Best of the 2010s
Best CDs of the decade:
Any of the the top 3 could have been #1. Kind of didn’t want Kanye to be on top because he’s such a jerk, but in the end I felt that while all three performers were enormously creative, his CD was the most entertaining.
1. “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” – Kanye West (2010)
2. “To Pimp a Butterfly” – Kendrick Lamar (2015)
3. “Lemonade” – Beyonce (2016)
4. “Beyonce” – Beyonce (2013)
5. “Somewhere Else” – Lydia Loveless (2014)
6. “Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit” – Courtney Barnett (2015)
7. “Songs of Innocence” – U2 (2014)
8. “Stone Rollin’” – Raphael Saadiq (2011)
9. “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” – Billie Eilish (2019)
10. “Pushin’ Against a Stone” – Valerie June (2013)
Honorable mention:
“Channel Orange” – Frank Ocean (2012)
“good kid, m.A.A.d City” – Kendrick Lamar (2012)
“No Cities” – Sleater-Kinney
“CTRL” – SZA
“Lost in the Dream” – the War on Drugs (2014)
“Landing on a Hundred” – Cody Chesnutt (2012)
Best songs of the decade (not on a Top 10 CD):
1. “Rolling in the Deep” – Adele (2011)
2. “How I Got Over” – the Roots (2010)
3. “Emmylou” – First Aid Kit (2012)
4. “Consideration” – Rihanna and SZA (2016)
5. “All the Stars” – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (2018)
6. “Fuck You” by Cee-Lo Green (2010)
7. “Get Lucky” – Daft Punk (2013)
8. “Art of Almost” – Wilco (2011)
9. “The Joke” – Brandi Carlile (2018)
10.“Convex” – St. Paul & the Broken Bones (2018)
Best CDs of 2019:
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” – Billie Eilish
“Twelve Nudes” – Ezra Furman
“The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name” – Leo “Bud” Welch
“No Saint” – Lauren Jenkins
“Painted Image” – Liz Brasher
“Ilana (The Creator)” – Mdou Moctar
“Legacy! Legacy!” – Jamila Woods
“Cuz I Love You” – Lizzo
Favorite TV shows of the decade:
“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul”
“Louis”
“Justified”
“Fleabag”
“Better Things”
“Killing Eve”
“Catastrophe”
“True Detective” (season one only)
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Survivor”
Favorite movies of the decade:
“A Separation”
“About Time”
“The Social Network”
“BlackKkKlansman”
“Rocketman”
“Birdman”
“The Martian”
“Moonlight”
“Hell or High Water”
“Bridesmaids”
Bring on the 2020s!