le grand finale

And so another year on eMusic comes to a close! Peep the last of our staff lists after the jump, and check out which records we crowned Best of The Year, and which records you crowned Best of the Year.

Lars Lindahl, Content Group
Top 10 Albums of 2010

1 Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
2 Janelle Monae, The ArchAndroid
3 Gangrene (Oh No & The Alchemist), Gutter Water
4 Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
5 Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6 Darkstar, North
7 Freeway / Jake One, The Stimulus Package
8 Wavves, King of the Beach
9 Roc Marciano, Marcberg
10 Javelin, no mas

Top 10 Songs of 2010

1 Kanye West / Jay-Z / Pete Rock, “The Joy”
2 Beach House, “Zebra”
3 Big Boi / Yelawolf, “You Ain’t No DJ”
4 Aloe Blacc, “I Need a Dollar”
5 Mavis Staples, “You Are Not Alone”
6 Das Racist, “You Oughta Know”
7 Mark Ronson / Boy George / Andrew Wyatt, “Somebody to Love Me”
8 Yeasayer, “Madder Red”
9 LCD Soundsystem, “Drunk Girls”
10 J. Cole, “Premeditated Murder”

Yelena Kolova, CS
Top 10 Albums of 2010

1. Les Savy Fav, Root For Ruin
2. Screaming Females, Castle Talk
3. Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
4. Marnie Stern, Marnie Stern
5. Noun, Holy Hell
6. Dum Dum Girls, I Will Be
7. Big Boi, Sir Lucious Leftfoot…The Son of Chico Dusty
8. The Fall, Your Future Our Clutter
9. Zola Jesus, Stridulum EP
10. Sleigh Bells, Treats

Kameil Sattar, Label Relations
Top 10 Albums of 2010

1. Caribou, Swim:
“Sun is just sublime, watching them play at Popkomm this year topped their ascendency to my eyes and ears.”
2. Lloyd Miller and the Heliocentrics, Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics
“A summer soundtrack.”
3. Various Artists, Afrobeat Airwaves
“A super year for vintage funky African sounds, this one I always fall back on.”
4. Radio Dept, Clinging to a Scheme
“This one came out of nowhere to become my one of my most played albums.”
5. Local Natives, Gorilla Manor
6. Bonobo, Black Sands
“I was sold after the first track. A special album with great vocal from Andreya Triana”
7. Best Coast, Crazy For You
“Love the simplicity of this clever album.”
8. Kisses, In the Heart of the Nightlife
Good debut from this duo.. hopefully they’ll improve their live set. “Weekend in Brooklyn” is a great song.”
9. New Young Pony Club, The Optimist
“Fine follow up to their debut, and good on them for going independent.”
10. !!!, Strange Weather Isn’t It
“Keeps me smiling.”

Top 10 Singles of 2010

Joy Orbision, “The Shrew Would’ve Cushioned the Blow”
“I can’t get tired of this track.”
Dark Star, “Aidy’s Girl is a Computer”
“The perfect running song.”
Gold Panda, “Same Dream China”
“Layers to this track.”
Dam-Funk, “Mirrors”
“Revisited this album – ‘Mirrors’ just stands out.”
Field Music, “Lights Up.”
“Best song on their ‘Measure’ album for me.”
Submotion Orchestra, “Finest Hour – Planas Mix”
Mock and Toof, “The Day Ken Died”
Best Coast, “Crazy For You”
“Can’t stop singing this song.”
Andreya Triana, “Lost Where I Belong.”
Booka Shade, “Donut”

Brendan Dalton, Design
Top 50 of 2010

1. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening
3. Big Boi, Sir Lucious Leftfoot…The Son Of Chico Dusty
4. Sufjan Stevens, All Delighted People EP
5. Radio Dept, Clinging To A Scheme
6. Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
7. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Before Today
8. Kylesa, Spiral Shadow
9. Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
10. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs

11. Mount Eerie, Song Islands Vol. 2
12. Yeasayer, Odd Blood
13. Rick Ross, Teflon Don
14. Wavves, King Of The Beach
15. Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record
16. MNDR, E.P.E EP
17. Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
18. Torche, Songs For Singles
19. Psychedelic Aliens, Psycho African Beat
20. Los Planetas, Una Opera Egipcia

21. The Walkmen, Lisbon
22. The Knife, Tomorrow, In A Year
23. Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
24. Girls, Broken Dreams Club EP
25. Janelle Monae The Archandroid
26. Glasser, Ring
27. Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, The Brutalist Bricks
28. Allo Darlin’, Allo Darlin’
29. Ty Segall, Melted
30. Best Coast, Crazy For You

31. Tame Impala, InnerSpeaker
32. Sleigh Bells, Treats
33. Wolf Parade, Expo 86
34. Dark Dark Dark, Wild Go
35. Tristan Perich, 1-Bit Symphony
36. Esperanza Spalding, Chamber Music Society
37. Chieftans, San Patricio
38. Gonjasufi, A Sufi And A Killer
39. Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
40. No Age, Everything In Between

41. Curren$y, Pilot Talk
42. Dungen, Skit I Allt
43. Team Ghost, You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me EP
44. Swans, My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
45. Antipop Consortium, Fluorescent Black
46. Phaseone, The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote
47. Salem, King Night
48. Phantogram, Eyelid Movies
49. Savoire Adore, We Talk Like Machines EP
50. Beware! The Other Head Of Science, Big American Godzilla Party