These were the albums that I have to say I liked better than everything else this year. It was really hard to bring this list to these albums alone because so much good music came out this year, but these were the ones that for me really stood out as the best.
15. Mark Ronson and the Business Intl - Record Collection
Best Track: You Gave Me Nothing
14. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Best Track: Helicopter
13. Ratatat - LP4
Best Track: Sunblocks
12. Major Lazer/ La Roux - Lazerproof
Best Track: I’m Not Your Lemonade
11. My Name Is John Michael - The People that Come Go
Best Track: The One
10. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot Son of Chico Dusty
Best Track: General Patton
09. Chromeo - Business Casual
Best Track: Hot Mess
08. Sleigh Bells - Treats
Best Track: Rill Rill
07. Matt and Kim - Sidewalks
Best Track: Block After Block
06. Die Antwoord $0$
Best Track: Enter The Ninja
05. Warpaint - The Fool
Best Track: Undertow
04. Beach House - Teen Dream
Best Track: Take Care
03. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Best Track: We Used To Wait
02. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Track: Dark Fantasy
01. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Best Track: Madder Red
You Dudes Were Good Too
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Fang Island - Fang Island
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Best Coast - Crazy For You
The Naked and The Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
Jonsi - Go
You Weren’t As Good As I Wanted You To Be
Girl Talk - All Day
M.I.A. - MAYA
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Kid CuDi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
There is so much more that I listened to this year like Childish Gambino, Local Natives and Das Racist, but I’m going to have to hope that next year they do something that allows them to crack into the top of the list for me.
