Favorite Albums of 2010: Top 10

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Below is the official Favorite Albums of 2010 list. These are albums that I never stopped listening to over the course of the year and had a lot of meaningful, emotional connections with. It goes without saying that I would recommend any of these albums to anyone who hasn’t already listened to them.

If you missed it, don’t miss the Honorable Mentions list!

Also, if you choose to check out any of these albums or artists, please remember to support the artist if you like their music! Buy the record, go to a show, send them a blank check, whatever it is you want to do!

Anyway, get to the list already!

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Favorite Albums of 2010: Honorable Mentions

As 2010 draws to a close, it’s time to round up a list of all the albums I loved over the year. I don’t know what my list says about me but I tried to be as honest in my selections and rankings as possible, trying to choose albums that I genuinely enjoyed and spent a lot of time with in 2010.

The list I’m posting right now is the “Honorable Mentions” list - albums that I liked a lot and listened to obsessively this year, but just weren’t the ones I liked or connected with the most. Anyway, that’s enough rambling, here’s the first part of my Favorite Albums of 2010 list, the Honorable Mentions.

5. Gemini - Wild Nothing

Given the Virginia Tech origins of Wild Nothing, I feel a certain sense of pride in being able to include them on my Favorite Albums of 2010 list. Wild Nothing is Jack Tatum, creator of hazy, 80s-tinged bedroom pop that’s more infectious than any pop you’re hearing on MTV. The debut album, Gemini, has some of the dreamiest tunes to come from the lo-fi indie pop scene this year. If you’re looking for somewhere to get into “chillwave” or “lo-fi”, I can imagine nowhere better to start than Wild Nothing’s “Summer Holiday,” one of my favorite tracks off their sun-washed debut, Gemini.

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