The top 5 list of my favorite albums of 2010. As you can see, Beach House’s Teen Dream, not to be confused with Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, was my favorite album this year.
Top 5
1. Beach House | Teen Dream
Notable Tracks: “Lover Of Mine,” “Take Care”
2. Slow Club | Yeah So (U.S. Release)
Notable Tracks: “When I Go,” “It Doesn’t Have To Be Beautiful”
3. Sea Of Bees | Songs For The Ravens
Notable Tracks: “Skinnybone,” “Willis”
4. Delorean | Subiza
Notable Track: “Real Love”
5. Hans Zimmer | Inception (Music From The Motion Picture)
Notable Tracks: “Mombasa,” “Time”
Honorable Mention
Kelli Scarr | Piece
Notable Track: “Salt To The Sea”
Seabear | We Built A Fire
Notable Tracks: “Lion Face Boy,” “I’ll Build You A Fire”
Snuffaluffagus | Brazil Wood Poetry
Notable Track: “Om Mani Padme Hum”
Honorable EPs
Cults | Cults 7″
Notable Track: “The Curse”
Memoryhouse | The Years
Notable Track: “To The Lighthouse”
Tennis | Baltimore
Notable Track: “Marathon”
Holdovers From 2009
Florence And The Machine | Lungs
Notable Track: “Cosmic Love”
La Roux | La Roux
Notable Track: “Bulletproof”