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Highest Rated Albums of the 2010s

Decade
Source
Genre
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

1.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
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Spotify

2.

Chance The Rapper - The Big Day
July 26, 2019
Pop Rap
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
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Spotify

3.

Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold
August 16, 2019
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

LPX - Junk of the Heart
March 22, 2019
Alternative Dance
Score
100
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Spotify

5.

The National - I Am Easy to Find
May 17, 2019
Chamber Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Alan Moore - Unearthing
August 31, 2010
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

7.

Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
November 30, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
100
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iTunes
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8.

Noname - Room 25
September 14, 2018
Hip Hop
Score
100
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Rival Consoles - Persona
April 13, 2018
Microhouse
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Neko Case - Hell-On
June 1, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Jon Hopkins - Singularity
May 4, 2018
Microhouse
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
February 16, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Andrew W.K. - You're Not Alone
March 2, 2018
Hard Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive
February 16, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Iron Chic - You Can't Stay Here
October 13, 2017
Pop Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Worriers - Survival Pop
September 29, 2017
Pop Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
September 22, 2017
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
October 6, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
August 25, 2017
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings A.V. Club awarded albums throughout 2010.
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