The First 1/3rd of the Decade
It's been 3 years and 4 months since the beginning of 2010, which means we're about 33% of the way through whatever this decade is called (the teens?). I did a similar list 10 years ago, in a message board post that predated this blog, and it's fun to compare that to list I made at the end of the decade. Who knows how my opinion will change in 7 years -- some of these are pretty recent 2013 ones I've been really digging but haven't written about yet (one just came out this week!), but this is how I feel right now. In a weird way it already feels like these years constitute their own 'era' -- it helps that I became a father 3 months before the end of 2009, so all my personal memories and emotions tied up in these records reflect a very specific and important period in my life. So, here are my 33 favorite albums and singles of the decade so far.
1. Diddy-Dirty
Money - Last Train To Paris
2. Patrick Stump - Soul Punk
3. The Joy
Formidable - The Big Roar
4. Waka Flocka
Flame - Flockaveli
5. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
6. Future - Pluto
7. Kacey Musgraves
- Same Trailer Different Park
8. Meek Mill - Dreamchasers
9. Butch Walker
And The Black Widows - I Liked
It Better When You Had No Heart
10. Paramore - Paramore
11. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin'
12. Jazmine
Sullivan - Love Me Back
13. Dead Sara - Dead Sara
14. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
15. Lou Reed and
Metallica - Lulu
16. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
17. Beyonce - 4
18. Mark Lanegan
Band - Blues Funeral
19. The Nels Cline
Singers - Initiate
20. They Might Be
Giants - Join Us
21. Melanie Fiona
- The MF Life
22. Rufus
Wainwright - Out Of The Game
23. My Chemical
Romance - Danger Days: The
True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
24. Lloyd - King of Hearts
25. Dwight Yoakam
- 3 Pears
26. Raphael Saadiq
- Stone Rollin'
27. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of
the Ankh)
28. The
Disciplines - Virgins of
Menace
29. DJ Quik - The Book of David
30. Fantasia - Side Effects of You
31. Casual Curious - Casual Curious
32. Dev - The Night The Sun Came Up
33. Nice Nice - Extra Wow
30. Fantasia - Side Effects of You
31. Casual Curious - Casual Curious
32. Dev - The Night The Sun Came Up
33. Nice Nice - Extra Wow
1. Miguel -
"Sure Thing"
2. AWOLNATION -
"Sail"
3. Meek Mill f/
Rick Ross - "I'm A Boss"
4. Rihanna -
"Rude Boy"
5. Gucci Mane -
"Lemonade"
6. Adele -
"Rolling In The Deep"
7. Future -
"Same Damn Time"
8. Miguel -
"Adorn"
9. Kelly Rowland
f/ Lil Wayne - "Motivation"
10. Katy Perry -
"Teenage Dream"
11. Beyonce -
"Countdown"
12. Sade -
"Soldier Of Love"
13. Trey Songz f/
Fabolous - "Say Aah"
14. Eric Church -
"Springsteen"
15. Pitbull f/
Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer - "Give Me Everything"
16. Wiz Khalifa -
"Black And Yellow"
17. Big Sean f/
Nicki Minaj - "Dance (A$$)"
18. Calvin Harris
f/ Florence Welch - "Sweet Nothing"
19. Lady Gaga -
"The Edge of Glory"
20. Keri Hilson -
"Pretty Girl Rock"
21. Elle Varner -
"Refill"
22. Gotye f/
Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know"
23. Marsha
Ambrosius - "Far Away"
24. 30 Seconds To
Mars - "Kings and Queens"
25. Travis Porter
- "Bring It Back"
26. Lady
Antebellum - "Need You Now"
27. Drake f/ T.I.
and Swizz Beatz - "Fancy"
28. Kem -
"Share My Life"
29. Sugarland -
"Stuck Like Glue"
30. Neon Trees -
"Animal"
31. Tim McGraw -
"Felt Good On My Lips"
32. Tamar Braxton
- "Love And War"
33. Bruno Mars -
"It Will Rain"