Top 30 Debut Albums of 2010
Jan 05, 2011
Under the Radar's writers re-listened to many of 2010's notable debut albums, debated, and then each submitted a list of their top 20 debuts albums of the year. Those lists were all combined and tallied up to form Under the Radar's master Top 30 debut albums of 2010. Check out the list below.
This list also appears in our Year-End/Best of 2010 Issue, which is on stands now (until late-January 2011). That issue also features interviews with many of the artists on our Top 50, including Sufjan Stevens (who's on the cover), Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Avi Buffalo, Beach House, The Black Keys, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Lost in the Trees, Janelle Monáe, of Montreal, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Sleigh Bells, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Yeasayer.
1
Local Natives
Gorilla Manor
Frenchkiss
2010
The lean, organic feel and celebratory nature of Gorilla Manor, the debut album from Local Natives, easily set it apart. Amid the singers’ yearning harmonies, the guitars twinkled, the bass kept things warm, the rhythms were endlessly restless and insistent, and the songs’ multifaceted compositions seemed to offer something new with each spin.
By Hays Davis
2
Twin Shadow
Forget
Terrible
2010
3
Avi Buffalo
Avi Buffalo
Sup pop
2010
4
Mumford & Sons
Sigh No More
Glassnote
2010
5
Janelle Monáe
The ArchAndroid
Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic
2010
6
Delphic
Acolyte
Dangerbird
2010
7
Motorifik
Secret Things
Modern Language Recordings
2010
8
Rose Elinor Dougall
Without Why
Scarlett Music
2010
9
Surfer Blood
Astro Coast
Kanine
2010
10
Sleigh Bells
Treats
Mom+Pop/NEET
2010
11
Gayngs
Relayted
Jagjaguwar
2010
12
Wild Nothing
Gemini
Captured Tracks
2010
13
Best Coast
Crazy for You
Mexican Summer
2010
14
How to Dress Well
Love Remains
Lefse
2010
15
Glasser
Ring
True Panther
2010
16
The Mynabirds
What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
Saddle Creek
2010
17
Tame Impala
Innerspeaker
Modular
2010
18
Casiokids
Topp Stemming På Lokal Bar
Polyvinyl
2010
19
Summer Camp
Young EP
Moshi Moshi
2010
20
The Drums
The Drums
Downtown
2010
21
Revolver
Music for a While
Astralwerks
2010
22
Pepper Rabbit
Beauregard
Kanine
2010
23
Sun Airway
Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
Dead Oceans
2010
24
Nightlands
Forget the Mantra
Secretly Canadian
2010
25
Tanlines
Settings EP
True Panther
2010
26
Viernes
Sinister Devices
Kanine
2010
27
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Horse Power EP
Quite Scientific
2010
28
Shine 2009
Associates EP
Cascine
2010
29
Lord Huron
Into the Sun EP
Self- Released
2010
30
Delorean
Subiza
True Panther
2010
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January 14th 2012
1:24am
Nice albums, I like them very much!