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01. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts - 20120501 - US

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02. Madonna - MDNA - 20120326 - US

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03. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die - 20120125 - US

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04. Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again - 20120124 - US


05. Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream - 20120410 - US

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06. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur - 20120117 - CA

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07. The Cranberries - Roses - 20120227 - IE

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08. Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? - 20120221 - IE

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I'll list here the compatibility with users before "being friends" with them.
In case you wonder: this is personal research. I could imagine that it can help me answer questions like:
- In what ways does our taste differ or gets closer after 1 year?
- Do you know when you can celebrate an anniversary with your friends?

Your musical compatibility with 6Sha1dow6 is VERY LOW
Music you have in common includes Boa and Alexander Rybak.
2011 May 4

Your musical compatibility with Alainn is VERY LOW
Music you have in common includes Gong Qiu Xia, Shena Ringo, Huun-Huur-Tu, Melihat Gülses and Hanggai
2011 Feb. 17

Your musical compatibility with AlfghanPhoenix is Very Low
Music you have in common includes Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Various Artists, Philip Glass and Souad Massi
2011 May 30

Your musical compatibility with Ambryer is VERY LOW
Music you have in common includes Hans Zimmer, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Farid Farjad, 2Pac and Monica
2011 Apr. 20

Your musical compatibility with AnarchDarkAngel is Low
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Alas, I've not heard enough worthy albums this year to make a top 20. Probably doesn't help that I was out of the country for three months. Recommendations welcome.

1. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
2. The National - High Violet
3. Cloudkicker - Beacons
4. Foals - Total Life Forever
5. Sleigh Bells - Treats
6. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
7. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
8. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
9. Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
10. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
11. Adebisi Shank - This is the second album of a band called Adebisi Shank
12. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
13. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
14. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
15. Minus the Bear - OMNI

I had a short ~150 word review/blurb for about half the albums on this list. Unfortunately, my power went out and Microsoft Word didn't auto-recover my document for some odd reason. I'm not motivated enough to write all those again so instead, I wrote a simple list. 2011 albums have been leaking and releasing so I feel like it's reasonable to hurry up and get this list done quickly. I guess I'll have to wait until 2011 for an extensively written end of the year list.

2010 was the first year I tried to listen to a lot of music - I officially moved out of my absolutepunk.net phase in the fall of 2009. However, 2010 was also a tricky year in music because no album truly stuck with me for a long time. Therefore, there is no ranking system in this list. This list is in order of release date. Listing the albums in order of release date helps me remember when i listened to the album and also helps me associate those albums with memories/events around that time.

Top 50 Albums of 2010 (in order of release date):
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Tiny Mix Tapes Chocolate Grinder Mix 43: "Opium Den Lifeguard"
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Track Listing:
01. The Morning Benders - "Promises" (Big Echo)
02. The Bamboos - "Up On the Hill" (4)
03. The Bambi Molesters - "Lazy Girls Hangout" (As The Dark Wave Swells)
04. Zzouf - "You Not Been Drinkin'" (Zero dB's One Off's, Remixes and B Sides)
05. Andreya Triana - "Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix)" (Lost Where I Belong 12'')
06. Curtis Plum - "Lil Wayne Tried To Rape Me" (Call My Cellphone)
07. Roberto Carlos Lange - "So Men Te" (Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Memory)
08. Four Tet - "Sing" (There Is Love In You)
09. Skeletons - "Guadelupe" (Smile)
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1. Delphic - 701 plays
2. Marina & the Diamonds - 686 plays
3. Fenech-Soler - 685 plays
4. Florence + the Machine - 659 plays
5. !!! - 605 plays
6. The xx - 604 plays
7. Yeasayer - 603 plays
8. Miike Snow - 563 plays
9. Vampire Weekend - 556 plays
10. We Have Band - 518 plays
11. Two Door Cinema Club - 511 plays
12. Miami Horror - 504 plays
13. New Young Pony Club - 501 plays
14. Groove Armada - 489 plays
15. Local Natives - 463 plays
16. Monarchy - 461 plays
17. Jónsi - 445 plays
18. Arcade Fire - 442 plays
19. Scissor Sisters - 428 plays
20. Ellie Goulding - 422 plays
21. Fanfarlo - 419 plays
22. She & Him - 416 plays
23. The Smashing Pumpkins - 415 plays
24. Caro Emerald - 414 plays
25. The Drums - 410 plays
26. Ra Ra Riot - 409 plays
27. Depeche Mode - 406 plays
28. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 404 plays
29. The Album Leaf - 365 plays
29. I Blame Coco - 365 plays
31. Hockey - 358 plays
32. Maps - 355 plays
33. Kings of Convenience - 353 plays
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I imagine my friends have fallen off their chairs in shock. I promise to do one of these every year then wimp out at the enormity of the task. How on earth do you choose?!

I listened to about 500 new releases this year, not counting the ones I didn't like, so the actual figure is higher. 500 down to 10?

I saw a little sentence the other day - good music will always surface. If this is so, then all I have to do is look at what drifted to the top.

This journal is in three parts: albums I am not counting in my top 10 but deserve mention, albums that turned my head, and my top 10.

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You don't mess with the masters

What's interesting about seeing your stats and charts in Last.fm is they are not always what you expect. I am maintaining a few collections, Massive Attack and Gorillaz for instance. I have both their new releases, but I didn't make the time to listen that often. …