After we posted the NPR Listeners' Top 50 Albums Of 2010 (So Far), you were clearly left wondering what Amazon's Neko Case-loving editors would have to say on the same topic. Look no further, this is happening.
50 Mono - Holy Ground: NYC Live
49 Joe Bonamassa - Black Rock
48 Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back
47 Stacey Kent - Raconte-moi
46 Slow Club - Yeah So
45 Holly Golightly - Medicine County
44 Gil Scott Heron - I'm New Here
43 Lindstrom & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
42 Josh Rouse - El Turista
41 Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
40 Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This
39 Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
38 Caribou - Swim
37 Sade - Soldier Of Love
36 Dorias Bracca - Handsome Melting Point EP
35 Wild Nothing - Gemini
34 Rachid Taha - Bonjour
33 The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
32 Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks
31 Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
30 Bettye LaVette - Interpretations
29 Yeasayer - Odd Blood
28 Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig
27 Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
26 Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
25 Broken Bells - Broken Bells
24 Jaheim - Another Round
23 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
22 David Cross - Bigger and Blackerer
21 Gotan Project - Tango 3.0
20 Nathaniel Rateliff - In Memory of Loss
19 Audra Mae - The Happiest Lamb
18 The Bird and the Bee - Interpreting the Masters: a Tribe to Hall and Oates
17 Goldfrapp - Head First
16 Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
15 jj - jj no 3
14 The National - High Violet
13 Tracey Thorn - Love and Its Opposite
12 Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
11 Miles Kurosky - The Desert of Shallow Effects
10 VV Brown - Travelling Like Light
09 Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
08 Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
07 The Drums - The Drums
06 Little Boots - Hands
05 The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
04 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
03 Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
02 Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
01 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
It strikes me as poignant that Stone Temple Pilots beat out Hold Steady. Get the list's overall context (and buy links!) at amazon.com.






