In Response: Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums 2010-2014
The list seems wholly unnecessary, but people love anything on the web that features a number followed by an item as evidenced by the popularity of sites like BuzzFeed. Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the decade so far isn’t a bad list-it would’ve made more sense to wait until 2014 is over to put it out, but that’s neither here nor there. My biggest problem with it is the redundancy factor. A lot of artists made the list multiple times, taking up spots that should really go to bands that aren’t featured on the list at all (Kanye gets 2 spots in their top 10, plus another for Watch The Throne). So here’s my list. I’ve kept the doubling down to a minimum, but it does happen a couple times. And yes, Kanye makes the list twice just not nearly as high.
100-Flying Lotus-Until The Quiet Comes
99. Hot Chip-One Night Stand
98. Wolfgang Jay-And We Move
97. Patrick Watson-Adventures In Your Own Backyard
96. El-P-Cancer For The Cure
95. Andrew Jackson Jihad-Knife Men
94. Big Boi-Sir Lucius Leftfoot
93. Dastardly-Ballads In Blue
92. Bright Eyes-The People’s Key
91. The Canoes-Slim Century
90. M.I.A.-Matangi
89. The All-About-Winter Pop
88. Gorillaz-Plastic Beach
87. The Elected-Bury Me In My Rings
86. Ezra Furman & The Harpoons-Mysterious Power
85. Empires-Garage Hymns
84. Fort Frances-The Atlas
83. Nik Freitas-Saturday Night Underwater
82. Beirut-The Rip Tide
81. The Great American Novel-Kissing
80. Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds-Under Streetlight Glow
79. Adam Arcuragi-Like a fire that consumes all before it
77. Kno-Death Is Silent
77. Kurt Vile-Smoke Ring For My Halo
76. Fiona Apple-Idler Wheel
75. Bhi Bhiman-S/T
74. The Congregation-Right Now Everything
73. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti-Before Today
72. Lupe Fiasco-Lasers
71. Portugal. The Man.-In The Mountain In The Cloud
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