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Top of the Pops //
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
So it’s that time of year when a million charts are posted celebrating the years music…i love it, it’s a great opportunity to pick up on the things you might have missed.
In the absence of having compiled my own chart, I will point you towards Filter magazine, who have compiled a list of their favourite albums of 2010:
FILTER’s Top 10 of 2010
1. LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening (DFA/VIRGIN)
2. Beach House, Teen Dream (SUB POP)
3. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More (GLASSNOTE)
4. The National, High Violet (4AD)
5. The Walkmen, Lisbon (FAT POSSUM)
6. Gorillaz, Plastic Beach (PARLOPHONE/VIRGIN)
7. Surfer Blood, Astro Coast (KANINE)
8. The Black Keys, Brothers (NONESUCH)
9. The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt (DEAD OCEANS)
10. Band of Horses, Infinite Arms (BROWN/FAT POSSUM/COLUMBIA)
I chose to post this list for 3 particular reasons:
1. LCD Soundsystem were far and away the best live act i saw this year…I’ve seen them play once before, but this time round i quite literally stood there, mouth open, before realising that i needed to dance…a lot!
2. High Violet by The National was given to me by a friend and after 2 listens i’d bought all of their albums. Some of the songs irritate me now as I definitely overplayed them, but one never will…i think this was my favourite record of 2010…
3. Plastic Beach by Gorillaz was a really refreshing slice of original pop music. If only more people were thinking innovatively and less about autotune butchery, snide raps and ill fitting jaunty baseball caps.
