Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
Reviews
Lists
Perfect Scores
Under the Radar
Follow
www.undertheradarmag.com
Highest Rated Albums of 2010
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
Source
Under the Radar
All
A.V. Club
AllMusic
Alternative Press
American Songwriter
Angry Metal Guy
Beats Per Minute
Billboard
Blabbermouth.net
Clash
Classic Rock
Coke Machine Glow
Consequence of Sound
DIY
Drowned in Sound
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
FACT Magazine
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
MetalSucks
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Pretty Much Amazing
Q Magazine
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
SPIN
Sputnikmusic
The 405
The Fly
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Needle Drop
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
Time Out London
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut
Under the Radar
XLR8R
XXL
Genre
All
All
Alternative Rock
Americana
Art Pop
Chamber Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dream Pop
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Indietronica
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Pop
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
This is an ordered list of Under the Radar's highest rated albums of 2010. Check out
Under the Radar's Year End List
.
1
.
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
May 18, 2010
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
August 3, 2010
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
February 23, 2010
Chamber Folk
,
Progressive Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
4
.
Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
February 16, 2010
Indie Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
The Thermals - Personal Life
September 7, 2010
Indie Rock
,
Pop Punk
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Phosphorescent - Here's to Taking It Easy
May 11, 2010
Alt-Country
,
Americana
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Glasser - Ring
September 28, 2010
Indietronica
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
May 4, 2010
IDM
,
Glitch Hop
,
Wonky
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Four Tet - There Is Love in You
January 26, 2010
Microhouse
,
Minimal Techno
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
October 12, 2010
Indietronica
,
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
The New Pornographers - Together
May 4, 2010
Power Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Sun Airway - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
October 25, 2010
Psychedelic Pop
,
Chillwave
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Eels - End Times
January 19, 2010
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Lord Huron - Mighty
November 2, 2010
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
David Cross - Bigger and Blackerer
May 25, 2010
Comedy
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
June 8, 2010
Jangle Pop
,
Power Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Here We Go Magic - Pigeons
June 8, 2010
Experimental
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Yann Tiersen - Dust Lane
October 11, 2010
Post-Rock
,
Dream Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night
March 9, 2010
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
September 7, 2010
Electropop
,
Dance-Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
April 6, 2010
Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
January 19, 2010
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Jónsi - Go
April 6, 2010
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years
October 5, 2010
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
M.I.A. - ΛΛ Λ Y Λ
July 7, 2010
Industrial Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
,
Electropop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
3
4
...
8
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Under the Radar awarded albums throughout 2010.
You May Also Like
The Needle Drop's Highest Rated Albums of 2010
Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2010
Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 2010
NME's Highest Rated Albums of 2010
AllMusic's Highest Rated Albums of 2010
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement
New Album Releases
NR
Yung Lean
Psykos
79
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
79
Four Tet
Three
77
Tierra Whack
WORLD WIDE WHACK
49
Justin Timberlake
Everything I Thought It Was
More Releases