Tricia's Top 27 CDs of 2010

The 88 - The 88

belleandseabastian

aloeblacc

blackkeys

broadcast 2000

basia bulat

dr dog

extra lens

fitzandthetantrums

folchen

freelance whales

frightenedrabbit2010

gold motel

This year was a little more chaotic than most, but despite that I did manage to find plenty of good music to listen to. I found 27 truly wonderful records, that number might seem random but why pad it out? Listed below in alphabetical order.

gold panda

The 88 - The 88  Amazon :: iTunes Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love Amazon :: iTunes Aloe Blacc - Good Things   Amazon :: iTunes The Black Keys - Brothers   Amazon :: iTunes Broadcast 2000 - Broadcast 2000   Amazon :: iTunes Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own   Amazon :: iTunes Dr Dog - Shame Shame   Amazon :: iTunes The Extra Lens - Undercard   Amazon :: iTunes Fitz & The Tantrums - Pickin' Up The Pieces   Amazon :: iTunes Fol Chen - Part II: The New December   Amazon :: iTunes Freelance Whales - Weathervanes  Amazon :: iTunes Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks   Amazon :: iTunes Gold Motel - Summer House   Amazon :: iTunes Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner   Amazon :: iTunes Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whatever   Amazon :: iTunes Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can   Amazon :: iTunes Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away   Amazon :: iTunes Rogue Wave - Permalight   Amazon :: iTunes The School - Loveless Unbeliever   Amazon :: iTunes Sally Seltmann - Heart That's Pounding  Amazon :: iTunes Shout Out Louds - Work   Amazon :: iTunes Adam Haworth Stephens - We Live On Cliffs  Amazon :: iTunes Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way   Amazon :: iTunes Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill   Amazon :: iTunes Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From   Amazon :: iTunes Vampire Weekend - Contra   Amazon :: iTunes Warpaint - The Fool   Amazon :: iTunes

hold steady

lauramarling2010

josh ritter

roguewave2010

sallyseltmann2010

shoutoutlouds2010

aw stephens

angusjuliastone2010

stornoway2010

the school

tired pony

vampireweekend2010

warpaint

Top CDs of 2005

SEPTEMBER 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

Anders Parker ~ The Wounded Astronaut (Baryon)

Bill Ricchini ~ Tonight I Burn Brightly (Transdreamer)

Bottom Of The Hudson ~ Holiday Machine (Absolutely Kosher)

Death Cab For Cutie ~ Plans (Atlantic)

Fruit Bats ~ Spelled In Bones (Sub Pop)

Gabin ~ Mr. Freedom (Astralwerks)

Idlewild ~ Warnings/promises (Capitol)

John Vanderslice ~ Pixel Revolt (Barsuk)

Knitters ~ The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters (Zoe)

Little Plastic Pilots ~ Little Plastic Pilots (Kanpai)

Magic Numbers ~ The Magic Numbers (EMI UK)

Michael Penn ~ Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 (Mimeograph/spinART)

New Pornographers ~ Twin Cinema (Matador)

Orenda Fink ~ Invisible Ones (Saddle Creek)

Teenage Fanclub ~ Man-Made (Merge)

click here to view September Recommendations on iTunes

AUGUST 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

Benjamin Diamond ~ Out Of Myself (K7)

Bob Mould ~ Body Of Song (Yep Roc)

Concretes ~ Layourbattleaxedown (EMI)

Hockey Night ~ Keep Guessin' (Lookout )

Jim Yoshii Pileup ~ Picks Us Apart (Absolutely Kosher)

Kingsley ~ Kingsley (Blood Orange)

Maria Taylor ~ 11:11 (Saddle Creek)

Marjorie Fair ~ Self Help Serenade (Capitol)

Meat Beat Manifesto ~ At The Center (Thirsty Ear)

Oxford Collapse ~ A Good Ground (Kanine)

Snow & Voices ~ Snow & Voices (Parasol)

Son Volt ~ Okemah And The Melody Of Riot (Sony)

Statistics ~ Often Lie (Jade Tree)

Sufjan Stevens ~ Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)

Summer Lawns ~ First We Waited Then It Started

(Stunning Models On Display)

White Stripes ~ Get Behind Me Satan (V2)

click here to view August Recommendations on iTunes

JULY 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

Brian Eno ~ Another Day On Earth (Rykodisc)

Devin Davis ~ Lonely People Of The World Unite (Mousse)

Dixie Dirt ~ Pieces Of The World (www.dixiedirtmusic.com)

Dressy Bessy ~ Electrified (Transdreamer)

Gang Of Four ~ Entertainment (Rhino)

Goldspot ~ Tally Of The Yes Men (Union)

Gorillaz ~ Demon Days (Virgin)

Hold Steady ~ Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)

Matson Jones ~ Matson Jones (Sympathy For The Record Industry)

Nobody ~ And Everything Else (Plug Research)

Shout Out Louds ~ Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Capitol)

click here to view July Recommendations on iTunes

JUNE 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

Aimee Mann ~ The Forgotten Arm (Superego)

Athlete ~ Tourist (Astralwerks)

Bruce Springsteen ~ Devils And Dust (Columbia)

Deathray Davies ~ The Kick And The Snare (Glurp)

Go-Betweens ~ Oceans Apart (Yep Roc )

Mike Doughty ~ Haughty Melodic (ATO)

Richmond Fontaine ~ Post To Wire (Union)

Sleater-Kinney ~ The Woods (Sub Pop)

Smog ~ A River Ain't Too Much Love (Drag City)

Son Volt ~ A Retrospective: 1995-2000 (Rhino)

Spoon ~ Gimme Fiction (Merge)

Vacation ~ Band From World War Zero (Echo)

click here to view June Recommendations on iTunes

MAY 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

The 22-20s ~ 22-20's (Astralwerks)

Damien Jurado ~ On My Way To Absence (Sub Pop)

The Eels ~ Blinking Lights And Other Revelations (Vagrant)

Heavy Trash ~ Heavy Trash (Yep Roc)

Hot Hot Heat ~ Elevator (Sire)

Husky Rescue ~ Country Falls (Minty Fresh)

The Kills ~ No Wow (Rough Trade)

Magnolia Electric Co ~ What Comes After The Blues (Secretly Canadian)

Micah P. Hinson ~ And The Gospel Of Progress (Sketchbook)

Mountain Goats ~ The Sunset Tree (4ad)

The National ~ Alligator (Beggars Banquet)

The Perishers ~ Let There Be Morning (Nettwerk)

The Ponys ~ Celebration Castle (In The Red)

Ryan Adams ~ Cold Roses (Lost Highway)

Tim Burgess ~ I Believe (PIAS/Koch)

Us3 ~ Questions (Us3)

Various Artists ~ Friends And Lovers:songs Of Bread (Badman)

click here to view May Recommendations on iTunes

APRIL 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

John Doe ~ Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc )

Kathleen Edwards ~ Back To Me (Zoe)

Nic Armstrong ~ The Greatest White Liar (New West)

Various Artists ~ Verve Remixed 3 (Verve)

Moby ~ Hotel (V2)

Foxymorons ~ Hesitation Eyes (Heatstroke)

M.I.A. ~ Arular (XL)

Bloc Party ~ Silent Alarm (Vice)

Beck ~ Guero (Interscope)

South San Gabriel ~ The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until... (Misra)

Marbles ~ Expo (spinART)

Top 40 CDs of 2004

01. Mountain Goats ~ We Shall All Be Healed

02. Sonic Youth ~ Sonic Nurse

03. Album Leaf ~ In A Safe Place

04. Autolux ~ Future Perfect

05. Angela McCluskey ~ The Things We Do

06. Jem ~ Finally Woken

07. Elliott Smith ~ From A Basement On The Hill

08. Casey Black ~ Vacations

09. Actionslacks ~ Full Upright Position

10. Earlimart ~ Treble & Tremble

11. Grant Lee Phillips ~ Virginia Creeper

12. Old 97's ~ Drag It Up

13. Blue Nile ~ High

14. Sam Phillips ~ A Boot & A Shoe

15. Lanterna ~ Highways

16. Matthew Sweet ~ Kimi Ga Suki Rafu

17. Will Johnson ~ Vultures Await

18. Patti Smith ~ Trampin'

19. Jim White ~ Drill A Hole In That Substrate & Tell Me

20. Zap Mama ~ Ancestry In Progress

21. Luna ~ Rendezvous

22. Modest Mouse ~ Good News For People Who Love Bad News

23. PJ Harvey ~ Uh Huh Her

24. Joseph Arthur ~ Our Shadows Will Remain

25. Lloyd Cole ~ Music In A Foreign Language

26. Mocean Worker ~ Enter The Mowo

27. Wilco ~ A Ghost Is Born

28. Faithless ~ No Roots

29. Richard Buckner ~ Dents & Shells

30. Standard ~ Wire Post To Wire

31. Helio Sequence ~ Love & Distance

32. Lisa Loeb ~ The Way It Really Is

33. Unkle ~ Never Never Land

34. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ~ Abattoir Blues

35. Eleni Mandell ~ Afternoon

36. Ulrich Schnauss ~ A Strangely Isolated Place

37. Magnetic Fields ~ I

38. John Cale ~ Hobosapiens

39. Fatboy Slim ~ Palookaville

40. Ratatat ~ Ratatat

Top 30 CDs of 2003

01. My Morning Jacket ~ It Still Moves

02. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ Fever To Tell

03. Josh Ritter ~ Hello Starling

04. Dressy Bessy ~ Dressy Bessy

05. Pete Yorn ~ Day I Forgot

06. Liz Phair ~ Liz Phair

07. Folk Implosion ~ The New Folk Implosion

08. Cat Power ~ You Are Free

09. White Stripes ~ Elephant

10. Ben Lee ~ Hey You Yes You

11. Paul Weller ~ Illumination

12. Rainer Maria ~ Long Knives Drawn

13. Kristin Hersh ~ The Grotto

14. Ryan Adams ~ Rock N Roll

15. Some Girls ~ Feel It

16. Centro-Matic ~ Love You Just The Same

17. Lizzie West ~ Holy Road - Freedom Songs

18. Ben Harper ~ Diamonds On The Inside

19. Laika ~ Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing

20. Magnolia Electric Co ~ The Magnolia Electric Co

21. Sun Kil Moon ~ Ghosts Of The Great Highway

22. Minibar ~ Fly Below The Radar

23. Paul Westerberg ~ Come Feel Me Tremble

24. You Am I ~ Deliverance

25. Death Cab For Cutie ~ Transatlanticism

26. Starlight Mints ~ Built On Squares

27. Johnny Marr & The Healers ~ Boomslang

28. Fountains Of Wayne ~ Welcome Interstate Managers

29. Strokes ~ Room On Fire

30. Showbag ~ The Town We Loved In

... more 2003 recommendations

31. Stereophonics ~ You Gotta Go There To Come Back

32. Neil Young & Crazy Horse ~ Greendale

33. Eleni Mandell ~ Country For True Lovers

34. Mc Honky ~ I Am The Messiah

35. Carla Bozulich ~ Red Headed Stranger

36. Northern State ~ Dying In Stereo

37. Bonnie Prince Billy ~ Master & Everyone

38. Eels ~ Shootenanny

39. Jay Farrar ~ Terroir Blues

40. 88 ~ Kind Of Light

41. Verbena ~ La Musica Negra

42. Brassy ~ Gettin Wise

43. Radiohead ~ Hail To The Thief

44. Scout ~ This Soft Life

45. Few ~ The Few

46. American Analog Set ~ Promise Of Love

47. Twilight Singers ~ Blackberry Belle

48. Holopaw ~ Holopaw

49. Sleepy Jackson ~ Lovers

50. Grandaddy ~ Sumday

51. Postal Service ~ Give Up

52. Elefant ~ Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid

53. Her Space Holiday ~ The Young Machines

54. Rosie Thomas ~ Only With Laughter Can You Win

55. Red Hot Valentines ~ Summer Fling

56. Throwing Muses ~ Throwing Muses

57. Stills ~ Logic Will Break Your Heart

58. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ~ Take Them On On Your Own

59. French ~ Local Information

60. Guided By Voices ~ Earthquake Glue

61. Josh Rouse ~ 1972

62. Jet ~ Get Born

63. Kinky ~ Atlas

64. Mojave 3 ~ Spoon & Rafter

65. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks ~ Pig Lib

66. New Wet Kojak ~ This Is The Glamorous

67. Singapore Sling ~ The Curse Of Singapore Sling

68. Nadine ~ Strange Seasons

69. Jeff Hanson ~ Son

70. Clem Snide ~ Soft Spot

Top 32 CDs of 2001

01. Burning Airlines ~ Identikit Musical and poetic genius J. Robbins (formerly Jawbox) made us a perfect album.

02. Ryan Adams ~ Gold

Classically great singer-songwriter tunes from sexy Whiskeytown frontman

03. Centro-matic ~ Distance & Clime

Lo-fi, but hi-impact, you'll feel it in your heart & soul

04. Beulah ~ The Coast Is Never Clear

Poppy, hummable songs that are still unique and beautifully textured.

05. Pete Yorn ~ Musicforthemorningafter

Classic songwriting in the tradition of Springsteen (with a Smiths influence!)

06. Remy Zero ~ The Golden Hum

A shining home that takes you gracefully through bittersweet ballads and play-it-loud rock

07. Kristin Hersh ~ Sunny Border Blue

An excellent blend of her band sensibility and her solo work

08. Minibar ~ Road Movies

Hooky, soulful songs that are completely addicting

09. Snow Patrol ~ When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up

Angelic vocals and clever, thoughtful songs delivered from Scotland

10. Lucinda Williams ~ Essence

Beautiful blues that go straight to your heart

11. Stereophonics ~ Just Enough Education To Perform

Golden singing, rockin' guitar and lovely songwriting combine for wonderful Brit-Pop

12. Death Cab For Cutie ~ The Photo Album

Edgy songs enhanced by startling lyrical insights and creative arrangements

13. Rebecca Gates ~ Ruby Series

Sparkley, trip-hoppy tunes from former Spinanes gal

14. Sigur Rós ~ Ágætis Byrjun

Ethereal, magnificent songs from Iceland that are each like a little pop symphonys

15. Kid Loco ~ Kill Your Darlings

Dance music with soul and the vocals of Tim Keegan

16. Sparklehorse ~ It's A Wonderful Life

Whispery vocals, spooky sounds, lo-fi textures

17. Spoon ~ Girls Can Tell

Heartbreak from Austin with delicious rhythms and deceptively simple guitar

18. Björk ~ Vespertine

Intimate new work from the diva of otherworldly pop

19. Red House Painters ~ Old Ramon

Gorgeous melancholy songs painted with Kozelek's comforting vocals

20. Lloyd Cole ~ The Negatives

Another album of gems from the master of the ideal pop song

21. Natalie Merchant ~ Motherland

It could be her best album ever

22. You Am I ~ Dress Me Slowly

Sweaty, gritty rock 'n roll from Aussie favorites

23. Quasi ~ The Sword Of God

Smart and quirky music by Sleater-Kinney's drummer and her ex-husband Sam

24. Mercury Rev ~ All Is Dream

Haunting soundscapes carved out of musical chaos

25. Built To Spill ~ Ancient Melodies Of The Future

The album title describes it perfectly

26. Creeper Lagoon ~ Take Back The Universe And Give Me Yesterday

Power-pop anthems with some twisted grooves thrown in

27. Preston School Of Industry ~ All This Sounds Gas

Pavement co-founder Spiral Stairs proves Malkmus wasn't the only talented one

28. Scout Niblett ~ Sweetheart Fever

If Cat Power had a younger sister ...

29. The Standard ~ The Standard

Compelling vocals tell sad stories over solid Northwest rock tunes

30. Curve ~ Gift

Massive, dark guitar with some electronic elements and sultry devil vocals

31. The Frames ~ For The Birds

Dublin favorites get a U.S. release for their ethereal, compelling music

32. Trembling Blue Stars ~ Alive To Every Smile

Dance music with an indie rock twist a la St Etienne

Top 30 CDs of 2000

01. PJ Harvey ~ Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

02. Bonfire Madigan ~ Saddle The Bridge

03. Jets To Brazil ~ Four Cornered Night

04. New Wet Kojak ~ Do Things

05. Mirah ~ You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This

06. Sonic Youth ~ NYC Ghosts & Flowers

07. Sleater-Kinney ~ All Hands On The Bad One

08. Modest Mouse ~ The Moon And Antarctica

09. Cursive ~ Domestica

10. Centro-matic ~ All The Falsest Hearts Can Try

11. Yo La Tengo ~ And Then Nothing Turns Itself Inside Out

12. Patti Smith ~ Gung Ho

13. Actionslacks ~ The Scene's Outta Site

14. 764-HERO ~ Weekends Of Sound

15. Starlight Mints ~ The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of

16. Boss Hog ~ Whiteout

17. Versus ~ Hurrah

18. Mayflies USA ~ The Pity List

19. Death Cab For Cutie ~ We Have The Facts And ...

20. Laika ~ Good Looking Blues

21. Czars ~ Before ... But Longer

22. Radiohead ~ Kid A

23. Blonde Redhead ~ Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons

24. Lou Reed ~ Ecstasy

25. Chainsaw Kittens ~ The All American

26. Ass Ponys ~ Some Stupid With A Flare Gun

27. Lifter Puller ~ Fiestas Fiascos

28. Bluebird ~ The Two

29. Eleni Mandell ~ Thrill

30. Eastern Youth ~ May My Scream Reach The Clouds