![]() ![]() From “What You Want,” to “Lost in Paradise,” each song on this album are a masterpiece of their own.ĥ6. ![]() “Pills” is a frightening, spot-on observation of modern America.Īmy Lee’s vocals are well known for being powerful and spectacular, and on the self-titled Evanescence, they truly shine. Fortunately Annie Clark has the intelligence and grace to let her music do the talking. Many virtuosic guitarists want nothing more to do than show-off. While the project still falls into the hip-hop/rap style, it definitely shares many other genre influences including R&B flare, some ’80s vibes and an overall pop-feel. Star-studded Igor showcases how much Tyler, the Creator has evolved in the industry as well as in his own personal sound. Specifically the song “Little Grave” which touches on the several mass-school shootings that have occurred in the past decade. Interestingly enough much of the lyrics hauntingly parallel the “world of violence” our earth has entered in this past decade. This heavy album is filled with deeply personal stories. The gothic-folk artist makes a strong return in her 2019 album. From teen-struggles to life of a young adult, Lorde continues to stay relevant with her catchy indie-pop beats and raw lyrics. Lorde took her style up a notch with her sophomore album Melodrama. The Black Queen certainly left a mark on the decade with this hit album.Ĭrystalline vocals against generally soft instrumentation, great storytelling, and an air of mystery all in an alt-country package. This album stays true to his name with songs that incorporate a hybrid of various electronic music spanning across different decades. Monae dared to embrace electro-pop in this record, which is dance-licious and provocative: another win for the artist.Ī monument to quality songwriting and continued innovation within a genre that many believe had lost some commercial viability in the 21st century. The Suburbs had an air of Bowie to it, particularly in the title track: cool and masculine in its vulnerability. Leading with the brassy and upbeat “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself,” 99¢ from Santigold is joyous and exuberant. One of the most influential indie albums of this decade, it will continue to be a classic. Here, their exploration results in the breaking of new ground emotionally and in terms of scope within rock. Sleigh Bells have always worked to go above and beyond the typical boundaries of rock, noise and pop. The transience of music has never felt so believable as it did on the obsessive production of Tame Impala’s Currents.Īn apt score to the fraught history and implications of the atomic age.ĭoom and brooding melodicism weave unfolding tonal narratives that navigate between Wagnerian post-rock and escalatory metal riffage. On this album, two cultures come together to create something amazing. It is clear Grimes was ahead of the times with this album and the technological innovations that have occurred since its release.ħ3. This album is filled with notes of electro-pop giving it a robotic feel. Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?īillie Eilish crashed into the mainstream scene in 2019 with her marked melancholy pop style. Here is our top 75 albums for the decade that was, the 2010s.ħ5. While ascribing a predictive truth to records done seven years ago can be difficult, it became very obvious to us that the larger societal problems we’re all struggling with were pervasively present even in 2010, and like all brilliant artists throughout time, the artists and albums you find here somehow all tapped into those troubles and strife, mainlining fear, anger, sadness and determined optimism in the face of encroaching darkness. We will pause only for one moment more to point out that much of what is ranked here is deeply evocative of the troubling and uncertain times we find ourselves in as the 2010s draw to a close. Just being on this list means we think the album is amazing, so don’t look at position 75 or 73 any knock on relative quality. It’s with pleasure that we present to you the aggregate of our accumulated knowledge, Album of the Decade for the 2010’s. Each year we went on we were more and more happy with the decisions we make and how it reflected our unique way of looking at this incredibly diverse world of music. The 2010s were the first decade where each and every single year we worked tirelessly to sum up the year that was. Though mxdwn was born in the early portion of the 2000’s, we did not start creating album of the year or song of the year designations until 2003. We are proud to reveal a feature some ten years in the making. ![]()
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