'tis the season for "best of" lists
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 12:43 AM It's that time of the year. "Best of" 2010 lists started showing up around Thanksgiving and they'll only start to smother us from now on.
;)
Janelle Monae's debut is an invigorating mix of R&B, hip-hop, pop, rock, and moreHere's just a few worthy rundowns that I've stumbled across so far:
Paste Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2010: Very eclectic mix topped by LCD Soundsystem. I was pleased to see Janelle Monae's stupendous debut, "The ArchAndroid" at No. 2.
Pitchfork Media's Top Music Videos of 2010: As with all things Pitchfork, you probably haven't heard of half the bands in question. Not saying that's a bad thing ... just saying.
NPR's "All Songs Considered" "The Albums We Missed in 2010": Although "All Songs" tends to be a bit too acoustic for me, I like lists like this that help you uncover stuff that's flown under the radar.
The New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2010": These folks can be way too snooty, but this year's list has some worthy mainstream picks, including "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest."
I'll add more sources as I find them.
Logan Molen
And a few more:
- NPR's "All Songs Considered" listeners picks for Top 25 albums. This is a fantastic 2-hour podcast of great music. Great for a road trip.
- Pitchfork's "Top 50 Albums"
- Amazon.com's picks for 100 Best albums of 2010 (separate links for CDs and MP3s, which is cool) and the 100 Best-SELLING Albums of 2010
- NPR's "Best Music of 2010: The Complete List," picks from key staff
- And, more from NPR's "All Songs": The quartet of critics deliver their fun "Year in Music" show. Not as invigorating as last year's show but still worth a listen.
- And All Songs' "Five Best Cover Songs of 2010"
There are many more, but really, this is enough.
Logan Molen
Here's the list of all lists for 2010 froma site called Fimoculous. It's an index of all kinds of crazy lists for pretty much everything you can imagine.
Great stuff.
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