Written by: Alex Green
“It’s been an interesting decade for the album…” Pitchfork writes in the opening sentence to their new article, “The 100 Best Albums Of The Decade So Far.” We couldn’t agree more, but after a quick perusal of their list, the decade doesn’t seem very interesting at all.
Stereo Embers thought we’d compile our own list of our 100 favorite albums of the decade (so far) and when we were done, we stepped back to find that the list contained Leonard Cohen, Wire, Iron Maiden, Opeth, The Coup, Beach Day, Warpaint, The Jazz Butcher, Elephant Stone, Ghostface Killah and Rush.
We think order has been restored.
Enjoy.
1. Elephant Stone, The Three Poisons, 2014
2. The Jazz Butcher, Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers, 2012
3. Kylesa, Spiral Shadow, 2010
4. Beach Day, Native Echoes, 2014
5. Golden Curtain, English Tuning, 2013
6. Sun Kil Moon, Benji, 2014
7. Robb Benson and the Shelk, Cursive Falls From the Sky, 2013
8. The Black Angels, Phosphene Dream, 2010
9. Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball, 2012
10. Vandaveer, Dig Down Deep, 2011
11. Distractions, End of the Pier, 2012
12. Die So Fluid, The Opposites of Light, 2014
13. The Waterboys, An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, 2011
14. The Cloak Ox, Shoot the Dog, 2013
15. Jimmer, The Would-Be Plans, 2013
16. The Coup, Sorry to Bother You, 2012
17. Rush, Clockwork Angels, 2012
18. Grimes, Visions, 2011
19. Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, Last Night on Earth, 2013
20. Radiohead, The King of Limbs, 2011
21. The Gaslight Anthem, American Slang, 2010
22. Camera Obscura, Desire Lines, 2013
23. The Roots, Undun, 2011
24. The Grown Up Noise, This Time with Feeling, 2011
25. Northern Arms, Northern Arms, 2014
26. Boris, Noise, 2014
27. Leif Vollebekk, North Americana, 2013
28. Pharoahe Monch, W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), 2011
29. Imaginary Cities, Fall of Romance, 2013
30. Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates, The Fates, 2012
31. Kelly Haigh, Country Western Star, 2010
32. Ghostface Killah, Twelve Reasons to Die, 2013
33. Savages, Silence Yourself, 2013
34. Folk Thief, Love, Heartache & Oblivion, 2010
35. Bob Dylan, Tempest, 2012
36. Factory Star, Enter Castle Perilous, 2012
37. The New Division, Shadows, 2012
38. Tame Impala, Lonerism, 2012
39. Prefab Sprout, Crimson Red, 2013
40. Opposite Sex, Opposite Sex, 2012
41. Wire, Change Becomes Us, 2013
42. The Stranglers, Giants, 2012
43. Pete Astor, Songbox, 2013
44. Agalloch, Marrow of the Spirit, 2010
45. Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, 2011
46. Warpaint, Warpaint, 2014
47. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, M.A.A.D City, 2012
48. The Wild Swans, The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years, 2011
49. Tunabunny, Kingdom Technology, 2014
50. Temples, Sun Structures, 2014
51. The Bastards of Fate, Vampyres Are Real and Palpable, 2014
52. The Estranged, The Subliminal Man, 2010
53. Nas, Life Is Good, 2012
54. Pillars and Tongues, End Dances, 2013
55. Palma Violets, 180, 2013
56. Nine Inch Nails, Hesitation Marks, 2014
57. The National, High Violet, 2010
58. The Black & Blue Orkestre, Hurt Me Tender, 2014
59. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Push the Sky Away, 2013
60. Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas, 2012
61. EMA, Past Life Martyred Saints, 2011
62. Bombino, Agadez, 2011
63. Young Fathers, Dead, 2014
64. Golden Curtain, Dream City, 2014
65. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part II (The Return of the Ankh), 2010
66. The Multiple Cat, The Return of the Multiple Cat, 2013
67. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake, 2011
68. Opeth, Heritage, 2011
69. Neurosis, Honor Found in Decay, 2012
70. Gayngz, Relayted, 2010
71. Zola Jesus, Conatus, 2011
72. The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, 2010
73. Chrome, Half Machine From The Sun, 2013
74. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything, 2014
75. Swans, The Seer, 2012
76. Bye Bye Blackbirds, We Need the Rain, 2013
77. Deftones, Koi No Yokan, 2012
78. Pallbearer, Sorrow and Extinction, 2012
79. The Little Murders, Go, 2014
80. The Duke and the King, Long Live the Duke and the King, 2010
81. Robyn, Body Talk, 2010
82. The Puddle, Secret Holiday/Victory Blues, 2012
83. These New Puritans, Hidden, 2010
84. Baroness, Yellow & Green, 2012
85. Field Music, Measure, 2010
86. Young The Giant, Young the Giant, 2011
87. Alcest, Écailles de Lune, 2010
88. St. Vincent, Strange Mercy, 2011
89. Wire, Red Barked Tree, 2011
90. My Bloody Valentine, m b v, 2013
91. The Drones, I See Seaweed, 2013
92. Total Control, Henge Beat, 2012
93. Iron Maiden, The Final Frontier, 2010
94. Broken Bells, Broken Bells, 2010
95. The Soft Moon, The Soft Moon, 2011
96. Patti Smith, Banga, 2012
97. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City, 2013
98. The Vaccines, What Did You Expect From the Vaccines, 2011
99. Yo La Tengo, Fade, 2013
100. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, II, 2013
