DTF Best of 2010 - Round 1

[Nick]

It's that time of year again! For those who don't recall here are the rules. You are to post a numbered list of your top 10 albums of 2010. You may post fewer than 10 albums but they must still be numbered. Please take not of my format for posting below and follow it. In round 1 albums ranked #1 receive 10 points, #2 receive 9 points etc. Round 1 will end on January 12th at 5pm EST.

Eligible Albums:
-Were initially released in 2010. This prevents any re-releases or public releases after an initial exclusive release from being included.
-Original studio albums. No live albums, cover albums or compilations please.
-Full length albums. Anything marketed as an EP is right out.

My personal list-
1. Star One - Victims of a Modern Age
2. Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony
3. Haken - Aquarius
4. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
5. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
6. Avantasia - Angel of Babylon
7. Joe Satriani - Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
8. Spock's Beard - X
9. James LaBrie - Static Impulse
10. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One

[ClairvoyantCat]

10. The River Empires - Epilogue
9.  Julie Christmas - The Bad Wife
8.  Pain of Salvation:  Road Salt One
7.  Les Discrets - Septembre et ses dernières Pensées
6.  Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
5.  Alcest - Écailles de Lune
4.  Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
3.  Jonsi - Go
2.  Susanne Sundfor: The Brothel
1.  Demians - Mute

[sonatafanica]

1. Vampire Weekend - Contra
2. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
3. Gregory & the Hawk - Leche
4. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
5. Jónsi - Go
6. Kaki King - Junior
7. Coheed and Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow
8. Julie Christmas - The Bad Wife
9. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
10. Sadnes - Fill My Head

[sonatafanica]

4.  Kayo Dot:  Stained Glass

Isn't Stained Glass an EP?

[ClairvoyantCat]

10. The River Empires - Epilogue
9.  Julie Christmas - The Bad Wife
8.  Pain of Salvation:  Road Salt One
7.  Les Discrets - Septembre et ses dernières Pensées
6.  Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
5.  Alcest - Écailles de Lune
4.  Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
3.  Jonsi - Go
2.  Susanne Sundfor: The Brothel
1.  Demians - Mute

Yeah, my bad, missed that rule.  Edited and replaced (I forgot all about Go anyway)

[orcus116]

No EPs is so stupid. Unless it's an EP that has one or two new tracks coupled with a few remixes or live tracks it should definitely count.

[ariich]

1. Haken - Aquarius
2. The River Empires - Epilogue
3. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
4. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
5. The Cat Empire - Cinema
6. James Labrie - Static Impulse
7. Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider
8. Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
9. Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer and Anvil
10. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

[Zantera]

1. Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
2. The River Empires - Epilogue
3. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
4. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
5. Pendulum - Immersion
6. Periphery - Periphery
7. The Pineapple Thief - Someone Here is Missing
8. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
9. Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer and Anvil
10. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

[robwebster]

Been a poor year. Not musically, I just don't have much money.

So, on that basis...

1. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
2. Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
3. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
4. Therion - Sitra Ahra
5. Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer & Anvil
6. Orphaned Land - The Neverending Way of ORwarriOR
7. James LaBrie - Static Impulse
8. Kamelot - Poetry for the Poisoned

That's genuinely everything I've bought this year. Well, 'cept the Philadelphia Experiment, but that's not eligible. Better than most of the albums in the list, mind.

[skydivingninja]

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Coheed and Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow
3. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
4. James LaBrie - Static Impulse
5. Sadnes - Fill My Head
6. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
7. Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer and Anvil
8. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
9. Periphery - Periphery

Not been a great year for new music for me, just getting into the back catalogs of lots of different artists.

[kári]

1. Jónsi - Go
2. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
3. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Kyte - Dead Waves
6. Röyksopp - Senior
7. Eels - End Times
8. Ólafur Arnalds - ...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness
9. The National - High Violet
10. Eluvium - Similes

[sonatafanica]

6. Röyksopp - Senior

That was really close to being in my list.

[kári]

6. Röyksopp - Senior

That was really close to being in my list.

This one too, in mine:

1. Vampire Weekend - Contra

I just haven't gotten around to listening to it much...

[ClairvoyantCat]

6. Röyksopp - Senior

That was really close to being in my list.

Agreed.  Now playing it I almost feel like it should have been

[SoundscapeMN]

1. The River Empires - The River Empires (Epilogue)
2. Lehto & Wright - Children's Songs
3. Janell Monáe - The Archandroid
4. Cloud Cult - Light Chasers
5. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
6. Menomena - Mines
7. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
8. Warpaint - The Fool
9. Foals -Total Life Forever
10. Emanuel and the Fear - Listen

[orcus116]

I think the only thing I've heard from 2010 is Brothers by The Black Keys, which is an incredible album.

[Quadrochosis]

1. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
2. Pendulum - Immersion
3. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
4. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
5. Coheed and Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow
6. MGMT - Congratulations
7. Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer and Anvil
8. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
9. Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
10. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

Pretty lame year for music apart from those ten albums to be honest (And picks 7-10 were even kind of let downs).

[MetalManiac666]

Not been a great year for new music for me, just getting into the back catalogs of lots of different artists.

this

1. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
2. Cloudkicker - Beacons
3. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
4. Kataklysm - Heaven's Venom
5. Rotting Christ - Aealo

...and that's it.  Wow that is pitiful.

[Keyboardframe]

amazing amazing amazing year for music. One of the best in recent years. Anyone who says it was a let down is seriously missing out.

1. Cloud Cult - Light Chasers
2. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
3. Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
4. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
5. Alcest - Écailles de Lune
6. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
7. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
8. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
9. Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned
10. Toundra - (II)

and there were others I wanted to put up

[TheVoxyn]

Anathema maybe?

I'll try to compile a list sometime this week. I already know a couple of albums I will definitely include, but have to mess around with it a bit.

[glaurung]

1. Tetrafusion - Altered State
2. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

The only releases I care enough about to put on the list. This hasn't been a great year for music to me.

Edit: I guess I should clarify. This has been a bad year for new releases. I've discovered a lot og great music this year, so it wasn't a complete loss.

[TAC]

1. Blaze Bayley...Promise & Terror
2. Iron Maiden..The Final Frontier
3. Avenged Sevenfold....Nightmare
4. Accept...Blood Of The Nation
5. Kiske Sommerville Project
6. Armored Saint...La Raza
7. James Labrie..Static Impulse
8. Gamma Ray...To The Metal
9. Ace Frehley..Anomaly
10. Darkwater...Where Stories End

[Accelerando]

Probably a stretch, but do OSTs count?

[pogoowner]

1. Haken - Aquarius
2. James LaBrie - Static Impulse
3. Alter Bridge - ABIII
4. Spock's Beard - X

[sonatafanica]

Probably a stretch, but do OSTs count?

Glaurung put up an OST, so BREAK ALL THE RULES

[ClairvoyantCat]

I see absolutely no reason why they wouldn't...

[wolfking]

1. James Labrie - Static Impulse
2. Allen/Lande - The Showdown
3. Solution .45 - For Eons Past
4. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
5. Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
6. Accept - Blood of the Nations
7. Gamma Ray - To The Metal
8. Kiske/Somerville - Kiske/Somerville
9. Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
10. Helloween - 7 Sinners

[wolfking]

1. Blaze Bayley...Promise & Terror
2. Iron Maiden..The Final Frontier
3. Avenged Sevenfold....Nightmare
4. Accept...Blood Of The Nation
5. Kiske Sommerville Project
6. Armored Saint...La Raza
7. James Labrie..Static Impulse
8. Gamma Ray...To The Metal
9. Ace Frehley..Anomaly
10. Darkwater...Where Stories End

Promise and Terror number 1!  I liked it, but it didn't get repeated listens from me.  I prefer TMWWND.  I might have to give it a couple more listens though.

And yes TAC, I finally listened to Kiske/Somerville, and what an amazing album it is.  Magnus Karlsson has done it again, just great songs all the way through, much better than I expected.

Nice seeing Gamma Ray and Accept so high on your list!!

[The King in Crimson]

1. Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
2. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
3. Spock's Beard - X
4. James LaBrie - Static Impulse
5. Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition
6. Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
7. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
8. Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
9. The Sword - Warp Riders
10. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

EDIT: Reformatted the list.

[lucky7]

1. Joe Satriani Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards

I really didn't buy many new music last years, must have had something to do with spending over twenty grand on an American trip.

[Portrucci]

1. Agalloch - Marrow Of the Spirit
2. Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante
3. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
4. Periphery - Periphery
5. Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
6. The River Empires - The River Empires (Epilogue)
7. Alcest - Écailles de Lune
8. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
9. Intronaut - Valley Of Smoke
10. Emancipator - Safe In The Steep Cliffs

[Marvellous G]

1. The National - High Violet
2. Everything Everything - Man Alive
3. Vampire Weekend - Contra
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. She & Him - Volume Two
6. MGMT - Congratulations
7. Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
8. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
9. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

WTF has happened to my taste this year, this list is too progless. 

[YtseBitsySpider]

The Spider's List.



1.Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
2.Joe Satriani - Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards
3.Periphery - Periphery
4.Solution .45 - For Aeons Past
5.Darkwater - Where Stories End
6.Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
7.James Labrie - Static Impulse
8.A Traitor Like Judas - End Times
9.Firewind - Days of Defiance

[Accelerando]

1. Alter Bridge - AB III
2. Slash - Slash
3. Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
6. Hans Zimmer - Inception
7. M.I.A. - Maya
8. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
9. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz
10. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis

[lordxizor]

1. The River Empires - Epilogue
2. Cloud Cult - Light Chasers
3. Dead Letter Circus - This is the Warning
4. Alter Bridge - ABIII
5. Jonsi - Go

amazing amazing amazing year for music. One of the best in recent years. Anyone who says it was a let down is seriously missing out.

I thought this was a slow year for music. I could really in good conscience only make a top 5 this year. Last year I made a top 20 and really enjoyed all 20. Hopefully I'll learn of some 2010 stuff that I missed in this thread.