Welcome to the distant future time of 2020! I spend the last three plus months of the 2010s counting down my favorite songs, one each day. The more important list to me though is the album list and I’m not going to make you wait three months for the whole thing. Albums are something you live with, grow out of or grow to love more over time. Albums from 2010 have been with me for a big chunk of my life and albums from 2019 are still fresh, I haven’t had time to forget about them and then come back to see if they still have the same magic. But I’ll attempt to put them and everything in between into one list. There are tons of great albums that didn’t make the cut. Your list is probably different, and in ten years my probably will be too. But for now here are 100 albums from last decade to help get you through this one.
100. Lost in the Dream by The War on Drugs
From 2014 – Not on my list that year.
99. Rohnert Park by Ceremony
From 2010 – Not on my list that year.
98. Koi No Yoken by Deftones
From 2012 – # 12
97. Feels Like by Bully
From 2015 – # 16
96. Love This Giant by St. Vincent and David Byrne
From 2012 – # 8
95. Don’t Wait Up by Bane
From 2014 – # 4
94. B’live I’m Goin Down by Kurt Vile
From 2015 – Not on my list that year.
93. Loner by Caroline Rose
From 2018 – # 9
92. Manifest Decimation by Power Trip
From 2013 – # 13
91. Painkillers by Brian Fallon
From 2016 – # 6
90. At War With Reality by At The Gates
From 2014 – # 9
89. I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams By Diarrhea Planet
From 2013 – # 6
88. 7 by Beach House
From 2018 – # 10
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87. We Are The Champions by Jeff The Brotherhood
From 2011 – # 4
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86. Heal by Strand of Oaks
From 2014 – # 10
85. The Ooz by King Krule
From 2017 – # 15
84. When The Smoke Clears by Foundation
From 2011 – # 13
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83. Gorilla Manor by Local Natives
From 2010 – # 8
82. Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along
From 2018 – # 7
81. No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney
From 2015 – # 9
80. 22, A Million by Bon Iver
From 2016 – # 10
79. The Bones of What You Believe by Chvrches
From 2013 – # 9
78. The Only Place by Best Coast
From 2012 – # 7
77. Atlanta Millionaire’s Club by Faye Webster
From 2019 – # 9
76. You Will Never Be One of Us by Nails
From 2016 – # 9
75. abysskiss by Adrianne Lenker
From 2018 – # 8
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74. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven
From 2018 – # 4
73. Tween by Wye Oak
From 2016 – # 8
72. Celebration Rock by Japandroids
From 2012 – # 5
71. Awake and Pretty Much Sober by Violents and Monica Martin
From 2017 – # 11
70. Future Politics by Austra
From 2017 – # 9
69. Midwestern Farmer’s Daughter by Margo Price
From 2016 – Not on my list that year
68. Nightmare Logic by Power Trip
From 2017 – # 10
67. Wakin On a Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile
From 2013 – Not on my list that year.
66. Worry by Jeff Rosenstock
From 2016 – # 7
65. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
From 2011 – Not on my list that year.
64. Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten
From 2019 – # 8
63. Hit Your Head by Drug Church
From 2015 – Not on my list that year.
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62. Turn Out the Lights by Julian Baker
From 2017 – # 5
61. Stage 4 by Touche Amore
From 2016 – # 3
60. Sleep Well Beast by The National
From 2017 – # 17
59. Three Futures by Torres
From 2017 – # 4
58. The Future and the Past by Natalie Prass
From 2018 – # 5
57. Antisocialites by Alvvays
From 2017 # 8
56. The Dusk in Us by Converge
From 2017- # 7
55. Losing by Bully
From 2017 – # 3
54. Bottle It In by Kurt Vile
From 2018 – # 6
53. Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey
From 2014 – # 7
52. The Voyager by Jenny Lewis
From 2014 – Not on my list that year.
51. Anak Ko by Jay Som
From 2019 – # 7
50. Guppy by Charly Bliss
From 2017 – # 6
49. New Bermuda by Deafheaven
From 2015 – # 6
48. The Hour of the Dawn by La Sera
From 2014 – # 3
47. Treats by Sleigh Bells
From 2010 – # 4
46. Teen Dream by Beach House
From 2010 – Not on my list that year.
45. Sylvan Esso by Sylvan Esso
From 2014 – # 8
44. Big Dark Love by Murder By Death
From 2015 – # 4
43. Bon Iver by Bon Iver
From 2011 – # 8
42. Hummingbird by Local Natives
From 2013 – # 7
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41. The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple
From 2012 – # 3
40. On The Line by Jenny Lewis
From 2019 – # 6
39. All Mirrors by Angel Olsen
From 2019 – # 5
38. The Things We Do To Find the People Who Feel Like Us by Beach Slang
From 2015 – # 5
37. Painting of a Panic Attack by Frightened Rabbit
From 2016 – # 5
36. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
From 2011 – # 3
35. Bloom by Beach House
From 2012 – # 2
34. Soft Sounds From Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast
From 2017 – # 2
33. Life After Youth by Land of Talk
From 2017 – Not on my list that year.
32. Sprinter by Torres
From 2015 – # 8
31. Eraserland by Strand of Oaks
From 2019 – # 4
30. Good Morning, Magpie by Murder By Death
From 2010 – # 3
29. Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains
From 2019 – # 3
28. Masterpiece by Big Thief
From 2016 – Not on my list that year.
27. Civilian by Wye Oak
From 2011- # 11
26. Sunbather by Deafheaven
From 2013 – # 5
25. Sprained Ankle by Julian Baker
From 2015 – Not on my list that year.
24. I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty
From 2015 – # 2
23. Cosmic Wink by Jess Williamson
From 2018 – # 3
22. Major Arcana by Speedy Ortiz
From 2013 – # 2
21. Capacity by Big Thief
From 2017 – Not on my list that year
20. Puberty 2 by Mitski
From 2016 – # 4
19. Blackstar by David Bowie
From 2016 – # 2
18. Fever Hunting by Modern Life is War
2013 Album of the Year
17. Sometimes I Sit and Think And Sometime I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
From 2015 – # 3
16. Be The Cowboy by Mitski
From 2018 – # 2
15. Burn Your Fire For No Witness by Angel Olsen
From 2014 – # 2
14. St. Vincent by St. Vincent
2014 Album of the Year
13. UFOF by Big Thief
From 2019 – # 2
12. All We Love We Leave Behind by Converge
2012 Album of the Year
11. Loma by Loma
2018 Album of the Year
10. Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers
From 2017 – Not on my list that year because I suck.
9. Trouble Will Find Me by The National
From 2013 – # 3
8. Two Hands by Big Thief
2019 Album of the Year
7. The Suburbs by The Arcade Fire
From 2010 – # 2
6. My Woman by Angel Olsen
2016 Album of the Year
5. Strange Mercy by St. Vincent
2011 Album of the Year
4. A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs
2017 Album of the Year
3. Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon by Murder By Death
From 2012 – # 4
2. High Violet by The National
2010 Album of the Year
1. Painted Shut by Hop Along
2015 Album of the Year
There you have it, 100 albums to keep you busy. I’ll probably change by mind about the order tomorrow now.
Entreaty 
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