No reason in particular, and this will be updated over time. I’ve only included albums I’ve given an A (great) or better (A+). Consider this the Rough Guide to the 2010s or whatever.
- Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment, Surf
- Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City
- Kanye West, Yeezus
- Mbongwana Star, From Kinshasa
- Tune-Yards, Whokill
- Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
- Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
- Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city
- Oneohtrix Point Never, Replica
- Taylor Swift, Red
- John Moreland, In the Throes
- The Go! Team, The Scene Between
- Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
The original headline stated that these were the best 13 albums of the 2010s. Unfortunately, 14 are listed. Porzingis LLC regrets the error.