Cam's Top 50 songs of 2010

My Favorite 50 Songs of 2010
(This was done without using the same album twice, or there wouldn't have been a whole lot of variety)

1-LCD Soundsystem – Album: This Is Happening – Song: Dance Yourself Clean
2- Jonsi –Album : Go – Song: Boy Lilikoi
3- Kanye West – Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Song: Runaway
4- Sufjan Stevens- Album: All Delighted People EP- Song: All Delighted People (Original Version)
5- Arcade Fire – Album: The Suburbs – Song: Rococo
6- The Black Keys – Album: Brothers – Song: Howlin’ For You
7-Tobacco – Album: Maniac Meat – Song: Fresh Hex (Featuring Beck)
8-Deerhunter- Album: Halcyon Digest- Song: Desire Lines
9- Dead Weather- Album: Sea of Cowards – Song: Die By the Drop
10-Yeasayer – Album: Odd Blood – Song: Ambling Alp
11-Eminem – Album: Recovery – Song: 25 to life
12-Laura Marling- Album: I Speak Because I Can- Song: Rambling man
13-Gorillaz- Album: the Fall – Song: Phoner to Arizona
14-Forest Swords – Album: Dagger Paths – Song: Miarches
15-Deer Tick – Album: The Black Dirt Sessions - Song: Twenty Miles
16-Johnny Cash – Album: American VI- Song: Aint No Grave
17-The Dead Weather – Album: Twilight Eclipse Sound Track – Song: Rolling in on a Burning Tire
18-Sufjan Stevens- Album: Age of Adz- Song: Futile Devices
19-Josh Ritter- Album: So Runs the World Away – Song: Long Shadows
20-Gorillaz – Album: Plastic Beach – Song: Superfast Jellyfish
21-M.I.A. – Album: MAYA – Song: It Takes A Muscle
22-Nas/Damien Marley – Album: Distant Relatives – Song: Strong will Continue
23-Spoon – Album: Transference – Song: Who Makes Your Money
24-Murder By Death – Album: Good Morning, Magpie – Song: Foxglove
25-Lil Wayne – Album: Rebirth – Song: Drop the World (Featuring Eminem)
26-Cee Lo Green – Album: The Lady Killer – Song: Fuck You
27-Portugal The Man – Album: American Ghetto – Song: The Dead Dog
28-Baths – Album: Cerulean – Song: Maximalist
29-Big Boi – Album: Sir Lucious Left Foot – Song: Shutterbug
30-Robyn – Album: Body Talk – Song: Dancing on My Own
31-Menoma – Album : Mines - Song: INTIL
32-Mark Ronson and the Business Intl. - Album: Record Collection – Song: Bang Bang Bang (Feat. Q-tip)
33-Broken Bells- Album: Broken Bells – Song: The High Road
34-Freelance Wales- Album: Weathervanes – Song: Generator 1st Floor
35-Tim Kasher – Album: The Game of Monogamy- Song: Strays
36-Gil Scott Heron – Album: I’m New Here – Song: Me and the Devil
37- Sleigh Bells – Album: Treats -Song: Rill Rill
38-Los Campesinos! – Album: Romance is Boring- Song: We’ve Got Your Back
39- Sam Amidon- Album: I See the Sign – Song: You Better Mind
40-Kid Cudi – Album: Man on the Moon II- Song: Erase Me
41-Ray Lamontagne-Album: God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise- Song: Old Before Your Time
42-Josiah Wolf- Album: Jet Lag – Song: The Trailer and the Truck
43-Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Album: Before Today- Song: Round and Round
44-Murs/9th Wonder- Album: Fornever- Song: Cigarettes and Liquor
45-Janelle Monae – Album: The ArchAndroid – Song: Oh, Maker
46-Ratatat- Album: LP4- Song: Drugs
47-Villagers- Album: Becoming a Jackal –Song: Twenty-Seven Strangers
48- Kylesa- Album: Spiral Shadow – Song: Tired Climb
49-Karen Elson- Album: The Ghost Who Walks- Song: Stolen Roses
50-Titus Andronicus – Album: The Monitor – Song: Four Score and Seven

Cam's Top 25 Albums of 2010

Top 25 Albums of 2010
By: Cameron Christensen
1-Kanye West-Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy(This album will go down as his Greatest, but I thought that about Graduation as well.)
2-LCD Soundsystem- Album: This is Happening(The only thing that holds this album down is the song Drunk Girls or it’d be the number one album of the year.)
3-The Black Keys- Album: Brothers(Dan’s guitar playing is why it toped the Arcade Fire album. )
4-Arcade Fire- Album: The Suburbs (I’m beginning to think Arcade Fire can’t make a bad album.)
5-Deerhunter- Album: Halcyon Digest (I’d be surprised if these guys don’t have a #1 album during this decade.)
6-Tobacco- Album: Maniac Meat(An album where all of your senses can be unlocked.)
7-Laura Marling- Album: I Speak Because I Can(The best folk album of the year.)
8-Eminiem- Recovery (He’s back!)
9-Baths- Cerulean(This album snuck up on me, I didn’t like it at first. Then I listened to it a few more times…WOW!)
10-Yeasayer- Album: Odd Blood(Different and Odd)
11-Ratatat- Album: LP4 (Ratatat makes me want to dance. That’s a tough thing to do)
12-Sufjan Stevens- Album: The Age of Adz(Sufjan tried something new. It’d worked for a few songs, and those songs are great)
13-Jonsi-Album: Go(Jonsi is such a great song maker.)
14-Dead Weather-Album: Sea of Cowards (How could I leave a Jack White band of this list?)
15-M.I.A. – Album: Maya (My favorite album she has released so far.)
16-Spoon-Album: Transference (This group is so talented, but never seem to break the top ten for me)
17- Emeralds-Album: Does it Look Like I’m Here?(This album is so spacey! Like Kevin)
18-Broken Bells- Album: Broken Bells (Danger mouse…What else is there to say?)
19-Sam Amidon- Album: I See the Sign(Reminds me of Nick Drake)
20-Gil Scott-Heron- Album: I’m New Here(This man has a haunting voice. Welcome back Gil)
21-Gorillaz- Album: The Fall (The beats are great!)
22-Atmosphere- Album: To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy(Just started listening to this and it blew me away. Slug and Ant don’t really disappoint)
23-Josh Ritter- Album: So Runs The World Away(Pretty good folk album from someone from Idaho)
24-Kylesa-Album: Spiral Shadow(The best heavy metal album I’ve heard in years. Also I don’t like heavy metal)
25-Nas/Damien Marley- Album: Distant Relatives (Nasty Nas tears it up throughout the entire album)

Runner ups- Forest Sword-Album: Dagger Paths, Caribou-Album: Swim, Massive Attack-Album: Heligoland, Gorillaz-Album: Plastic Beach, Grinderman – Album: Grinderman 2, Mark Ronson and The Buisness Intl. – Album: Record Collection, Band of Horses-Album: Infinite Arms, Portugal the man-Album: American Ghetto, Menomena -Album: Mines,Robyn-Album: Body Talk, Xui Xui-Album: Dear God I hate Myself and Neal Young-Album Le Noise.

Steve's Top of 2010

The list is a bit delayed this year.  I was thinking it had been an awful year for music.  I wanted to give some albums a chance that I wasn't able to get to.  Turned out there were quite a few gems last year.  

1 Baths - Cerulean (Can't get enough of this album!)

2 Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs - God Willin'& The Creek Don't Rise (Wasn't too keen on it at first, now it may be my favorite of his)

3 Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go (Absolutely beauitful album)

4 Tobacco - Maniac Meat (For when words don't seem to cut it)

5 Kanye - My Beautful Dark Twisted Fantasy (What can I say about this album that hasn't already been said?)

6 Blue Sky Black Death - Third Party (Production geniuses team up with vocalist from Boy in Static)

7 Eminem - Recovery (Finally, a return to true form)

8 MGMT - Congratulations (One of my favorites from early in the year, got passed over as the year progressed)

9 Saroos - See Me Not (Will have staying power for me and the plays will only increase)

10 Josiah Wolf - Jet Lag (A solid start, but don't forget about Why?)

11 Sage Francis - Li(f)e (Catchy hooks and smart rapping from one of the greatest)

12 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II (Not as solid as the first, but still extremely fun to listen too)

13 Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy (Some great tracks, but some filler too)

14 Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (Was so hyped for this, have to say it did disappoint, but only a little)

15 Four Tet - There is Love in You (Solid throughout)

16 The Black Keys - Brothers (This is my first exposure to The Black Keys, and I have to say I'm ready to start exploring the catalog)

17 Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (A huge change of pace from one of my favorites, still very solid)

18 Daedelus - Righteous Fists of Harmony (Not quite sure I get this one yet, but I do need a bit more time)

19 Robyn - Body Talk (One of the BEST pop albums)

20 36 Crazyfists - Collisions and Castaways (Totally missed this, but glad I waited as ever time I listen to this album I get a huge smile)

21 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (Another first exposure and also intrigued by the catalog)

There were a few other albums that I dug, but didn't feel were worthy of being considered a TOP album.  In no particular order:

Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record

Nas/Damian Marley Distant Relatives

Post-Foetus The Fabric

LCD Soundsystem This is Happening

65daysofstatic We Were Exploding Anyway

Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son of Chico Dusty

Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Kiler

RJD2 - The Colossus

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Trapt - No Apologies

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here