NME's Best Albums of 2010

NME's Best Albums of 2010

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74.

October 12, 2010
Critic Score
77
34 reviews
Breathtakingly de trop in almost every regard, ‘The Age Of Adz’ also conjures just enough moments of heart-stopping gorgeousness to foot the bill for its dizzying excesses.

73.

September 7, 2010
Critic Score
63
31 reviews

Overall, ‘Interpol’ seems cinematic, abstract and complex, but that adds up to something interesting rather than thrilling.

70.

May 4, 2010
Critic Score
77
32 reviews

Across ‘Forgiveness…’ there’s countless reminders of why you loved BSS.

69.

Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday
March 16, 2010
Critic Score
73
7 reviews

68.

September 13, 2010
Critic Score
74
16 reviews

66.

March 3, 2010
Critic Score
82
40 reviews

We might not be sure who or what they are any more but we're sure about the tunes.

65.

June 15, 2010
Critic Score
77
26 reviews

64.

Walls - Walls
April 26, 2010
Critic Score
73
6 reviews

63.

June 21, 2010
Critic Score
75
12 reviews

Within all the emotional turmoil, there’s a lot for the listener to love: Hadreas’ compelling, tremulous vocals for one, and the haunting nature of his plinky plonky piano skills. A fragile, fucked-up little wonder.

62.

February 9, 2010
Critic Score
80
31 reviews

61.

May 4, 2010
Critic Score
85
35 reviews
Picking us up where the laptop prof's 'Los Angeles' debut dropped us for another nocturnal journey through LA that serves as a moody, widescreen, be-bopping riposte to UK dubstep. Only this time it's a flashier ride.

59.

March 1, 2010
Critic Score
78
10 reviews

58.

Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
September 14, 2010
Critic Score
70
17 reviews

57.

February 23, 2010
Critic Score
85
34 reviews

It’s unlikely that you’ll often listen to it in one bout, but whether beguiled one day by its exotic petals and blooms or the next by the less showy trees in the background, Have One On Me is an Elysian record that you’ll return to again and again.

56.

September 14, 2010
Critic Score
80
15 reviews

53.

July 6, 2010
Critic Score
71
15 reviews

51.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
December 7, 2009
Critic Score
73
28 reviews

49.

January 19, 2010
Critic Score
75
23 reviews

48.

November 22, 2010
Critic Score
69
25 reviews
An epic, end-of-days drive, taking in '80s synths, mainstream metal and gleaming pop.

46.

April 20, 2010
Critic Score
81
21 reviews
It's a collection of ludicrously fresh-sounding, short and sharp material (the majority of tracks are under two-and a-half minutes) that confirms he's in the midst of a seriously impressive rebirth.

45.

January 26, 2010
Critic Score
83
34 reviews
This LP could have injected some creativity back into 4/4, instead it settles for quaintness.

43.

August 27, 2010
Critic Score
78
14 reviews

Get off that sofa and stub out your joint; Manchester's new breed just made ideas and ambition sexy again.

42.

July 13, 2010
Critic Score
74
11 reviews

41.

June 22, 2010
Critic Score
77
15 reviews

40.

May 11, 2010
Critic Score
83
38 reviews
Drawing influence across the board, it’s a work that not so much mixes genres as smashes them into one visceral, jaw-dropping hybrid.

39.

October 11, 2010
Critic Score
69
19 reviews

37.

LoneLady - Nerve Up
February 22, 2010
Critic Score
79
9 reviews

36.

September 6, 2010
Critic Score
63
8 reviews

35.

September 28, 2010
Critic Score
74
25 reviews

34.

November 22, 2010
Critic Score
91
45 reviews

It’s the best thing he’s done since his game-changing debut, and heartening evidence to suggest the self-professed Louis Vuitton don is in a good place right now.

33.

February 15, 2010
Critic Score
68
22 reviews
Frankly, with a debut this astonishing, we think the time for Marina to stop worrying is here.

32.

Islet - Wimmy
November 10, 2010
Critic Score
82
5 reviews

31.

April 23, 2010
Critic Score
73
30 reviews
Radio playlisted, exploring their spiritual side – have the digipunk pinups gone soft? No fear...

30.

August 31, 2010
Critic Score
65
24 reviews

29.

September 28, 2010
Critic Score
79
28 reviews

28.

NYPC - The Optimist
May 4, 2010
Critic Score
62
11 reviews

26.

September 14, 2010
Critic Score
77
26 reviews
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