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
The Black Keys – The Next Girl
Aloe Blacc – You Make Me Smile
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
Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
The Roots – Dear God 2.0 (Feat. Monsters of Folk)
Raheem DeVaughn – I Don’t Care
Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Do It All Again
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)
Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom (Feat. Horace Andy)
Laura Marling – Blackberry Stone
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
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