A decade is a long time to listen. These 100 tracks weren’t chosen because they topped charts (though a few did), but because I believe they are objectively better than most mainstream music released in this time period. Spanning indie, alternative, rap, R&B, classical, electronic, and ambient, this playlist reflects the wide net the 2010s cast across my listening habits.
This list was hard to make. After all, to love their music is to need their music everywhere. There’s a Beatles track for most moments of my life; Here are 20 tracks that represent most of those moments.
20. Till There Was You from With The Beatles (1963)
19. I’m So Tired from The White Album (1968)
18. Carry That Weight from Abbey Road (1969)
17. I’m Only Sleeping from Revolver (1966)
16. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away from Help! (1965)
20. Sunday Album: Heathen | Album Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Heathen marks a new beginning for David Bowie in some ways — it’s his first record since leaving Virgin, his first for Columbia Records, his first for his new label, ISO — yet it’s hardly a new musical direction. Like Hours, this finds Bowie…