It's time to dust off the old spreadsheet once again.


The Rules:

1. Post however many albums in your list you would like, but only the top 25 will be counted towards the RM Top Albums of 2010 list.

2. Order your lists please if you want them counted. I'm not going to guess. Also please format them like this: 1. Band Name - Album Title or 1. Band Name, The - Album Title if it's a "The" band. This makes my life easier when compiling hundreds of entries.

3. Scoring is based on a 35 point system (35 pts for your #1, 34 pts for your #2, 11 pts for your #25 and so on).

4. Albums can be studio, live, and of any length - as long as it was released NEW in 2010. Re-releases do not count (the exception would be if an album was released in the UK in 2009, but didn't get a release in the US until 2010).

5. Sunday Jan 9th is the deadline for submission if you want your list to be compiled in the RM Top Albums list. That gives you just under 3 weeks to think about it, and also leaves room for the remaining releases of the year. I will post the results on Monday Jan 10th.


PM me your list if you want to be all secretive, or just post it in this thread. I'll compile everything after the deadline. Based on the number of submissions i'll then decide if this is a Top 100, 50, 5, etc. I like these things to display at least some sort of consensus so very likely only albums with 2 or more votes will make the final list. Feel free to discuss your lists here as well.



Past lists:
Top 50 of 2009
Top 50 of 2008
Top 50 of 2007
Top 100 of 2006

I'll just post mine here, I'm not ashamed.

1. Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic
2. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
4. Black Crowes, The - Croweology
5. Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
6. Railroad Earth - s/t
7. Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
8. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
9. Buddy Guy - Living Proof
10. Johnny Flynn - Been Listening
11. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
12. Blue Giant - s/t
13. La Strada - New Home
14. Gogol Bordello - Transcontinental Shuffle
15. Gracious Few, The - s/t
16. Roots, The - How I Got Over
17. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig
18. Elizabeth & The Catapult - The Other Side of Zero
19. Walkmen, The - Lisbon
20. Cadillac Sky - Letters in the Deep
21. Keller & The Keels - Thief
22. Spock's Beard - X
23. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
24. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
25. Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs - God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise

This will probably undergo some revision as I remember what else came out in 2010, but I guarantee that 1-3 aren't going anywhere:

1. Walkmen- Lisbon
2. Roots- How I Got Over
3. Grinderman- Grinderman 2
4. Brad- Best Friends?
5. Spoon- Transference
6. Black Keys- Brothers
7. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
8. National- High Violet
9. Jonsi- Go
10. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Edit: Forgot the Brad record...inconsistent as usual, but the balance on this one was better than "Discovery Park"

this is what i got so far. i'll probably edit and/or add later.

1. arcade fire - the suburbs
2. national - high violet
3. spoon - transference
4. sun kil moon - admiral fell promises
5. murder by death - good morning, magpie
6. gotan project - tango 3.0
7. dead weather - sea of cowards
8. johnny cash - american vi: ain't no grave
9. year of no light - ausserwelt
10. olafur arnalds - and they have escaped the weight of darkness
11. stars - the five ghosts
12. jakob dylan - women + country
13. gaslight anthem - american slang

thanks for doing this MF

I'll have to start my list sometime soon.

How the fuck am I going to cut it down to 25

post as many as you want, i'm only counting 25 is all.

However you can put some of your picks on my list if you want , cause i don't think i'm gonna have enough to fill out 25. It's been kind of a slow music year for me.

This is a really good list (although I probably wouldn't include Spoon).

Yeah I got that, but I want all my babies to get points.

this was a really slow and poor year for me

1. Murder by Death - Good Morning, Magpie
2. Xavier Rudd - Koonyum Sun
3. John Butler Trio - April Uprising
4. Sword, The - Warp Riders
5. Dead Weather, The - Sea of Cowards
6. Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
7. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
8. Gaslight Anthem, The - American Slang
9. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
10. Satchel - Heartache and Honey
11. Brad - Best Friends?
12. Jack Irons - No Heads Are Better Than One
13. Blind Zero - Luna Park
14. Pete Francis - The Movie We Are In
15. Unkle - Where Did the Night Fall

1. Junip - Fields
2. How To Destory Angels - How To Destroy Angels (EP)
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
4. Sleigh Bells - Treats
5. Black Keys- Brothers
6. broken bells - Broken Bells
7. portugal. the man - american ghetto
8. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
9. arcade fire - the suburbs
10. dead weather - sea of cowards
11. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
12. eminem - recovery
13. johnny cash - american vi: ain't no grave
14. Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs - God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise
15. Vampire Weekend - Contra
16. Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself (EP)
17. Broken Social Scene - forgiveness rock record
18. spoon - transference
19. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo
20. MGMT - Congratulations
21. Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
22. rogue wave - permalight
23. massive attack - Heligoland
24. Minus The Bear - Omni
25. Black Rebel Motorcylce Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo

I can only do six.

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Black Keys - Brothers
3. Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
4. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
5. National - High Violet
6. Neil Young - Le Noise

1. The Black Keys - Brothers
2. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
3. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Neil Young - Le Noise
6. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo
8. Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
9. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
10. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

Use your second account for the other 25?

MF, i don't know when you do the tallying, but i somehow forgot Junip, so i had to change things around from earlier.

thanks for doing this.

1. Black Keys - Brothers
2. National - High Violet
3. Arcade Fire - Suburbs
4. Murder By Death - Good Morning, Magpie
5. Delta Spirit - History From Below
6. Dead Weather, The - Sea of Cowards
7. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
8. Wolf Parade - Expo 86
9. Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do
10. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away
11. Gord Downie - The Grand Bounce
12. Sword, The - Warp Riders
13. Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
14. The New Pornographers - Together
15. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
16. Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
17. Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void
18. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
19. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
20. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo
21. Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - Lonely Avenue
22. Besnard Lakes, The - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
23. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Mojo
24. Gaslight Anthem, The - American Slang
25. Foals - Total Life Forever

WE ARE LEGION

I'm working on my list. Man, no one has Fistful of Mercy or Bonnie Prince Billy?