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That Solange LP is so overrated :mandown:

 

Courtney Barnett was kinda always my least favorite of the "indie rock/pop" girls that came out at the sameish time, Natalie Prass, Julia Holter, etc. Decent album still, and we love a lesbian!

 

Japanese Breakfast, Deerhunter, and Grizzly Bear, those are albums I need to check out! I've listened a little bit to a different album of each of theirs weirdly.

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Charlie's Top 100 LPs of the 2010s | #180 - #161

 

#180. Snail Mail - Lush

Release date: June 8, 2018

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Jangle Pop

Scrobbles: 766

Rating: 80

Snail Mail: Lush Album Review | Pitchfork

#179. Black Marble - It's Immaterial

Release date: October 14, 2016

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Synthpop, Coldwave, Post-Punk, Minimal Wave, Hypnagogic Pop

Scrobbles: 803

Rating: 80

It's Immaterial | Black Marble

#178. El Último Vecino - Voces

Release date: March 4, 2016

Country: Spain

Genres/Styles: Synthpop, Jangle Pop, Indie Pop

Scrobbles: 142

Rating: 81

El Último Vecino / Voces – jenesaispop.com

#177. The Amazing - In Transit

Release date: April 6, 2018

Country: Sweden

Genres/Styles: Dream Pop, Slowcore, Psychedelic Rock

Scrobbles: 161

Rating: 81

The Amazing - In Transit - Amazon.com Music

#176. Floating Points - Crush

Release date: October 18, 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: IDM, Progressive Electronic, Ambient

Scrobbles: 175

Rating: 81

Floating Points - Crush (2019, Indie Exclusive, Vinyl) | Discogs

#175. Owane - Dunno

Release date: December 16, 2016

Country: Norway

Genres/Styles: Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock

Scrobbles: 180

Rating: 81

Dunno | Owane

#174. Ariel Pink - pom pom

Release date: November 17, 2014

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Hypnagogic Pop, Psychedelic Pop, New Wave

Scrobbles: 185

Rating: 81

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014, Vinyl) | Discogs

#173. Patio Solar - Temporada

Release date: January 14, 2015

Country: Chile

Genres/Styles: Jangle Pop, Indie Pop, Dream Pop

Scrobbles: 187

Rating: 81

Patio Solar - Temporada (2015, CDr) | Discogs

#172. Wild Nothing - Gemini

Release date: May 25, 2010

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Dream Pop, Indie Pop, Jangle Pop

Scrobbles: 210

Rating: 81

Gemini (Wild Nothing album) - Wikipedia

#171. Idles - Brutalism

Release date: March 10, 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk, Noise Rock

Scrobbles: 212

Rating: 81

Brutalism (Idles album) - Wikipedia

#170. Fossil Collective - Tell Where I Lie (Bonus Track)

Release date: April 8, 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Indie Folk, Contemporary Folk

Scrobbles: 214

Rating: 81

Fossil Collective - Tell Where I Lie - Amazon.com Music

#169. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses

Release date: September 14, 2018

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Dream Pop, Post-Rock

Scrobbles: 217

Rating: 81

On Dark Horses | Emma Ruth Rundle

#168. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Release date: March 31, 2015

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk

Scrobbles: 221

Rating: 81

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell | El Quinto Beatle

#167. Cass McCombs - Tip Of The Sphere

Release date: February 8, 2019

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic Folk

Scrobbles: 231

Rating: 81

Tip of the Sphere | Cass McCombs

#166. Sampha - Process

Release date: February 3, 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul, Future Garage

Scrobbles: 237

Rating: 81

Sampha: Process Album Review | Pitchfork

#165. Hooverphonic - In Wonderland

Release date: March 18, 2016

Country: Belgium

Genres/Styles: Pop Rock, Dream Pop, Chamber Pop

Scrobbles: 242

Rating: 81

♫ HOOVERPHONIC Y SU "IN WONDERLAND", Nº1 EN LA LISTA DE ALBUMES | PyD

#164. I'm An Island - Bored Days, Old Years

Release date: February 26, 2016

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Dream Pop, Folk Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

Scrobbles: 264

Rating: 81

I'm an Island

#163. Tops - Sugar At The Gate

Release date: June 2, 2017

Country: Canada

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Sophisti-Pop, Soft Rock

Scrobbles: 315

Rating: 81

Sugar at the Gate | TOPS

#162. Bridgit Mendler - Hello My Name Is...

Release date: October 22, 2012

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Teen Pop, Contemporary R&B, Pop Reggae, Electropop

Scrobbles: 320

Rating: 81

Hello My Name Is... - Wikipedia

#161. Otto A. Totland - The Lost

Release date: October 30, 2015

Country: Norway

Genres/Styles: Impressionism, Modern Classical

Scrobbles: 328

Rating: 81

The Lost | Otto A Totland

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9 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

That Solange LP is so overrated :mandown:

 

Courtney Barnett was kinda always my least favorite of the "indie rock/pop" girls that came out at the sameish time, Natalie Prass, Julia Holter, etc. Decent album still, and we love a lesbian!

 

Japanese Breakfast, Deerhunter, and Grizzly Bear, those are albums I need to check out! I've listened a little bit to a different album of each of theirs weirdly.

Hopefully Yet Again will become one of your favorite Grizzly Bear tracks!

14 hours ago, potent said:

The only album I’ve heard from Foals is their Part 1 from last year, but I might check that one out! I like Inhaler and My Number

Curious fact: I actually own a physical copy of Holy Fire. I kind of stopped following Foals after that.

15 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

I regret not listening to Solange when the album came out :jonny: although I heard it's not all that but I'm not sure if people have switched since :mandown: 

I had not listen to her previous record, and I kind of felt the same once I liked her 2019 stuff.

17 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said:

I remember Hoops. They're decent. Appreciate the extensive approach of this countdown. From the albums list so far, shout out to Virgins in particular. 

I listened that EP so much back in those days. Their subsequent LP was kind of of meh, unfortunately.

19 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

Solange

Courtney Barnett

Foals

Japanese Breakfast :jonny:

 

 

21 hours ago, Delta said:

Solange :clap3:

 

22 hours ago, Madame X said:

Ok I definitely know a lot more of the album picks then the EP :dies:

my favorite is probably solange.  Idk why but only a few Japanese breakfast songs aged well w me 

I didn't know so many of you were into Japanese Breakfast, Foals and Courtney Barnett. Cool!

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Love how detailed your list is! So many albums I don’t know, but they look really promising! Definitely will check out some of them! :cupid:

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The Solange LP is excellence :clap3: Would have been high up in my last year had I done one. 

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Carrie & Lowell is one of my most played album of 2020 :jonny5:

Process seems low but I can live with that placement 

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pom pom is my fave one here :smitten:  i want him to go down this route instead of more traditional sounds.

i liked snail mail but black marble is prob my 2nd fave here.

 

 

carrie and lowell is one of those album that gets rave reviews but i didn't connect with :dancehall:

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Sufjan Stevens, Sampha and Bridgit Mendler :clap3:

I love the way you're structuring and presenting the album's info. 

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Unsurprisingly I haven't heard any of the EPs :gaycat3:

Listened to Holy Fire last year when I was getting into Foals and I liked it :alexz3: ENSWBL Pt 1 is more my speed, though. Bridgit sticks out so much on this list :laugh: HMNI was great, definitely one of the more mature Disney debuts. Ready to see what else is on here :foxaylove:

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Wild Nothing >

I still have some feelings towards Carrie & Lowell even though I don't even really play it anymore. 

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Bridgit Mendler :dies:

I don't know that Sampha one, but I heard Nobody Know Me Like the Piano and I liked it!

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Snail Mail's album was cute. Pom Pom! Haven't listened to that in a while; good album. Always makes me think of Azealia too hahaha

 

Carrie and Lowell is GOOD like objectively, but um... I don't love the ~tumblr Sufjan takeover~ the album brought if I'm honest and I had a fear he'd just continue down that route for success based on his post-album singles. I'm more of an Illinois/Age of Adz hoe. Sampha's album, also good!

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Bridgit :skull: So random!

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5 hours ago, prézli said:

Bridgit :skull: So random!

And to think one of the tracks ended in the Top 20 that year. :cupid:

7 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Snail Mail's album was cute. Pom Pom! Haven't listened to that in a while; good album. Always makes me think of Azealia too hahaha

 

Carrie and Lowell is GOOD like objectively, but um... I don't love the ~tumblr Sufjan takeover~ the album brought if I'm honest and I had a fear he'd just continue down that route for success based on his post-album singles. I'm more of an Illinois/Age of Adz hoe. Sampha's album, also good!

Lipstick is so good. Snail Mail has a couple of tracks that I still constantly go back to.

9 hours ago, potent said:

Bridgit Mendler :dies:

I don't know that Sampha one, but I heard Nobody Know Me Like the Piano and I liked it!

That's one of my faves too!

11 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said:

Wild Nothing >

I still have some feelings towards Carrie & Lowell even though I don't even really play it anymore. 

Another Wild Nothing album will appear... not too soon.

12 hours ago, Remmy said:

Unsurprisingly I haven't heard any of the EPs :gaycat3:

Listened to Holy Fire last year when I was getting into Foals and I liked it :alexz3: ENSWBL Pt 1 is more my speed, though. Bridgit sticks out so much on this list :laugh: HMNI was great, definitely one of the more mature Disney debuts. Ready to see what else is on here :foxaylove:

Agreed. It mas a mix of sounds that stuck out with me!

20 hours ago, Delta said:

Sufjan Stevens, Sampha and Bridgit Mendler :clap3:

I love the way you're structuring and presenting the album's info. 

Coming from you, that's a great compliment!

20 hours ago, Madame X said:

pom pom is my fave one here :smitten:  i want him to go down this route instead of more traditional sounds.

i liked snail mail but black marble is prob my 2nd fave here.

 

 

carrie and lowell is one of those album that gets rave reviews but i didn't connect with :dancehall:

Black Marble's next LP was kind of a letdown to me. This year's EP was better, though. I like Emma's House.

20 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

Carrie & Lowell is one of my most played album of 2020 :jonny5:

Process seems low but I can live with that placement 

Glad to know that! What's your favorite track?

22 hours ago, perpetual novice said:

The Solange LP is excellence :clap3: Would have been high up in my last year had I done one. 

Someone she surely knows is appearing on the next set. :whistle:

22 hours ago, ikiru said:

Love how detailed your list is! So many albums I don’t know, but they look really promising! Definitely will check out some of them! :cupid:

Thanks a lot! Hopefully, the genre info will help you check out albums that resonate with you.

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2 minutes ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

Glad to know that! What's your favorite track

Fourth of July

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All Of Me Wants All Of You

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Charlie's Top 100 LPs of the 2010s | #160 - #141

 

#160. Beyoncé - Beyoncé

Release date: December 13, 2013

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Contemporary R&B, Electropop, Alternative R&B

Scrobbles: 336

Rating: 81

Beyoncé (álbum) - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

#159. Landshapes - Heyoon

Release date: May 4, 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

Scrobbles: 392

Rating: 81

Landshapes - Heyoon (2015, Digipak, CD) | Discogs

#158. Pinkshinyultrablast - Grandfeathered

Release date: Februrary 26, 2016

Country: Russia

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

Scrobbles: 403

Rating: 81

Pinkshinyultrablast: Grandfeathered Album Review | Pitchfork

#157. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka

Release date: November 1, 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Psychedelic Soul, Deep Soul, Art Pop, Chamber Pop

Scrobbles: 426

Rating: 81

Reseña: Michael Kiwanuka /// Kiwanuka - Me hace ruido

#156. Nils Frahm - No Melody

Release date: January 26, 2018

Country: Germany

Genres/Styles: Post-Minimalism, Electronic, Ambient, Berlin School

Scrobbles: 509

Rating: 81

Nils Frahm: All Melody Album Review | Pitchfork

#155. Motorama - Poverty

Release date: January 26, 2015

Country: Russia

Genres/Styles: Post-Punk, Jangle Pop

Scrobbles: 517

Rating: 81

Motorama - Poverty: La bipolarización del Post-Punk | El Club Del Rock

#154. Sky Larkin - Motto

Release date: September 9, 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Indie Pop

Scrobbles: 575

Rating: 81

Sky Larkin - Motto (2013, Clear, Vinyl) | Discogs

#153. Alvvays - Antisocialites

Release date: September 8, 2017

Country: Canada

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Jangle Pop, Dream Pop, Twee Pop, Indie Rock

Scrobbles: 621

Rating: 81

Alvvays - Antisocialites | Críticas Discos | El Quinto Beatle

#152. Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans

Release date: March 4, 2014

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Country Rock, Alt-Country, Southern Rock

Scrobbles: 669

Rating: 81

English Oceans - Wikipedia

#151. Work Drugs - Method Acting

Release date: August 19, 2016

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Chillwave, Sophisti-Pop, Indie Pop

Scrobbles: 762

Rating: 81

Method Acting | Work Drugs

#150. Young Man - Beyond Was All Around Me

Release date: April 9, 2013

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Rock

Scrobbles: 792

Rating: 81

Album Review: Young Man - Beyond Was All Around Me | Consequence of Sound

#149. Cymbals - The Age Of Fracture

Release date: January 27, 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Alternative Dance, Synthpop, Post-Punk

Scrobbles: 132

Rating: 82

The Age of Fracture | CYMBALS

#148. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Release date: May 20, 2013

Country: France

Genres/Styles: Disco, Nu-Disco, Synth Funk

Scrobbles: 137

Rating: 82

Random Access Memories - Wikipedia

#147. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (Deluxe Edition)

Release date: December 11, 2012

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Pop, Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul

Scrobbles: 147

Rating: 82

Unorthodox Jukebox (Deluxe Edition) - Amazon.com Music

#146. Dum Dum Girls - Too True

Release date: January 28, 2014

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Noise Pop

Scrobbles: 162

Rating: 82

Too True by Dum Dum Girls on Sub Pop Records

#145. STFKR - Being No One, Going Nowhere

Release date: November 4, 2016

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indietronica, Synthpop, Indie Pop

Scrobbles: 162

Rating: 82

Being No One, Going Nowhere | STRFKR

#144. Bad Bad Hats - Lightning Round

Release date: August 3, 2018

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop

Scrobbles: 170

Rating: 82

Lightning Round | Bad Bad Hats

#143. Shook - Music For City And Nature

Release date: November 8, 2019

Country: Netherlands

Genres/Styles: Synthpop, City Pop, Chillwave, Downtempo

Scrobbles: 179

Rating: 82

Music for City and Nature LP | Shook

#142. Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way

Release date: March 12, 2010

Country: Australia

Genres/Styles: Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter

Scrobbles: 224

Rating: 82

Down the Way - Wikipedia

#141. American Football - American Football (LP2)

Release date: October 21, 2016

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Midwest Emo, Math Rock

Scrobbles: 269

Rating: 82

American Football (2016 album) - Wikipedia

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BEYONCÉ :WAP:

Kiwanuka :jonny5: one of my faves from 2019

Nils Frahm :jonny:

American Football sadly never reached their full potential. 

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beyonce is ofc a classic.  do you prefer it to lemonade and 4?

 

RAM is one of those albums thats not actually that good, but still had a huge impact on music.  im mixed on it.

 

my fave on this is probably the alvvays album, its the perfect dream pop throwback mixed with a twee throwback.  somehow felt acceptable in 2010s still. and omg, the dum dum girls miss them, i liked kristin kontrols solo project a lot to

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BEYONCÉ and Unorthodox Jukebox :smitten: My 2nd favorite albums from both. I still remember being disappointed when BEYONCÉ was surprise released because I was still 100% into top 40 pop and her changing sounds was a shock to me. :toofunny3:

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Beyonce's self-titled is classic already :fan: 

Posted

jksdhjfkdshfd screaming at all the indies on the list and then Bridgit Mendler :deadbanana:i mean she had some cute bops so x

Bey's self titled was excellent :smitten: my fave from her

the Bruno album is pretty good too :jamming:

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I don't remember which songs i have heard from them, but i know Angus & Julia Stone, so good for them :clap3:

Posted

carrie and lowell TOO LOW 

lush, antisocialites, beyonce :clap3: 

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Honestly I would not be able to rank even top 50 of the 10s, let alone this, congrats on achieving this!

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Beyoncé and Random Access Memories are my favorites from this batch :heart:

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