Robin's Three Tenths
you know the list you post in march of your year so far where everyone's like "this is so pointless," and maybe a less enlightened sputnik user says [homophobia/anger]? it's like that, but for our decade so far. you're all in my heart now let's go! |
| 75 |  | Loss
Despond
adam thomas, you made a son out of me |
| 74 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
sometimes i get swept up in the brilliance of brilliance |
| 73 |  | Kurt Vile
Smoke Ring For My Halo
the greatest of melodies are found on this album, making it one outstanding thing among so many last year. |
| 72 |  | Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
i like songs to self, okay dylan. |
| 71 |  | The State Lottery
When The Night Comes
as generic and enthused as it comes |
| 70 | | The Tallest Man On Earth
There's No Leaving Now
this man has the scariest stare (glare) of all time and i've witnessed it two times, coming up on three |
| 69 |  | mewithoutYou
Ten Stories
a great distillation of a band who were probably greater once upon a time, but it's not like anyone else can write these lyrics |
| 68 |  | The National
High Violet
one thing i like about this album is that the sputnik thread for it is very, very long. another is matt berringer's voice. |
| 67 |  | Jimmy Cliff
Rebirth
joy |
| 66 |  | Miracle Fortress
Was I The Wave?
"sublime synthesizers," said the music journalist |
| 65 |  | Jenny Hval
Viscera
according to a friend, "the sound of sexy rats running around in a broken clock" |
| 64 |  | Fiona Apple
The Idler Wheel...
has its own atmosphere, doesn't need much else |
| 63 |  | Deerhunter
Halcyon Digest
mainly i go back to this for the pop songs, but "he would have laughed" never really ages. it comes a bit dated too i suppose |
| 62 |  | Gold Panda
Lucky Shiner
"is this dubstep" - deviant to me |
| 61 |  | The Decemberists
The King is Dead
a sudden epiphany album. |
| 60 | | CityCop.
The Hope In Forgiving & Giving Up Hope
adam thomas, you raised me well |
| 59 |  | Maps & Atlases
Perch Patchwork
i like show-offs. |
| 58 |  | The Dodos
No Color
don't stop |
| 57 |  | EMA
Past Life Martyred Saints
i can't stop i won't stop i can't stop i won't stop i can't stop |
| 56 |  | Animal Collective
Centipede HZ
animal collective have a habit of releasing albums that make me believe in them again, five seconds after i forgot about them forever. love and understanding. |
| 55 |  | Amon Tobin
ISAM
i once tried to write a novel about field music. i haven't gotten very far. |
| 54 | | First Aid Kit
The Lion's Roar
so so like the fleet foxes, so so good |
| 53 |  | Grimes
Visions
i want to find that tweet about the condescending "cute" description of singer-songwriters but i simply cannot locate it. |
| 52 |  | Frank Turner
England Keep My Bones
england is full of awful people saying things like "you're damn right i sing the national anthem at football games!" so thank god for frank turner then. |
| 51 |  | Converge
All We Love We Leave Behind
i haven't liked angry punx in a very long time indeed |
| 50 |  | Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues
when i'm old this album will be #1 |
| 49 |  | Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma |
| 48 |  | Julianna Barwick
The Magic Place |
| 47 |  | The World/Inferno Friendship Society
The Anarchy And The Ecstasy
more anarchist than you will ever know, and very much in love with a band who can express things as exuberantly as this lot do |
| 46 |  | Ponytail
Do Whatever You Want All The Time
best advice ever |
| 45 |  | Sun Kil Moon
Among The Leaves
i'm such a jackass but at least i have a classical guitar so nobody notices |
| 44 |  | John K. Samson
Provincial
the real difference between this and his band work is that here he doesn't point at cities and big windy landscapes as much as he fills them with video games and HTML code. these are things we're uneasy about hearing in folk songs. john k samson could never make me feel uneasy, though |
| 43 |  | Shabazz Palaces
Black Up
see live, appreciate dance moves- synchronized dance moves- learn to love this record and it's little self-help snippets. |
| 42 |  | Dan Mangan
Oh Fortune
adrian whatshisface. |
| 41 |  | James Blake
James Blake
my brother and my sister don't speak to me but i don't blame them x100 |
| 40 |  | Bell
Diamonite
slightly off-kilter brilliance sent my way by conrad |
| 39 |  | El-P
Cancer 4 Cure
drones over bklyn would be #1 on here if it were an album |
| 38 |  | Ceremony
Rohnert Park |
| 37 |  | Lotus Plaza
Spooky Action At A Distance
sometimes all i want in my life is grainy generic alt rock and some people are good enough to give it to me |
| 36 |  | A Winged Victory For The Sullen
A Winged Victory For The Sullen |
| 35 |  | Zammuto
Zammuto
ODD. |
| 34 |  | The Arrivals
Volatile Molotov
very punk indeed |
| 33 |  | tUnE-yArDs
w h o k i l l
i have never seen someone hold their voice on one note for what seemed like 5 minutes before, but then it's not every day you see tUnE-yArDs be completely awesome |
| 32 |  | The Mountain Goats
Transcendental Youth
sufjan stevens meets andrew jackson jihad at someone else i love's house |
| 31 |  | Moonface
With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
i am a krug man |
| 30 |  | Menomena
Moms
when you start an album like that |
| 29 |  | WU LYF
Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
i'd follow adam E. downer to the end of the world and then back for the ensuing article about it. "here's the thing about the world," he'd write, "it's not even that BIG." he would recieve 2300 comments. |
| 28 |  | No Age
Everything In Between
from complete ignorance to a sudden love and misappropriation of the genre "skate punk" |
| 27 |  | The Tallest Man On Earth
The Wild Hunt
one of my favourite memories of being on this website was honestly witnessing this make 2010's first spot in the staff list. i'm glad that happened because it felt weirdly monumental, maybe it shouldn't have, and because it made me retreat to the album a lot thereafter. it's now one of my favourites. i have this website to thank for a lot secretly. |
| 26 | | Main Attrakionz
808s & Dark Grapes II |
| 25 |  | Defiance, Ohio
Midwestern Minutes
folk-punk, and by god it put them on the map! |
| 24 |  | Braids
Native Speaker
album of astounding beauty and tranquility |
| 23 |  | Cherry Ghost
Beneath This Burning Shoreline
sinatra-esque (self-professed) coen-brothers-esque (keelan harkin, pHD) |
| 22 |  | Chad VanGaalen
Diaper Island
aptly titled, even if i could have done without the drawing; this album is an album made by a man who clearly loves obscuring what was laready pretty dug underneath. it's absolutely flawless. |
| 21 |  | TV On The Radio
Nine Types of Light
still/always gets to me, still my favourite thing they've done |
| 20 |  | Blue Hawaii
Blooming Summer
how stupid can you ge--hee-heeeet? |
| 19 |  | Jessie Ware
Devotion
how do i love this so much already |
| 18 |  | The Roots
Undun
youtube videos of nirvana songs backwards. come to life |
| 17 |  | Frightened Rabbit
The Winter of Mixed Drinks
i once played the human accordian for this band by singing the C chord to them |
| 16 |  | Sufjan Stevens
The Age of Adz
his best album, sans michigan |
| 15 |  | Craig Finn
Clear Heart Full Eyes
worship gospel religion jesus and me |
| 14 |  | Destroyer
Kaputt
the best albums are almost always the ones you have horrible arguments with yourself about and eventually love for something stupid or rather. |
| 13 |  | Baths
Cerulean
if your best friend talks to you enough about an album, you will have lived it |
| 12 |  | St. Vincent
Strange Mercy
turns out she did not marry me |
| 11 |  | The Weakerthans
Live At Burton Cummings Theatre
today i listened to this and could tell what song was coming on by the pre-emptive applause. |
| 10 |  | Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
i am not jaded about the fact you find this album jaded! |
| 9 |  | Radiohead
The King of Limbs
honestly, there's no other radiohead album i could listen to start to finish. (and be upset by) |
| 8 |  | Women
Public Strain
#2 winter album |
| 7 |  | Andrew Jackson Jihad
Knife Man
once upon a time there was a folk punk band who wrote a power ballad |
| 6 |  | Times New Viking
Dancer Equired
isn't it cheapening when you tell someone what your favourite album is and then they listen to it, unimpressed, so you explain it's a "personal" thing? |
| 5 |  | Okkervil River
I Am Very Far
Will Sheff is the greatest lyricist of all time [citation certainly not needed, i believe he recorded some songs] |
| 4 |  | G-Side
The One...Cohesive
things that have been said about me on sput, cont: "robin is the whitest reviewer on this site." nice course-corrections: "daveyboy." |
| 3 |  | Los Campesinos!
Romance Is Boring
obviously lists like this are pointless- so if you've read this you're probably vraaay amused by now- and the fact this consumed the entirity of my late '11-early'12 stretch suggests i didn't have time for anything else in the universe for most of this decade so far. los campesinos you made me feel sad when i was happy |
| 2 |  | Ghost Mice
All We Got Is Each Other
the saddest record to ever come with chord & capo instructions, and one i'm pretty confident i will listen to forever |
| 1 |  | The War on Drugs
Slave Ambient
i believe that i've been cursed, been drowned and reimbursed |
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