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Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep
April 12, 2010
Score
80
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Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - Lonely Avenue
September 28, 2010
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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3
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UNKLE - Where Did the Night Fall
May 10, 2010
Electronic
Score
80
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4
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Elizabeth Cook - Welder
May 11, 2010
Contemporary Country
Score
80
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5
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Rumer - Seasons of My Soul
January 11, 2010
Pop Soul
Score
80
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6
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Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Pop Rap
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Hip Hop
Score
80
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7
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Crystal Castles - (II)
April 23, 2010
Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
70
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8
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Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
May 21, 2010
Psychedelic Rock
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Neo-Psychedelia
Score
70
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9
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Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
October 19, 2010
Alternative Rock
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Pop Rock
Score
70
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10
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Operator Please - Gloves
April 26, 2010
Score
70
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11
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Parades - Foreign Tapes
December 2, 2010
Progressive Pop
Score
70
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12
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Take That - Progress
November 15, 2010
Pop
Score
70
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13
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Sia - We Are Born
June 22, 2010
Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Dance-Pop
Score
70
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14
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Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite
June 30, 2010
Dance-Pop
,
Electropop
,
Synthpop
,
Pop
Score
70
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15
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N.E.R.D - Nothing
November 2, 2010
Contemporary R&B
Score
60
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16
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The New Pornographers - Together
May 4, 2010
Power Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
60
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17
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MGMT - Congratulations
April 13, 2010
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
60
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Amazon
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Spotify
18
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Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
March 3, 2010
Art Pop
,
Electropop
Score
60
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Spotify
19
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Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
November 22, 2010
Pop Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
60
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Music
Spotify
20
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Taylor Swift - Speak Now
October 25, 2010
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
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21
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Scissor Sisters - Night Work
June 29, 2010
Dance-Pop
,
Electro-Disco
Score
60
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22
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Eminem - Recovery
June 18, 2010
Pop Rap
Score
60
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23
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Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
August 24, 2010
Dance-Pop
,
Electropop
,
Bubblegum Pop
Score
60
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24
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Ciara - Basic Instinct
December 10, 2010
Contemporary R&B
Score
50
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Hole - Nobody's Daughter
April 27, 2010
Alternative Rock
Score
50
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Sydney Morning Herald awarded albums throughout 2010.
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