All week long we’re taking a look back at the music and moments that shaped 2010. Here our some of our favorite national albums of the past 12 months.
, Pop Music Critic/Reverb founder and executive editor
1. Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
2. The Dead Weather, “Sea of Cowards”
3. Gorillaz, “Plastic Beach”
4. Mumford & Sons, “Sigh No More”
5. Sade, “Soldier of Love”
6. Eminem, “Recovery”
7. The Black Keys, “Brothers”
8. M.I.A., “MAYA”
9. Band of Horses, “Infinite Arms”
10. Kings of Leon, “Come Around Sundown”
, Reverb executive editor
1. Phantogram, “Eyelid Movies”
2. Midlake, “The Courage of Others”
3. Land of Talk, “Cloak and Cipher”
4. The National, “High Violet”
5. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs”
6. Laura Veirs, “July Flame”
7. Girl Talk, “All Day”
8. Blonde Redhead, “Penny Sparkle”
9. Superchunk, ”Majesty Shredding”
10. Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
, Reverb managing editor
1. Sufjan Stevens, “The Age of Adz”
2. LCD Soundsystem, “This Is Happening”
3. The Walkmen, “Lisbon”
4. The Tallest Man on Earth, “The Wild Hunt”
5. Girls, “Broken Dreams Club” (EP)
6. Titus Andronicus, “The Monitor”
7. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs”
8. The Soft Pack, “Self-Titled”
9. The Black Keys, “Brothers”
10. Best Coast, “Crazy For You”
Honorable mentions: Real Estate, Kanye West, Local Natives, Spoon, Gorillaz, Dr. Dog, Avett Brothers Live vol. 3
, Reverb writer
1. Broken Social Scene, “Forgiveness Rock Record”
2. Paul Weller, “Wake Up The Nation”
3. The Coral, “Butterfly House” (Deluxe Edition)
4. Laura Marling, “I Speak Because I Can”
5. Cherry Ghost, “Beneath This Burning Shoreline”
6. Liars, “Sisterworld”
, Reverb writer
1. The Books, “The Way Out”
2. Gorillaz, “Plastic Beach”
3. Broken Social Scene, “Forgiveness Rock Record”
4. Mi Ami, “Steal Your Face”
5. Paul Weller, “Wake Up the Nation”
6. The Fall, “Your Future, Our Clutter”
7. Women, “Women”
8. Big Boi, “Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty”
9. The Roots, “How I Got Over”
10. Nothing People, “Soft Crash”
Honorable Mentions: Sleepy Sun, Tinsel Teeth, Charlotte Gainsbourg
, Reverb columnist
1. Broken Social Scene, “Forgiveness Rock Record”
2. Ellie Goulding, “Lights”
3. The Radio Dept., “Clinging to a Scheme”
4. Band of Horses, “Infinite Arms”
5. Robyn, “Body Talk Part 1”
6. The Shout Out Louds, “Work”
7. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs”
8. Feist, “Look At What the Light Did Now”
9. Yeasayer, “Odd Blood”
10. S. Carey, “All We Grow”
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Crystal Castles’ latest record was certainly one of the year’s best. Above, the band’s “Baptism.”
, Reverb photographer
1. Crystal Castles, “Crystal Castles (II)”
2. Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
3. The National, “High Violet”
4. Tame Impala, “InnerSpeaker”
5. No Age, “Everything In Between”
6. Electric Wizard, “Black Masses”
7. Best Coast, “Crazy For You”
8. Ceremony, “Rohnert Park”
9. Tyvek, “Nothing Fits”
10. Warpaint, “Exquisite Corpse”
, Reverb writer
1. The National, “High Violet”
2. Josh Ritter, “So Runs the World Away”
3. The Head and the Heart, “The Head and the Heart”
4. The Tallest Man on Earth, “Wild Hunt”
5. Jonsi, “Go”
6. Laura Marling, “I Speak Because I Can”
7. Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives, “Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives”
8. Local Natives, “Gorilla Manor”
9. The Mynabirds, “What We Lose in the Fire, We Gain in the Flood”
10. Frightened Rabbit, “Winter of Mixed Drinks”
, Reverb writer
1. Deerhunter, “Halcyon Digest”
2. Depreciation Guild, “Spirit Youth”
3. Land of Talk, “Cloak and Cipher”
4. Beach House, “Teen Dream”
5. The Black Keys, “Brothers”
6. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs”
7. The Morning Benders, “Big Echo”
8. Yeasayer, “Odd Blood”
9. Crocodiles, “Sleep Forever”
10. Charlottte Gainsbourg, “IRM”
, Reverb writer
1. Ra Ra Riot, “The Orchard”
2. The Gaslight Anthem, “American Slang”
3. The National, “High Violet”
4. Cee-Lo Green, “The Lady Killer”
5. Pete Yorn, “Pete Yorn”
6. The Mynabirds, “What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood”
7. Local Natives, “Gorilla Manor”
8. Tokyo Police Club, “Champ”
9. Black Milk, “Album of the Year”
10. Broken Social Scene, “Forgiveness Rock Record”
, Reverb writer
1. The National, “High Violet”
2. Phantogram, “Eyelid Movies”
3. Land of Talk, “Cloak and Cipher”
4. Blonde Redhead, “Penny Sparkle”
5. Twin Shadow, “Forget”
6. Laura Veirs, “July Flame”
7. Groove Armada, “Black Light”
8. Tame Impala, “InnerSpeaker”
9. Janelle Monáe, “The ArchAndroid”
10. Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
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