Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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