Top 37 albums of the 2010s countdown on WMNF

The Bright Light Social Hour at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa for WMNF. By Seán Kinane (2012 Jan 28).

On the December 26, 2019, Thursday Morning Show I filled in for Katarina to count down my top 37 albums of the decade 2010-2019.

Here’s the list. I’m sure you’ll have your own opinion, so please post them as a comment below.

(A lot of these bands put out more than one good album this decade – I limited this list to one per band).

For one week only you can listen to the show on the WMNF.org archives. Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 3 here.

Thanks! Seán Kinane

number – album – band – year – a representative song

37 Trigger Hippy – Trigger Hippy – 2014 – Pocahontas
36 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – 2013 – Better Days
35 Dos Amigos Una Fiesta – Two Man Gentleman Band – 2010 – Chocolate Milk
34 Elephant Stone – Elephant Stone – 2013 – Setting Sun
33 American Utopia – David Byrne – 2018 – Everybody’s Coming to My House
32 I’ve Been Meaning to Write – Ronny Elliott – 2012 – A Doctor and a Lawyer
31 Sea of Tears – Eilen Jewell – 2011 – Rain Roll In
30 Stay Human Vol. II – Michael Franti & Spearhead – 2019 – Little Things
29 What We Saw From the Cheap Seats – Regina Specktor – 2012 – Small Town Moon
28 Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band- 2011 – Midnight in Harlem
27 Masseduction – St. Vincent – 2017 – Masseduction
26 Rebellion Rises – Ziggy Marley – 2018 – Rebellion Rises
25 They Will Find You Here – Sleepy Vikings – 2011 – These Days
24 Boys & Girls – Alabama Shakes – 2015 – Hold On
23 Lost On the River: The New Basement Tapes – The New Basement Tapes – 2014 – Kansas City
22 Everything Now – Arcade Fire – 2017 – Everything Now
21 Young Sick Camellia – St. Paul & the Broken Bones – 2018 – GotItBad
20 Trouble Will Find Me – The National – 2013 – Demons
19 Thank You For Today – Death Cab For Cutie – 2018 – Northern Lights
18 Monolith of Phobos – The Claypool Lennon Delerium – 2016 – Boomerang Baby
17 The Ballad of Boogie Christ – Joseph Arthur – 2013 – I Miss The Zoo
16 Critical Equation – Dr. Dog – 2018 – Go Out Fighting
15 Woodstock – Portugal, The Man – 2017 – Feel It Still
14 Mergers & Acquisitions – Have Gun, Will Travel – 2011 – Time Machine
13 Genuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops – 2010 – Trouble in Your Mind
12 Strangers to Ourselves – Modest Mouse – 2015 – Lampshades on Fire
11 Tell Me How You Really Feel – Courtney Barnett – 2018 – City Looks Pretty
10 If the River Was Whiskey – Spin Doctors – 2013 – Traction Blues
9 God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – Ray LaMontagne – 2010 – Beg Steal or Borrow
8 TraLaLa – Rebekah Pulley – Hard Times
7 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – 2015 – I Need Never Get Old
6 Heavy On the Vine – Ryan Montbleau Band – 2010 – Songbird
5 Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker – 2014 – Violent Shiver
4 Blunderbuss – Jack White – 2012 -Missing Pieces
3 The Carpenter – The Avett Brothers – 2012 – Down with the Shine
2 AM – Arctic Monkeys – 2013 – Do I Wanna Know
1 The Bright Light Social Hour – The Bright Light Social Hour – 2011 – Back and Forth