The Useless Critic 2.0

Hello again - I hope you're enjoying this list. Or rather, I'm pretty ambivalent, because to quote Jenny and Johnny (RIP) - I'm having fun now.  I will start with the same sort of preamble as before: I am not writing this as a definitive guide, this is the list of albums I found most influential/noteworthy of the past decade. It's one person's opinion, so please don't swear by this. And if you disagree with me, I encourage you to write your own list instead of arguing with me, because you probably aren't changing my mind.  But for real, the last decade before the Earth melts into some Bisquick mix shit was full of good music. I can tell I am getting old because I am REALLY starting to abhor top 40 music (with the exception of Shawn Mendes, that kid is talented. Oh yes, and DNCE, which I realize now dates me a smidge. O.o)  48.) "When the Night" - St. Lucia  It's hard for me to conjure up a debut album by an indie pop act this decad...

Inspired in equal parts by Pitchfork, my love of useless lists, and all the other useless lists that are bound to circulate before 2020 dawns upon us ... I have compiled my Best Albums of 2010s list. Is it the penultimate one? God no. Do I care? Also, no. For example, I'm not including any Radiohead or Kanye West, and I know some people will be bewildered by that choice - but sans The Throne and Kids See Ghosts, I can't think of much I found too memorable by Kanye this past decade (I guess "Black Jesus?") But it would be insincere to call that one of my top albums since I barely listened to it. Radiohead - to be honest, I haven't enjoyed anything Radiohead has churned out since "In Rainbows." And even "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire was a hard sell for me. I'm talking about albums I connected with or found memorable in one way or another. And by all means, my opinion isn't end-all be-all, so feel free to disagree.  Somewhat related but m...