Year-End Lists

Loudwire: The 66 Best Metal Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2022]

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

Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s, as published by Vice

[see also 2020 • 2019]

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

Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

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

Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

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

Albumism: The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

• 21
  Adele
• Everyday Robots
  Damon Albarn
• Testament
  All Saints
• The Suburbs
  Arcade Fire
• We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
  A Tribe Called Quest
• Turn Out the Lights
  Julien Baker
• Goddess
  Banks
• The Bride
  Bat for Lashes
• Morning Phase
  Beck
• El Camino
  The Black Keys
• The Colour in Anything
  James Blake
• 22, A Million
  Bon Iver
• Blackstar
  David Bowie
• Stranger in the Alps
  Phoebe Bridgers
• All the Beauty in This Whole Life
  Brother Ali
• Dice GAme
  Guilty Simpson & Apollo Brown
• case/lang/veirs
  case/lang/veirs
• Kill for Love
  Chromatics
• The Bones Of What You Believe
  Chvrches
• Every Hero Needs a Villain
  Czarface
• Black Messiah
  D’Angelo and The Vanguard
• Rome
  Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi
• Cheers to the Fall
  Andra Day
• and the Anonymous Nobody…
  De La Soul
• Settle
  Disclosure
• Rosecrans
  DJ Quik & Problem
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  Billie Eilish
• The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
  Elbow
• Wanderlust
  Sophie Ellis Bextor
• Similes
  Eluvium
• Introducin'
  Willie Evans Jr.
• Pure Comedy
  Father John Misty
• Stay Gold
  First Aid Kit
• Piñata
  Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
• Black Radio
  Robert Glasper Experiment
• thank u, next
  Ariana Grande
• Let England Shake
  PJ Harvey
• Bones + Longing
  Gemma Hayes
• H.E.R.
  H.E.R.
• Choose Your Weapon
  Hiatus Kaiyote
• Hozier
  Hozier
• Ego Death
  The Internet
• Interpol
  Interpol
• 4:44
  JAY-Z
• E•MO•TION
  Carly Rae Jepsen
• Khrysis & Elzhi Are Jericho Jackson
  Jericho Jackson
• Integrity Blues
  Jimmy Eat World
• Doubleback: Evolution of R&B
  Joe
• Grief Pedigree
  Ka
• Food
  Kelis
• From the Westside With Love, II
  Dom Kennedy
• R.A.P. Music
  Killer Mike
• Vows
  Kimbra
• Born This Way
  Lady Gaga
• To Pimp A Butterfly
  Kendrick Lamar
• Gravity
  Lecrae
• The Voyager
  Jenny Lewis
• In the Days of Jupiter
  Lights Out Asia
• A Thousand Suns
  Linkin Park
• Nabuma Rubberband
  Little Dragon
• If You Wait
  London Grammar
• Melodrama
  Lorde
• YU
  Rosie Lowe
• Tetsuo & Youth
  Lupe Fiasco
• Wounded Rhymes
  Lykke Li
• Madame X
  Madonna
• Ella Mai
  Ella Mai
• A Breukelen Story
  Masta Ace & Marco Polo
• Beat Tape 2
  Tom Misch
• The Electric Lady
  Janelle Monáe
• Golden Hour
  Kacey Musgraves
• Life Is Good
  Nas
• High Violet
  The National
• A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
  The 1975
• Victory Lap
  Nipsey Hussle
• Beneath The Skin
  Of Monsters and Men
• Malibu
  Anderson .Paak
• Stay Lucky
  Nerina Pallot
• Animal Heart
  Nina Persson
• Electric
  Pet Shop Boys
• PRhyme
  PRhyme
• Voicenotes
  Charlie Puth
• A Moon Shaped Pool
  Radiohead
• Laila’s Wisdom
  Rapsody
• Reloaded
  Roc Marciano
• How I Got Over
  The Roots
• Something’s Changing
  Lucy Rose
• Run the Jewels
  Run the Jewels
• Stone Rollin’
  Raphael Saadiq
• Soldier of Love
  Sade
• Home Counties
  Saint Etienne
• In the Blue Light
  Paul Simon
• In the Lonely Hour
  Sam Smith
• A Seat at the Table
  Solange
• Glory
  Britney Spears
• St. Vincent
  St. Vincent
• One True Vine
  Mavis Staples
• Love Me Back
  Jazmine Sullivan
• Cape Verde
  Super Chron Flight Brothers
• 1989
  Taylor Swift
• Ctrl
  SZA
• Currents
  Tame Impala
• Three Kings
  TGT
• Underneath the Pine
  Toro y Moi
• While I'm Livin'
  Tanya Tucker
• Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
  The Twilight Sad
• Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
  Underworld
• Tough Love
  Jessie Ware
• Flygod
  Westside Gunn
• Coexist
  The xx

Paste Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
3. This Is Happening
   LCD Soundsystem
4. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
5. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
6. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
   Courtney Barnett
7. Blond
   Frank Ocean
8. E•MO•TION
   Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
10. Ctrl
    SZA
11. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
12. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
13. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
14. Blackstar
    David Bowie
15. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
16. Teen Dream
    Beach House
17. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
18. Body Talk
    Robyn
19. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
20. Historian
    Lucy Dacus
21. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
22. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
23. Puberty 2
    Mitski
24. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
25. Yeezus
    Kanye West
26. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
27. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
28. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
29. Currents
    Tame Impala
30. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
31. Southeastern
    Jason Isbell
32. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
33. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
34. Stranger in the Alps
    Phoebe Bridgers
35. Anti
    Rihanna
36. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
37. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
38. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
39. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
40. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
41. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
42. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
43. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
44. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
45. Lush
    Snail Mail
46. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
47. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
48. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
49. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
50. 1989
    Taylor Swift
51. No Cities To Love
    Sleater-Kinney
52. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
53. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
54. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
55. 21
    Adele
56. In Colour
    Jamie xx
57. Telefone
    Noname
58. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
59. You’re Nothing
    Iceage
60. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
61. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
62. LP1
    FKA twigs
63. Days Are Gone
    Haim
64. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
65. Singles
    Future Islands
66. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
67. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
68. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
69. Coming Home
    Leon Bridges
70. Kaputt
    Destroyer
71. Our Love
    Caribou
72. The Winter of Mixed Drinks
    Frightened Rabbit
73. City Music
    Kevin Morby
74. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
75. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
76. Joy as an Act of Resistance
    Idles
77. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
78. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
79. Half the City
    St. Paul & The Broken Bones
80. James Blake
    James Blake
81. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
82. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
83. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
84. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
85. Capacity
    Big Thief
86. Visions
    Grimes
87. Painted Shut
    Hop Along
88. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
89. Silence Yourself
    Savages
90. Turn Out the Lights
    Julien Baker
91. Wildewoman
    Lucius
92. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
93. Victim of Love
    Charles Bradley
94. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
95. Brothers
    The Black Keys
96. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
97. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
98. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
99. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
100. Take Care
     Drake

Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Blond
   Frank Ocean
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
3. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
4. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
5. The Idler Wheel…
   Fiona Apple
6. A Seat at the Table
   Solange
7. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
8. Body Talk
   Robyn
9. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
10. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
11. Art Angels
    Grimes
12. Anti
    Rihanna
13. Take Care
    Drake
14. Melodrama
    Lorde
15. Yeezus
    Kanye West
16. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
17. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
18. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
19. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
20. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
21. Teen Dream
    Beach House
22. Kaputt
    Destroyer
23. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
24. Ctrl
    SZA
25. In Colour
    Jamie xx
26. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
27. Some Rap Songs
    Earl Sweatshirt
28. LP1
    FKA twigs
29. Halcyon Digest
    Deerhunter
30. Puberty 2
    Mitski
31. 4
    Beyoncé
32. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
33. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
34. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
35. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
36. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
37. Blackstar
    David Bowie
38. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
39. Apocalypse
    Bill Callahan
40. Pop 2
    Charli XCX
41. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
42. New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh
    Erykah Badu
43. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
44. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
45. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
46. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
47. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
48. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
49. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
50. Visions
    Grimes
51. Knock Knock
    DJ Koze
52. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
53. Black Origami
    Jlin
54. Barter 6
    Young Thug
55. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
56. Vulnicura
    Björk
57. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
58. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
59. Red
    Taylor Swift
60. The OOZ
    King Krule
61. Arca
    Arca
62. Ruins
    Grouper
63. XXX
    Danny Brown
64. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
65. Dirty Sprite 2
    Future
66. Plunge
    Fever Ray
67. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
68. Cosmogramma
    Flying Lotus
69. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
    Drake
70. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
71. Honey
    Robyn
72. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
73. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
74. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
    Sophie
75. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
76. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
77. There Is Love in You
    Four Tet
78. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
79. Currents
    Tame Impala
80. Syro
    Aphex Twin
81. When I Get Home
    Solange
82. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
83. Rival Dealer
    Burial
84. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
85. On Your Own Love Again
    Jessica Pratt
86. Days Are Gone
    Haim
87. SremmLife
    Rae Sremmurd
88. Apocalypse, Girl
    Jenny Hval
89. Our Love
    Caribou
90. Never Hungover Again
    Joyce Manor
91. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
92. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
93. Devotion
    Tirzah
94. Contra
    Vampire Weekend
95. Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)
    Jai Paul
96. Double Negative
    Low
97. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
98. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
99. X 100PRE
    Bad Bunny
100. Sweetener
     Ariana Grande
101. Kill for Love
     Chromatics
102. Late Nights: The Album
     Jeremih
103. This Is How You Smile
     Helado Negro
104. Cerulean Salt
     Waxahatchee
105. Settle
     Disclosure
106. Aromanticism
     Moses Sumney
107. Swing Lo Magellan
     Dirty Projectors
108. 99.9%
     KAYTRANADA
109. Aviary
     Julia Holter
110. Flockaveli
     Waka Flocka Flame
111. Past Life Martyred Saints
     EMA
112. Random Access Memories
     Daft Punk
113. Celebration Rock
     Japandroids
114. Process
     Sampha
115. In a Poem Unlimited
     U.S. Girls
116. The ArchAndroid
     Janelle Monáe
117. The Money Store
     Death Grips
118. You Want It Darker
     Leonard Cohen
119. Before the World Was Big
     girlpool
120. Flower Boy
     Tyler, The Creator
121. Home, Like Noplace Is There
     The Hotelier
122. Lush
     Snail Mail
123. Sunbather
     Deafheaven
124. Days
     Real Estate
125. Safe in the Hands of Love
     Yves Tumor
126. Tomboy
     Panda Bear
127. Teens of Denial
     Car Seat Headrest
128. A Moon Shaped Pool
     Radiohead
129. Bangs & Works, Vol. 1 (A Chicago Footwork Compilation)
     various artists
130. Lonerism
     Tame Impala
131. Run the Jewels 2
     Run the Jewels
132. Freedom
     Amen Dunes
133. Zentropy
     Frankie Cosmos
134. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
     M83
135. Helplessness Blues
     Fleet Foxes
136. Ravedeath, 1972
     Tim Hecker
137. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
     A$AP Rocky
138. Sound & Color
     Alabama Shakes
139. Does It Look Like I'm Here?
     Emeralds
140. Sunbathing Animal
     Parquet Courts
141. Rich Forever
     Rick Ross
142. Agora
     Fennesz
143. Titanic Rising
     Weyes Blood
144. Let England Shake
     PJ Harvey
145. Finally Rich
     Chief Keef
146. Compilation (I, II & III)
     Sheer Mag
147. High Violet
     The National
148. Space is Only Noise
     Nicolas Jaar
149. 2
     Mac DeMarco
150. Playboi Carti
     Playboi Carti
151. The Fame Monster
     Lady Gaga
152. AM
     Arctic Monkeys
153. Purple Mountains
     Purple Mountains
154. Under the Skin
     Mica Levi
155. Savage Mode
     21 Savage & Metro Boomin
156. The Voyager
     Jenny Lewis
157. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
     The 1975
158. Treats
     Sleigh Bells
159. Foundations of Burden
     Pallbearer
160. Room 25
     Noname
161. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
     The 1975
162. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
     Sturgill Simpson
163. Dreamchasers 2
     Meek Mill
164. Painted Shut
     Hop Along
165. Everybody Works
     Jay Som
166. The Pinkprint
     Nicki Minaj
167. DSU
     (Sandy) Alex G
168. The Magic Place
     Julianna Barwick
169. After Laughter
     Paramore
170. Compro
     Skee Mask
171. Veteran
     JPEGMAFIA
172. Where We Come From
     Popcaan
173. Small Town Heroes
     Hurray for the Riff Raff
174. Are We There
     Sharon Van Etten
175. Devotion
     Jessie Ware
176. I'm New Here
     Gil Scott-Heron
177. All American Made
     Margo Price
178. Silence Yourself
     Savages
179. Black Up
     Shabazz Palaces
180. The Bones Of What You Believe
     Chvrches
181. LEGACY! LEGACY!
     Jamila Woods
182. Trans Day of Revenge
     G.L.O.S.S.
183. American Drift
     Elysia Crampton
184. Clean
     Soccer Mommy
185. Lala Belu
     Hailu Mergia
186. Mono No Aware
     various artists
187. Beyondless
     Iceage
188. Daytona
     Pusha T
189. The Weight of These Wings
     Miranda Lambert
190. For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
     Huerco S
191. 50 Words for Snow
     Kate Bush
192. Cut 4 Me
     Kelela
193. Hellboy
     Lil Peep
194. The Monitor
     Titus Andronicus
195. Full Communism
     Downtown Boys
196. Vexovoid
     Portal
197. Genre-specific Xperience
     Fatima Al Qadiri
198. Everything's Fine
     Jeane Grae & Quelle Chris
199. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
     WU LYF
200. So It Goes
     Ratking

Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
3. Red
   Taylor Swift
4. Blond
   Frank Ocean
5. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
6. Melodrama
   Lorde
7. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
8. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
9. Take Care
   Drake
10. Anti
    Rihanna
11. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
12. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
13. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
14. Yeezus
    Kanye West
15. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
16. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
17. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
18. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
19. Ctrl
    SZA
20. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
21. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
22. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
23. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
24. Teen Dream
    Beach House
25. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
26. High Violet
    The National
27. Body Talk
    Robyn
28. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
29. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
30. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
31. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
32. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
33. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
34. 1989
    Taylor Swift
35. 2014 Forest Hills Drive
    J. Cole
36. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
37. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
38. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
39. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
40. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
41. Settle
    Disclosure
42. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T
43. Visions
    Grimes
44. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
45. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
46. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
47. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
48. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
49. Puberty 2
    Mitski
50. Victory Lap
    Nipsey Hussle
51. In Colour
    Jamie xx
52. Blackstar
    David Bowie
53. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
54. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
55. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
56. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album
    Earl Sweatshirt
57. Currents
    Tame Impala
58. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
59. DS2
    Future
60. LP1
    FKA twigs
61. Cosmogramma
    Flying Lotus
62. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
63. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
64. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
65. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
66. Sprained Ankle
    Julien Baker
67. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
68. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
69. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
70. James Blake
    James Blake
71. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
72. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
73. The Divine Feminine
    Mac Miller
74. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    The 1975
75. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
76. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
77. SremmLife
    Rae Sremmurd
78. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
79. Room 25
    Noname
80. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
81. Pop 2
    Charli XCX
82. Slime Season 3
    Young Thug
83. I See You
    The xx
84. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
85. Pink Friday
    Nicki Minaj
86. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
87. 4:44
    JAY-Z
88. Heartthrob
    Tegan and Sara
89. Psychic
    Darkside
90. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
91. My Krazy Life
    YG
92. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
93. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
94. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
95. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
96. Culture
    Migos
97. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
98. Habits & Contradictions
    Schoolboy Q
99. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
100. Luv Is Rage 2
     Lil Uzi Vert

Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Visions
   Grimes
2. Have One On Me
   Joanna Newsom
3. Teen Dream
   Beach House
4. Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)
   Jai Paul
5. Black Up
   Shabazz Palaces
6. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
7. A I A
   Grouper
8. Kill for Love
   Chromatics
9. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
10. Rival Dealer
    Burial
11. Devotion
    Tirzah
12. From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. I – IV
    Helena Deland
13. Tender Opposites
    Tops
14. Pull My Hair Back
    Jessy Lanza
15. Act of Tenderness
    Cindy Lee
16. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
17. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
18. Product
    Sophie
19. XXX
    Danny Brown
20. Blond
    Frank Ocean
21. Quarantine
    Laurel Halo
22. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
23. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
24. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
25. Essentials
    Erika de Casier
26. Pop 2
    Charli XCX
27. Body Talk
    Robyn
28. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
29. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
30. That We Can Play
    Games
31. Public Strain
    Women
32. Freedom
    Amen Dunes
33. Black is Beautiful
    Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland
34. Eccojams Vol. 1
    Chuck Person
35. Have You In My Wilderness
    Julia Holter
36. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
37. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
38. EP2
    yaeji
39. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
40. Instrumentals
    Clams Casino
41. The Magic Place
    Julianna Barwick
42. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
43. Barter 6
    Young Thug
44. The Original Faces
    Helen
45. Some Rap Songs
    Earl Sweatshirt
46. Intro Bonito
    Kero Kero Bonito
47. The OOZ
    King Krule
48. Color Your Life
    Mr Twin Sister
49. EP2
    FKA twigs
50. Held
    Holy Other