Nearly 100 People Choose Their #1 Album of 2010

by Maura Johnston and Miles Klee

Against Me!: White Crosses
 — Ed D’Oliviera

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
 — Kate Richardson

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
 — Margaret Wappler

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti: Before Today
 — Randall Roberts

Arp: The Soft Wave
 — Scott Tennent

Band of Horses: Infinite Arms
 — Kevin Amorim

Baths: Cerulean
 — Reed Fischer

Beach House: Teen Dream
 — David Marchese

Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot … The Son Of Chico Dusty
 — Frannie Kelley

Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot … The Son Of Chico Dusty
 — Nate Patrin

Bob Seger: Never Mind the Bullets Here’s Early Bob Seger
 — Chuck Eddy

Brian McBride: The Effective Disconnect (Music Composed for the Documentary “Vanishing of the Bees”)
 — Miles Klee

The Budos Band: III
 — Sasha Frere-Jones

The Bug: Infected EP
 — Michaelangelo Matos

Butch Walker & The Black Widows: I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
 — Al Shipley

The Cheniers: Trouble! (7”)
 — Matt Ealer

Ciara: Basic Instinct
 — Alex Macpherson

Citay: Dream Get Together
 — Mike Lupica

Curren$y: Pilot Talk
 — Rafi Kam

Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest
 — Marc Hogan

Deftones: Diamond Eyes
 — Chris Steffen

Destroyer: Streethawk — A Seduction
 — Ryan Catbird

Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part 2
 — Seth Colter Walls

Flaming Tusk: Old, Blackened Century
 — Brad Nelson

Freddie Gibbs: Str8 Killa EP
 — John Gotty

The Fresh & Onlys: Play It Strange
 — Aaron Leitko

Frog Eyes: Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
 — Matt LeMay

Grinderman: Grinderman 2
 — Evie Nagy

Harvey Milk: A Small Turn of Human Kindness
 — Christopher R. Weingarten

Hot Chip: One Night Stand
 — David Raposa

Insane Clown Posse: Bang! Pow! Boom! (Nuclear Edition)
 — Camille Dodero

Jack Rose: Luck in the Valley
 — Bill Meyer

James Blake: (“My iTunes playlist of James Blake’s 2010 collected works”)
 — Scott Plagenhoef

Jamey Johnson: The Guitar Song
 — J. Freedom du Lac

Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid
 — Jeanne Fury

Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid
 — Todd Martens

Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid
 — Ann Powers

Jim O’Rourke: All Kinds of People
 — Brandon Soderberg

Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me
 — Tyler Coates

Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me
 — Douglas Wolk

John Grant: Queen of Denmark
 — Dorian Lynskey

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Charles Aaron

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Antiquiet

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Zach Baron

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — John Brodeur

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Dave Bry

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Zoe Chace

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Caryn Ganz

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Dan Gibson

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — J. Edward Keyes

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Amy Phillips

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Chris Richards

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Simon Vozick-Levinson

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
 — Jonah Weiner

Kate Nash: My Best Friend Is You
 — Alexandra Corhan

Kelis: Flesh Tone
 — Jessica Hopper

Kelis: Flesh Tone
 — David Moore

Kylesa: Spiral Shadow
 — Gillian Reagan

LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
 — David Malitz

The Library Is On Fire: Magic Windows, Magic Nights
 — John Sellers

Lil B: 6 Kiss
 — Andrew Noz

Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life Is No Cool
 — Kate Silver

Lower Dens: Twin Hand Movement
 — Richard Baluyut

Lower Dens: Twin Hand Movement
 — Wye Oak

Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern
 — Maura Johnston

Mount Carmel: Mount Carmel
 — Aaron Lefkove

Ólafur Arnalds: …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness
 — Sean Carruthers

Owen Pallett: Heartland
 — Otis Hart

Owen Pallett: Heartland
 — Laura Leebove

The Radio Dept.: Clinging to a Scheme
 — David Greenwald

Rangda: False Flag
 — Marc Masters

Rasputina: Sister Kinderhook
 — Rohin Guha

Robyn: Body Talk
 — Erica Futterman

Robyn: Body Talk
 — Jacob Ganz

Robyn: Body Talk
 — Doree Shafrir

Robyn: Body Talk
 — Edith Zimmerman

School of Seven Bells: Disconnect From Desire
 — Ned Raggett

Screaming Females: Castle Talk
 — Julia Factorial

Skream: Outside the Box
 — Rich Juzwiak

Sleigh Bells: Treats
 — Jess Harvell

Sleigh Bells: Treats
 — Matthew Perpetua

Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz
 — Jim Cantiello

Superchunk: Majesty Shredding
 — Jon Solomon

These New Puritans: Hidden
 — Colleen Nika

Titus Andronicus: The Monitor
 — Amanda Petrusich

Titus Andronicus: The Monitor
 — Patrick Rapa

Tracey Thorn: Love and its Opposite
 — Chris Molanphy

Triptykon: Eparistera Daimones
 — Kory Grow

Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History
 — Dustin “Fletcher” Matthews

Vampire Weekend: Contra
 — Keith Harris

Vampire Weekend: Contra
 — Pitchfork Reviews Reviews

Vampire Weekend: Contra
 — Lindsey Thomas

Various Artists: Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox
 — Todd Pruzan

Violens: Amoral
 — Michaela Drapes

Warpaint: The Fool
 — Rob Harvilla