Top 10 Music Albums of 2010

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Jason Bentley
ARTIST ALBUM  
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Tame Impala Innerspeaker (101 Distribution)
Band of Horses Infinite Arms (Brown/Fat Possum/Colombia)
Janelle Monae Archandroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland)
Beach House Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
Vampire Weekend Contra (XL)
Jonsi Go (XL)
The National High Violet (4AD)
Bombay Bicycle Club I Had the Blues, But I Shook Them Loose (Arena Rock)
Underworld Barking (Om)
Photo Credit: Jeremiah Garcia

Chris Douridas facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
The Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Merge)
Villagers Becoming a Jackal (Domino)
Vijay Iyer Solo (ACT Music)
Broken Social Scene The Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts and Crafts)
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate Ali and Toumani (Nonesuch)
Band of Horses Infinite Arms (Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia)
Massive Attack Heligoland (Virgin)
Laura Veirs July Flame (Raven Marching Band)
Broken Bells Broken Bells (Columbia)
The Bird and the Bee Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates (Blue Note)
Photo Credit: Ryan Rogers

Tom Schnabel facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Buika El Ultimo Trago (WEA)
Herbie Hancock The Imagine Project (Herbie Hancock Music)
Lokua Kanza Nkolo (World Village / Harmonia Mundi)
Rufus Reid Out Front (Motema)
Dhafer Youssef Abu Nawas Rhapsody (Jazzland)
Eric Whitacre Light & Gold (Decca)
Luigi Piovano Bach Cello Suites (Eloquentia)
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano / Out of Noise (Universal)
Various Artists The Beginner's Guide to Cumbia (Nascente)
Tito Puente El Rey (Fania / Codigo)
Photo Credit: Michele Yamamoto

Garth Trinidad facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Janelle Monae Archandroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland)
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Field Music Measure (Memphis Industries)
Tame Impala Innerspeaker (101 Distribution)
Miguel Atwood Ferguson Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes (Mochilla)
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp)
Seu Jorge & Almaz Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-Again)
Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives (Universal Republic)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba I Speak Fula (Sub Pop)
Toro y Moi Causers of This (Carpark)
Photo Credit: Starbright31

Raul Campos facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Band of Horses Infinite Arms (Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia)
The Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Merge)
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Groove Armada Black Light (Om)
Broken Bells Broken Bells (Sony Music)
School of Seven Bells Disconnect from Desire (Vagrant/Ghostly Int)
Massive Attack Heligoland (Virgin)
Interpol Interpol (Matador)
LCD Soundsystem This is Happening (Virgin)
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno Dog with a Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Photo Credit: Koury Angelo Photography

Anne Litt facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Tame Impala Innerspeaker (Modular)
Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy Records)
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp Records)
Local Natives Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss Records)
Band of Horses Infinite Arms (Columbia)
Broken Bells Broken Bells (Columbia)
The National High Violet (4AD)
Darker My Love Alive As You Are (Dangerbird)
Frazey Ford Obadiah (Nettwerk Records)
Concha Buika & Chucho Valides El Ultimo Trago (WM Spain)
Photo Credit: Starbright31

Mario Cotto facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (Virgin)
Caribou Swim (Merge)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today (4AD)
Best Coast Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme (Labrador)
Various Artists Concentration Vol. 1 (ESP Institute)
Tame Impala Innerspeaker (101 Distribution)
Wild Nothing Gemini (Captured Tracks)
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp)
Delorean Subiza (True Panther)
Photo Credit: nachotronic

Liza Richardson facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Tame Impala Innerspeaker (Modular)
The Walkmen Lisbon (Fat Possum)
Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts and Crafts)
Budos Band Ill (Daptone)
Cee-Lo Green The Lady Killer (Atlantic)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks (Matador)
Delta Spirit History from Below (Rounder)
Pantha Du Prince Black Noise (Rough Trade)
Marnie Stern Marnie Stern (Kill Rock Stars)
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Photo Credit: Michael Dease

Gary Calamar facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Band of Horses Infinite Arms (Columbia)
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Jenny and Johnny I'm Having Fun Now (Warner Bros)
Best Coast Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
The Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Merge)
!!! Chk Chik Chick Strange Weather Isn't It (Warp)
Massive Attack Heligoland (Virgin)
Tired Pony The Place We Ran From (Mom + Pop)
Karen Elson The Ghost Who Walks (XL Recordings)
Mark Ronson & The Business International Record Collection (Sony Music)
Photo Credit: Starbright31

Eric J. Lawrence facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Surfer Blood Astro Coast (Kanine)
Adam Green Minor Love (Fat Possum)
The Black Angels Phosphene Dream (Blue Horizon)
Wolf People Tidings (Jagjaguwar)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring Rush to Relax (Goner)
Drink Up Buttercup Born & Thrown on a Hook (Yep Roc)
The Fall Your Future Our Clutter (Domino)
The Books The Way Out (Temporary Residence)
Field Music Measure (Memphis Industries)
Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Merge)
Photo Credit: Marc D'Amour

Anthony Valadez facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Kid Cudi Man On The Moon Part 2 (G.O.O.D./Dream On/Universal Records)
Various Artists Cosmopolyphonic (Listen Up/Art Union)
Onra Long Distance (All City Dublin)
Blundetto Bad Bad Things (Heavenly Sweetness)
Bilal Airtight's Revenge (Plug Research)
Andreya Triana Lost Where I Belong (Ninja Tune)
Nick Rosen Into the Sky (Porter Records)
Aloe Blacc Good Things (Stones Throw Records)
Erkyah Badu New Amerykah Pt. 2` Return of the Ankh (Motown)
Maylee Todd Choose Your Adventure (Do Right! Music)
Photo Credit: Koury Angelo Photography

Chuck P facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Tamikrest Adagh (gl.ho)
Candy Claws Hidden Lands (twosyllable)
Screaming Females Castle Talk (Don Giovanni)
Diamond Rings Special Affections (Secret City)
Elektroniche Musik Aus Koln A Synthetic History Of E.M.A.K. (Soul Jazz)
We Are The World Clay Stones (Manimal Vinyl)
Jack Rose Luck in the Valley (Thrill Jockey)
Konono No. 1 Assume Crash Position (Crammed Discs)
Circle Pit Bruise Constellation (Siltbreeze)
Sun City Girls Funeral Mariachi (Abduction)
Photo Credit: Michele Yamamoto

Jeremy Sole facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Souljazz Orchestra Rising Sun (Strut)
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno Dog with a Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Cee-Lo Green The Lady Killer (Elektra)
Rjd2 The Colussus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
Blundetto Bad Bad Things (Heavenly Sweetness)
Electric Wire Hustle Electric Wire Hustle (BBE)
Various Artists Good God! Born Again Funk (Numero Group)
Reflection Eternal Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek (Revolutions Per Minute)
Bonobo Black Sands (Nija Tune)
Photo Credit: Andy Sternberg

Aaron Byrd facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Jose James Blackmagic (Brownswood Recordings)
Various Artists The Heart (Tokyo Dawn Records)
Erykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh (Motown)
Benny Tones Chrysalis (Every Waking Hour)
Broken Bells Broken Bells (Columbia)
Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland)
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp Records)
Bonobo Black Sands (Ninja Tune)
Nick Rosen Into the Sky (Porter Records)
Kings of Convenience Declaration of Dependence (Astralwerks - Caroline)
Photo Credit: Marc D'Amour

Mathieu Schreyer facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Gil Scott Heron I'm New Here (XL Recordings)
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Seu Jorge and Almaz Seu Jorge and Almaz (Now Again)
Bibi Tanga and The Selenites Dunya (Nat Geo)
Blundetto Bad Bad Things (Heavenly Sweetness)
Jose James Blackmagic (Brownswood Recordings)
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp)
Caribou Swim (Merge)
Aloe Blacc Good Things (Stonesthrow)
Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
Photo Credit: Starbright31

Dan Wilcox facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Best Coast Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
LCD Soundsystem This is Happening (Virgin)
Tame Impala Innerspeaker (101 Distribution)
Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy Records/Wondaland)
Yeasayer Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian)
Field Music Measure (Memphis Industries)
Beach House Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
Malachai Ugly Side of Love (Domino)
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp)
Miami Horror Illumination (Car W.S. New Release)
Photo Credit: prusakolep

Jason Kramer facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Jonsi Go (XL Recordings)
The Naked and Famous Passive Me Agressive You (Somewhat Damaged)
Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland)
Bobby Mcferrin VOCabularies (EmArcy)
Of Montreal False Priest (Polyvinyl Records)
Kele Boxer (Glass Note)
Hellogoodbye Would It Kill You? (Rocket Science)
UNKLE Where Did That Night Fall (Surrender All)
Ray Lamontagne God Willing & the Creek Don't Rise (RCA)
Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
Photo Credit: blinkeng

Marion Hodges facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Wild Nothing Gemini (Captured Tracks)
Various Artists Absolute Belter (B-Music/Finders Keepers)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today (4AD)
Underworld Barking (Om)
El Guincho Pop Negro (Young Turks)
Tracey Thorn Love & Its Opposite (Merge)
Cinema Red & Blue Cinema Red & Blue (What's Your Rupture?)
Best Coast Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
Black Tambourine Black Tambourine (Slumberland)
The Ocean Tango The Ocean Tango (Self-Released)
Photo Credit: Marc D'Amour

Valida Carroll facebook / twitter facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Broken Bells Broken Bells (Columbia)
Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland)
Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History (Kitsune)
Laka Stvorenje (Hayat Productions)
LCD Soundsystem This is Happening (Virgin)
Space Dimension Controller Temporary Thrillz (R&S Records)
Band of Horses Infinite Arms (Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia)
The Radio Dept Clinging to a Scheme (Labrador)
Toro Y Moi Causers of This (Carpark)
Jimmy Edgar XXX (!K7)
Photo Credit: Koury Angelo Photography

Bo Leibowitz facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Michael Dease Grace (Jazz Legacy Productions)
Denise Donatelli When Lights Are Low (Savant)
Steve Gadd and Friends Live at Voce (Kendall Communications)
Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela Hands (Dare2 Records)
Ithamara Koorax & Juarez Moreira Bim Bom, The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook (Motema Music)
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green Apex (Pi Recordings)
The Marsalis Family Music Redeems (Marsalis Music)
The Oster/Welker Jazz Alliance Detour Ahead (Jazzed Media)
Ken Peoplowski Noir Blue (Capri Records)
Adam Schroeder A Handful of Stars (Capri Records)
Photo Credit: prusakolep

Ariana Morgenstern facebook / twitter
ARTIST ALBUM  
Julieta Venegas Otra Cosa (Sony Music / Latin)
John Legend & The Roots Wake Up (G.O.O.D./Sony)
The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch)
Cut Chemist Sound of the Police (A Stable Sound/Soul Kitchen)
Broken Bells Broken Bells (Columbia)
Hot Chip One Life Stand (Astralwerks)
The Secret Sisters The Secret Sisters (Universal Records)
Frazey Ford Obadiah (Nettwerk)
Carla Morrison Mientras Tu Dormias (Cosmica Records)
Underworld Barking (Om Records)
Photo Credit: Michele Yamamoto

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