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1
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Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
March 3, 2010
Art Pop
,
Electropop
Score
100
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2
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Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Pop Rap
,
Hip Hop
Score
96
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Amazon
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3
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Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
November 5, 2010
Pop Soul
Score
92
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Amazon
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4
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Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
September 14, 2010
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Cloud Cult - Light Chasers
September 14, 2010
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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6
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Best Coast - Crazy for You
July 27, 2010
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Surf Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Baths - Cerulean
June 22, 2010
Glitch Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Here We Go Magic - Pigeons
June 8, 2010
Experimental
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
May 18, 2010
Art Pop
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
May 4, 2010
IDM
,
Glitch Hop
,
Wonky
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer
March 9, 2010
Psychedelic Soul
,
Electronic
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
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12
.
Fang Island - Fang Island
February 23, 2010
Indie Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Liars - Sisterworld
March 9, 2010
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
March 9, 2010
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
February 23, 2010
Chamber Folk
,
Progressive Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
These New Puritans - Hidden
January 18, 2010
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
February 23, 2010
Heavy Metal
,
Stoner Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
March 9, 2010
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Yeasayer - Odd Blood
February 9, 2010
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Warpaint - The Fool
October 26, 2010
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
September 14, 2010
Punk Blues
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
October 12, 2010
Microhouse
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Alan Moore - Unearthing
August 31, 2010
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
24
.
Sharon Van Etten - Epic
September 21, 2010
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Chuck Person - Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1
August 8, 2010
Vaporwave
,
Plunderphonics
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2010.
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