Best Albums of the 2010s

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Glad to see love for Tegan and Sara on here! Right on, you guys!

Originally Posted by Blueletter18

Nice choices- I have to be in the right mood for Tegan and Sara, but it is a solid album. I have not listened to Patty Griffin's latest yet, and I have never really listened to her, but I want to start.

Oh do get into Patty if you can. She's one of the most rewarding recording artists I can think of. American Kid is great, but I don't think anything will ever surpass the sublime 1000 Kisses. How familiar are you with her work generally?

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

Really love Heartthrob. "I Couldn't Be Your Friend" is my favorite track--it's Mac worthy--but every single song shimmers.

I wish Kate Bush--possibly the greatest female music artist of all time--had stayed retired, but there was a thread on here back in the day with discussion surrounding 50 Words for Snow.

She never really retired though. She always said she was "working on an album" even back in the mid-90s. She'd just started a family and had gone down to part-time hours, so to speak. Aerial and 50 Words are departures for her in some ways, and certainly not to every fan's taste, but then, every Kate release has been like that. She's had a fairly high fan-turnover ever since Never For Ever, I think people just forgot that as the fanbase settled during her 12 year hiatus. I certainly couldn't blame anyone for disliking 50 Words. It's absolutely replaced The Dreaming as her most wtf!? album (actually I think The Dreaming stopped being "difficult" years ago, though), but I think it's among her best work, and I've heard enough people concur to be confident I'm not just some wacky outlier.

I'm surprised Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel hasn't been mentioned here yet. It usually pops up on these threads by this point. I often feel like the only person on the entire planet who doesn't connect with Fiona at all... I'm kind of enjoying its absence, to be honest. Although I do recognize its greatness on an objective level.