Top Ten 2010
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I offer no commentary this year. This is it.

FAVE 2010 NEW RELEASES
01. OFF! "First Four EPs" (Vice)
02. Titus Andronicus "The Monitor" (XL)
03. Superchunk "Majesty Shredding" (Merge)
04. Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 "Propeller Time" (Satorial)
05. Teenage Fanclub "Shadows" (Merge)
06. Dean & Britta "13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" (Double Feature)
07. The Soft Pack "S/T" (Kemado)
08. The Hold Steady "Heaven is Whenever" (Vagrant)
09. Devo "Something For Everybody" (Warner Bros)
10. The Hot Rats "Turn Ons" (Fat Possum)

MOST DISAPPOINTING 2010 NEW RELEASE
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan "Hawk" (Vanguard)

FAVE 2010 CD REISSUES
R.E.M. "Fables of the Reconstruction [25th Anniversary]"
The Runaways "The Mercury Albums Anthology" (Hip-O Select)
Monkees "The Birds, Bees & Monkees" + " Head" (Rhino Handmade)
Buzzcocks "Another Music In a Different Kitchen" + "A Different Kind of Tension" + "Love Bites" (Mute)
Bob Dylan "Witmark Demos: 1962-1964" (Sony/Legacy)
Jesus & Mary Chain "Upside Down" [2CD Import] (Music Club)
Iggy & The Stooges "Raw Power (Legacy Edition)" (Sony/Legacy)
Rolling Stones "Exile On Main St. [Expanded]" (UMe)
Big Audio Dynamite "This Is Big Audio Dynamite (Legacy Edition)" (Sony/Legacy)
Cheap Trick "One On One/Next Position Please" (Friday Music)

FAVE 2010 VINYL REISSUES
Sam Cooke "Night Beat" (Analogue Productions/RCA)
Bob Dylan "The Original Mono Recordings" (Columbia)
R.E.M. "Chronic Town" EP 12" [Blue Vinyl!] (IRS/Interscope)
Uncle Tupelo "Anodyne" (Rhino)
George Harrison "All Things Must Pass" (Apple)
Stiff Little Fingers "Inflammable Material" (4 Men With Beards)
Devo "Duty Now For the Future" (Warner Brothers)
Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" (Mobile Fidelity)
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Global A Go-Go" (Hellcat)
X "Under the Big Black Sun" (Porterhouse)

FAVE 2010 7" SINGLES (New/Reissues)
The Victims "No Thanks to the Human Turd" EP (1977)
The Victims "Television Addict"/"Flipped Out Over You" (1977)
Mr. F (Paul Westerberg) "This Machine"/Foolish Hand Shake" (Nimbit)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Live at Hollywood High" (Universal)
Soundgarden "Hunted Down"/"Nothing to Say" (SubPop)

 

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