The Board Dot's Top 200 Releases of the 2010s

[Timbo]

After much deliberation the Decade Team has decided to just do a standard roll-out. The tabulation took a long time, but I think the results definitely speak for themselves. This first post will have the first 100 with points. I'll post the rest with album art throughout the day, and by end of day you'll have your results plus my usual fun facts about the data. So let's get started. 

PS - I'm not gonna do ties for this b/c that's so 2000s list. 

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1. Kanye West – Yeezus (997)
2. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (967)
3. Frank Ocean - Blonde (932)
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me (845)
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (822)
6. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell (813)
7. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, MAAD City (793)
8. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (783)
9. LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening (732)
10. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs (690)
11. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (686)
12. Lorde – Melodrama (655)
13. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial (625)
14. The National - High Violet (579)
15. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (566)
16. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor (541)
17. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (514)
18. Vampire Weekend - Contra (507)
19. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream (495)
20. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (468)
21. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour (466)
22. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from here…Thank You 4 Your service (444)
23. Julien Baker – Turn Out the Lights (439)
24. Fiona Apple - the Idler Wheel… (436)
25. Japandroids- Celebration Rock (434)
26. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit... (425)
27. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps (418)
28. Vince Staples – Summertime ‘06 (410)
29. Father John Misty – Fear Fun (409)
30. Darkside - Psychic (407)
31. Beyonce - Lemonade (406)
32. Whitney- Light Upon the Lake (406)
33. Destroyer - Kaputt (404)
34. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (389)
35. Beach House - Teen Dream (385)
36. Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap (381)
37. David Bowie - Blackstar (379)
38. D’Angelo- Black Messiah (375)
39. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (360)
40. Against Me!- Transgender Dysphoria Blues (359)
41. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (352)
42. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree (341)
43. Passion Pit – Gossamer (341)
44. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (339)
45. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (339)
46. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz (334)
47. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. (331)
48. Tyler the Creator - Igor (330)
49. Charli XCX – Pop 2 (329)
50. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (329)
51. Danny Brown - XXX (324)
52. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (323)
53. Big Thief - Two Hands (322)
54. Bjork Vulnicura (320)
55. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (316)
56. Spoon - They Want My Soul (313)
57. Big Thief – Capacity (309)
58. Solange - A Seat at the Table (307)
59. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (300)
60. Grimes- Art Angels (293)
61. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (291)
62. Pinegrove - Cardinal (291)
63. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don’t Like Shit I Don’t Go Outside (289)
64. Joanna Newsom Have One on Me (281)
65. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (275)
66. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (274)
67. Protomartyr- Under Color of Official Right (273)
68. DJ Rashad - Double Cup (271)
69. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (269)
70. Deerhunter – Monomania (264)
71. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy (262)
72. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (261)
73. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (258)
74. Spiritualized- Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (253)
75. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (252)
76. Young Thug - Barter 6 (252)
77. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (251)
78. Lingua Ignota - Caligula (245)
79. Anohni - Hopelessness (242)
80. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (238)
81. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (237)
82. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory (235)
83. Rihanna - ANTI (232)
84. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited (230)
85. Lorde - Pure Heroine (228)
86. Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness (225)
87. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt (222)
88. Bon Iver - 22 A Million (221)
89. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (218)
90. My Bloody Valentine - m b v (218)
91. Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (214)
92. Burial - Tunes 2011-2019 (209)
93. Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne (206)
94. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (206)
95. The Weeknd- House of Balloons (206)
96. Aldous Harding- Designer (205)
97. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness (205)
98. Frank Ocean - nostalgia ULTRA (202)
99. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (202)
100. Savages - Silence Yourself (202)
101. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe (200)
102. Hop Along - Painted Shut (199)
103. Death Grips - The Money Store (197)
104. FKA twigs – MAGDALENE (197)
105. Priests- Nothing Feels Natural (195)
106. Jaime XX - In Colour (192)
107. Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY. (192)
108. HAIM - Days Are Gone (186)
109. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (186)
110. Sun Kil Moon - Benji (185)
111. Taylor Swift - 1989 (184)
112. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything (184)
113. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center (183)
114. Perfume Genius - No Shape (181)
115. King Krule - The Ooz (180)
116. Mutual Benefit - Love's Crushing Diamond (180)
117. Swans - The Seer (178)
118. Danny Brown - Old (177)
119. SZA - Cntrl (177)
120. Beach House - Bloom (176)
121. Killer Mike - RAP Music (176)
122. Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow (175)
123. Daft Punk- Random Access Memories (173)
124. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (172)
125. bad bunny // x 100pre (169)
126. Robyn - Honey (168)
127. The XX - I See You (167)
128. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (166)
129. Future 56 Nights (164)
130. Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (163)
131. Twin Shadow - Confess (162)
132. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (161)
133. Real Estate – Days (157)
134. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (157)
135. Jason Isbell - Southeastern (156)
136. tune-yards - WHOKILL (155)
137. Anderson Paak - Malibu (152)
138. Beach House – Depression Cherry (152)
139. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time (152)
140. The Antlers - Burst Apart (150)
141. Gil Scot Heron - I'm New Here (149)
142. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY! (149)
143. Phosphorescent - Muchacho (148)
144. Sleigh Bells - Treats (147)
145. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (146)
146. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic (146)
147. The New Pornographers - Together (145)
148. Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect (144)
149. The 1975 - i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it (144)
150. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now (141)
151. Grimes - Visions (140)
152. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (140)
153. Pallbearer - Sorrow & Extinction (140)
154. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound (139)
155. Slowdive- s/t (139)
156. Pusha T - DAYTONA (137)
157. Wilco- The Whole Love (137)
158. King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard - Nonagon Infinity (136)
159. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (135)
160. Future Islands - Singles (135)
161. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (135)
162. Women Public Strain (134)
163. Chris Stapleton - The Traveller (131)
164. Nilufer Yanya - Miss Universe (131)
165. Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (131)
166. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (130)
167. Merchandise - Children of Desire (130)
168. Iceage - Plowing into the Field of Love (129)
169. Drake – Nothing Was the Same (128)
170. No Age - Everything in Between (128)
171. Todd Terje - It's Album Time! (128)
172. Mitski - Puberty 2 (127)
173. Angel Olsen – My Woman (126)
174. Rich Gang Tha Tour Part 1 (126)
175. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse (124)
176. Ghost - Opus Epymonyous (124)
177. Robyn – Body Talk (124)
178. Ty Segall - Melted (124)
179. Tame Impala - Lonerism (122)
180. Cloud Nothings- Attack on Memory (121)
181. Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania (121)
182. Soccer Mommy - Clean (120)
183. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (119)
184. 100 gecs – 1000 gecs (118)
185. Drake – More Life (118)
186. Aphex Twin - Syro (117)
187. Kelela Take Me Apart (117)
188. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (117)
189. Beach House – 7 (115)
190. Future - DS2 (115)
191. Kids See Ghosts- s/t (114)
192. Amen Dunes - Freedom (112)
193. Death Grips - Exmilitary (112)
194. FKA Twigs - LP1 (111)
195. Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (111)
196. Tallest Man on Earth – I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream (111)
197. Carcass - Surgical Steel (110)
198. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket (108)
199. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (108)
200. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (107)

Pretty coo huh

[Timbo]

100. Frank Ocean - nostalgia ULTRA (202)


99. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (202)



98. Savages - Silence Yourself (202)



97. Aldous Harding- Designer (205)

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[sthubbins]

oh hell yeah

[Timbo]

96. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness (205)




95. Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne (206)



94. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (206)



93. The Weeknd- House of Balloons (206)

[Timbo]

92. Burial - Tunes 2011-2019 (209)



91. Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (214)



90. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (218)



89. My Bloody Valentine - m b v (218)



88. Bon Iver - 22 A Million (221)

[mookie]

Gang of Youths is one I messed up and missed on my list. Oh well.

[Timbo]

all female section


87. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt (222)



86. Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness (225)



85. Lorde - Pure Heroine (228)



84. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited (230)



83. Rihanna - ANTI (232)

[Timbo]

82. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory (235)



81. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (237)



80. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (238)



79. Anohni - Hopelessness (242)



78. Lingua Ignota - Caligula (245)




^ where'd that come from.....

[sthubbins]

glad Purple Mountains cracked 100, I guess

[mookie]

*high fives wretched*

[Deleted]

Mar 4, 2020 10:53:16 GMT -6 mookie said:

*high fives wretched*

i knew there was gonna be a timbo comment on that one too


sorry not sorry! that album rules. 

[Timbo]

77. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (251)



76. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (252)



75. Young Thug - Barter 6 (252)

[munkivelli]

that's not Sprained Ankle, but yay anyways

[Timbo]

Close enough! Jk I'll fix it after my meeting.

[andrewvb]

damn how is aphex twin so low

[Timbo]

74. Spiritualized- Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (253)



73. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy or as I put it "not as good as the Ooz" (258)



72. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (261)



71. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy (262)

[Timbo]

here's a good section

70. Deerhunter – Monomania (264)



69. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (269)



68. DJ Rashad - Double Cup (271)



67. Protomartyr- Under Color of Official Right (273)



66. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (274)

[Timbo]

65. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (275)



no one specified if it was 2011 or 2018 version of Twin Fantasy. So if you have a strong feeling towards one or the other, just assume it's that one you have strong feelings for and that the other version was forgotten about.

64. Joanna Newsom Have One on Me (281)



Speaking of Joanna, have ya'll be watching the latest season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine? I like it.

63. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don’t Like Shit I Don’t Go Outside (289)



Hey another Earl record.

62. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (291)



I can't decide what's more depressing: this record, or the fact that it's on the list, or the fact that it's this low on the list.

61. Pinegrove - Cardinal (291)



Could have sworn these guys were cancelled, but hey at least it's not Ryan Adams.

[Timbo]

60. Grimes- Art Angels (293)



Listening to this now you can totally see her ending up with Elon Musk.

59. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (300)



Honestly surprised this isn't higher.

58. Solange - A Seat at the Table (307)



Only posting three in this section b/c I wanna reserve space to copy and paste people's reactions to this not being higher. So make sure your complaint can fit into this section starting here:










and / fin.

[sthubbins]

wtf

[Timbo]

57. Eminem - The Marshal Mathers LP 2 (300000)






Wait a second.... that's not right....















oops nvm






57. Big Thief – Capacity (309)



I listen to this one the least. But what do I know....

56. Spoon - They Want My Soul (313)



shit, that Thanos image would have made more sense here.

[regionrat6337]

Actually surprised with how much love it got on here that U.F.O.F. is that far down on the list compared to Capacity

(Still like Capacity better tho)

[Timbo]

55. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (316)

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aka the Frighteners cover (whatup MJ Fox, represent)

54. Bjork Vulnicura (320)



everyone was happy about this. 

53. Big Thief - Two Hands (322)



whaaa? this album isn't even six months old. whack ass cracker music.

52. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (323)



yeah its the wrong cover art, but I think Meow the Jewels was under-represented, especially since it's the only thing I can tolerate by them.

51. Danny Brown - XXX (324)



I wonder if Pitchfork feels dumb giving this an 8.1 back in the day. Probably not, b/c they actually gave it an 8.2. Shamed.

[Timbo]

50. Charli XCX – Pop 2 (329)



ah yes... the forgotten one... this is the Charli release that ended super low on our year list b/c it came out in December.

49. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (329)



It's a Danny blow out. Every album must go!

48. Tyler the Creator - Igor (330)



Really surprised this is higher than Flower Boy.

47. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. (331)



Damn.

46. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz (334)

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Nope, not a mistake, just want you all to remember that this happened.

[Deleted]

Mar 4, 2020 14:03:17 GMT -6 Timbo said:

54. Bjork Vulnicura (320)


dang, I remember when this was released and the board (i.e. wretched) collectively pooped their pants. Or they all pooped into Wretched's pants. I'm okay with either.

i mean, a lot of the board did. especially cg, thissy, pulp...

but hey you can assume all us gays are the same, that's totally chill and not shitty at all. 

[Timbo]

45. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (339)



What kind of royalties do you think Dave's neighbor got for being in this photo? Probably just a got a free copy of the album, which I doubt he ever listened to. In fact, I don't think he even knows that his neighbor is in a band, let alone Dave's name.

44. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (339)



Trump's America now Thom.

43. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree (341)



See Mount Eerie.

42. Passion Pit – Gossamer (341)



If you needed further proof that the Board has changed drastically from it's old days look no further than Passion Pit ranking higher than Radiohead.

41. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (352)



Two years later and this is still getting the love it deserves, I'm kind of shocked.

[sthubbins]

I like Atrocity Exhibition fine but wow

[mookie]

How the hell did that Sufjan album get that high?? I barely remember anyone listening to it back then.

And how the hell is Passion Pit that low what it has ranked so high by several on these lists??

[llamaoftime]

Taking my guesses for number 1 having not read any of the lists (at least not in a minute). I'm thinking it would be Dark Twisted Fantasy but im not sure if it got the kanye is cancelled bump down. Maybe Channel Orange or Good Kid MAAD City

I'd guess Blonde and I Love You Honeybear in the top 10 too

[llamaoftime]

Mar 4, 2020 14:20:13 GMT -6 mookie said:

How the hell did that Sufjan album get that high?? I barely remember anyone listening to it back then.

And how the hell is Passion Pit that low what it has ranked so high by several on these lists??

fyi he put the picture for Planeterium (purposefully) but it was Age of Adz that was ranked which was definitely well listened to