Best Albums of the Year: Andy Maroney

Andy Maroney – drummer with Rudeke and the Ruddys – weighs in on the year in review, music-wise:

Here are my top 10 albums of 2010, in alphabetical order only. Please see Advantage Sound for my full year-end recap of noteworthy (and cringe-worthy) releases.

The Black Keys’ “Brothers”
Eric Clapton’s “Clapton”
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings’ “I Learned The Hard Way”
LCD Soundsystem’s “This Is Happening”
John Legend & the Roots’ “Wake Up”
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ “Mojo”
Robert Plant’s “Band Of Joy”
Prince’s “20Ten”
KT Tunstall’s “Tiger Suit”
Vampire Weekend’s “Contra”

Honorable mention (reissue):
The Figgs – Sucking In Stereo (remastered vinyl)

THE 2010 LIST OF LISTS:
Best Movie Titles That Sounded Like Porn, But, Alas, Were Not Porn: Movieline
Best DVDs of the Year: Rolling Stone
Best Albums of the Year: NME
Best Fiction of the Year: Salon
Best Jazz Albums of the Year: A Blog Supreme
Best Albums of the Year: Tim Livingston
Best Albums of the Year: Filter Magazine
Best Albums of the Year: Mojo Magazine