Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Amazon.com names best music of the year so far

Thought you might be interested, the music editors over at Amazon.com have released their picks for Best of the Year So Far for music. The list highlights 50 albums and artists ranging from indie rock to dance and electronic and is a thoughtful collection for any music buff.

Rank
Artist
Title

1
LCD Soundsystem
This Is Happening

2
Avi Buffalo
Avi Buffalo

3
Christian Scott
Yesterday You Said Tomorrow

4
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Before Today

5
The Dead Weather
Sea of Cowards

6
Little Boots
Hands

7
The Drums
The Drums

8
Janelle Monae
The ArchAndroid

9
Surfer Blood
Astro Coast

10
VV Brown
Travelling Like Light

11
Miles Kurosky
The Desert of Shallow Effects

12
Gorillaz
Plastic Beach

13
Tracey Thorn
Love and Its Opposite

14
The National
High Violet

15
jj
jj no 3

16
Charlotte Gainsbourg
IRM

17
Goldfrapp
Head First

18
The Bird and the Bee
Interpreting the Masters: a Tribe to Hall and Oates

19
Audra Mae
The Happiest Lamb

20
Nathaniel Rateliff
In Memory of Loss

21
Gotan Project
Tango 3.0

22
David Cross
Bigger and Blackerer

23
Erykah Badu
New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh

24
Jaheim
Another Round

25
Broken Bells
Broken Bells

26
Lightspeed Champion
Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You

27
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Sea

28
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Genuine Negro Jig

29
Yeasayer
Odd Blood

30
Bettye LaVette
Interpretations

31
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots

32
Karen Elson
The Ghost Who Walks

33
The Hold Steady
Heaven is Whenever

34
Rachid Taha
Bonjour

35
Wild Nothing
Gemini

36
Dorias Bracca
Handsome Melting Point EP

37
Sade
Soldier of Love

38
Caribou
Swim

39
Johnny Cash
American VI: Ain't No Grave

40
Toro Y Moi
Causers of This

41
Phantogram
Eyelid Movies

42
Josh Rouse
El Turista

43
Lindstrom & Christabelle
Real Life is No Cool

44
Gil Scott Heron
I'm New Here

45
Holly Golightly
Medicine County

46
Slow Club
Yeah So

47
Stacey Kent
Raconte-moi

48
Kings Go Forth
The Outsiders Are Back

49
Joe Bonamassa
Black Rock

50
Mono
Holy Ground: NYC Live

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