Top 20 Albums of 2010

My top 20 albums of last year are listed below. Although they are not in any particular order, the top one is my favourite album of the year, the one shown left, by the Besnard Lakes. A stunningly beautiful album, and performed live was one of my favourite albums of the year. The list in full then:

• Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Nights
• Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
• John Grant - Queen of Denmark
• Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
• Dinosaur Pile-up - Growing Pains
• Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
• Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez
• Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
• Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
• Weezer - Hurley
• Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
• Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
• Foals - Total Life Forever
• The National - High Violet
• Drive-by Truckers - The Big To-do
• Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
• Everything Everything - Man Alive
• Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
• Yeasayer - Odd Blood
• Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon