Best Album of the Decade 2010 to 2019- AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!

[lonestar]

Saw a poll for this elsewhere and thought we could do our own thang for it. Rules are simple...

Nominate ten albums, release date of 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2019...ranked one through ten. Each album will be given the opposite number of points..10pts for first place, 9 for second, 8 for 3rd, and so on... at the end, the album with the biggest point total will be named DTF's album of the decade.

Voting will be open for some time to allow everyone a chance to be heard, I'll do my own in the coming weeks...



EDIT!!!!!  So a few small changes I wanted to make...first off, please rank your list. It's the core of how these will be scored. Fake it if you gotta, but I need something to go off of. List that aren't ranked will all get 2pts per album.

Second- Per the intense debate I had with Rich, let's go ahead and do 15 albums per list. Anyone who has already submitted can edit freely. I'll decide on a no editing cutoff, or cut it off at certain points as I count up the lists, but it probably won't be until late Dec so we can announce in the new decade.

Also, let's put a two album per band limit. Variety, it's the spice of life folks!!!! (lists already submitted are grandfathered in, with home's reply#81 on page 3 being the last)

Sorry for this, but I did the OP a bit off the cuff, hence the changes. If there are more, I'll add them here. I doubt it, but just in case.

[Evermind]

This is going to take some time for me to think about, that's for sure. I know my Top 1 and that's about it.

[Elite]

This is going to take some time for me to think about, that's for sure. I know a lot of stuff that I could qualify and that's about it.

Fixed for me.

[ariich]

Best album of the decade before the decade has even finished. It's definitely too early to do this.

I always find it weird when these sorts of the things pop up. Why do people always do album-of-the-year threads before the year is over?

[ZKX-2099]

Best album of the decade before the decade has even finished. It's definitely too early to do this.

I always find it weird when these sorts of the things pop up. Why do people always do album-of-the-year threads before the year is over?

It's highly unlikely that the best album of the decade is coming out in the last 2 months of it. Nov/Dec usually are slow months for new music anyway.

[ariich]

Best album of the decade before the decade has even finished. It's definitely too early to do this.

I always find it weird when these sorts of the things pop up. Why do people always do album-of-the-year threads before the year is over?

It's highly unlikely that the best album of the decade is coming out in the last 2 months of it. Nov/Dec usually are slow months for new music anyway.

It's no more or less likely than any other 2-month period.

I've got 6 albums I'm looking forward to in November, particularly including Voyager, Wilderun and Max Cooper.

There have also been some cracking albums released in the last couple of months too that take time to digest and reflect on.

[SoundscapeMN]

I have a list of 50+ brewing for my blog (in the coming weeks), but I guess since unlikely many read it anyway, I'll have to post my top 10 soon.

[SoundscapeMN]

1. The River Empires - Epilogue (2010)
2. Pepe Deluxe - Queen of the Wave (2012)
3. Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself and Remove Your Sandals (2015)
4. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After (2011)
5. Cloud Cult - Light Chasers (2010)
6. Kimbra - Vows (2011)
7. Foals - Total Life Forever (2010)
8. Lehto and Wright - Children's Songs (2010)
9. Fates Warning - Theories of Flight (2016)
10. Kaddisfly - Horses Galloping on Sailboats (2015)

[lonestar]

Best album of the decade before the decade has even finished. It's definitely too early to do this.

I always find it weird when these sorts of the things pop up. Why do people always do album-of-the-year threads before the year is over?

It's never too early for meaningless internet lists and polls.


Plus I'm sure I won't start tallying stuff up till December or later

[RoeDent]

1. The Raven That Refused to Sing - Steven Wilson (2013)
2. A Dramatic Turn of Events - Dream Theater (2011)
3. Brief Nocturnes & Dreamless Sleep - Spock's Beard (2013)
4. Falling Satellites - Frost* (2016)
5. Folklore - Big Big Train (2016)
6. Civilisation - Southern Empire (2018)
7. To the Bone - Steven Wilson (2017)
8. Kaleidoscope - Transatlantic (2014)
9. Distance Over Time - Dream Theater (2019)
10. A Spark in the Aether - The Tangent (2015)
11. Grand Tour - Big Big Train (2019)
12. The Road of Bones - IQ (2014)
13. Dimensionaut - Sound of Contact (2013)
14. Friendship - Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly (2018)
15. Radio Voltaire - Kino (2018)

Edited from the previous list to reflect the new rules.

[The Walrus]

2010-2019... Come Around Sundown by Kings of Leon, released October 15th, 2010. #4 album of all time, my favorite album of the whole decade fa sho.

[Dave_Manchester]

#1 is The Seer by Swans. 2 to 10 will need some thought.

[bosk1]

Best album of the decade before the decade has even finished. It's definitely too early to do this.

I always find it weird when these sorts of the things pop up. Why do people always do album-of-the-year threads before the year is over?

It's highly unlikely that the best album of the decade is coming out in the last 2 months of it. Nov/Dec usually are slow months for new music anyway.

It's no more or less likely than any other 2-month period.

Not really because, when you are limited to only the two months in the immediate future, you generally know what is going to be coming out during that period.  In your case, you are anticipating some albums that could potentially make the list.  But for lots of us, the decade is essentially "over" in terms of our top 10, or we at least have a tentative list with the understanding that there could possibly be another album or two that could sneak in under the wire.  Bottom line:  I don't really see the issue.


Anyhow, question for lonestar:  Do live albums count?

EDIT:  In case you are on the fence, here is where I'm coming from:  I'm not talking about generally listing a bunch of live albums as sort of a "cheat" in terms of a live album almost being a "best of" for a particular band.  I'm only thinking of one live album in particular.  And while it does have some of that, it's much more.  Specifically, Epica's Retrospect release is just...well...epic.  Yeah, most of it is a "best of" retrospective performance.  But what makes it such a landmark live release for me is a combination of all of these factors:  (1) great selection of songs from a lot of albums; (2) live performances that, in almost every single case, make these better than the originals and give them new life; (3) new songs done specifically for that release; and (4) the release being a special one to commemorate a landmark in the band's history, and lots of special features done as part of that, such as the orchestra, guest appearances, etc.  It is truly a "special" release that, to me, makes it one of the albums of the decade if live releases can be part of that.

[Crow]

ok found it

[Luoto]

Nov/Dec usually are slow months for new music anyway.

My list is likely to have at least two albums that had a November release date. Coincidentally they were released on the same day.

[425]

Huh, interesting coincidence. I was just thinking last night about what I would put on an all-decade list. I'll have to take some time to get a ranked list I feel confident in, but I'll throw out some of the top candidates on my mind. This is not my list yet, and I'm putting a few more than ten here—I'll later narrow it.

Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier (2010)
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)
Opeth - Heritage (2011)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Nightwish - Imaginaerum (2011)
Anathema - Weather Systems (2012)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (...and Other Stories) (2013)
Haken - The Mountain (2013)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Avantasia - Ghostlights (2016)
The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional (2016)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure (2019)

Yeah, so clearly part of what is going on here is that I have a lot of established favorites from early in the decade, and in the second half I've just generally dedicated less time to recent releases. One thing I'd like to do before finalizing the list is to go through the last few years and see what I might want to give more time to in the next month or two.

[Anguyen92]

1. Alter Bridge - Fortress (2013)
2. Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
3. Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls (2015)
4. Myles Kennedy - Year of the Tiger (2018)
5. Switchfoot - Vice Verses (2011)
6. Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky (2016)
7. Tremonti - Cauterize (2015)
8. Sevendust - Time Travelers and Bonfires (2014)
9. Dream Theater - Dream Theater (2013)
10. Breaking Benjamin - Dark Before Dawn (2015)
11. Sixx: A.M. - Prayers for the Blessed (2016)
12. Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves (2017)
13. Steven Wilson - To The Bone (2017)
14. Big Wreck - Albatross (2012)
15. Aimer - Sun Dance (2019)

[jingle.boy]

There are going to be a handful that get repeated mentions (Haken, Wilson, Hevy Devy, maybe TDH), and a shit ton that get only 1 mention.

I'll give my list at some point when I have a few minutes.

[lonestar]

@bosk.... I'm gonna say no to live albums, I think this should be solely about studio product.

[bosk1]

@bosk.... I'm gonna say no to live albums, I think this should be solely about studio product.

OK, that's fair.  Just had to ask because if it was allowed, my list would have included at least the one I mentioned.  But either way, I need to give this a bit of thought before posting mine.  I shall return...

[emtee]

IQ

The Road Of Bones

[Evermind]

IQ

The Road Of Bones

That one is definitely making my Top 10.

@bosk.... I'm gonna say no to live albums, I think this should be solely about studio product.

OK, that's fair.  Just had to ask because if it was allowed, my list would have included at least the one I mentioned.  But either way, I need to give this a bit of thought before posting mine.  I shall return...

I will say I absolutely love that Epica live album.

[cramx3]

I might need 2 months to think about this, not becuase of new releases, but there's a lot of music to look back upon.  I'll try to gather something sooner than later though.

[ariich]

Yeah, so clearly part of what is going on here is that I have a lot of established favorites from early in the decade, and in the second half I've just generally dedicated less time to recent releases. One thing I'd like to do before finalizing the list is to go through the last few years and see what I might want to give more time to in the next month or two.

Yeah this is always going to be a challenge with this sort of thing. Unavoidable though.

Great list by the way, at least two specific albums plus another artist that will definitely appear in mine.

There are going to be a handful that get repeated mentions (Haken, Wilson, Hevy Devy, maybe TDH), and a shit ton that get only 1 mention.

I'll give my list at some point when I have a few minutes.

With this in mind, I wonder if everyone doing a larger list (say 15 or 20) would be better. What do you think RJ?

[Train of Naught]

Big agree with ariich on it being way too early to decide. It has happened more than once that one of my favourite albums of a certain year went under my radar and I didn't find it until the next year, it even happened this year since I discovered Psychonaut's 2018 release which is easily in my top 5 of 2018 now.

And it's highly unlikely that you treat an album that came out 10 years ago the same as you treat and album that came out within the last 3 months for example, I need way more time to look back at an entire decade. I will probably never even get back to ranking them though as it will be way too much to go through. Off the top of my head the releases that stand out right now would be:

Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the West
TesseracT - One
BTBAM - The Great Misdirect
Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns
Leprous - Bilateral
Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow

But I'm missing a lot right now

[Crow]

TGM is 2009 but I mean it rules 

[REMOVED]

2009 had three 5* albums too but I can't count them

I haven't heard every album released this decade though so I'm sure I missed something.

[ariich]

El Drugstore - Plague Ship

Incorrect.

[Crow]

You gave moonsorrow a 9.0 so what do you know 
You also gave that unlistenable St. Vincent album like an 8 or something in your previous roulette
Tastes.

[krands85]

Think I can quite confidently pick mine already, as I'm not aware of anything I'd be that interested in coming out before the end of the year. There have been quite a few that have come out in the past couple of months that I like and am still digesting, but I don't see any of them threatening the top 10, except possibly Fear Innoculum.

Anyway, I've got 7 or 8 certainties, but I'll have to have a think about the last few spots.

[MinistroRaven]

Saw a poll for this elsewhere and thought we could do our own thang for it. Rules are simple...

Nominate ten albums, release date of 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2019...ranked one through ten. Each album will be given the opposite number of points..10pts for first place, 9 for second, 8 for 3rd, and so on... at the end, the album with the biggest point total will be named DTF's album of the decade.

Voting will be open for some time to allow everyone a chance to be heard, I'll do my own in the coming weeks.



Ooops, can a mod move this to GMD please?

Maybe it was this one:

https://progreport.com/vote-for-the-best-prog-album-of-the-decade-2010-2019/

I'll come up with my list in the next few weeks.

[Elite]

Leprous - Bilateral

[RoeDent]

Big agree with ariich on it being way too early to decide. It has happened more than once that one of my favourite albums of a certain year went under my radar and I didn't find it until the next year, it even happened this year since I discovered Psychonaut's 2018 release which is easily in my top 5 of 2018 now.

But the idea is to create a snapshot of our tastes at this point in time. You might buy a 2010s album in 2022 that winds up becoming your favourite, but that's irrelevant right at this moment, in 2019.

In related news, I was contemplating the other day, how to commemorate the end of this decade and the music produced therein, and I decided that, at some point probably in early December, I'm going to listen to one album from each year of the decade. I have a list pretty much locked in. I'm looking forward to it.

[425]

On the notion of it being too soon to rank albums from the last few years against ones from the beginning of the decade, it might be interesting to do a parallel thread ranking top albums from 2000-2009, now that all of those albums have been out at least 10 years. I'd be happy to run it if there's interest.

[RoeDent]

That sounds interesting. 

[cramx3]

On the notion of it being too soon to rank albums from the last few years against ones from the beginning of the decade, it might be interesting to do a parallel thread ranking top albums from 2000-2009, now that all of those albums have been out at least 10 years. I'd be happy to run it if there's interest.

I can already think of AMOLAD as being my favorite from this period, but yea, that could be interesting to do as well.