NEW TIMES' OVERALL TOP 25
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Based on rankings of the top 25 albums of 2010 as picked by 13 New Times staffers and contributors.
1. Kanye West — My Dark Twisted Beautiful Fantasy (10 ballots) 158 points
2. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest (6 ballots) 122 points
3. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs (7 ballots) 109 points
4. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening (5 ballots)
80 points
5. The National — High Violet (5 ballots) 79 points
6. Sufjan Stevens — The Age of Adz (5 ballots) 77 points
7. The Roots — How I Got Over (5 ballots) 72 points
8. The Tallest Man on Earth — The Wild Hunt (3 ballots)
71 points
9. Black Keys — Brothers (4 ballots) 69 points
10. Gorillaz — Plastic Beach (3 ballots) 69 points
11. Grinderman — Grinderman II (4 ballots) 66 points
12. Band of Horses — Infinite Arms (3 ballots) 62 points
13. Girl Talk — All Day (3 ballots) 58 points
14. Sleigh Bells — Treats (4 ballots) 57 points
15. Best Coast — Crazy for You (4 ballots) 54 points
16. Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Ballad of Chico Dusty (3 ballots) 53 points
17. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today (3 ballots) 48 points
18. Dead Weather — Sea of Cowards (2 ballots) 48 points
19. Flying Lotus — Cosmogramma (3 ballots) 45 points
20. Spoon — Transference (3 ballots) 40 points
21. Local Natives — Gorilla Manor (3 ballots) 40 points
22. Surfer Blood — Astro Coast (3 ballots) 40 points
23. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings — I Learned the Hard Way (3 ballots) 40 points
25. Janelle Monae — The ArchAndroid (2 ballots) 37 points
Martin Cizmar
1. Band of Horses — Infinite Arms
2. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
3. Sufjan Stevens — The Age of Adz
4. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
5. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6. Toubab Krewe — TK2
7. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists — Brutalist Bricks
8. Girl Talk — All Day
9. Weezer — Pinkerton (Deluxe Reissue)
10. Best Coast — Crazy For You
11. Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
12. T.I. — No Mercy
13. Surfer Blood — Surfer Blood
14. Wavves — King of the Beach
15. Foxy Shazam — Foxy Shazam
16. The Black Keys — Brothers
17. Against Me! — White Crosses
18. Matt and Kim — Sidewalks
19. The National — High Violet
20. Lissie — Catching a Tiger
21. Beach House — Teen Dream
22. No Age — Everything In Between
23. Devo — Something For Everybody
24. Crystal Castles — Crystal Castles
25. Hot Chip — One Life Stand
Jay Bennett
1. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
2. The Soft Pack — The Soft Pack
3. Dead Weather — Sea of Cowards
4. OFF! — First Four EPs
5. Screaming Females — Castle Talk
6. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan — Hawk
7. Grinderman — II
8. Call Me Lightning — When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free
9. Sharon Jones & the Dap—Kings — I Learned the Hard Way
10. Surfer Blood — Astro Coast
11. MGMT — Congratulations
12. Charlotte Gainsbourg — IRM
13. Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
14. No Age — Everything in Between
15. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists — Brutalist Bricks
16. The Hold Steady — Heaven Is Whenever
17. Harlan T. Bobo — Sucker
18. Kelley Stoltz — To Dreamers
19. Tindersticks — Falling Down a Mountain
20. Spoon — Transference
21. Dum Dum Girls — I Will Be
22. Wavves — King of the Beach
23. Unnatural Helpers — Cracked Love & Other Drugs
24. The Brian Jonestown Massacre — Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
25. Broken Social Scene — Forgiveness Rock Record
Mike Escoto
1. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
2. The Tallest Man on Earth — Wild Hunt
3. Avi Buffalo — Avi Buffalo
4. Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
5. Miniature Tigers — Fortress
6. Flying Lotus — Cosmogramma
7. Local Natives — Gorilla Manor
8. The Morning Benders — Big Echo
9. Janelle Monae — The ArchAndroid
10. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11. The Roots — How I Got Over
12. The National — High Violet
13. Band of Horses — Infinite Arms
14. Twin Sister — Color Your Life
15. MGMT — Congratulations
16. Ariel Pink's Haunted Gaffiti — Before Today
17. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
18. Gayngs — Relayted
19. Broken Social Scene — Forgiveness Rock Record
20. Let's Wrestle — In the Court of the Wrestling Let's
21. Hot Chip — One Life Stand
22. Sufjan Stevens — The Age of Adz
23. Ra Ra Riot — The Orchard
24. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
25. Twin Shadow — Forget
Dan Gibson
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-a-fella)
The National - High Violet (4AD)
The Black Keys - Brothers (Nonesuch)
Mystery Jets - Serotonin (Rough Trade)
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening (DFA)
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam)
Menomena - Mines (Barsuk)
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
Robyn - Body Talk (Island)
Gaslight Anthem - American Slang (SideOneDummy)
Radio Dept - Clinging to a Scheme (Labrador)
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song (Mercury Nashville)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (NEET)
Marvin Sapp - Here I Am (Verity)
Monarchy - Monarchy (Mercury)
Torche - Songs for Singles (Hydra Head)
Budos Band - III (Daptone)
Tracey Thorn - Love and Its Opposite (Merge)
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding (Merge)
Yeasayer - Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian)
Hot Chip - One Life Stand (Astralwerks)
R. Kelly - Love Letter (Jive)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (XL)
The Books - The Way Out (Temporary Residence)
Christopher Hassiotis
1. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam)
2. The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)
3. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (Virgin)
4. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)
