Top 40 Albums of 2010
2010 is rapidly coming to a close, and with no major albums scheduled to be released in December, I thought it would be the perfect time to put up my Top 40 Albums of 2010. If there are any albums that make it into my list before the end of the year, I will be sure to update it as/when is necessary, but I can’t see this changing much. I have listened to nearly 200 albums throughout the year and this is what I believe to be the very best. Not everyone will agree with some of the choices, but I’m sure we can all agree that 2010 has been the best year for music (of all genres) for quite a long time. This will be kept on the first page, until my Top 100 Songs of 2010 list is ready to be published on Christmas Eve. Comment or let me know on Twitter if there are any albums that would have made your Top 10/20.
40. Curren$y - Pilot Talk
39. Black Milk - Album Of The Year
38. Slum Village - Villa Manifesto
37. Yahzarah - The Ballad Of Purple St. James
36. Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back
35. Strong Arm Steady - In Search of Stoney Jackson
34. Danny Byrd - Rave Digger
33. Zo! - SunStorm
32. Eminem - Recovery
31. Professor Green - Alive Till I’m Dead
30. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
29. N*E*R*D - Nothing
28. Emancipator - Safe In The Steep Cliffs
27. Utah Jazz - Vintage
26. JME - Blam!
25. Sade - Soldier Of Love
24. Richard Earnshaw - In Time
23. Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
22. SoulChef - Escapism
21. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
20. Magnetic Man - Magnetic Man
19. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
18. John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
17. Gramatik - No Shortcuts/Street Bangerz Vol. 3
16. Vinnie Paz - Season Of The Assassin
15. Homeboy Sandman - The Good Sun
14. Devlin - Bud, Sweat & Beers
13. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
12. Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here
11. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son Of Chico Dusty
10. The Roots - How I Got Over
9. The Foreign Exchange - Authenticity
8. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Pt. 2 - Return Of The Ankh
7. Shad - TSOL
6. Aloe Blacc - Good Things
5. Ty - Special Kind Of Fool
4. Example - Won’t Go Quietly
3. KanYe West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Cee-Lo - The Lady Killer
1. NaS & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives