My year in music was so dominated by three superb records (any guesses which?) that some of you will probably feel I've overrepresented their songs on this list. I actually feel the opposite: I easily could have put "Vesuvius" and "Afraid of Everyone" and "The Suburbs" in the top 15, knocking a handful of variety songs off. But I also mean for this to be useful as a sampler, and that won't work if it only promotes three artists. Opposite problem if I expand the list to 35 or whatever it would take for me to get an honestly ranked diversity of songs. So here's the list. No download links this time; I got in trouble for that last year. Sorry.
My Favorite Songs of 2010:
Disqualified for using steroids:
Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
Top 25:
25. Cloud Cult - Running With the Wolves
24. Broken Social Scene - World Sick
23. Josh Ritter - Orbital
22. James Vincent McMorrow - We Don’t Eat
21. LCD Soundsystem - Can Change
20. No Age - Glitter
19. Broken Bells - October
18. Jonsi - Go Do
17. Kanye West - Runaway
16. Horse Feathers - Thistled Spring
15. The Tallest Man on Earth – You're Going Back
14. The Lonely Forest - I Don’t Want to Live There
13. Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices
12. Frightened Rabbit - Not Miserable
11. The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
10. Arcade Fire - The Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
9. Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
8. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
7. Vampire Weekend - Giving up the Gun
6. The National - England
5. Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
4. The National - Lemonworld
3. Sufjan Stevens - Heirloom
2. Arcade Fire - Suburban War
1. Sufjan Stevens - I Want to Be Well
