A.V. Club's 25 Best Albums of 2010

LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 84

Based on 248 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Indie Rock (9), Electronic (4), Hip Hop (3), Lo-Fi (2), Electropop (1), Post-Punk (1), Indie Pop (1), Rock (1), Soul (1), Experimental (1)

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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Released: Nov 22nd, 2010
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 93

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2. The Walkmen - Lisbon

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Released: Sep 14th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 85

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3. The National - High Violet

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Released: May 11th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 87

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4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

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Released: May 18th, 2010
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 88

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5. The Roots - How I Got Over

Released: Jun 22nd, 2010
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 84

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6. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

Released: May 18th, 2010
Genre: Soul

Overall Rating: 87

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7. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

Released: Jul 6th, 2010
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 87

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8. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding

Released: Sep 14th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 83

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9. Vampire Weekend - Contra

Released: Jan 12th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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10. Robyn - Body Talk

Released: Nov 22nd, 2010
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 86

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11. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks

Released: Mar 2nd, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 69

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12. The Black Keys - Brothers

Released: May 18th, 2010
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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13. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be

Released: Mar 30th, 2010
Genre: Lo-Fi

Overall Rating: 79

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14. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

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Released: Sep 28th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 84

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15. Wavves - King of the Beach

Released: Aug 3rd, 2010
Genre: Lo-Fi

Overall Rating: 80

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16. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

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Released: Aug 3rd, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 88

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17. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo

Released: Apr 27th, 2010
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 80

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18. Call Me Lightning - When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free

Released: Jul 20th, 2010
Genre: Post-Punk

Overall Rating: 100

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19. Yeasayer - Odd Blood

Released: Feb 9th, 2010
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 75

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20. Dessa - A Badly Broken Code

Released: Feb 9th, 2010

Overall Rating: 88

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21. Baths - Cerulean

Released: Jun 22nd, 2010
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 83

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22. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Released: May 4th, 2010
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 89

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23. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Released: Mar 9th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 84

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24. Four Tet - There Is Love in You

Released: Jan 26th, 2010
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 82

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25. Spoon - Transference

Released: Jan 19th, 2010
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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