdie
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Sweedishrodeo said:
Why wouldn't I be? "CMYK" is 2010's "Overkill Choir".
JeTmAn81 said:
Dude I don't like that album much either, even though I am usually a fan of their work. Anyway, you can't listen to one album out of a list so varied and decide that you won't like other stuff in it. Well you could, but that would kind of irrational IMO.
Yeah if you're a complete nerd :lolFlynn said:
List looks interesting to me, I've only heard about a fourth of these albums... but all my favorite albums of the year except 'Causers of This' are present. These lists should really only help people find new music. I'll have to check out some of these albums I didn't hear and some of the ones listed in the thread that didn't make it.
JeTmAn81
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HiResDes said:
Alright, this is Pitchfork so I know it's going to skew way indie but I still feel weird never having heard of half the bands on this list. I get the same feeling whenever I visit one of the new music threads on GAF.
I do try to listen to as much new music as possible, but I've felt a sense of slowing momentum with this stuff as I fail to find any new artists who really excite me. For the record, I really dug the LCD Soundsystem and Big Boi records, but those are the only two in that list I could say that about.
Actually I did enjoy the Arcade Fire album. All in all I've only heard nine albums in the list, but everything I read and hear about/from new indie music just fails to grab me in a significant way. I think I just want a new album from Muse :/.
Shake Appeal
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Cool av, by the way, the author is friends with my sister.BenjaminBirdie said:
Hot Coldman
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Pitchfork fucking hate Muse and will go off topic in their articles just to troll Muse fans. Just FYI.
BenjaminBirdie
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Shake Appeal said:
No shit? I saw him read a few weeks back at Word Brooklyn. It was totally rad.
JeTmAn81
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Differences of opinion will always exist when it comes to subjective art, so I don't really care whether or not anyone else likes Muse. I love that band just as I love many other bands (Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Outkast, etc.). What annoys me is that the bands I'm into are nowhere near new. They all tend to be at least 10+ years old, even if they came into their full creativity more recently.
I'm a musician, and the prospect of becoming that guy who only likes old music kinda scares me. I always told myself I'd keep up with music as it changed, though I decided never to approve of something just because it was new.
edit: On first listen, I thought The Resistance was Muse's worst album, but I started to like it a lot more on repeat listens.
I'm a musician, and the prospect of becoming that guy who only likes old music kinda scares me. I always told myself I'd keep up with music as it changed, though I decided never to approve of something just because it was new.
edit: On first listen, I thought The Resistance was Muse's worst album, but I started to like it a lot more on repeat listens.
Cosmic Bus
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Some of you might find NPR's coverage of interest: overall top 50, staff lists, reader picks, genre lists, overlooked albums... All of which contain nearly every band mentioned in this thread as "forgotten" or "without ___ this is crap!"
I generally find that trying to be so all-encompassing when it comes to music styles is more of a hindrance than a help (which is why Pitchfork is smart to mostly choose albums with maximum crossover appeal for their readership) but NPR does a really great job keeping things evenly covered, and even I manage to find hidden gems there that I wouldn't have otherwise.
I generally find that trying to be so all-encompassing when it comes to music styles is more of a hindrance than a help (which is why Pitchfork is smart to mostly choose albums with maximum crossover appeal for their readership) but NPR does a really great job keeping things evenly covered, and even I manage to find hidden gems there that I wouldn't have otherwise.
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