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Highest Rated Albums of the 2010s

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s

Genre

2010s

1. Death Grips - The Money Store

April 21, 2012

Hip Hop

Score

100

2. Swans - To Be Kind

May 13, 2014

Experimental Rock

Score

100

3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

March 16, 2015

Hip Hop

Score

100

4. Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS

June 8, 2018

Experimental Hip Hop

Score

100

5. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want

October 26, 2018

Noise Rock

Score

100

6. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2

May 3, 2011

Score

7. Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer

March 9, 2010

Score

8. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

May 18, 2010

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9. Chromeo - Business Casual

September 14, 2010

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10. The Books - The Way Out

July 20, 2010

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11. Women - Public Strain

September 28, 2010

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12. Destroyer - Kaputt

January 25, 2011

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13. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

May 3, 2011

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14. Battles - Gloss Drop

June 7, 2011

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15. Big K.R.I.T. - Return Of 4eva

March 22, 2011

Hip Hop

Score

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Amazon

16. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It

February 21, 2012

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17. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel

June 19, 2012

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18. Dope Body - Natural History

May 22, 2012

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19. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city

October 22, 2012

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20. TNGHT - TNGHT

July 24, 2012

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21. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

April 8, 2013

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22. Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica

July 16, 2012

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23. BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2

April 3, 2012

Experimental

Score

Source →

Amazon

24. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

June 4, 2013

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25. Tim Hecker - Virgins

October 14, 2013

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2010.

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