The Best of 2010*


*of what I experienced.


January 2, 2011



Best Albums (40)


40 – Disturbed, “Asylum”

39 – My Chemical Romance, “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys”

38 – Of Montreal, “False Priest”

37 – Linkin Park, “A Thousand Suns”

36 – Pepper, “Stitches”

35 – Robyn, “Body Talk”

34 – Sleigh Bells, “Treats”

33 – Eminem - “Recovery”

32 – Trapt, “No Apologies”

31 – Weezer, “Hurley”

30 – Yeasayer, “Odd Blood”

29 – MGMT, “Congratulations”

28 – LCD Soundsystem, “This Is Happening”

27 – Jimmy Eat World, “Invented”

26 – The Drive-By Truckers, “The Big To-Do”

25 – Brandon Flowers, “Flamingo”

24 – Cee Lo Green, “The Lady-Killer”

23 – Black Mountain, “Wilderness Heart”

22 – Avenged Sevenfold, “Nightmare”

21 – Kings of Leon, “Come Around Sundown”

20 – Jamey Johnson, “The Guitar Song”

19 – Godsmack, “The Oracle”

18 – Bad Religion, “The Descent of Man”

17 – Kanye West, “My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy”

16 – Finger Eleven, “Life Turns Electric”

15 – Korn, “III: Remember Who You Are”

14 – Gord Downie, “The Grand Bounce”

13 – Broken Bells, “Broken Bells”

12 – M.I.A., “Maya”

11 – Bruce Springsteen, “The Promise”

10 – Midlake, “The Courage of Others”

9 – Deftones, “Diamond Eyes”

8 – Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs”

7 – The National, “High Violet”

6 – The Hold Steady, “Heaven is Whenever”

5 – Crash Karma, “Crash Karma”

4 – The Black Keys, “Brothers”

3 – Vampire Weekend, “Contra”

2 – Authority Zero, “Stories of Survival”

1 – Against Me!, “White Crosses”



Best TV (10)


10 - Justified

9 - Fringe

8 – Modern Family

7 – Friday Night Lights

6 - Futurama

5 - Treme

4 - Community

3 - Lost

2 – Mad Men

1 – Breaking Bad


Best Films (10)


10 – Mother: Joon ho-Bong

9 – The Fighter: David O Russell

8 – True Grit: Joel, Ethan Coen

7 – The Kids Are All Right: Lisa Cholodenko

6 – Inception: Christopher Nolan

5 – Winter's Bone: Debra Granik

4 – The King's Speech: Tom Hooper

3 – Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy

2 – The Social Network: David Fincher

1 – Toy Story 3: Lee Unkrich


Honorable mention: Greenberg, The Art of the Steal, The Town, How to Train Your Dragon, The Secret in Their Eyes, Black Swan, A Prophet, Restrepo, I Am Love, The Ghost Writer.


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