Genre "Best of" 2010s
A list by RonanS
The best (in my opinion) rock/indie rock, folk/country, hip/r&b, ambient/classical and art pop/synthpop albums from each year since 2010. One album per genre per year. Because I'm bored.
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![]() | DeerhunterHalcyon Digest (2012) | |||
| 2010 - Rock/Indie Rock
Honourable mentions - The National - High Violet | ||||
![]() | The Tallest Man on EarthThe Wild Hunt (2010) | |||
| 2010 - Folk/Country | ||||
![]() | Janelle MonáeThe ArchAndroid (2010) | |||
| 2010 - Hip Hop/R&B | ||||
![]() | Ólafur Arnalds...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness (2010) | |||
| 2010 - Ambient/Modern Classical | ||||
![]() | Sufjan StevensThe Age of Adz (2010) | |||
| 2010 - Art Pop/Synthpop | ||||
![]() | The AntlersBurst Apart (2011) | |||
| 2011 - Rock/Indie Rock | ||||
![]() | King Creosote & Jon HopkinsDiamond Mine (2011) | |||
| 2011 - Folk/Country | ||||
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![]() | Shabazz PalacesBlack Up (2011) | |||
| 2011 - Hip Hop/R&B | ||||
![]() | Tim HeckerRavedeath, 1972 (2011) | |||
| 2011 - Ambient/Modern Classical | ||||
![]() | DestroyerKaputt (2011) | |||
| 2011 - Art pop/Synthpop | ||||
![]() | Hop AlongGet Disowned (2012) | |||
| 2012 - Rock/Indie Rock | ||||
![]() | Mount EerieClear Moon (2012) | |||
| 2012 - Folk/Country | ||||
![]() | Frank OceanChannel Orange (2012) | |||
| 2012 - Hip Hop/R&B | ||||
![]() | Richard SkeltonVerse of Birds (2012) | |||
| 2012 - Ambient/Modern Classical | ||||
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![]() | GrimesVisions (2012) | |||
| 2012 - Art pop/Synthpop | ||||
![]() | Local NativesHummingbird (2013) | |||
| 2013 - Rock/Indie Rock
Honourable mentions: Sigur Rós - Kveikur | ||||
![]() | Mutual BenefitLove's Crushing Diamond (2013) | |||
| 2013 - Folk/Country
Honourable mentions: Bill Callahan - Dream River | ||||
![]() | Run the JewelsRun the Jewels (2013) | |||
| 2013 - Hip Hop/R&B | ||||
![]() | Jon HopkinsImmunity (2013) | |||
| 2013 - Ambient/Modern Classical
Honourable mentions: Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe Tim Hecker - Virgins | ||||
![]() | John GrantPale Green Ghosts (2013) | |||
| 2013 - Art pop/Synthpop
Honourable mentions: Moonface - Julia with Blue Jeans On Holden - The Inheritors | ||||
![]() | Cloud NothingsHere and Nowhere Else (2014) | |||
| 2014 - Rock/Indie Rock
Honourable mentions: The Antlers - Familiars The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream | ||||
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![]() | Sun Kil MoonBenji (2014) | |||
| 2014 - Folk/Country
Honourable mentions: Broken Twin - May Nick Mulvey - First Mind | ||||
![]() | FKA twigsLP1 (2014) | |||
| 2014 - Hip Hop/R&B
Honourable mentions: D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah | ||||
![]() | GrouperRuins (2014) | |||
| 2014 - Ambient/Modern Classical
Honourable mentions: Keaton Henson - Romantic Works A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos | ||||
![]() | Owen PallettIn Conflict (2014) | |||
| 2014 - Art pop/Synthpop
Honourable Mentions: Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything Hundred Waters - The Moon rang Like a Bell | ||||
![]() | OughtSun Coming Down (2015) | |||
| 2015 - Rock/Indie Rock
Honourable mentions: Deerhunter - Fading Frontier | ||||
![]() | Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell (2015) | |||
| 2015 - Folk/Country
Honourable mentions: Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle | ||||
![]() | Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (2015) | |||
| 2015 - Hip Hop/R&B | ||||
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![]() | Slow MeadowSlow Meadow (2015) | |||
| 2015 - Ambient/Modern Classical
Honourable mentions: Floating Points - Elaenia | ||||
![]() | Julia HolterHave You in My Wilderness (2015) | |||
| 2015 - Art pop/synthpop
Honourable mentions: Joanna Newsom - Divers Everything Everything - Get to Heaven Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs | ||||
![]() | Car Seat HeadrestTeens of Denial (2016) | |||
| 2016 - Rock/Indie Rock
Honourable mentions: Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard - Nonagon Infinity | ||||
![]() | WhitneyLight Upon the Lake (2016) | |||
| 2016 - Folk/Country | ||||
![]() | Danny BrownAtrocity Exhibition (2016) | |||
| 2016 - Hip Hop/R&B
Honourable mentions: Frank Ocean - Blonde | ||||
![]() | Nicolás JaarSirens (2016) | |||
| 2016 - Ambient/Modern Classical
Honourable mentions: Ian William Craig - Centres Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée | ||||
![]() | Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsSkeleton Tree (2016) | |||
| 2016 - Art Pop/Synthpop
Honourable mentions: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool | ||||
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![]() | ProtomartyrRelatives in Descent (2017) | |||
| 2017 - Rock/Indie Rock
Idles - Brutalism Big Thief - Capacity The National - Sleep Well Beast | ||||
![]() | Julie ByrneFollow My Voice (2016) [Single] | |||
| 2017 - Folk/Country
Honourable mentions: Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up | ||||
![]() | ThundercatDrunk (2017) | |||
| 2017 - Hip Hop/R&B
Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream | ||||
![]() | Max RichterThree Worlds: Music From Woolf Works (2017) | |||
| 2017 - Ambient/Modern Classical
Honourable mentions: Slow Meadow - Costero | ||||
![]() | Moses SumneyAromanticism (2017) | |||
| 2017 - Art pop/Synthpop
Honourable mentions: Arca - Arca Susanne Sundfør - Music for People in Trouble | ||||
![]() | Car Seat HeadrestTwin Fantasy (2018) | |||
| 2018 - Rock/Indie Rock
Honourable Mentions: Rolling Blackouts C.F. - Hope Downs Parquet Courts - Wide Awake | ||||
![]() | Haley HeynderickxI Need to Start a Garden (2018) | |||
| 2018 - Folk/Country | ||||
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![]() | SabaCare for Me (2018) | |||
| 2018 - R&B/Hip Hop
Honourable Mentions: Noname - Room 23 | ||||
![]() | Rival ConsolesPersona (2018) | |||
| 2018 - Ambient/Modern Classical | ||||
![]() | LowDouble Negative (2018) | |||
| 2018 - Art Pop/Synthpop
Honourable mentions: Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic | ||||
![]() | Purple MountainsPurple Mountains (2019) | |||
| 2019 - Rock/Indie Rock | ||||
![]() | Richard Dawson2020 (2019) | |||
| 2019 - Folk/Country
Honourable mentions: Julia Jacklin - Crushing Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron - Lost Wisdom Pt. 2 | ||||
![]() | DavePSYCHODRAMA (2019) | |||
| 2019 - Hip Hop/R&B
Honourable mentions: Little Simz - Grey Area | ||||
![]() | Minor PiecesThe Heavy Steps of Dreaming (2019) | |||
| 2019 - Ambient/Modern Classical
Honourable Mentions: Kali Malone - The Sacrificial Code AWVFTS - The Unidivided Five | ||||
![]() | FKA twigsMagdalene (2019) | |||
| 2019 - Art pop/Synthpop
Honourable mentions: Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love The Comet is Coming - trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery Bon Iver - i,i Sharon van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow | ||||
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