Here are my favorite albums of 2010. I bought 133 albums in 2010 (most ever).
Also, I decided to list every album that had average song rating greater than 4, since they would all be worthy of mentioning and buying. I have 22 albums that earned that distinction.
Using my album formula, here were my favorite 22 albums in 2010:
1. Mixtapes’ Maps (Death to False Hope) – 9.772
2. The Wild’s Set Ourselves Free (Asian Man) – 9.763
3. Cloud Nothings’ Turning On (Speakertree) – 9.714
4. Sundowner’s We Chase the Waves (Asian Man) – 9.697
5. Toby Foster’s On Moving and Standing Still (Bandcamp) – 9.658
6. Rooftops’ A Forest of Polarity (Clickpop) – 9.614
7. Tokyo Police Club’s Champ (Mom and Pop) – 9.610
8. Theo Hilton, Toby Foster, & Ryan Woods’ Self Titled (Word Wild) – 9.595
9. Hoquiam’s self titled (St. Ives) – 9.591
10. Nana Grizol’s Ruth (Orange Twin) – 9.521
11. Everyone Everywhere’s self titled (Tiny Engines) – 9.463
12. Listener’s Wooden Heart (Self Released) – 9.463
13. Knight School’s Revenger (Make a Mess) -9.455
14. Paul Baribeau’s Unbearable (Bandcamp) – 9.452
15. Luke Roberts’ Big Bells & Dime Songs (Thrill Jockey) – 9.439
16. Defiance, Ohio’s Midwestern Minutes (No Idea) – 9.275
17. You Blew It’s The Past in Present (Bandcamp) – 9.272
18. Frightened Rabbit’s The Winter of Mixed Drinks (Fat Cat) – 9.249
19. Dan Mangan’s Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Arts & Crafts) -9.107
20. Coffee Project’s Moved On (Paper + Plastic) – 8.840
21. Eric Ayotte’s Wavering (Plan It X) – 8.751
22. The Taxpayers’ To Risk So Much for One Damn Meal (Plan It X) – 8.545