Pitchfork's top 200 albums of the 2010s
Yesterday, Pitchfork published their list of the top 200 songs of the 2010s, and today their list of the 200 best albums of the 2010s. For more on how Pitchfork put the list together, you can read a letter from editor in chief Puja Patel.
The list has three metal albums (Deafheaven, Pallbearer, and the more surprising inclusion Portal, who beat out more likely suspects like Baroness), one late-2009 album (Lady Gaga), two “emo revival” albums (Joyce Manor, The Hotelier, but no Oso Oso who became the first “emo revival” band to get Best New Music this year), some possibly surprising and/or sleeper picks (like WU LYF, Ratking, G.L.O.S.S., and more), some very mainstream pop (like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande), and some surprising exclusions (like Sun Kil Moon, James Blake, Ariel Pink, My Bloody Valentine).
Check out the top 50 below, and see the full list with commentary here. And I guess this means we know Lana Del Rey will be their #1 of 2019.
Head HERE for a rundown of highly acclaimed-by-Pitchfork albums that didn’t make the list.
50. Grimes – Visions
49. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
48. ANOHNI – Hopelessness
47. Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION
46. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
45. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
44. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
43. Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
42. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
41. Beyoncé – Lemonade
40. Charli XCX – Pop 2
39. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
38. Tierra Whack – Whack World
37. David Bowie – Blackstar
36. Rosalía – El Mal Querer
35. Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
34. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
33. Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
32. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
31. Beyoncé – 4
30. Mitski – Puberty 2
29. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
28. FKA twigs – LP1
27. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
26. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
25. Jamie xx – In Colour
24. SZA – CTRL
23. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
22. Destroyer – Kaputt
21. Beach House – Teen Dream
20. DJ Rashad – Double Cup
19. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!
18. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city
17. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
16. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
15. Kanye West – Yeezus
14. Lorde – Melodrama
13. Drake – Take Care
12. Rihanna – ANTI
11. Grimes – Art Angels
10. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
9. D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah
8. Robyn – Body Talk
7. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
6. Solange – A Seat at the Table
5. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
4. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Beyonce – Beyonce
2. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
1. Frank Ocean – Blonde