Dave Heaton’s Top Ten — January 31

by Dave Heaton
31 January 2010

Forward and Back

The best five 2010 albums I’ve heard so far, followed by my five favorite albums of 2009. All noted without comment.

1. Sambassadeur – European (Labrador)

2. The Electric Pop Group – Seconds (Matinee)

3. The Magnetic Fields – Realism (Nonesuch)

4. Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose – Bridge Carols (Holocene)

5. Circus Devils – Mother Skinny (Rockathon)

6. Girls – Album (True Panther Sounds)

7. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs (Matador)

8. Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night (Arista Nashville)

9. The Clientele – Bonfires on the Heath (Merge)

10. Peter Broderick and Machinefabriek – Blank Grey Canvas Sky (Fang Bomb)