2010 Album of the Year Discussion....

[Andy]

I think we can all agree that the album of the year is Lisbon by the Walkmen.  What albums are in the running for second through tenth place?

[Paul DeLouisiana]

I cast a vote for Admiral Fell Promises by Sun Kil Moon and Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom, though I feel I might be a little lonesome in those choices.

[crumbum]

Would someone please compile a list for me of everything released this year? Only then can I make my choices.

Make sure you don't miss any or my picks will become moot!

[masterofsparks]

Voyagers of Legend by The Young kinda came from out of nowhere and knocked me over. I found it through a recommendation on Andrew Earles's blog, where he calls it the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, but it is pretty good.

Other releases I liked this year:

Brothers - Black Keys
Brought Low - Third Record
Dungen - Skit I Allt
Ty Segall - Melted
Fucked Up - Year of the Ox
Mount Carmel - s/t
Neil Young - Le Noise
Budos Band - III
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
Wooden Shjips - Vol. 2 (technically a comp but it was all new to me, so I'm including it)

Best standup album of the year has to be Shakespeare by Anthony Jeselnik.

[moonshake]

Of the very little new music I've listened to this year, I've liked the Intelligence and Eddy Current Suppression Ring albums.

I look forward to being educated by this thread and the invaluable end-of-the-year list by Evan 'Funk' Davies.

[Omar]

Here's a list of 33, which was whittled down from about 75 candidates:

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs [Merge]
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today [4AD]
Bettie Serveert – Pharmacy of Love [Second Motion]
Boston Spaceships – Our Cubehouse Still Rocks [GBV, Inc.]
Bottomless Pit – Blood Under the Bridge [Comedy Minus One]
The Cute Lepers – Smart Accessories [1-2-3-4 Go]
Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do [ATO]
Ex Humans – Ex Humans [Rob’s House]
Grass Widow – Past Time [KRS]
The Intelligence – Males [In The Red]*
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier [UME]
Jucifer - Throned in Blood [Nomadic Fortress Records]
Kylesa – Spiral Shadow [Prosthetic]*
Magnapop – Chase Park [The Kraft Records]
Major Stars – Return to Form [Drag City]
Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern [KRS]
Monster Magnet – Mastermind [Napalm Records]*
Nobunny – First Blood [Goner]
The National – High Violet [4AD]
The Overnight Lows – City of Rotten Eyes [Goner]
Quasi – American Gong [KRS]
Ratt - Infestation [Roadrunner/Loud & Proud]
Robert Pollard – We All Got Out of the Army [GBV, Inc.]
Screaming Females – Castle Talk [Don Giovanni]
Smoosh – Withershins [self-released]
Superchunk – Majesty Shredding [Merge]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks [Matador] 
Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime [In The Red]
Torche – Songs for Singles [Hydra Head]
Ty Segall – Melted [Goner]
Unnatural Helpers – Cracked Love & Other Drugs [Hardly Art]
White Mystery – White Mystery [self-released]
The Young – Voyagers of Legend [Mexican Summer]

*I haven't actually heard it yet.

Special Recognition for Achievement in A/V: “Bottled In Cork” Music Video [Dir. Tom Scharpling]

[Chris L]

Janelle Monae
Superchunk
Phospherescent - Here's to Taking it Easy
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Laura Veirs - July Flame
The Fall - Your Future, Our Clutter
Ted Leo
Ariel Pink
Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang

Special Non-Achievement in Lyrical Content: Best Coast

This is the first I've heard of The Young and will be checking them out further.

[davidgoeschatting]

Great picks from everyone. Here's some to add to the convo.

Screaming Females "Castle Talk"
Women "Public Strain"
White Denim "last day of summer"
Everything Everything "Man Alive"
Menomena "Mines"
Avi Buffalo s/t
MGMT "Congratulations"
Frog Eyes "Paul's Tomb: A Triumph"
Medications "Completely Removed"
New Pornographers "Together"
Dr. Dog "Shame Shame"
Field Music s/t
Spoon "Transference"

[mahgeetah]

I would second these nominations:

Menomena "Mines"
Drive-By Truckers "The Big To-Do"
Superchunk "Majesty Shredding"
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists "The Brutalist Bricks"
White Mystery "White Mystery"
Black Keys "Brothers"
Screaming Females "Baby Teeth"

and add:

LCD Soundsystem "This Is Happening"
V/A "Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine"
Justin Townes Earle "Harlem River Blues"
Big Boi "Sir Lucious Left Foot..."
Titus Andronicus "The Monitor"
Tom Petty "Mojo"*
The Corin Tucker Band "1,000 Years"
Gorillaz "Plastic Beach"

*yes, believe it or not, it's pretty good. Except for the reggae song about marijuana legalization. I mean, come on, Tommy.

[dave from knoxville]

I am going to have to agree with Janelle Monae, at least so far.

[cavorting with nudists]

Oh yeah, "The Monitor."  I say "The Monitor."

[jbissell]

My top 10 would look something like this right now

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
The Walkmen - Lisbon
Boston Spaceships – Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
Ty Segall – Melted

totally forgot about
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

[Big Plastic Head]

Wavves - King of the Beach
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Ted Leo - Brutalist Bricks
Wu Tang Vs. The Beatles - Enter the Majical Mystery Chambers
Menomena - Mines
Thee Oh Sees - Warm Slime
The Walkmen - Lisbon
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

[jbissell]

Grinderman - Grinderman 2

Haven't listened to this one enough yet but I think it's some of his best work in years.

[Martin]

I think the Janelle Monae album is pretty amazing, but also very frustrating. For me, the 'rock songs' (for lack of a better word; my apologies to all rockers) completely ruin the flow of the album. They are almost unlistenable to me. Of course, I'm saying this as someone who is pretty much allergic to rock and/or roll.

Contenders:

Eluvium - Similes
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
Actress - Splazsh
Scuba - Triangulation
Seu Jorge and Almaz
Four Tet - There Is Love in You

Shockingly I haven't gotten my hands on the Flying Lotus yet.