OPO: Album of the 2010s

ha

Right now, it's this:

http://www.megbowlesmusic.com/img/Shimmer1000px.jpeg

Lovely soothing synth drones, Meg Bowles is a genius who remains to be uncovered by a larger audience because she's in the (admittedly self-chosen) "new age" category. But seriously, if this (or some of her previous albums) had been released by a "cool" ambient label, they would be lauded as masterpieces.

sold

the eventual championing of OPO over POO makes me very sad

Granda by Monika Brodka. She won the Polish version of Pop Idol in 2004 and released two reasonably good albums before disappearing for four years and coming back with a masterpiece. That was six years ago so the next one should be even better if it ever arrives.

ah fuck, I'd swap out something for Bowie's Blackstar.

only one you berk

SV going for some eastern european pop huh lol

You need more Shabazz Palaces in your life, imago

https://youtu.be/RA73FuKhi3k

(Even though its a OPIII choice)

iirc i heard & rly liked that

Beyoncé - 4
Boy Better Know - Tropical 2
Diddy Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris
One Direction - Take Me Home
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Paramore - Paramore
Patrick Cowley - School's Daze
Rangers - Pan Am Stories
The-Dream - Love King
The 1975 - The 1975
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Dawn Richard - Blackheart
Taylor Swift - 1989 | Red
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended

aaaaaahhhhhhhh ban

wins scaruffibomb in 3..2...

buffer overrun

at least strikethru the ones that aren't your opo eh

each subsequent answer overwrites the previous one, this is the only possible interpretation

what these culture vultures aren't taking into account is that people might check out, say, the Tuomas and ShariVari recommendations, enshrined in their isolation

I hope so, nobody's topping the Farrah Abraham disc

jon viači - elevator boxes

gaz kingsnorth uber alles

whoa, this brodka album actually sounds kind of promising

Come on people. It is easy. After twenty years there has been a new album of
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71SP14ih2PL._SX355_.jpg

whoooa the last track of the brodka is wonderful

ikr?

jon viači - elevator boxes

― nakhchivan, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 12:28 PM (2 hours ago)

totally forgot about this ... i really like the production on it, though i'm a sucker for literal industrial noises. Total subtle homage to Robert Rental and Frieder Butzman if you listen properly

the esplendor geometrico and plan b hommages of 'ilm años' help to intersect notions of class and gender within interstitial social spaces more acutely than anything since 'the flowers of indie' by filth riemann

i think plan b ripped off jon viaci ... tbrr w/u

I don't know if it's my favorite, but the Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth is on the short list. That is a ridiculously underrated record.

yeah that one's certainly become my favorite mountain goats record over time

Autre ne Veut - Autre ne Veut

Only been listening to this record for two weeks or so, but so far it does more for me than any other favorites from this decade.

Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool

It would be a great disgrace to the glorious bounty of this, possibly the best half-decade of music, to not detail at length the many notable and worthy runners-up, including of course...imago? What a surprise to see you here! What are you doing with that Dyson, imago? No. No! Please god no! Arrrg. Moan. Gurgle. I regret that I could only...pick...one. *dies*

My list would be a bit like:

Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter One
Corrupted, Garten der Unbewusstheit
The Lowland Hundred, Under Cambrian Sky
Hallock Hill, A Hem of Evening
Blues Control & Laraaji, Frkwys, Vol.8
Wooden Wand, Blood Oaths of the New Blues
Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Perils of the Sea

*coldly glares at chinaski, twitchily pats hoover hose*

Hehe. Um, was it meant to be one?

In which case: Matana, all the way.

told you

so far ShariVari is winning 'best discovery made in this thread' but will check out Matana Roberts obv

i think

Steve Moore – Pangaea Ultima

or

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

I could do a pretty solid OPO (only pick one hundred), this decade's been awesome so far

I have only heard chapter 3 by Matana and I loved it. I guess I need to listen to the first one.

The Defiled Daggers Industrial metal, metalcore Nuclear Blast Jason Suecof
August
5 Buckethead Teeter Slaughter Experimental, avant-garde Bucketheadland Dan Monti and Albert [183]
Pike 20 [184]
Swim Deep Where the Heaven Are We Indie rock Chess Club Charlie Hugall
August
6 Asking Alexandria From Death to Destiny Heavy metal, metalcore Sumerian Joey Sturgis
The Civil Wars The Civil Wars Americana, folk, indie folk Sensibility Music LLC Charlie Peacock
Black City Lights Another Life Coldwave, Electronic music, Synthpop Stars & Letters Records Black City Lights
The Polyphonic Spree Yes, It's True Psychedelic pop, pop rock, symphonic rock Good (UMG) [185]
August
7 Zebrahead Call Your Friends Punk rock, rapcore, alternative rock, pop punk MFZB Records Cameron Webb
August
12 White Lies Big TV Indie rock, post-punk revival Fiction (UMG), Harvest (UMG), Universal Music Canada Ed Buller
August
13 Sam Phillips Push Any Button Alternative rock Littlebox Recordings Sam Phillips [186]
Parachute Overnight Pop rock Mercury (UMG) Oren Yoel [187]
Luke Bryan Crash My Party Country Capitol Nashville (UMG) Jeff Stevens
K. Michelle Rebellious Soul R&B, soul Warner Bros., Atlantic (WMG) Oak, Pop Wansel, Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony, Rico Love, Jerry Wonda, Tank, Jack Splash, Eric Hudson, Earl & E
August
14 Travis Where You Stand Alternative rock, indie rock Red Telephone Box, Kobalt Fran Healy, Michael Ilbert
August
16 Buckethead Telescape Progressive rock, heavy metal Bucketheadland Dan Monti and Albert [188]
Stromae Racine Carrée House, synthpop, Eurodance Mosaert Stromae
August
20 John Mayer Paradise Valley Pop rock, blues rock, acoustic rock, blue-eyed soul, alternative rock Columbia (SME) John Mayer, Don Was
Earl Sweatshirt Doris Alternative hip hop Columbia (SME), Tan Cressida Earl Sweatshirt, Christian Rich
Blue October Sway Alternative rock, post-grunge Up/Down Records David Castell
Jimmy Buffett Songs from St. Somewhere Tropical rock Mailboat [189]
Blessthefall Hollow Bodies Metalcore Fearless Joey Sturgis [190]
ASAP Ferg Trap Lord Hip hop ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds (SME), RCA (SME)
Lee DeWyze Frames Folk rock, indie rock Vanguard (Welk) Toby Gad, Drew Pearson, Matthew Wilder, Phil Allen, Jim Scott [191]
Zola Jesus Versions Experimental, indie rock, indietronica Sacred Bones
Born of Osiris Tomorrow We Die ∆live Heavy metal Sumerian
August
23 Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Indie pop, dream pop Polydor (UMG) [192]
Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King Hard rock, heavy metal Warner Bros. Mike Elizondo [193]
Michael Monroe Horns and Halos Hard rock, punk rock, glam punk Spinefarm (UMG) [194][195]
Naughty Boy Hotel Cabana Bollywood, orchestral, pop Naughty Boy, Virgin EMI (UMG) Naughty Boy
ReVamp Wild Card Symphonic metal, progressive metal, gothic metal Nuclear Blast [196]
August
26 Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action Indie rock, post-punk revival Domino Franz Ferdinand [197]
Money The Shadow of Heaven Dream pop, indie pop Bella Union
August
27 Goodie Mob Age Against the Machine Hip hop [198]
Big Sean Hall of Fame Hip hop Good (UMG), Def Jam (UMG) Kanye West, Da Internz, DJ Camper, DJ Mano, Hit-Boy, KeY Wane, No I.D., REO, Rob Kinelski, Young Chop
Juicy J Stay Trippy Hip hop Taylor Gang, Kemosabe (SME), Columbia (SME) Wiz Khalifa (exec.), Juicy J (also exec.), Dr. Luke (also exec.) et al.
August
30 Tarja Turunen Colours in the Dark Symphonic metal earMUSIC Tarja Turunen
John Legend Love in the Future R&B, hip hop soul, soul, neo soul, jazz fusion Good (UMG), Columbia (SME) [199]
Sounds of the Cosmos Journey: Voyager Sounds of the Cosmos Remixed Dark Ambient Sarasota Dreams Philip Graham [200]
September
Release date Artist Album Genre Label Producer Ref.
September
2 The 1975 The 1975 Indie rock Polydor (UMG), Dirty Hit Mike Crossey, The 1975
The Safety Fire Mouth of Swords Progressive metal Inside Out (Century) Derya Nagle [201]
September
3 Ariana Grande Yours Truly R&B, pop Republic (UMG) Ariana Grande, Harmony Samuels, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio Dixon, Patrick "J. Que" Smith, The Rascals, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Leon Thomas III, Matt Squire, Mika Penniman, Scooter Braun, Greg Wells
Buckethead Pike 21 Experimental, avant-garde Bucketheadland Dan Monti and Albert [202]
Pike 22 [203]
The Lettermen It Feels Like Christmas (Reissued version of the 1987 album) Holiday, Pop, Traditional pop, Vocal MVD Records
Natalia Kills Trouble Pop will.i.am, Cherrytree, Interscope Jeff Bhasker, Guillaume Doubet, Emile Haynie, Glass John
Neko Case The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You Indie rock, alternative country Anti- (Epitaph) Tucker Martine [204]
Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks Alternative rock, Industrial rock, experimental rock, instrumental Columbia (SME) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Alan Moulder [205]
Saliva In It to Win It Rap metal, hard rock, alternative rock, post-grunge Rum Bum Records Bobby Huff [206]
Tamar Braxton Love and War R&B, pop, soul Streamline (UMG), Interscope (UMG) Vincent Herbert, L.A. Reid, Angela Hunte, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Brandon Sewell, Bryan-Michael Cox, Da Internz, Diplo, DJ Camper, Eric Mobley, Kuk Harrell, Michael Daley, Patrick "J. Que" Smith, K.E. on the Track, Kyle "K2" Stewart II, Kendrick A.J. Dean, Rico Beats, SCMG, Tamar Braxton, Troy Oliver, TC, The Underdogs, Young Fyre
Vista Chino Peace Stoner rock Napalm Brant Bjork [207]
September
4 Buckethead Slug Cartilage Experimental metal, heavy metal Bucketheadland Dan Monti, Albert [208]
September
5 Buckethead Pancake Heater Experimental rock, progressive metal, groove metal Bucketheadland Dan Monti, Albert [209]
September
6 Emilíana Torrini Tookah Indie pop Rough Trade Dan Carey [210]
Múm Smilewound Electronica, experimental Morr múm
Tonight Alive The Other Side Pop punk, alternative rock Fearless Dave Petrovic
September
9 Arctic Monkeys AM Indie rock Domino James Ford, Ross Orton [211]
The Clash Sound System Punk rock Sony Legacy The Clash, Micky Foote, Sandy Pearlman, Bill Price, Guy Stevens, Jose Unidos, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Julien Temple, Don Letts [212]
The Clash Hits Back [213]
Delorean Apar Alternative dance, Balearic beat True Panther (Matador) Delorean, Chris Zane, Van Rivers [214]
Goldfrapp Tales of Us Electronic Mute (BMG) Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory [215]
London Grammar If You Wait Electronic, indie pop Metal & Dust Tim Bran, Roy Kerr, London Grammar [216]
The Strypes Snapshot

Oh shit how could I have forgotten Gaz Coombes' Marador?

POX albums of the 2010s

diddy-dirty money - last train to paris
paul buchanan - mid air
brand new - science fiction
titus andronicus - the monitor
the 1975 - i like it when you sleep

...rest tbd

Good list Kevin

We Are King

obergruppenfuhrer tim there, inspecting the work of an underling

OPO
My Bloody Valentine - mbv

OPX(8 up till now the rest is for the next two years)
Aidan Wells & Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older
The Apartments - No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal
Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
My Bloody Valentine - mbv
Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away
Pumarosa - The Witch
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
Tindersticks - The Something Rain

sorry for repeating myself but it is the bloody truth!

Good decade so far. Up there with the previous four imo.

too many from 2010 and I'm probably forgetting something, but for now:

Pistol Annies - Hell on Heels
HAIM - Days Are Gone
Robyn - Body Talk
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Young Thug - Barter 6
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Beyonce - s/t
The National - High Violet

Paramore - After Laughter
Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Miguel - Wildheart
Paramore - Paramore
Dixon - Live at Robert Johnson Vol. 8
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Beyoncé - Beyoncé