Solange at Afropunk Festival 2017
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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. GrimesVisions
49. Oneohtrix Point NeverReplica
48. ANOHNIHopelessness
47. Carly Rae JepsenE•MO•TION
46. The KnifeShaking the Habitual
45. Mount EerieA Crow Looked at Me
44. A Tribe Called QuestWe got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
43. Sky FerreiraNight Time, My Time
42. Erykah BaduNew Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
41. BeyoncéLemonade
40. Charli XCXPop 2
39. Bill CallahanApocalypse
38. Tierra WhackWhack World
37. David BowieBlackstar
36. RosalíaEl Mal Querer
35. Blood OrangeCupid Deluxe
34. Vince StaplesSummertime ’06
33. Big ThiefU.F.O.F.
32. Bon IverBon Iver
31. Beyoncé4
30. MitskiPuberty 2
29. DeerhunterHalcyon Digest
28. FKA twigsLP1
27. Earl SweatshirtSome Rap Songs
26. Angel OlsenBurn Your Fire for No Witness
25. Jamie xxIn Colour
24. SZACTRL
23. Kacey MusgravesGolden Hour
22. DestroyerKaputt
21. Beach HouseTeen Dream
20. DJ RashadDouble Cup
19. Lana Del ReyNorman Fucking Rockwell!
18. Kendrick Lamargood kid, m.A.A.d. city
17. Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell
16. Joanna NewsomHave One On Me
15. Kanye WestYeezus
14. LordeMelodrama
13. DrakeTake Care
12. RihannaANTI
11. GrimesArt Angels
10. Frank OceanChannel Orange
9. D’Angelo and the VanguardBlack Messiah
8. RobynBody Talk
7. Vampire WeekendModern Vampires of the City
6. SolangeA Seat at the Table
5. Fiona AppleThe Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
4. Kendrick LamarTo Pimp A Butterfly
3. BeyonceBeyonce
2. Kanye WestMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
1. Frank OceanBlonde