B3SCI Top 50 Albums of 2010

2010! What a year! We laughed, we cried, we got into it! It’s mid to late December, so you know what time it is, the presents are being wrapped, the tree is being trimmed, and all the world’s music writers are popping champagne and slapping each other fives, cause it’s Best of list season! So here goes the b3sci staff’s picks for the Top 50 LPs of the year. P.S. Many thanks to our readers for a super cool 2010, the blog has grown in ways we never could’ve imagined really. 2011 is going to be massive (unveiling the now under-construction site redesign!) so stay tuned to b3sci in the new year!

Kanye West – All of The Lights (Feat. Elton John, Alicia Keys, Fergie, The-Dream, Tony Williams, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Charlie Wilson, Ryan Leslie, Elly Jackson)

Gorillaz – Stylo (Feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)

Flying Lotus – Mmmhmm (Feat. Thundercat)

Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Erykah Badu – Fall in Love (Your Funeral)

Cee-Lo Green – Bright Lights Bigger City

Foals – Spanish Sahara

Sade – The Moon and the Sky

Tame Impala – Alter Ego

The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio

The Black Keys – The Next Girl

Aloe Blacc – You Make Me Smile

Deadmau5 – A City in Florida

The Tallest Man on Earth – A Lion’s Heart

Janelle Monae – Neon Valley Street

Bonobo – Stay the Same (Feat. Andreya Triana)

Gil Scott-Heron – Me and the Devil

Agalloch – They Escaped the Weight of Darkness

Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo

Big Boi – General Patton

Jose James – Lay You Down

First Aid Kit – Hard Believer

Salem – Frost

The Walkmen – Lisbon

Band of Horses – Infinite Arms

Deerhunter – Desire Lines

Big K.R.I.T. – Hometown Hero

The Roots – Dear God 2.0 (Feat. Monsters of Folk)

Four Tet – Plastic People

The Morning Benders – Excuses

Mount Kimbie – Adriatic

Phantogram – When I’m Small

Raheem DeVaughn – I Don’t Care

Broken Bells – The High Road

Curren$y – Breakfast

Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Do It All Again

Tinie Tempah – Snap

B.o.B. – Past My Shades (Feat. Lupe Fiasco)

Grinderman – Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man

The Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself

Rick Ross – Maybach Music III (Feat. T.I., Jadakiss, and Erykah Badu)

Surfer Blood – Harmonix

Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom (Feat. Horace Andy)

Seu Jorge – The Model

Example – Kickstarts

Delphic – Clarion Call

Laura Marling – Blackberry Stone

Futurebirds – Johnny Utah

M.I.A. – XXXO

Best Coast – Crazy For You

Honorable Mention:
TOKiMONSTA – Midnight Menu
UNKLE – Where Did the Night Fall
Crookers – Tons of Friends
Neil Young – Le Noise
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – I Learned the Hard Way
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Darker My Love – Alive As You Are
Lissie – Catching a Tiger
Ty Segall – Melted
Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
Summer Fiction – Summer Fiction
Small Black – New Chain
Freddie Joachim – Midway
Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
Warpaint – The Fool
Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love
Gayngs – Relayted
Professor Green – Alive Til I’m Dead
Deftones- Diamond Eyes
Ellie Goulding – Lights

Reviewed by b3