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post #1 of 14
12/17/10 at 11:57am
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Here are Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs and Top 50 albums lists

Top 50 Albums of 2010
50. Wavves - King Of The Beach
49. Wild Nothing - Gemini
48. Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
47. Women - Public Strain
46. Matthew Dear - Black City
45. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
44. Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
43. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
42. Drake - Thank Me Later
41. Delorean - Subiza
40. Abe Vigoda - Crush
39. Best Coast - Crazy For You
38. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
37. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
36. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
35. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
34. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
33. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
32. Tyler, The Creator - Bastard
31. Woods - At Echo Lake
30. The Dream - Love King
29. The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange
28. The National - High Violet
27. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
26. Twin Shadow - Forget
25. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
24. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
23. Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
22. Girls - Broken Dreams Club EP
21. The Walkmen - Lisbon
20. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
19. How To Dress Well - Love Remains
18. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
17. Caribou - Swim
16. Sleigh Bells - Treats
15. Robyn - Body Talk
14. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
13. No Age - Everything In Between
12. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
11. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
10. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
09. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
08. James Blake - The Bells Sketch EP/ CMYK EP/ Klavierwerke EP
07. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
06. Vampire Weekend - Contra
05. Beach House - Teen Dream
04. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
03. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
02. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy


Top 100 Tracks list is coming right up.
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post #2 of 14
12/17/10 at 12:59pm
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Top 100 Tracks of 2010

100. These New Puritans - We Want War
99. Gayngs - The Gaudy Side of Town
98. Male Bonding - Year's Not Long
97. Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me
96. Diplomats - Salute
95. Ty Segall - Girlfriend
94. Kelis - Acapella
93. Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck The World)
92. Matthew Dear - You Put A Smell On Me
91. Liars - Scarecrows On A Killer Slant
90. Abe Vigoda - Crush
89. Usher - Lil Freak
88. DOM - Burn Bridges
87. Perfume Genius - Mr. Peterson
86. Glasser - Apply
85. Wavves - Post Acid
84. Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me
83. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
82. Spoon - Written In Reverse
81. Forest Swords - Rattling Cage
80. The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire
79. Delorean - Real Love
78. Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja
77. Rihanna - What's My Name?
76. Here We Go Magic - Collector
75. Toro Y Moi - Blessa
74. Sade - Soldier of Love
73. Wild Nothing - Chinatown
72. No Age - Glitter
71. Salem - King Night
70. NDF - Since We Last Met
69. Woods - Suffering Season
68. Kingdom - Mind Reader
67. Drake - Over
66. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
65. Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
64. Alicia Keys - Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)
63. Broken Social Scene - World Sick
62. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bottled in Cork
61. Tyler the Creator - French
60. Panda Bear - Slow Motion
59. Twin Sister - All Around and Away We Go
58. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
57. The Fresh & Onlys - Waterfall
56. Joker - Tron
55. Lady Gaga - Telephone
54. Vampire Weekend - White Sky
53. Kendal Johansson - Blue Moon
52. Lindstrom & Christabelle - Lovesick
51. Smith Westerns - Weekend
50. Cults - Go Outside
49. ceo - Come With Me
48. Best Coast - When I'm With You
47. Beach House - Walk In The Park
46. The Knife - Colouring of Pigeons
45. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
44. Das Racist - Hahahaha jk?
43. Waka Flocka Flame - Hard in Da Paint
42. Japandroids - Younger Us
41. Deerhunter - Helicopter
40. Janelle Monae - Cold War
39. No Age - Fever Dreaming
38. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
37. Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
36. Arcade Fire - Ready to Statt
35. Rihanna - Rude Boy
34. Gold Panda - You
33. Zola Jesus - Night
32. Robyn - Hang With Me
31. Girls - Carolina
30. The Dream - Yamaha
29. James Blake - CMYK
28. Yeasayer - O.N.E
27. Four Tet - Angel Echoes
26. Cee-Lo - Fuck You
25. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City
24. Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters
23. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
22. Rick Ross - B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)
21. Azari & Ill - Reckless (With Your Love) (Tensnake Remix)
20. Erykah Badu - Window Seat
19. How To Dress Well - Decisions
18. Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
17. Girl Unit - Wut
16. Beach House - Norway
15. Crystal Castles - Not In Love
14. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
13. Caribou - Odessa
12. LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
11. Deerhunter - Desire Lines
10. Janelle Monae - Tight Rope
09. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
08. James Blake - I Only Know (What I know Now)
07. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
06. Kanye West - POWER
05. Big Boy - Shutterbugg
04. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
03. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
02. Kanye West - Runaway
01. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
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post #3 of 14
12/18/10 at 1:50am
Somehow, for how good a year it's been, I find both lists kinda boring and safe. I figured Kanye would be number two, but LCD Soundsystem and Deerhunter are way too high. Don't get me wrong, they made good albums, but This Is Happening is no Sound of Silver and Halcyon Digest is no Microcastle. I still don't get their infatuation with Sleigh Bells (ugh) and Beach House (zzzzzzzzz) and while I like that they defend Vampire Weekend from music snobs who think they're the Antichrist for some reason, that record is a "good not great" kinda thing for me.

Mostly, I'm pissed that Janelle Monae didn't even crack the top ten. That's bullshit.

The song list is okay, but again, some really odd choices here and there and the placement seems random. I like that Ariel Pink song okay, but song of the year? And even the Kanye songs they picked are not my favorites from the album, and Runaway's coda totally overstays it's welcome. In the very list, that should be switched with power.

Much love for Pitchfork still, but kind of a blah, safe and boring list if you ask me.
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post #4 of 14
12/18/10 at 2:16am
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Originally Posted by Parker View Post
kind of a blah, safe and boring
This is how I've felt about Pitchfork lists for a while. Last year, absolutely everybody knew, as early as January (!), that My Girls was going to be #1, no matter what. And, while I personally love the song, Round and Round said "P4K Song of the Year" the day it was revealed as a preview for the upcoming (yet still somewhat far away) Ariel Pink album, which, by the way, much as I enjoyed it, is not top 10 material as a whole, despite some incredible tracks. Janelle could easily take its spot.

Thing with Pitchfork is they are growing incredibly transparent since the music blogosphere got organized enough that most new bands/projects break out there before they get featured in pitchfork. I'm of the opiniong that, if there's some use to the concept of year end list, is as conversation starters regarding the state of music (which would involve some level of controversy) or as ways to highlight stuff people might've missed. Hopefully a mixture of both. A list like this one seems mostly about backpatting itself and by extension the magazine, while throwing under the rug horses they backed that petered out (sorry Owen Pallett, best new music doesn't even get you honorably mentioned).
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post #5 of 14
12/18/10 at 11:26am
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Yeah, both lists werent very exciting. A lot of their choices seemed kinda safe to me as well. Really glad to see Sufjan Stevens crack the top 25 though.
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post #6 of 14
12/18/10 at 6:16pm
The National is 20-fucking-8?

Fuck Pitchfork so very much.
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post #7 of 14
12/18/10 at 8:43pm
I am happy to see Titus Andronicus crack the top ten.
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post #8 of 14
12/18/10 at 8:51pm
My problem with everyone calling Kanye's album the best of the year is summed up in Pitchfork's little blurb about the album. It's a paragraph about how crazy Kanye's year has been and how insane he is and his personal life is a mess, but he made an album so hooray, he's a genius. It's a really good album, maybe even great, but as far as people claiming it's the best of the year? It seems every critique of it blends down to Kanye is an insufferable asshole but he made a really good record so he gets extra points. Judge the album, not the artist.
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post #9 of 14
12/18/10 at 10:38pm
Please someone tell me I'm just blind and missed Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record on there? :/
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post #10 of 14
12/24/10 at 1:02pm
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I really like this Beach House album.
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post #11 of 14
12/24/10 at 1:17pm
Any list that thinks that Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" wasn't the biggest song of the year is developmentally fucking retarded. However, considering how "cooler-than-thou" P4K is, I'm surprised it made the list at all. Then again, I don't know how the song sounds through four scarves, girls jeans, and with novelty glasses on in mom's basement.
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post #12 of 14
12/24/10 at 6:26pm
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Originally Posted by Ninhead View Post
Any list that thinks that Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" wasn't the biggest song of the year is developmentally fucking retarded. However, considering how "cooler-than-thou" P4K is, I'm surprised it made the list at all. Then again, I don't know how the song sounds through four scarves, girls jeans, and with novelty glasses on in mom's basement.
It's not a list about the biggest songs of the year. It's the best songs of the year. And everyone always talk about how Pitchfork is "coller than thou" but they have plenty of pop music on both of their lists, and they have for years. Even though I don't agree with a lot of what's on the list (mostly dealing with placement) I never understand where people are coming from with this oppinion. I suspect it's along the lines of "they don't agree with me about everything and they have bands I haven't heard from, therefore they must be wrong and think they're better then me."
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post #13 of 14
12/27/10 at 4:05am
Was "Fuck You" the biggest song of the year? Fuck you, year.
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post #14 of 14
12/27/10 at 12:48pm
Big Boi! Respect.


Also, mother-fuck Kanye West. Dude is a fucking hack and I will carry that grumpy old-man opinion to my death bed! You can't sell me on his "genius," youth of America! You can't!
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