Paste's The 50 Best Songs & Best Albums of 2010

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Paste is a US entertainment magazine that recently closed its print publications. PasteMagazine.com is still alive and kicking, though. It features a lot of interesting articles and smart lists. Like these. I do liked the smell of these 50 songs this morning. And in the albums there's even Springsteen. Enjoy!

"During the last 12 months, these 50 songs from 50 different artists brought us or joy or enveloped our sadness. These are the melodies that stayed stuck in our heads, the words that spoke to us, even if it simply was with a vitriolic epithet that somehow still made us grin ear-to-ear, as was the case with our #1 song of the year. Some of these were radio hits, but most either made their mark on the Internet or among those few who heard them. In our humble opinion, here are the 50 Best Songs of 2010"

Source: 50 Best Songs of 2010 / 50 Albums of 2010

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THE PLAYLISTS

50 Best Songs of 2010
(44 songs out of 50, 88%)

50. Local Natives – Sun Hands
49. The Tallest Man On Earth – Burden of Tomorrow
48. April Smith and the Great Picture Show – Colors
47. Beach House – Norway
46. Free Energy – Free Energy
45. Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving Company
44. BLK JKS – Zol!
43. Sarah Jaffe – Clementine
42. Deerhunter – Helicopter
41. The Walkmen – The Rat
40. Sufjan Stevens – I Walked
39. Dr. Dog – Stranger
38. Belle and Sebastian – I Want The World To Stop
37. Jamey Johnson – Poor Man Blues
36. The New Pornographers – Crash Years
35. The Black Keys – Tighten Up
34. Avi Buffalo – Truth Sets In
33. Freelance Whales – Hannah
32. Magic Kids – Hey Boy
31. Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
30. Gorillaz – Stylo (Album Version) (Feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)
29. Suckers – It Gets Your Body Movin'
28. Vampire Weekend – Horchata
27. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
26. Stornoway – Zorbing
25. Josh Ritter – Change of Time
24. Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
23. Lil Wayne – 6 Foot 7 Foot (Feat. Cory Gunz)
22. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – Bang Bang Bang
21. Band of Horses – Laredo
20. Big Boi – Shutterbugg
19. Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
18. Jónsi – Go Do
17. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
16. Broken Bells – The High Road
15. Lissie – Little Lovin'
14. Robyn – Dancing On My Own
13. Caribou – Odessa
12. Phosphorescent – It's Hard To Be Humble
11. The Middle East – Blood
10. Kanye West – Runaway
9. Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union
8. Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing (ft. Tom Waits)
7. The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio
6. LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean
5. Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land
4. Sleigh Bells – Tell 'Em
3. Janelle Monae – Tightrope - Feat. Big Boi
2. Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
1. Cee Lo Green – Fuck You

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP, URI. (SR0394)


50 Best Albums of 2010
(44 albums out of 50, 88%)

50. Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern
49. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
48. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
47. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
46. The Black Keys - Brothers
45. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
44. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
43. Stornoway - Beachcomber’s Windowsill
42. Wavves - King of the Beach
41. Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
40. Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing
39. Sarah Jaffe - Suburban Nature
38. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away
37. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
36. Spoon - Transference
35. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
34. Girl Talk - All Day
33. Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void
32. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig
31. The Roots - How I Got Over
30. She & Him: Volume Two
29. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
28. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
27. Vampire Weekend - Contra
26. Lissie - Catching a Tiger
25. Various Artists - Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall
24. Beach House - Teen Dream
23. Laura Veirs - July Flame
22. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
21. Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
20. Suckers - Wild Smile
19. Elizabeth Cook -Welder
18. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
17. Jónsi - Go
16. Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
15. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
14. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
13. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
12. Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: The Lost Sessions of Darkness on the Edge of Town
11. The National - High Violet
10. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
9. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
8. Phosphorescent - Here’s to Taking It Easy
7. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 
6. Sleigh Bells - Treats
5. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
2. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
1. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

Listen to it on Spotify:
Mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI. (SR0395)
Graduated (two tracks each album from #50 to #41, three from #40 to #31, four from #30 to #21, five from #20 to #11, six from #10 to #1): HTTP, URI. (SR0396)

Previously on Spotirama end of year 2010 lists:
Amazon US' Top Albums & Top Songs
BBC6 Shortlisted Top 100 Songs
Les Inrockuptibles Les 50 Meilleurs Disques
Last.fm 70 Playlists for 70 Tags part 1 (from Acoustic to Canadian)
Last.fm 70 Playlists for 70 Tags part 2 (from Chillout to Dubstep)
Last.fm 70 Playlists for 70 Tags part 3 (from Electro to Female Vocalists)
Mojo's Best 50 Albums
NME Best 75 Tracks & Albums
NPR Favourite 50 Albums
Pitchfork Top 100 Tracks
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums
Pitchfork Albums of the Year: Honorable Mentions
Pop Matters' The 60 Best Singles
Rolling Stone's Best 30 Albums & Best 50 Singles
Rough Trade Top 100 Albums
Spin The 40 Best Albums & the 20 Best Songs
Spotify Most Streamed 50 Songs & 50 Albums
Stereogum's Top 50 Albums (and Top 15 EPs)