OPO: Album of the 2010s

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

To Pimp a Butterfly

Unless sonething utterly spectacular comes out in either 2018 or 2019.

off the top o' my head

James Ferraro - On Air
Echolyn - s/t
Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
Metafive - META
Dan Deacon - America
Birds and Buildings - Multipurpose Trap
Autechre - Exai
Zammuto - Anchor
Chemical Brothers - Further
Orbital - Wonky

why did the POO thread become a POX thread? Take that wishy-washy can't decide on one shit elsewhere.

yeah.

Blueberry Boat, btw

Oh shit I though it was post-2000, scratch that

it started when Kevin made it a pox

this is ILXOR.com, you can do what you want!

I can't actually decide my 2010s OPO. It's between Jute Gyte - Perdurance and Richard Dawson - Nothing Important and it's basically a dead heat. Let the wish be washy

this is ILXOR.com, you can do what you want!

Speak for yourself, we do things differently at www.ilx.fiy, fiy

Perdurance is a good call though

When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie
John Talabot - Fin
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
St Vincent - St Vincent
Console - Herself
Eyvind Kang - The Narrow Garden
Future Islands - The Far Field
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Young Thug - Jeffery
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescaleet - Photographs

that was a very very tough list to make FYI

FREEZE! FYI!

pitilessly censoring himself to just ten there

Tough to think of ten. Easy to think of one.

A|A - Grouper (2011)
Strange Days - Eric Copeland (2010)
pom pom - Ariel Pink (2014)
America - Dan Deacon (2012)
Rest in Paradise - Co La (2011)
Yeezus - Kanye West (2013)
R Plus Seven - Oneohtrix Point Never (2013)
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper - Panda Bear (2015)
Visions - Grimes (2012)
Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira (2013)

― flappy bird, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 1:30 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Since I wrote this list nearly two years ago, not much has changed, but I would add a few (don't know what I'd swap out yet):

Before the World Was Big - Girlpool
Blackstar - David Bowie
An Object - No Age

My beautiful dark twisted fantasy

Let England shake

goddamn an ilx best-of-decade poll in 2020 would be suuuuuch a doozy

kassem mosse - (workshop 19)

Autre ne Veut - Autre ne Veut

POX (a-z) but I keep changing my mind every passing month:

Annabel Lee - By the Sea... and Other Solitary Places (2015)
The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (2011)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION (2015)
DJ Koze - Amygdala (2013)
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints (2011)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee (2015)
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (2011)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Zs - New Slaves (2010)

Right now I'd say the top three are 1. Grimes 2. Shabazz and 3. EMA

Had no idea you loved the Caretaker, Moka! Head thee to the (slow) thread :-)

I can get behind that call, too.

Mmm my top 3 albums per year 2010/2015

2010
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (4AD, 2010)
Jatoma - s/t (Kompakt, 2010)
Zs - New Slaves (Social Registry, 2010)
2011
EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions, 2011)
Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation, 2011)
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up (Sub Pop, 2011)
2012
Barbara Morgenstern – Sweet Silence (Monika, 2012)
Chromatics – Kill for Love (Italians Do It Better, 2012)
Moon Duo – Circles (Sacred Bones, 2012)
2013
Haim - Days are gone (Columbia, 2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (XL, 2013)
Widowspeak - Almanac (Captured Tracks, 2013)
2014
FKA Twigs - LP1 (Young Turks, 2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (ANTI-, 2014)
D'Angelo - Black Messiah (RCA, 2014)
2015
Grimes - Artangels (4AD, 2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (Brainfeeder, 2015)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (Interscope, 2015)

― ✖✖✖ (Moka)

Not much has changed except from 2013 and 2014 where I'd currently put Dj Koze and Todd Terje at the top when I didn't consider them in the top 3 of the year back then. 2016 I think top of my mind my top 3 would be Noname, Thee Oh Sees and Nicolas Jaar... 2017 too early to tell but the three I've been listening the most through the year so far are Kelly Lee Owens, Sudan Archives and Big Thief.

Sweet silence is a good call Moka

Had no idea you loved the Caretaker, Moka! Head thee to the (slow) thread :-)

I can get behind that call, too.

― Le Bateau Ivre

Yeah it has grown on me so much! I wasn't particularly interested when it first came out but I play it every now and then while doing some house cleaning and it always makes me feel both calm and sad.

Btw if you like that Caretaker album also check out Annabel Lee which I also mention above! Not ambient per se but it also has the same ghostly quality and is based on jazz piano and string loops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95pfbvC0ASQ

Where is this slow threaD you mention?

"Think of Nina Simone‘s darker moments with Lou Rhodes‘ folkier ones but backed by an orchestra ripped from a 60s Bernard Herrmann score."
-- http://www.djfood.org/anna...olitary-places/

"Annabel (lee) has a voice so smooth and hypnotic it grabs hold and doesn't let go .. The album highlights the charm of Annabel's vocals and Richard's impressive musical designs, which are steeped in jazz while mirroring 1800s classical compositions the album, which combine to deliver a hauntingly gorgeous landscape of sound."
9/10
-- http://exclaim.ca/music/ar...solitary_places

"The 10-track album is gorgeously sophisticated with swirling instrumentation and haunting vocals. It blends soul, folk and jazz, invoking the haunting classicism of Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, intermingled with the quiet folklore of Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell, and tipped with the jazz stylings of Miles Davis and Billie Holiday, it’s bloody amazing. Her eerily dark vocals add a certain rawness to the mysterious soundscapes."
9/10
-- https://twistedsoulboy.com...olitary-places/

'House cleaning' lol... I'm sure Leland Kirby will take it ;-)

Will check out Annabel Lee!

Hahaha don't knock it off until you've tried it I swear it is an amazing house cleaning album!

No knock! But I'll vacuum myself into sweet oblivion! :D

His music demands such focus, flipping it around and just having it on doing dishes and cleaning house might just be the best thing. I'll try it for sure!

(ps. What Annabel Lee album should I listen to first?)

POO: Destroyer - Kaputt