There have been several bookmark years in my lifespan. Not in all my 27 years upon this earth can I recall such a vivacious and celebrated year for music that was 2010. Not a bad way to kick off a new decade, huh? Between the emotional toils and battles of wits, this year's pallet offered me comfort and solace in a way I had never really anticipated or experienced beforehand. There were the dark layers of blunt punk rock, nostalgic rock n' soul and brilliantly conceived pop music that contained intelligence. In all honesty, this year's list was the most difficult to compile simply due to how strong many of the records stuck with me. 2010 has been an undeniably heart-wrenching and exhausting year - for several reasons. One thing I can take comfort with, however, is that through it all... I found a few precious melodies to make it worth the hassle.
Top 30 Albums of 2010:
30. Anberlin Dark Is The Way. Light Is A Place.
29. Punchline Delightfully Pleased
28. Paper Arms Days Above Ground
27. House of Heroes Suburba
26. Weezer Hurley
25. Counterpunch Heroes and Ghosts
24. Leatherface The Stormy Petrel
23. Against Me! White Crosses
22. Carpenter Sea To Sky
21. The Menzingers Chamberlain Waits
20. The Classic Crime Vagabonds
19. Alkaline Trio This Addiction
18. The Damned Things Ironiclast
17. Jimmy Eat World Invented
16. Make Do and Mend End Measured Mile
15. None More Black Icons
14. Bad Religion The Dissent of Man
13. The Riot Before Rebellion
12. The Flatliners Cavalcade
11. Sundowner We Chase The Waves
10. Steel Train Steel Train
9. Eli "Paperboy" Reed Come and Get It
8. Butch Walker I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
7. Hostage Calm Hostage Calm
6. Far At Night We Live
5. Fake Problems Real Ghosts Caught on Tape
4. Iron Chic Not Like This
3. The Gaslight Anthem American Slang
2. Off With Their Heads In Desolation
1. The Graduate Only Every Time
The 5 Best EPs of 2010:
5. Frank Turner Rock & Roll
4. Keane Night Train
3. Mixtapes Thought About Growing Up
2. The Get Up Kids Simple Science
1. Banquets This Is Our Concern, Dude
Most Disappointing Albums of 2010:
Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow
OK Go Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
Man Overboard Real Talk
The Wonder Years The Upsides
Crime in Stereo I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone
Top 10 Songs of 2010:
10. Steel Train "Bullet"
9. Let Me Run "Scared As Shit"
8. Against Me! "Spanish Moss"
7. Four Year Strong "It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now"
6. The Graduate "All At Once"
5. The Classic Crime "Vagabonds"
4. Cee-Lo Green "Fuck You"
3. Far From Finished "Say Something"
2. Off With Their Heads "The Eyes of Death"
1. Far "At Night We Live"
Most Anticipated: 2011:
A Wilhelm Scream
The Swellers
Thrice
Frank Turner
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I think this list will align the most with my own (save for different rankings and such, namely with JEW being as "low" as it is). Awesome stuff as always, Chris.
Heh, I would've been disappointed if you didn't have The Graduate at #1. Looks like I have some catching up to do in listening to some of the other listed bands, though. Good stuff.
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