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This is an ordered list of PopMatters's highest rated albums of 2010. Check out
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Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Pop Rap
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Hip Hop
Score
100
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2
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Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
November 23, 2010
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
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3
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Earl Greyhound - Suspicious Package
July 15, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
4
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Le Concorde - House
September 20, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
5
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Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show: No. 3 - Beat Konducta in Africa
March 23, 2010
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
90
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6
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Julie Christmas - The Bad Wife
November 9, 2010
Alternative Rock
,
Alternative Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
7
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Heaven Shall Burn - Invictus
May 24, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
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8
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The Silent League - But You've Always Been the Caretaker
January 4, 2010
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
9
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Picastro - Become Secret
January 1, 2010
Score
90
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10
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Food - Quiet Inlet
April 19, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
11
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Brain Drill - Quantum Catastrophe
May 10, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
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12
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Apache Beat - Last Chants
October 5, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Marc Ribot - Silent Movies
September 28, 2010
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
14
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Nellie McKay - Home Sweet Mobile Home
September 28, 2010
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Willie Nelson - Country Music
April 20, 2010
Country
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
June 8, 2010
Progressive Electronic
,
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Mose Allison - The Way of the World
March 23, 2010
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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DeepChord Presents: Echospace - Liumin
June 22, 2010
Dub Techno
,
Ambient Dub
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
19
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Vijay Iyer - Solo
September 14, 2010
Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Bilal - Airtight's Revenge
September 6, 2010
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Laura Veirs - July Flame
January 12, 2010
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Jukebox the Ghost - Everything Under The Sun
September 7, 2010
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
February 16, 2010
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
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Rumer - Seasons of My Soul
January 11, 2010
Pop Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings PopMatters awarded albums throughout 2010.
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