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Favorite albums of the 2010s
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In no particular order... Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town To be honest, all of Mayer's albums are great so any one of them could be on this list but seeing as I'm trying to keep it to one album per artist, I'm going with Man About Town, his most recent solo album. If you haven't heard it yet, you're in for a treat. Think Steely Dan crossed with Hall & Oates and you're halfway there. Tuxedo - Tuxedo III OK, so kind of cheating on the whole "one album per artist" seeing as Mayer Hawthorne makes up half of Tuxedo but so what. Whereas Mayer's solo stuff is a mixture of soul and classic RnB, Tuxedo is straight up funk. Once again I've gone for their most recent album but all 3 are worthy of inclusion. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer Janelle keeps on getting better and better. Her latest album is nothing short of a modern day masterpiece. Bootsy Collins - World Wide Funk Probably Bootsy's best album in 30 years or more. Prince - HitnRun Phase Two After the dismal Phase One, my enthusiasm for new Prince material was at an all time low. But then he hit me with what is one of my favourite Prince albums of all time. Classic, yet fresh. If Baltimore had been left off, it would have been perfect. D'Angelo - Black Messiah I know I said these were in no particular order, but Black Messiah is my number 1 album of the 2010s. I had been waiting for new D'Angelo for a very long time and he did not let me down. I just wish he released new material more often. Honourable mentions to: Chromeo - Head Over Heels Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods Harts - Queens, Kings and All Big Things Lenny Kravitz - Strut | |
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4-Beyonce
Unbreakable-Janet Starboy-the Weeknd Unorthodox jukebox-Bruno Mars Caution-Mariah Carey Madame x-Madonna Every Open Eye-chvrches [Edited 8/10/19 7:02am] [Edited 8/10/19 7:58am] | |
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The Getaway - RHCP Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. - Smashing Pumpkins
if i can think of anything else, i'll add it later... | |
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Sara Barelles - Amidst the Chaos Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer James Blake - Assume Form Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour Corrine Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Live Anthology Laura Marling - Semper Femina (why is this woman not more well known?!) The Greatest Showman - Soundtrack Prince - Originals Jason Isbell - Southeastern
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"Art Official Age" - Prince "Lost Tapes 2" - Nas "Wasted Talent" - Jim Jones "Diplomatic Ties" - The Diplomats "Broke With Expensive Taste" - Azealia Banks "SYRE" - Jaden Smith "Tuxedo" - Tuxedo "Introducing Stokley" - Stokley Willisms "I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside" - Earl Sweatshirt "Doris" - Earl Sweatshirt "A Seat At The Table" - Solange Knowles "Blood" - Lianne Lahavas "Now, Then & Forever" - Earth, Wind & Fire "20Ten" - Prince "Choose Your Weapon" - Hiatus Kaiyote "Black Messiah" - D'Angelo [Edited 8/12/19 10:57am] | |
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To name just a few: [Edited 8/12/19 9:29am] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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namepeace said: To name just a few: [Edited 8/12/19 9:29am] i forgot to put "Black Messiah" and "Choose Your Weapon" in my list...good choices.. | |
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Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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EmmaMcG said: In no particular order... Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town To be honest, all of Mayer's albums are great so any one of them could be on this list but seeing as I'm trying to keep it to one album per artist, I'm going with Man About Town, his most recent solo album. If you haven't heard it yet, you're in for a treat. Think Steely Dan crossed with Hall & Oates and you're halfway there. Tuxedo - Tuxedo III OK, so kind of cheating on the whole "one album per artist" seeing as Mayer Hawthorne makes up half of Tuxedo but so what. Whereas Mayer's solo stuff is a mixture of soul and classic RnB, Tuxedo is straight up funk. Once again I've gone for their most recent album but all 3 are worthy of inclusion. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer Janelle keeps on getting better and better. Her latest album is nothing short of a modern day masterpiece. Bootsy Collins - World Wide Funk Probably Bootsy's best album in 30 years or more. Prince - HitnRun Phase Two After the dismal Phase One, my enthusiasm for new Prince material was at an all time low. But then he hit me with what is one of my favourite Prince albums of all time. Classic, yet fresh. If Baltimore had been left off, it would have been perfect. D'Angelo - Black Messiah I know I said these were in no particular order, but Black Messiah is my number 1 album of the 2010s. I had been waiting for new D'Angelo for a very long time and he did not let me down. I just wish he released new material more often. Honourable mentions to: Chromeo - Head Over Heels Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods Harts - Queens, Kings and All Big Things Lenny Kravitz - Strut I initially left it out of my list but I would just like to add Zapp's latest album "Zapp VII - Roger & Friends". Zapp's first album in something like 17 years and it doesn't disappoint. Unfortunately it seems to have flown under the radar a bit but it's definitely worth checking out and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for some classic, old school funk. The album features Bootsy Collins, Tuxedo and even some posthumous Roger Troutman amongst others. | |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar Good kid, M.A.A.D. City - Kendrick Lamar Life Is Good - NaS Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Malibu - Anderson .Paak Compton - Dr. Dre 4:44 - Jay-Z Black Messiah - D`Angelo Channel Orange - Frank Ocean The Archandroid - Janelle Monae The Electric Lady - Janelle Monae Blackstar - David Bowie New Amerykah pt. 2 - Erykah Badu The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake Art Official Age - Prince Hitnrun Phase Two - Prince |
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Blackstar (2016) by David Bowie, 50 Words for Snow (2011) by Kate Bush and Black Messiah (2014) by D'Angelo and the Vanguard Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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Prince / Art Official Age St Vincent / Masseduction D'angelo / Black Messiah Bruce Springsteen / The Promise Prefab Sprout / Crimson Red Janelle Monae / Dirty Computer Kimbra / The Golden Echo | |
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Adele - 21 Alicia Keys - Here Alison Moyet - The Minutes Arcade Fire - Reflektor Arctic Monkeys - AM Beck - Morning Phase Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars Bruno Mars - 24K Magic Coldplay - Ghost Stories Crowded House - Intriguer David Bowie - The Next Day De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody... Ed Harcourt - Furnaces Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything Frank Ocean - Channel Orange Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow Madonna - Madame X Neneh Cherry - Blank Project Noel Gallagher - Who Built The Moon? Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger Paul Weller - True Meanings Pet Shop Boys - Electric PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Prince - Art Official Age R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Seal - 7 Taylor Swift - Red U2 - Songs Of Innocence
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^Nice to see the love for KT's album 'Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon'... I haven't listened to it in a minute but I included it in a 2013 fav album top 10 I did on another forum with some friends... That also included Matangi by MIA and AM by Arctic Monkeys. . . Recent ones I've enjoyed include 'Man Of The Woods' by Justin Timberlake (I know not a lot of people liked it but I see it for the labour of love that it was), 'Liberation' by Christina Aguilera, 'No One Ever Really Dies' by NERD, pretty much the entire discography of Anderson .Paak (LOL), 'Choose Your Weapon' by Hiatus Kaiyote, 'Lune Rouge' by Tokimonsta, 'Yours Truly', by Ariana Grande, 'TPAB' by Kendrick Lamar, 'Settle' and 'Caracal' by Disclosure, 'Tru' by Lloyd, 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience' by U2, 'Sonic Highways' by Foo Fighters, 'Cura' by Keys & Krates, 'Way Back When' by Louis Futon... I don't want your rhythm without your rhyme | |
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Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe Chromeo - Business Casual Ghost - Infestissumam Mastodon - The Hunter St. Vincent - s/t The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Could have included several by some of those artists. It wasn't an easy to decade to find favourites - I liked it when artists that started out as "indie", or "alternative", just sort of gave up and started doing poppy records.
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2. Sunflower Bean – Twentytwo In Blue (2018) 3. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be (2010) 4. Kamasi Washington – The Epic (2015) 5. La Femme – Psycho Tropical Berlin (2013) 6. The Horrors - Luminous (2014) 7. Thundercat – Drunk (2017) 8. Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth (2018) 9. TEEN – Love Yes (2016) 10. Saint Etienne - Words and Music by Saint Etienne (2012) 11. The Horrors - Skying (2011) 12. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2010)
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Yeah, I’m cheating a bit with some of these... but feck it, they’re 2010s releases, lol.
Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights & Early Mornings (2011) Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013) Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 (2017) The Jackson 5 - Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls (2012) Michael Jackson - Xscape (2014) Lianne La Havas - Blood (2015) Ledisi - The Truth (2014) Ledisi - Let Love Rule (2017) Marina & the Diamonds - Froot (2015) Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid (2010) Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady (2013) Ida Nielsen - Turnitup (2016) Prince - Art Official Age (2014) Prince - HITnRUN Phase Two (2015) Mark Ronson - Uptown Special (2015) Various Artists - Nile Rodgers Presents the Chic Organization Box Set Vol 1 / "Savoir Faire" (2010) Various Artists - The Best of Disco Demands (2011) Various Artists - Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (2015) [Edited 9/22/19 5:31am] [Edited 9/22/19 5:37am] | |
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