While I could go on about the reasons why I found each of these albums to be particularly appealing or interesting, I will instead encourage you to download the mixes I've posted on this blog throughout the year so that you can check out songs from each of them on your own.
And now, the list...
1. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
5. !!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It?
6. Beach House - Teen Dream
7. Delorean - Subiza
8. Foals - Total Life Forever
9. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
10. The National - High Violet
11. Vampire Weekend - Contra
12. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
13. Black Keys - Brothers
14. The Drums - s/t
15. Broken Bells - s/t
16. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz
17. Jonsi - Go
18. Avi Buffalo - s/t
19. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
20. Moonface - Dreamland
There are inevitably always going to be a bunch of other albums that I really loved which narrowly missed inclusion on the list. You'll also find songs from each of these on the aforementioned mixes though, and here they are in no particular order...
Liars - Sisterworld
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Spoon - Transference
Gigi - Maintenant
The English Premership - Affects
MGMT - Congratulations
The Walkmen - Lisbon
jj - No. 3
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Twin Shadow - Forget
Sleigh Bells - Treats
The Morning Benders - Big Echo
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Brian Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea
Stars - The Five Ghosts
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
Casiokids - Top Stemning Pa Lokal Bar
Apparatjik - We Are Here
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Klaxons - Surfing The Void
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
ceo - White Magic
Support the artists by purchasing the albums you love most, or by seeing them live in concert. And never stop discovering great new music!
