The albums of the 2010s as they will not turn out to be
The albums of the 2010s
...what they will turn out to be
...what they might have been
(...what others thought them to be)
2010
The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
LITE - Illuminate
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Actress | Splazsh |
| Pitchfork | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire |
| Plattentests | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire |
| NME | Your Mercury | Teeth of the Sea |
| Quietus | Sisterworld | Liars |
| Blissblog | Suburban Tours | Rangers |
)
2011
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | Let England Shake | PJ Harvey |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Far Side Virtual | James Ferraro |
| Pitchfork | Bon Iver | Bon Iver |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Bon Iver | Bon Iver |
| Plattentests | Bon Iver | Bon Iver |
| NME | Let England Shake | PJ Harvey |
| Quietus | Let England Shake | PJ Harvey |
| Blissblog | The English Riviera | Metronomy |
)
2012
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Breton - Other People's Problems
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | channel ORANGE | Frank Ocean |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Quarantine | Laurel Halo |
| Pitchfork | good kid, m.A.A.d city | Kendrick Lamar |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | An awesome wave | Alt-J |
| Plattentests | Babel | Mumford & Sons |
| NME | Light Up Gold | Parquet Courts |
| Quietus | The Seer | Swans |
| Blissblog | Mature Themes | Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti |
)
2013
Phil France - The Swimmer
Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Utopia OST
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | Yeezus | Kanye West |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Loud City Song | Julia Holter |
| Pitchfork | Yeezus | Kanye West |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Trouble will find me | The National |
| Plattentests | Reflektor | Arcade Fire |
| NME | AM | Arctic Monkeys |
| Quietus | Glynnaestra | Grumbling Fur |
| Blissblog | Yeezus | Kanye West |
)
2014
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Pavane - L'échappée
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | Lost in the Dream | The War on Drugs |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Syro | Aphex Twin |
| Pitchfork | Black Messiah | D'Angelo and The Vanguard |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Lost in the Dream | The War on Drugs |
| Plattentests | This is all yours | Alt-J |
| NME | Black Messiah | D'Angelo and The Vanguard |
| Quietus | UNFLESH (Anti Ghost Moon Ray) | Gazelle Twin |
| Blissblog | pompom | Ariel Pink |
)
2015
Luxury Elite - World Class
Mutiny on the Bounty - Digital Tropics
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Dark Energy | Jlin |
| Pitchfork | Currents | Tame Impala |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens |
| Plattentests | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens |
| NME | Fading Frontier | Deerhunter |
| Quietus | Dark Energy | Jlin |
| Blissblog | DS2 | Future |
)
2016
Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being
36 - The Infinity Room
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | Blackstar | David Bowie |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Blackstar | David Bowie |
| Pitchfork | A Moon Shaped Pool | Radiohead |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Skeleton Tree | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| Plattentests | A Moon Shaped Pool | Radiohead |
| NME | Run the Jewels 3 | Run the Jewels |
| Quietus | The Gospel | Årabrot |
| Blissblog | _ Rook to TN34 _ | eMMplek |
)
2017
Caterina Barbieri - Patterns of Consciousness
Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Paradiso | Chino Amobi |
| Pitchfork | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | A deeper understanding | The War on Drugs |
| Plattentests | A deeper understanding | The War on Drugs |
| NME | american dream | LCD Soundsystem |
| Quietus | Peasant | Richard Dawson |
| Blissblog | Culture | Migos |
)
2018
Nils Frahm - All Melody
clipping. - There Existed an Addiction to Blood
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | Your Queen Is A Reptile | Sons of Kemet |
| Pitchfork | Safe in the Hands of Love | Yves Tumor |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Die Unendlichkeit | Tocotronic |
| Plattentests | Die Unendlichkeit | Tocotronic |
| NME | Evil Genius | Gucci Mane |
| Quietus | Pastoral | Gazelle Twin |
| Blissblog | Culture II | Migos |
)
2019
Holly Herndon - PROTO
Anna Meredith - FIBS
(
| Album of the Year Aggregate | Norman fucking Rockwell! | Lana Del Rey |
|---|---|---|
| The Wire | I Was Real | 75 Dollar Bill |
| Pitchfork | Magdalene | FKA twigs |
| Plattentest-Redaktion | Norman fucking Rockwell! | Lana Del Rey |
| Plattentests | I am easy to find | The National |
| NME | Upon Reflection | Wretch 32 |
| Quietus | For You and I | Loraine James |
| Blissblog | Mark of the Mould | Baron Mordant |
)