Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017]

• Frank Ocean — Blond
• Bon Iver — 22, A Million
• Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
• Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
• D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
• Beck — Morning Phase
• Lonnie Holley — MITH
• Kanye West — Yeezus
• Björk — Vulnicura
• Hiss Golden Messenger — Bad Debt
• Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
• Solange — A Seat at the Table

NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011]

1. Arctic Monkeys — AM
2. Lorde — Melodrama
3. Kanye West — Yeezus
4. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
5. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. The 1975 — I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
7. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
8. Grimes — Visions
9. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
10. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
11. Tame Impala — Lonerism
12. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
13. David Bowie — Blackstar
14. The National — High Violet
15. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
16. The 1975 — A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
17. Beyoncé — Lemonade
18. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
19. Foals — Total Life Forever
20. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
21. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
22. Wolf Alice — Visions of a Life
23. Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
24. Metronomy — The English Riviera
25. Mac DeMarco — 2
26. Drake — Take Care
27. Jamie xx — In Colour
28. Robyn — Body Talk
29. Foals — Holy Fire
30. Skepta — Konnichiwa
31. Taylor Swift — 1989
32. Grimes — Art Angels
33. Arctic Monkeys — Suck It and See
34. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
35. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
36. Idles — Joy as an Act of Resistance
37. Disclosure — Settle
38. Kano — Made in the Manor
39. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
40. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
41. Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
42. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
43. Haim — Days Are Gone
44. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
45. Lorde — Pure Heroine
46. Anderson .Paak — Malibu
47. Father John Misty — Pure Comedy
48. Iggy Pop — Post Pop Depression
49. Slipknot — We Are Not Your Kind
50. Sunflower Bean — Twentytwo in Blue
51. Parquet Courts — Wide Awake!
52. Paramore — After Laughter
53. Arctic Monkeys — Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
54. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy
55. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
56. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
57. Giggs — Landlord
58. Slaves — Are You Satisfied?
59. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
60. Kasabian — 48:13
61. Royal Blood — Royal Blood
62. Solange — A Seat at the Table
63. The xx — I See You
64. Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD
65. Wolf Alice — My Love Is Cool
66. KAYTRANADA — 99.9%
67. Stormzy — Gang Signs & Prayer
68. Tierra Whack — Whack World
69. slowthai — Nothing Great About Britain
70. Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
71. Tame Impala — Currents
72. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
73. Queens of the Stone Age — …Like Clockwork
74. Lil Peep — Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1
75. The Black Keys — Brothers
76. The Big Moon — Love In the 4th Dimension
77. Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
78. Lady Gaga — Born This Way
79. Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Unknown Mortal Orchestra
80. A$AP Rocky — Long.Live.A$AP
81. Christine and the Queens — Chaleur Humaine
82. Pusha T — Daytona
83. Rihanna — Anti
84. James Blake — James Blake
85. DIIV — Is the Is Are
86. Childish Gambino — Awaken, My Love!
87. alt-J — An Awesome Wave
88. WU LYF — Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
89. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
90. J Hus — Common Sense
91. Florence + The Machine — Ceremonials
92. M.I.A. — Matangi
93. The Vaccines — What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
94. The Horrors — Skying
95. Blur — The Magic Whip
96. Muse — Drones
97. SZA — Ctrl
98. The Strokes — Angles
99. Bring Me the Horizon — amo
100. Biffy Clyro — Opposites

Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s

1. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Robyn — Body Talk
3. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
4. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
5. David Bowie — Blackstar
6. Beyoncé — Lemonade
7. Margo Price — All American Made
8. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
9. Rihanna — Anti
10. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

The A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011]

1. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Beyoncé — Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Taylor Swift — 1989
5. Solange — A Seat at the Table
6. Robyn — Body Talk
7. FKA twigs — LP1
8. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
9. Angel Olsen — Burn Your Fire For No Witness
10. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
11. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
12. Grimes — Visions
13. Beach House — Teen Dream
14. Danny Brown — XXX
15. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
16. Shabazz Palaces — Black Up
17. David Bowie — Blackstar
18. Future — Dirty Sprite 2
19. Deafheaven — Sunbather
20. Frank Ocean — Blond
21. Tame Impala — Lonerism
22. James Blake — Overgrown
23. Hop Along — Get Disowned
24. Mitski — Puberty 2
25. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
26. Jon Hopkins — Singularity
27. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
28. SZA — Ctrl
29. Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
30. Janelle Monáe — The ArchAndroid
31. Jamie xx — In Colour
32. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
33. Flying Lotus — Cosmogramma
34. Sharon Van Etten — Tramp
35. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Bandana
36. Converge — All We Love We Leave Behind
37. Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
38. Drake — Take Care
39. Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
40. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
41. Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
42. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
43. Panopticon — Kentucky
44. Kali Uchis — Isolation
45. Paramore — After Laughter
46. Four Tet — There Is Love in You
47. Pile — Dripping
48. Rihanna — Anti
49. Sylvan Esso — What Now
50. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2015]

• Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
• Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
• Beauty Pill — Describes Things As They Are
• Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
• Beyoncé — Lemonade
• Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
• Miranda Lambert — The Weight of These Wings
• Solange — A Seat at the Table
• Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
• Ozuna — Aura

Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s, as selected by Billboard staff

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Beyoncé — Lemonade
3. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
4. Taylor Swift — Red
5. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
6. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
7. Rihanna — Anti
8. Ariana Grande — thank u, next
9. Robyn — Body Talk
10. Adele — 21
11. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
12. Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
13. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
14. Katy Perry — Teenage Dream
15. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
16. Drake — Take Care
17. Solange — A Seat at the Table
18. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
19. Taylor Swift — 1989
20. The Weeknd — House of Balloons
21. Lady Gaga — Born This Way
22. SZA — Ctrl
23. Lorde — Pure Heroine
24. Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
25. Rosalía — El Mal Querer
26. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
27. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
28. Frank Ocean — Blond
29. Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
30. Justin Bieber — Purpose
31. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
32. Tame Impala — Currents
33. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
34. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
35. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
36. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
37. Paramore — Paramore
38. Ariana Grande — Sweetener
39. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
40. Future — DS2
41. Grimes — Art Angels
42. Sam Smith — In the Lonely Hour
43. One Direction — Four
44. Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast — Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
45. Drake — Nothing Was the Same
46. Disclosure — Settle
47. J Balvin — Vibras
48. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
49. David Bowie — Blackstar
50. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
51. Taylor Swift — Speak Now
52. Anderson .Paak — Malibu
53. JAY-Z — 4:44
54. Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
55. The Black Keys — Brothers
56. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
57. Calvin Harris — Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
58. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
59. Pusha T — Daytona
60. Florence + The Machine — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
61. Sam Hunt — Montevallo
62. Kanye West — Yeezus
63. Tegan and Sara — Heartthrob
64. Maren Morris — Hero
65. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
66. Perfume Genius — No Shape
67. Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife
68. Haim — Days Are Gone
69. Bruno Mars — 24K Magic
70. Mac Miller — Swimming
71. Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life
72. Jenni Rivera — Joyas Prestadas: Pop
72. Jenni Rivera — Joyas Prestadas: Banda
73. Ke$ha — Rainbow
74. twenty one pilots — Blurryface
75. Charli XCX — True Romance
76. Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2
77. Arctic Monkeys — AM
78. Adele — 25
79. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
80. Camila Cabello — Camila
81. Mumford & Sons — Sigh No More
82. The 1975 — I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
83. Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD
84. Rihanna — Loud
85. J. Cole — 2014 Forest Hills Drive
86. Jonas Brothers — Happiness Begins
87. Brandi Carlile — By The Way, I Forgive You
88. Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
89. Childish Gambino — Awaken, My Love!
90. Against Me! — Transgender Dysphoria Blues
91. Miley Cyrus — Bangerz
92. Ozuna — Odisea
93. Pink — The Truth About Love
94. Nipsey Hussle — Victory Lap
95. Chris Stapleton — Traveller
96. Ed Sheeran — X
97. Porter Robinson — Worlds
98. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
99. Lady Antebellum — Need You Now
100. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — A Star Is Born Soundtrack

Loudwire: The 66 Best Metal Albums of the Decade

1. Behemoth — The Satanist
2. Ghost B.C. — Meliora
3. Gojira — L’Enfant Sauvage
4. Septicflesh — The Great Mass
5. Carcass — Surgical Steel
6. Power Trip — Nightmare Logic
7. Iron Maiden — The Book of Souls
8. Between the Buried and Me — The Parallax II: Future Sequence
9. Tool — Fear Inoculum
10. Devin Townsend Project — Transcendence
11. Ghost — Opus Eponymous
12. Bring Me the Horizon — Sempiternal
13. Mastodon — Emperor of Sand
14. Cattle Decapitation — Monolith Of Inhumanity
15. Code Orange — Forever
16. Gorguts — Colored Sands
17. Avenged Sevenfold — Nightmare
18. Judas Priest — Firepower
19. Deafheaven — Sunbather
20. Rammstein — Rammstein
21. Parkway Drive — Deep Blue
22. Architects — Holy Hell
23. The Dillinger Escape Plan — One of Us Is the Killer
24. Sleep — The Sciences
25. Slipknot — We Are Not Your Kind
26. Rivers of Nihil — Where Owls Know My Name
27. Gojira — Magma
28. Meshuggah — The Violent Sleep of Reason
29. Napalm Death — Utiltarian
30. YOB — Clearing the Path to Ascend
31. Knocked Loose — A Different Shade of Blue
32. Enslaved — Axioma Ethica Odini
33. Anthrax — For All Kings
34. Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
35. Every Time I Die — Low Teens
36. Tribulation — The Children of the Night
37. The Ocean — Pelagial
38. Trivium — In Waves
39. Black Dahlia Murder — Ritual
40. The Devil Wears Prada — Dead Throne
41. BABYMETAL — Babymetal
42. Periphery — Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
43. Converge — All We Love We Leave Behind
44. Ghost — Infestissumam
45. Body Count — Bloodlust
46. Pallbearer — Foundations of Burden
47. Woods of Ypres — Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
48. Zeal & Ardor — Stranger Fruit
49. Alcest — Écailles de lune
50. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats — Wasteland
51. High On Fire — Luminiferous
52. Fit for An Autopsy — Absolute Hope Absolute Hell
53. Dying Fetus — Wrong One to Fuck With
54. Epica — The Quantum Enigma
55. Vein — Errorzone
56. Sabaton — Carolus Rex
57. Thy Art Is Murder — Hate
58. Megadeth — Dystopia
59. August Burns Red — Found in Far Away Places
60. TesseracT — Altered State
61. Ihsahn — After
62. Amon Amarth — Deceiver of the Gods
63. Protest the Hero — Volition
64. Whitechapel — The Valley
65. Born of Osiris — The Discovery
66. Opeth — In Cauda Venenum

Vice: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

1. Solange — A Seat at the Table
2. Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
3. Frank Ocean — Blond
4. Power Trip — Nightmare Logic
5. Beyoncé — Lemonade
6. DJ Rashad — Double Cup
7. Rihanna — Anti
8. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
9. Future — DS2
10. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica
11. Beach House — Teen Dream
12. Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
13. Tame Impala — Lonerism
14. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
15. SZA — Ctrl
16. Bad Bunny — X 100PRE
17. Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
18. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
19. Young Thug — Barter 6
20. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
21. Tierra Whack — Whack World
22. Robyn — Body Talk
23. Chief Keef — Almighty So
24. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
25. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
26. Arca — Arca
27. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
28. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
29. Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
30. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
31. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
32. Angel Olsen — Burn Your Fire For No Witness
33. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
34. Thundercat — Drunk
35. Waka Flocka Flame — Flockaveli
36. Deafheaven — Sunbather
37. Charli XCX — Pop 2
38. Blood Orange — Cupid Deluxe
39. Grimes — Visions
40. The Weeknd — House of Balloons
41. Prurient — Frozen Niagara Falls
42. DJ Esco & Future — 56 Nights
43. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
44. Popcaan — Forever
45. PARTYNEXTDOOR — PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO
46. Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
47. Aphex Twin — Syro
48. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
49. ANOHNI — Hopelessness
50. Ozuna — Odisea
51. Jamie xx — In Colour
52. Carcass — Surgical Steel
53. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy
54. Grouper — Ruins
55. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
56. Kamasi Washington — The Epic
57. Sturgill Simpson — Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
58. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
59. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Piñata
60. Sophie — Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
61. The-Dream — Love King
62. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
63. Burna Boy — African Giant
64. Lil Peep — Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1
65. Lorde — Melodrama
66. J Balvin — Vibras
67. John Maus — We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
68. Dean Blunt — The Redeemer
69. Justin Bieber — Journals
70. Stormzy — Gang Signs & Prayer
71. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
72. YOB — Atma
73. James Blake — James Blake
74. 100s — Ice Cold Perm
75. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
76. Kelela — Take Me Apart
77. Turnstile — Nonstop Feeling
78. Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
79. Gucci Mane — World War 3 (Lean)
79. Gucci Mane — World War 3 (Gas)
79. Gucci Mane — World War 3 (Molly)
80. Total Control — Henge Beat
81. Holly Herndon — Platform
82. Darkside — Psychic
83. Sheer Mag — Need to Feel Your Love
84. Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
85. Wiley — Zip Files
86. FKA twigs — LP1
87. Jeremih — Late Nights: The Album
88. Pile — Dripping
89. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
90. Mac Miller — Swimming
91. Gojira — Magma
92. Elysia Crampton — American Drift
93. Skrillex — Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
94. The Hotelier — Home, Like Noplace Is There
95. Macintosh Plus — Floral Shoppe
96. Nothing — Guilty of Everything
97. (Sandy) Alex G — House of Sugar
98. M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
99. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
100. Salem — King Night

Consequence of Sound: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011]

1. Beyoncé — Lemonade
2. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Lorde — Melodrama
5. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
6. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
7. Robyn — Body Talk
8. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
9. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
10. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
11. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
12. Kanye West — Yeezus
13. Tame Impala — Currents
14. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
15. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
16. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
17. David Bowie — Blackstar
18. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
19. Adele — 21
20. SZA — Ctrl
21. The National — High Violet
22. Against Me! — Transgender Dysphoria Blues
23. Angel Olsen — My Woman
24. Taylor Swift — 1989
25. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
26. Jamie xx — In Colour
27. Arctic Monkeys — AM
28. M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
29. Solange — A Seat at the Table
30. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
31. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
32. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
33. Grimes — Art Angels
34. Vince Staples — Big Fish Theory
35. Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
36. Kamasi Washington — Heaven and Earth
37. Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
38. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
39. Beach House — Teen Dream
40. Deafheaven — Sunbather
41. James Blake — James Blake
42. Björk — Vulnicura
43. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
44. Disclosure — Settle
45. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
46. Anderson .Paak — Malibu
47. Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
48. Flying Lotus — Cosmogramma
49. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
50. Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
51. Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
52. Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
53. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
54. Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
55. Lucy Dacus — Historian
56. Frank Ocean — Blond
57. St. Vincent — MASSEDUCTION
58. Blood Orange — Negro Swan
59. Titus Andronicus — The Most Lamentable Tragedy
60. Chromatics — Kill for Love
61. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
62. Saba — Care for Me
63. Spiritualized — Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
64. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
65. Cloud Nothings — Attack on Memory
66. Lady Gaga — Joanne
67. The National — Trouble Will Find Me
68. A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
69. Paramore — After Laughter
70. Katy Perry — Teenage Dream
71. Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
72. My Bloody Valentine — mbv
73. FKA twigs — LP1
74. Drake — Take Care
75. Haim — Days Are Gone
76. Sleater-Kinney — No Cities To Love
77. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
78. Noname — Room 25
79. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
80. Foo Fighters — Wasting Light
81. Rihanna — Anti
82. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
83. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
84. Thundercat — The Golden Age of Apocalypse
85. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
86. Spoon — Hot Thoughts
87. Christine and the Queens — Chris
88. Lady Lamb — After
89. Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty
90. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
91. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
92. Caribou — Our Love
93. BROCKHAMPTON — iridescence
94. Tom Waits — Bad as Me
95. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica
96. Bon Iver — 22, A Million
97. Ariana Grande — thank u, next
98. Destroyer — Kaputt
99. Savages — Silence Yourself
100. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake

Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Kanye West — Yeezus
3. Grimes — Art Angels
4. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Frank Ocean — Blond
6. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
7. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
8. Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
9. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
10. Taylor Swift — Red
11. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
12. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
13. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
14. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
15. David Bowie — Blackstar
16. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
17. Lorde — Melodrama
18. My Bloody Valentine — mbv
19. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
20. Robyn — Body Talk
21. Solange — A Seat at the Table
22. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
23. Vince Staples — Summertime ’06
24. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
25. Deafheaven — Sunbather
26. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
27. Mitski — Puberty 2
28. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
29. Angel Olsen — Burn Your Fire For No Witness
30. Danny Brown — Old
31. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
32. Beach House — Teen Dream
33. Beyoncé — Lemonade
34. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
35. Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
36. FKA twigs — LP1
37. Bon Iver — 22, A Million
38. Drake — Take Care
39. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
40. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
41. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
42. Ariana Grande — Sweetener
43. Perfume Genius — No Shape
44. Slowdive — Slowdive
45. Pusha T — Daytona
46. Rihanna — Anti
47. Waxahatchee — Cerulean Salt
48. Snail Mail — Lush
49. Panda Bear — Tomboy
50. Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
51. Sharon Van Etten — Are We There
52. Tame Impala — Currents
53. The Knife — Shaking the Habitual
54. Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
55. Rosalía — El Mal Querer
56. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
57. Earl Sweatshirt — Doris
58. A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
59. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
60. Kamasi Washington — The Epic
61. The 1975 — I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
62. M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
63. Fucked Up — David Comes to Life
64. Blood Orange — Cupid Deluxe
65. James Blake — James Blake
66. Jenny Hval — Apocalypse, Girl
67. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
68. Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
69. Taylor Swift — 1989
70. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
71. Low — Double Negative
72. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
73. Björk — Vulnicura
74. The National — Sleep Well Beast
75. Charli XCX — Pop 2
76. (Sandy) Alex G — DSU
77. SZA — Ctrl
78. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
79. Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
80. Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
81. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
82. Fuck Buttons — Slow Focus
83. Priests — Nothing Feels Natural
84. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
85. Sleigh Bells — Treats
86. Eric Church — The Outsiders
87. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica
88. Cobalt — Slow Forever
89. Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
90. Charly Bliss — Guppy
91. Japanese Breakfast — Soft Sounds from Another Planet
92. Jim O’Rourke — Simple Songs
93. Hop Along — Painted Shut
94. Purity Ring — Shrines
95. Wye Oak — Civilian
96. Colleen Green — I Want to Grow Up
97. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
98. PUP — The Dream Is Over
99. Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
100. Future — Pluto