"The Go-Getter"
"Rachel"
"Black Mud"
"Straight A's"
"I'm Not the One"
"Run the Heart"
"Too Afraid to Love You"
"Sinister Kid"
"Never Gonna Give You Up"
"No Provenance"
"Esme"
"Kids"
"Ribbon Bows"
"Occident"
"Wasted Hours"
"Empty Room"
"Rococo"
"Ten Cent Pistol"
"These Days"
"City With No Children"
"Unknown Brother"
"Blame Game"
"On a Good Day"
"Tell 'em"
"You and Me, Bess"
"She's Long Gone"
"Soft as Chalk"
"Gorgeous"
"Month of May"
"Devil In a New Dress"
"A/B Machines"
"Half Light I"
"Crown on the Ground"
"Howlin' for You"
"Treats"
"Riot Rhythm"
"Lost in the World / Who Will Survive in America"
"Good Intentions Paving Company"
"Sprawl I (Flatland)"
"Modern Man"
"The Only One"
"Hell of a Life"
"Jackrabbits"
"Autumn"
"Suburban War"
"We Used to Wait"
"So Appalled"
"In California"
"Half Light II (No Celebration)"
"Next Girl"
"Does Not Suffice"
"Infinity Guitars"
"All of the Lights"
"Dark Fantasy"
"Runaway"
"Go Long"
"Have One on Me"
"Deep Blue"
"Everlasting Light"
"POWER"
"Easy"
"Baby Birch"
"Rill Rill"
"Tighten Up"
"'81"
"The Suburbs"
"Ready to Start"
"Monster"
"Kingfisher"
"Sprawl II (Mountans Beyond Mountains)"
Album
Brothers
Treats
Brothers
Treats
Brothers
Treats
Brothers
Brothers
Brothers
Have One on Me
Have One on Me
Treats
Have One on Me
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
Brothers
Brothers
The Suburbs
Brothers
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
Treats
Have One on Me
Brothers
Have One on Me
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The Suburbs
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Treats
The Suburbs
Treats
Brothers
Treats
Treats
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
Brothers
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
Brothers
Have One on Me
Treats
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
Brothers
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
Have One on Me
Treats
Brothers
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Have One on Me
The Suburbs
Ladies and gentlemen, it's me, Eevee. And I'm back with my fourth rate already! In case you missed Part I, in this rate we will travel back to 2010, before global icons like Lana Del Rey were relevant. Ace has I have selected 10 albums that span a myriad of different genres. Some are ambitious concept albums, while others last barely half an hour. Some have received commercial success and prestigious awards while others have been certified dust. But all have deservedly been recognized as some of the strongest albums released in 2010, and even all time. Half a decade has passed since these albums were released and their influence can still be felt today. But which, of these 70 songs really WAS 2010?
Y'all know the drill by now. Listen to the five albums in this rate and score the songs between 0 (should never have been recorded) and 10 (pop perfection), using decimals if you wish. You can also score one song an 11 and another a 10.5 to give your faves an extra little push. PM me the scores for all 70 songs by Midnight PST on October 29th 2015 at the very latest. Use the PM friendly list provided below to make sure you don't miss anything. If you are unfamiliar with any of the albums, I have provided Spotify links in the OP, click the cover of the album you want to listen to.
Click me!
Brothers
1. “Everlasting Light” -
2. “Next Girl” -
3. “Tighten Up” -
4. “Howlin’ for You” -
5. “She’s Long Gone” -
6. “Black Mud” -
7. “The Only One” -
8. “Too Afraid to Love You” -
9. “Ten Cent Pistol” -
10. “Sinister Kid” -
11. “The Go Getter” -
12. “I’m Not the One” -
13. “Unknown Brother” -
14. “Never Gonna Give You Up” -
15. “These Days” -
Have One on Me
1. “Easy” -
2. “Have One on Me” -
3. “’81” -
4. “Good Intentions Paving Company” -
5. “No Provenance” -
6. “Baby Birch” -
7. “On a Good Day” -
8. “You and Me, Bess” -
9. “In California” -
10. “Jackrabbits” -
11. “Go Long” -
12. “Occident” -
13. “Soft as Chalk” -
14. “Esme” -
15. “Autumn” -
16. “Ribbon Bows” -
17. “Kingfisher” -
18. “Does Not Suffice” -
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
1. “Dark Fantasy” -
2. “Gorgeous” -
3. “POWER” -
4. “All of the Lights” -
5. “Monster” -
6. “So Appalled” -
7. “Devil in a New Dress” -
8. “Runaway” -
9. “Hell of a Life” -
10. “Blame Game” -
11. “Lost in the World” / “Who Will Survive in America” -
The Suburbs
1. “The Suburbs” -
2. “Ready to Start” -
3. “Modern Man” -
4. “Rococo” -
5. “Empty Room” -
6. “City With No Children” -
7. “Half Light I” -
8. “Half Light II (No Celebration)” -
9. “Suburban War” -
10. “Month of May” -
11. “Wasted Hours” -
12. “Deep Blue” -
13. “We Used to Wait” -
14. “Sprawl I (Flatland)” -
15. “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” -
Listening to a two hour long album can be very intimidating, but y'all have a month to do it so you can break it up. I'm sure a bunch of you will only listen once but I'd recommend doing this:
Week 1
Day 1: Listen to the first disc, that's from "Easy" to "Baby Birch" (the best song on the album btw)
Day 2: Move on with your life, listen to bops, other albums in the rate etc.
Day 3: Listen to the first disc again, this time look at the lyrics so you can get an idea of what she's trying to say with each song. I'd recommend song-meanings because you can look at other peoples' interpretations. Hopefully, you're ready to rate each song, but if not..
Day 4: Again, forget about Joanna her music for a bit.
Day 5: Listen to the disc yet again, this time you should hopefully have an idea of which songs you like and which you don't and you can score every song.
Week 2
Do exactly what you did with the first disc, except with disc two. That's "On a Good Day" through "Occident". This is the shortest disc on the album, though it's still three minutes longer than the entirety of Treats!
Week 3
You're on the home stretch. Repeat the steps again with the final disc, which runs from "Soft as Chalk" through to "Does not Suffice" You've now rated all the album, well done!
Spending 4-6 hours on one album may seem like a lot, but remember y'all have a month to do it, plus you're currently wasting your time on ATRL right now, sooo. Also, Joanna her album makes good backround music so you can always do something useful while listening to the album.
I just want to acknowledge the fact that 2010 was truly the best year in music this decade. So many great albums. The other years just haven't been doing it.
Kanye's album I like a lot and I'm boring and think it's my favorite album of his oops.
Sleigh Bells album is full of 10s and 1s so THAT will be fun to rate.
I haven't listened to The Suburbs in a looong time so that will be interesting to see my change in opinion there.
Joanna Newsom's album I listened to once and liked it, but I like Ys MUCH more.
And... don't laugh, I've never listened to an album by the Black Keys before oops.
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