Criteria: These music albums from the year 2010 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Edited By: Ryan
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West 2. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire 3. This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem 4. Doo Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars 5. Brothers - The Black Keys 6. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty - Big Boi 7. Soldier of Love - Sade 8. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe 9. Contra - Vampire Weekend 10. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry 11. Thank Me Later - Drake 12. Recovery - Eminem 13. Loud - Rihanna 14. The Lady Killer - Cee-Lo Green 15. Raymond vs. Raymond - Usher 16. The Union - Elton John and Leon Russell 17. Plastic Beach - Gorillaz 18. How I Got Over - The Roots 19. Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj 20. Body Talk - Robyn 21. New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh - Erykah Badu 22. Teen Dream - Beach House 23. Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus 24. High Violet - The National 25. Animal - Kesha 26. The Love & War MasterPeace - Raheem DeVaughn 27. I Learned the Hard Way - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings 28. Have One on Me - Joanna Newsom 29. Love Remains - How to Dress Well 30. I'm New Here - Gil-Scott Heron 31. Treats - Sleigh Bells 32. Love King - The-Dream 33. Back to Me - Fantasia 34. Broken Bells - Broken Bells 35. Heartland - Owen Pallett 36. Wake Up! - John Legend and The Roots 37. One Life Stand - Hot Chip 38. MAYA - M.I.A. 39. Crystal Castles II - Crystal Castles 40. You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples 41. Sea of Cowards - The Dead Weather 42. Lights - Ellie Goulding 43. The Monitor - Titus Andronicus 44. Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - My Chemical Romance 45. Diamond Eyes - Deftones 46. Everything in Between - No Age 47. I Speak Because I Can - Laura Marling 48. Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon 49. Le Noise - Neil Young 50. Swim - Caribou 51. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray - B.o.B. 52. American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem 53. Teflon Don - Rick Ross 54. The Big To-Do - Drive-By Truckers 55. Transference - Spoon 56. Infinite Arms - Band of Horses 57. Band of Joy - Robert Plant and the Band of Joy 58. All I Want is You - Miguel 59. The Beginning - Black Eyed Peas 60. The Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens 61. Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club 62. Innerspeaker - Tame Impala 63. Total Life Forever - Foals 64. Belle & Sebastian Write About Love - Belle and Sebastian 65. Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter 66. Volume Two - She & Him 67. A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park 68. Together - The New Pornographers 69. The Winter of Mixed Drinks - Frightened Rabbit 70. Progress - Take That 71. Forgiveness Rock Record - Broken Social Scene 72. Hands All Over - Maroon 5 73. Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold 74. Invented - Jimmy Eat World 75. Habits - Neon Trees 76. There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret. - Bring Me the Horizon 77. Your Future Our Clutter - The Fall 78. The Fool - Warpaint 79. The Defamation of Strickland Banks - Plan B 80. Astro Coast - Surfer Blood 81. Romance is Boring - Los Campesinos! 82. The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night - The Besnard Lakes 83. Disconnect from Desire - School of Seven Bells 84. I Will Be - Dum Dum Girls 85. Before Today - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 86. Heaven is Whenever - The Hold Steady 87. Mojo - Tom Petty and the Heatbreakers 88. Gorilla Manor - Local Natives 89. Crazy for You - Best Coast 90. Écailles de Lune - Alcest 91. False Priest - Of Montreal 92. Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi 93. Pickin' Up the Pieces - Fitz and the Tantrums 94. Congratulations - MGMT 95. King of the Beach - Wavves 96. Kaleidoscope Heart - Sara Bareilles 97. Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern 98. Night Work - Scissor Sisters 99. Majesty Shredding - Superchunk 100. Eyelid Movies - Phantogram
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2010
Ryan's choice - An unheralded great album from 2010
• Shadows - Teenage Fanclub
Lew's choice:
• Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place - Anberlin
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
