Clash's Top 40 Albums of 2010

Clash's Top 40 Albums of 2010

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40.

September 14, 2010
Critic Score
81
28 reviews

39.

September 14, 2010
Critic Score
77
13 reviews

36.

April 20, 2010
Critic Score
81
21 reviews
Lean, mean and as uncompromisingly focused as its maker, this is an album for everyone's collection, and whilst Weller is perhaps not the man he once was, the man he is now is most definitely still a force to be reckoned with.

35.

Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower
September 14, 2010
Critic Score
72
7 reviews

34.

The Strange Boys - Be Brave
March 2, 2010
Critic Score
69
12 reviews

33.

May 10, 2010
Critic Score
84
37 reviews

Despite a sincere lack of happy hardcore bangers or light-relief comedy skits, ‘High Violet’ is a tight, no-nonsense follow-up to 2007’s critically acclaimed ‘Boxer’.

31.

Chrome Hoof - Crush Depth
May 3, 2010
Critic Score
74
6 reviews

30.

January 11, 2010
Critic Score
79
37 reviews
With a mix of frantic and scrappy pop songs alongside blankets of processed peacefulness ‘Contra’ is a fun and always intriguing listen. Vampire Weekend remain the most unlikely crowd pleasers and long may they continue to make the unapproachable not just relevant but entirely necessary.

28.

October 26, 2010
Critic Score
74
22 reviews

27.

June 15, 2010
Critic Score
76
28 reviews
It's less immediate than previous material, but nevertheless absorbs the magic of the world, distilling it into ten slices of trembling, impassioned rock 'n' roll.

26.

February 16, 2010
Critic Score
76
22 reviews
Freed from self-imposed musical constraints, ‘Field Music (Measure)’ is big, bold and beautiful.

24.

July 20, 2010
Critic Score
76
17 reviews

23.

Holy Fuck - Latin
May 11, 2010
Critic Score
74
16 reviews

22.

March 23, 2010
Critic Score
76
18 reviews

21.

February 9, 2010
Critic Score
80
31 reviews

18.

September 28, 2010
Critic Score
80
10 reviews

14.

September 28, 2010
Critic Score
79
28 reviews

13.

May 18, 2010
Critic Score
79
33 reviews

12.

Efterklang - Magic Chairs
February 23, 2010
Critic Score
72
16 reviews

10.

January 18, 2010
Critic Score
83
29 reviews

9.

May 18, 2010
Critic Score
83
38 reviews

As farewells go, this is proper fond. Sound of gold!

8.

August 17, 2010
Critic Score
76
21 reviews
It's predictably brilliant; another display of Dear's dazzling musical imagination.

7.

May 10, 2010
Critic Score
78
28 reviews
‘Total Life Forever’ is a massive leap forward for the band. The music writhes with a renewed ambition, capable of moving from near ambient strains of electronica to propulsive African funk in a drum break. Shifting from their 2D debut album, ‘Total Life Forever’ is a three-dimensional triumph.

5.

January 26, 2010
Critic Score
83
36 reviews

‘Teen Dream’ suggests that this is a band with the rarest of touches, familiar in their frailty yet fathomless in their depths.

3.

April 20, 2010
Critic Score
82
35 reviews

1.

August 3, 2010
Critic Score
88
43 reviews

Taking their perennial themes of loss, fear, control and time they’ve re-woven their epic art rock around their fascinating suburban theme that literally lies on our own doorstep.

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