Top 40 Albums of The Decade 2010 – 2019

ByBrian Murnion

10 Shortlisted Albums

In no particular order.

Vampire Weekend // Modern Vampires of the City
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx // We’re New Here
Goldfrapp // Tales of Us
Real Estate // Days
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // Before Today
Sleigh Bells // Treats
Grouper // A I A: Alien Observer
Jessie Ware // Devotion
Porches // Pool
Foxygen // We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

Top 40 Albums

40. The National // Trouble Will Find Me
39. Cat Power // Sun
38. Rafael Anton Irisarri // Midnight Colours
37. Tindersticks // The Waiting Room
36. Toro y Moi // Underneath the Pine
35. TNGHT // TNGHT EP
34. Underworld // Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
33. King Krule // The OOZ
32. Grimes // Visions
31. LCD Soundsystem // This Is Happening
30. Father John Misty // I Love You, Honeybear
29. Wild Nothing // Gemini
28. Playboi Carti // Die Lit
27. Caribou // Our Love
26. David Bowie // Blackstar
25. Crystal Castles // (II)
24. Beach House // Depression Cherry
23. Cut Copy // Zonoscope
22. Dirty Projectors // Swing Lo Magellan
21. Todd Terje // It’s Album Time
20. Thundercat // Drunk
19. James Blake // James Blake
18. Frankie Rose // Interstellar
17. Iceage // You’re Nothing
16. The Walkmen // Lisbon
15. The Radio Dept. // Clinging to a Scheme
14. Vampire Weekend // Contra
13. The Antlers // Burst Apart
12. Chromatics // Kill for Love
11. The Field // Looping State of Mind

10. Frank Ocean // Blond

09. Tim Hecker // Ravedeath, 1972

08. How To Dress Well // Love Remains

07. Beach House // Teen Dream

06. Slowdive // Slowdive

05. Kanye West // Yeezus

04. Tame Impala // Currents

03. Burial // Tunes 2011-2019

02. Destroyer // Kaputt

01. Beach House // Bloom

Brian Murnion

Brian Murnion is a filmmaker, creative director, poet, and self-proclaimed intellectual scrub from Billings, Montana. He spends an unreasonable amount of time obsessing over the connective tissue between music, film, literature, and whatever else seems culturally or aesthetically significant at any given moment. His curation process is equal parts curiosity, fixation, and blind luck, driven by the irrational hope that brilliance is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the chaos.

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