Parallax View Top 40 Albums Of The Year 2010

The usual disclaimers apply: we can't pretend to have heard every record released this year, but of those we did, these were the best, and in this precise order.

1. HIGH VIOLET - THE NATIONAL
2. Cloak and Cipher - Land Of Talk
3. Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin'
4. The Noyelle Beat - Standard Fare
5. This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
6. Lisbon - The Walkmen
7. Stridulum II - Zola Jesus
8. Body Talk pt. 2 - Robyn
9. Interpol - Interpol
10. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
11. The Law Of Large Numbers - Emma Pollock
12. Loveless Unbeliever - The School
13. I Speak Because I Can - Laura Marling
14. Kairos - White Hinterland
15. Shadows - Teenage Fanclub
16. Heligoland - Massive Attack
17. I Will Be - Dum Dum Girls
18. Plastic Beach - Gorillaz
19. Heart Of My Own - Basia Bulat
20. Love It To Life - Jesse Malin & St Marks Social
21. The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night - The Besnard Lakes
22. Body Talk pt. 1 - Robyn
23. Causers Of This - Toro Y Moi
24. Treats - Sleigh Bells
25. Grinderman 2 - Grinderman
26. Total Life Forever - Foals
27. Congratulations - MGMT
28. In Evening Air - Future Islands
29. I'm Having Fun Now - Jenny And Johnny
30. Real Life Is No Cool - Lindstrom & Christabelle
31. Fire Like This - Blood Red Shoes
32. I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron
33. Twin Hand Movement - Lower Dens
34. Own Side Now - Caitlin Rose
35. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
36. Forgiveness Rock Record - Broken Social Scene
37. Heaven Is Whenever - The Hold Steady
38. Crazy For You - Best Coast
39. The Outsiders Are Back - Kings Go Forth
40. Cursed! - The Specific Heats