Favorite Music of 2010: a series of lists

Some lists. About music. Numbers do not denote rank – they are simply the order in which I typed them.

Favorite Albums From 2010

1. Girl Talk – All Day
2. Sleigh Bells – Treats
3. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
4. Spoon – Transference
5. The New Pornographers – Together
6. Ben Folds/Nick Hornby – Lonely Avenue
7. LCD Soundsystem – London Sessions
8. Various Artists – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
9. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
10. The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night

Favorite Albums From Before 2010 That I Didn’t Pay Attention To Until 2010

1. Various Artists – I’m Not There (Soundtrack)
2. The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
3. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
4. Jim Ward – In the Valley, On the Shores
5. Fanfarlo – Reservoir

Favorite Old Vinyl From My Parents’ and Grandparents’ Collections

1. Neil Young – Harvest
2. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
3. Various Artists – The Concert for Bangla Desh
4. The Beatles – The Beatles
5. The Beatles – Let it Be

Favorite Old Vinyl Purchased or Received in 2010

1. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
2. Pink Floyd – Animals
3. Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. John Prine – The Best of John Prine
5. Neil Young – Live Rust

Favorite Beatles Songs of 2010

1. “And Your Bird Can Sing”
2. “Dig a Pony”
3. “Something”
4. “Here Comes the Sun”
5. “Sexy Sadie”

Sierra’s Favorite Songs of 2010

1. “Here Comes the Sun” – The Beatles
2. “Particle Man” – They Might Be Giants
3. “Help!” – The Beatles
4. “My Sweet Lord” – George Harrison
5. “Yellow Submarine” – The Beatles

Favorite Albums From A Long Time Ago That I Had Completely Forgotten About

1. Mike Watt – Ball Hog or Tugboat?
2. The Promise Ring – Nothing Feels Good
3. R.E.M. – Automatically Live (bootleg)
4. P.E.E. – Now! More Charm & More Tender
5. Braid – Frame and Canvas

Favorite Covers Discovered/Embraced This Year

1. “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Junip (2006)
2. “No One’s Gonna Love You” – Cee Lo Green (2010)
3. “Spanish Pipedream” – The Avett Brothers (2010)
4. “The Times They Are a Changin’” – Mason Jennings (2008)
5. “Take Me To the River” (live) – Talking Heads (1999 reissue)

Favorite Lists From This List of Music Lists

1. Favorite Old Vinyl From My Parents’ and Grandparents’ Collections
2. Sierra’s Favorite Songs of 2010
3. Favorite Beatles Songs of 2010
4. Favorite Albums From A Long Time Ago That I Had Completely Forgotten About
5. Favorite Lists From This List of Music Lists