Year-End Lists

Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s

1. Kendrick Lamar
   To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Kanye West
   Yeezus
3. Grimes
   Art Angels
4. Kanye West
   My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Frank Ocean
   Blond
6. Kendrick Lamar
   good kid, m.A.A.d city
7. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
8. Sky Ferreira
   Night Time, My Time
9. Carly Rae Jepsen
   E•MO•TION
10. Taylor Swift
    Red
11. Kendrick Lamar
    Damn
12. LCD Soundsystem
    This Is Happening
13. Frank Ocean
    Channel Orange
14. Arcade Fire
    The Suburbs
15. David Bowie
    Blackstar
16. Sufjan Stevens
    Carrie & Lowell
17. Lorde
    Melodrama
18. My Bloody Valentine
    m b v
19. Fiona Apple
    The Idler Wheel…
20. Robyn
    Body Talk
21. Solange
    A Seat at the Table
22. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
23. Vince Staples
    Summertime ’06
24. The War on Drugs
    Lost in the Dream
25. Deafheaven
    Sunbather
26. Vampire Weekend
    Modern Vampires of the City
27. Mitski
    Puberty 2
28. St. Vincent
    Strange Mercy
29. Angel Olsen
    Burn Your Fire For No Witness
30. Danny Brown
    Old
31. Father John Misty
    I Love You, Honeybear
32. Beach House
    Teen Dream
33. Beyoncé
    Lemonade
34. Kacey Musgraves
    Golden Hour
35. Mount Eerie
    A Crow Looked at Me
36. FKA twigs
    LP1
37. Bon Iver
    22, A Million
38. Drake
    Take Care
39. Joanna Newsom
    Have One On Me
40. Lana Del Rey
    Born to Die
41. Chance The Rapper
    Acid Rap
42. Ariana Grande
    Sweetener
43. Perfume Genius
    No Shape
44. Slowdive
    Slowdive
45. Pusha T
    Daytona
46. Rihanna
    Anti
47. Waxahatchee
    Cerulean Salt
48. Snail Mail
    Lush
49. Panda Bear
    Tomboy
50. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels 2
51. Sharon Van Etten
    Are We There
52. Tame Impala
    Currents
53. The Knife
    Shaking the Habitual
54. Titus Andronicus
    The Monitor
55. Rosalía
    El Mal Querer
56. Cardi B
    Invasion of Privacy
57. Earl Sweatshirt
    Doris
58. A Tribe Called Quest
    We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
59. Radiohead
    A Moon Shaped Pool
60. Kamasi Washington
    The Epic
61. The 1975
    I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
62. M83
    Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
63. Fucked Up
    David Comes to Life
64. Blood Orange
    Cupid Deluxe
65. James Blake
    James Blake
66. Jenny Hval
    Apocalypse, Girl
67. Lana Del Rey
    Norman Fucking Rockwell!
68. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
69. Taylor Swift
    1989
70. D’Angelo and The Vanguard
    Black Messiah
71. Low
    Double Negative
72. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
    Ghosteen
73. Björk
    Vulnicura
74. The National
    Sleep Well Beast
75. Charli XCX
    Pop 2
76. (Sandy) Alex G
    DSU
77. SZA
    Ctrl
78. Deerhunter
    Halcyon Digest
79. Big Thief
    U.F.O.F.
80. Parquet Courts
    Light Up Gold
81. Japandroids
    Celebration Rock
82. Fuck Buttons
    Slow Focus
83. Priests
    Nothing Feels Natural
84. Vampire Weekend
    Father of the Bride
85. Sleigh Bells
    Treats
86. Eric Church
    The Outsiders
87. Oneohtrix Point Never
    Replica
88. Cobalt
    Slow Forever
89. Rich Gang
    Tha Tour Part 1
90. Charly Bliss
    Guppy
91. Japanese Breakfast
    Soft Sounds from Another Planet
92. Jim O’Rourke
    Simple Songs
93. Hop Along
    Painted Shut
94. Purity Ring
    Shrines
95. Wye Oak
    Civilian
96. Colleen Green
    I Want to Grow Up
97. Courtney Barnett
    Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
98. PUP
    The Dream Is Over
99. Car Seat Headrest
    Teens of Denial
100. Future
     Pluto