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My Darkest Days s\/t<\/em>\nKe$ha Animal<\/em>
\nSusan Boyle The Gift<\/em>
\nThe Black Eyed Peas The Beginning<\/em>
\nSelena Gomez & The Scene A Year Without Rain<\/em>
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\nHa. We are the funny. Please to be laughing now. Seriously, though, folks…<\/p>\n
GARRICK:<\/strong> Honorable Mentions: CHRIS:<\/strong> Initially, I had The Suburbs<\/em> in my Top 5 as well, until I remembered the These New Puritans album came out this year. The Arcade Fire album is probably stronger as an album, and may stand the test of time better (in the end “unforgettable songs” often trump “novel arrangements”), but Hidden<\/em> edged it out by a nose for me for its strikingly innovative production, arrangements, mood, and sense of drama. Even if I did have “Ready to Start” stuck in my head more than any other song this year.<\/p>\n Honorable Mentions: There’s still another month left in the year, but along with the too-soon Christmas music, trees, lights, and advertisements, everyone from NPR and KEXP to Spin, Paste, MTV, and The Quietus seem to have concluded that the year now ends on December First (note to self: don’t release an album in December). Whatever. We’ll play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-rants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNot an easy one for me. There were several albums that I was really wanting to like more than I did, and some that I probably should have given more of a chance but didn’t get around to giving them more listens (Hot Chip, Interpol). <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/lcd_soundsystem_this_is_happening_album_cover_300x300-150x150.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
LCD Soundsystem This is Happening<\/em>
\nArcade Fire The Suburbs<\/em>
\nZola Jesus Stridulum II<\/em>
\nCrystal Castles Crystal Castles<\/em>
\nSleigh Bells Treats<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe National High Violet<\/em>
\nUnderworld Barking<\/em>
\nYeasayer Odd Blood<\/em>
\nAriel Pink\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Haunted Graffiti Before Today<\/em>
\nDie Antwoord $O$<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI guess I can see how the magazines and radio stations might hope to attract more audience share (and ever so slightly boost album sales) when the “Top Albums of 2010” come out while it’s still 2010 (and while people haven’t finished their Christmas shopping), but shouldn’t these things come out on New Year’s Eve or something? <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/stridulum-150x150.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
LCD Soundsystem This is Happening<\/em>
\nThe Dead Weather Sea of Cowards<\/em>
\nThese New Puritans Hidden<\/em>
\nSchool of Seven Bells Disconnect from Desire<\/em>
\nZola Jesus Stridulum II<\/em><\/p>\n
\nArcade Fire The Suburbs<\/em>
\nDevo Something for Everybody<\/em>
\nInterpol s\/t<\/em>
\nJonsi Go<\/em>
\nMaximum Balloon s\/t<\/em>
\nSharon Jones and the Dap Kings I Learned the Hard Way<\/em>
\nUNKLE Where Did the Night Fall<\/em>
\nWolf Parade Expo 86<\/em><\/wbr><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"