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Top 15 - 2010

oh wow. i've made a list. a music list. this is so not me. but a challenge was set to choose only one best album of 2010. so i scrolled through the iPhone and picked out the offerings from 2010 that are still on there today. oddly enough, i came up with not the standard 10 or 20, but 15. a good number i think. and i've picked a favourite.

1. Andrew Belle - The Ladder

2. Stars - The Five Ghosts

3. The National - High Violet

4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

5. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard

6. The Black Keys - Brothers

7. Goldfrapp - Head First

8. Down The Way - Angus and Julia Stone

9.  Ray LaMontagne - God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise

10. KT Tunstall - Tiger Suit

11. The Drums - The Drums

12. Diana Vickers - Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree

13. Sara Bareilles: Kaleidoscope Heart

14. Spoon: Transference

15. The Bird and The Bee: Interpreting the Masters Vol 1 (Hall and Oates)

 

Top 15 of 2010: 01

Who: Andrew Belle

What: The Ladder

How: Oh My Stars featured on an episode of Private Practice. Don't judge me.

Why: I don't know why. I don't read Pitchfork or anything but something tells me they wouldn't like Andrew Belle. Wait. Let me check. Nope nothing. What about Tiny Mix Tapes? Nothing! OK Google Blogsearch comes up with this review by Now It's On. This will have to do. I can't explain why Andrew Belle is good, but he is. I really don't like choosing a favourite, and I have to admit I've chosen The Ladder because it has had the most plays. That's got to mean something I guess. Be warned that there is banjo in some places, but not in an annoying Mumford and Sons kind of way. Which makes me like it even more.

 Add It Up

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Top 15 of 2010: 02

Who: Stars

What: The Five Ghosts

Why: Seriously, I haven't thought properly about writing about 15 different albums. And it's hard to believe that neither this, Arcade Fire or The National made it to the top. But this is still brilliant. When everything else starts to sound samey you can put The Five Ghosts on and it'll wake up your iPhone/iPod/whatever.

How Much More

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Top 15 of 2010: 03

Who: The National

What: High Violet    

Why: Oh this was so going to be the year of The National. Bloodbuzz Ohio was a good sign of what was to come, and I'd managed to get tickets to see them at a pretty cool venue in November. But then I got 'High Violet block'. After a month of listens I couldn't listen to it anymore. It was still good, but I dunno, I just couldn't listen to it. I know why, but to go on about it will only make you realise yes, you were right when you thought that there was something not quite right about me. And November didn't happen either. But that doesn't mean they weren't good.

 Little Faith

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Top 15 of 2010: 04

Who: Arcade Fire

What: The Suburbs

Why: Not sure why. I didn't enjoy Neon Bible much, and this has been sold as looking back at the suburb you grew up in or something. Which I didn't, and doing that funny video thing with Google Chrome only underlined that.

 

We Used To Wait

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Top 15 of 2010: 05

Who: Ra Ra Riot

What: The Orchard

How: Many thanks to Beckie for featuring Ra Ra Riot on her blog. I got the hint, eventually.

Why: There's quite a lot of new stuff I've come across this year, mainly ones that people recommend and say 'you might not like it at first, listen to it a few times, and you will!'. I should know because I tried to sell The National to sister #4 that way. It didn't work, until I mentioned they featured on a trailer for One Tree Hill. Pffft. Anyway, to quote the boy, in Massa-choooo-setts...

Massachusetts

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Top 15 of 2010: 06

Who: The Black Keys    

What: Brothers    

Why: I didn't pick up on the Black Keys until I heard a track by Dan Auerbach on an episode of Friday Night Lights. But that's irrelevant. I really really like Brothers and am kind of annoyed at hearing Next Girl on a trailer for Hollyoaks. I still like it, though.

Everlasting Light

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Top 15 of 2010: 07

Who: Goldfrapp

What: Head First

Why: Because the boy and I sing lines from Rocket to each other in the car and there's nothing you can do about it!

Voice Thing

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Top 15 of 2010: 08

Who: Angus and Julia Stone

What: Down The Way    

How: Life Unexpected featured The Devil's Tears in the most recent episode.

Why: I'm pretty sure they've made an appearance on a Costes compilation somewhere, but I like them better when they haven't been interfered with.

 Hold On

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Top 15 of 2010: 09

Who: Ray LaMontagne

What: God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise

Why: Why? Really?!

Devil's In The Jukebox

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Top 15 of 2010: 10

Who: KT Tunstall

What: Tiger Suit    

Why: It's KT Tunstall. Again. It's different. Again. That's one point, but I like how she's changed things up again. She wouldn't have come up with Difficulty otherwise.

 Difficulty

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