Crispian’s Best Albums of 2010

It appears as though I haven’t written a single bloody album review all year. Personally, I blame my other blog which has taken up the majority of my spare time under my comfortable delusion that I was getting somewhere with it.

But despite not making the time to review my favourite albums from 2010, I have nonetheless still been buying and listening to a lot of new stuff this year. I have therefore sorted my iTunes library by year and creamed off my top 40 from 2010.

Feel free to disagree, but I'm pretty sure that I am in fact right…


40:
Duffy
Endlessly

39:
Jeff Beck
Emotion and Commotion

38:
The Hoosiers
The Illusion Of Safety

37:
The Script
Science and Faith

36:
Teenage Fanclub
Shadows

35:
Kings of Leon
Come Around Sundown

34:
Gorillaz
Plastic Beach

33:
Robert Plant
Band of Joy

32:
Eels
Tomorrow Morning

31:
MGMT
Congratulations

30:
Richard Thompson
Dream Attic

29:
Iron Maiden
The Final Frontier

28:
The National
High Violet

27:
Deer Hunter
Halcyon Digest

26:
Cyndi Lauper
Memphis Blues

25:
Sleigh Bells
Treats

24:
Leonard Cohen
Songs from the Road

23:
The Album Leaf
A Chorus of Storytellers

22:
Black Mountain
Wilderness Heart

21:
The Sudden Passion
Central Standard Time

20:
The Orb (featuring David Gilmour)
Metallic Spheres

19:
Peter Gabriel
Scratch My Back

18:
Edwyn Collins
Losing Sleep

17:
Joe Satriani
Black Swans

16:
Joe Bonamassa
Black Rock

15:
Plan B
The Defamation of Strickland Banks

14:
John Grant
The Queen of Denmark

13:
The Greenhornes
****

12:
Midlake
The Courage of Others

11:
K. T. Tunstall
Tiger Suit

10:
The Jim Jones Revue
Burning Your House Down

9:
Guitar Shorty
Bare Knuckle

8:
Paul Weller
Wake Up The Nation

7:
The Dead Weather
Sea Of Cowards

6:
Neil Young
Le Noise

5:
Bad Religion
The Dissent of Man

4:
Kula Shaker
Pilgrims Progress

3:
Grinderman
Grinderman 2

2:
The Black Keys
Brothers

1:
The Arcade Fire
The Suburbs