Best Albums of the 2010s

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale)

We’re already six years into the 2010s, so I thought it would be a good time to list my favorite albums of the decade, so far anyway. This is a tentative list, so as I hear new things and change my mind on other albums the list list will be update. I’ll try to do it regularly, but at the very least I’ll add new albums to it at the end of each year.

Decade Rank	Album	Artist	Year	Stars	Rating
1	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	2010	✮✮✮✮✮	98
2	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire	2010	✮✮✮✮✮	96
3	Good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar	2012	✮✮✮✮✮	94
4	Total Life Forever	Foals	2010	✮✮✮✮✰	89
5	…Like Clockwork	Queens Of The Stone Age	2013	✮✮✮✮✰	87
6	Carrie & Lowell	Sufjan Stevens	2015	✮✮✮✮✰	84
7	Friend Of The People	Lupe Fiasco	2011	✮✮✮✮✰	80
8	To Pimp A Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar	2015	✮✮✮✮	79
9	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean	2012	✮✮✮✮	77
10	Goblin	Tyler, The Creator	2011	✮✮✮✮	77
11	Modern Vampires Of The City	Vampire Weekend	2013	✮✮✮✮	76
12	Currents	Tame Impala	2015	✮✮✮✮	76
13	Reflektor	Arcade Fire	2013	✮✮✮✮	74
14	In Colour	Jamie XX	2015	✮✮✮✮	74
15	Random Access Memories	Daft Punk	2013	✮✮✮✮	74
16	Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Courtney Barnett	2015	✮✮✮✮	73
17	You’re Dead!	Flying Lotus	2014	✮✮✮✮	72
18	Lonerism	Tame Impala	2012	✮✮✮✮	72
19	Why Make Sense?	Hot Chip	2015	✮✮✮✮	72
20	Art Angels	Grimes	2015	✮✮✮✮	71
21	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	2011	✮✮✮✮	71
22	Synthetica	Metric	2012	✮✮✮✮	71
23	Poison Season	Destroyer	2015	✮✮✮✮	70
24	Run The Jewels 2	Run The Jewels	2014	✮✮✮✰	69
25	Hozier	Hozier	2014	✮✮✮✰	69
26	Trouble Will Find Me	The National	2013	✮✮✮✰	69
27	Run The Jewels	Run The Jewels	2013	✮✮✮✰	69
28	Yeezus	Kanye West	2013	✮✮✮✰	69
29	Kintsugi	Death Cab For Cutie	2015	✮✮✮✰	68
30	Tetsuo & Youth	Lupe Fiasco	2015	✮✮✮✰	68
31	Bable	Mumford and Sons	2012	✮✮✮✰	68
32	Sylvan Esso	Sylvan Esso	2014	✮✮✮✰	67
33	Life Is Good	Nas	2012	✮✮✮✰	67
34	Angles	The Strokes	2011	✮✮✮✰	67
35	Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes	Thom Yorke	2014	✮✮✮✰	67
36	Morning Phase	Beck	2014	✮✮✮✰	67
37	Holy Fire	Foals	2013	✮✮✮✰	66
38	Section.80	Kendrick Lamar	2011	✮✮✮✰	66
39	Weatherhouse	Phillip Selway	2014	✮✮✮✰	66
40	Take Care	Drake	2011	✮✮✮✰	66
41	Days Are Gone	Haim	2013	✮✮✮✰	66
42	Cherry Bomb	Tyler, The Creator	2015	✮✮✮✰	66
43	The Magic Whip	Blur	2015	✮✮✮✰	65
44	The King Of Limbs	Radiohead	2011	✮✮✮✰	65
45	If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late	Drake	2015	✮✮✮✰	65

(updated Jan 1, 2016)

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