paper's top whatever of 2010

paper · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:00 pm

1. Beach House - Teen Dream

2. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

3. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

5. The Walkmen - Lisbon

6. Spoon - Transference

7. Aloe Blacc - Good Things

8. The Roots - How I Got Over

9. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way

10. Damien Marley & Nas - Distant Relatives

The rest in no order:

Gil Scott Heron - I'm New Here
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
Flying Lotus - Cosmograma
LCD Soundsystem - The Happening
The Parting Gifts - Strychnine Dandelion
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabete - s/t
The Radio Dept. - Clinging To a Sceme
The Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
Four Tet - There is Love in You
Freddie Gibbs - Str8 Killa
Curren$y - Pilot Talk/Pilot Talk 2
Loudon Wainwright III - Songs for the New Depression
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
The Black Keys - Brothers

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:38 am

I gave the Titus Andronicus one more listen the other day just to make sure I wasn't still missing something...nope. I do think the first song is great (is that J Mascis on guitar or what!?) but there's not enough there in the rest of it for me.

Good list though: I have massive respect for people who can listen to a lot of hip hop and a lot of rock/indie rock.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:29 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

I gave the Titus Andronicus one more listen the other day just to make sure I wasn't still missing something...nope. I do think the first song is great (is that J Mascis on guitar or what!?) but there's not enough there in the rest of it for me.

Good list though: I have massive respect for people who can listen to a lot of hip hop and a lot of rock/indie rock.

I think, at the end, it's just the length of the songs on the Titus Andronicus that I can't get by.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

the roots and sharon jones...thinking I should hear these but something keeps saying no.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:30 pm

I'd recommend Sharon Jones for you.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

i just cant get into that big boi release

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

i guess i like my rap/indie rock more pretentious

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

I found the big boi album incredibly listenable. It's right for pretty much whatever mood I'm in.

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:19 am

Lovely seeing Beach House at #1.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:19 am

Yeah, great 1 & 2.

Another reminder that I need to hear that Gil Scott-Heron.

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:22 am

That opening guitar riff in "Woe is Me" could be substituted in any Vampire Weekend song and be right at home.

Walkmen have always been one of those bands who I think are just fine, but have never really given me a reason to fall in love with them. Lots of love for Lisbon on Obner this year, but I don't really see any reason to dive into it.

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