Best-of lists stress me out. Making them always causes me such anxiety … it’s as if I’m afraid of offending someone by leaving their album off the list or putting them in the wrong spot, which is rather egotistical–and just plain silly.
That being said, I would like to extend my apologies to all the bands and records that I didn’t get to listen to in 2010. This year marked a major disconnect between myself and the music world, as it was the first time since 2004 that I wasn’t working in the radio industry (outside of hosting NR). I didn’t know until today, for instance, that The Alps and Max Richter had releases this year. I’ve already begun a list of albums I need to catch up on.
The list below features, in alphabetical order, the top 10 albums and EPs released in 2010 that I spent a lot of time with and loved in their entirety. My first podcast will highlight my favorite tracks of the year, but this will have to do until I get more settled.
Nomadic Reverie 