# Pitchfork's best albums of the 2010s

The top 25 of Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 2010s, published in October 2019 and led by Frank Ocean's Blond.

- 10 votes · 25 items
- Oct 18, 2019 · moviejunkie_wandering
- https://even.best/en/l/1367/pitchfork-s-best-albums-of-the-2010s

## Top 25

1. **Blond — Frank Ocean** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 1. Released 2016.
2. **Beyoncé — Beyoncé** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 3. Surprise-released without warning in 2013.
3. **To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 4. Jazz- and funk-infused, 2015.
4. **The Idler Wheel... — Fiona Apple** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 5. Released 2012.
5. **Black Messiah — D'Angelo and The Vanguard** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 9. His first album in about 14 years, 2014.
6. **Art Angels — Grimes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 11. Released 2015.
7. **Take Care — Drake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 13. Released 2011.
8. **Yeezus — Kanye West** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 15. Released 2013.
9. **My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Kanye West** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2. Released 2010.
10. **A Seat at the Table — Solange** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6. Released 2016.
11. **Modern Vampires of the City — Vampire Weekend** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7. Released 2013.
12. **Body Talk — Robyn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8. Released 2010.
13. **Channel Orange — Frank Ocean** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. His 2012 debut studio album.
14. **Melodrama — Lorde** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14. Released 2017.
15. **Have One on Me — Joanna Newsom** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 16. A triple album, 2010.
16. **Carrie & Lowell — Sufjan Stevens** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 17. About his mother's death, 2015.
17. **good kid, m.A.A.d city — Kendrick Lamar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18. His Compton youth, 2012.
18. **Norman Fucking Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 19. Released 2019.
19. **Double Cup — DJ Rashad** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 20. Chicago footwork, 2013.
20. **Teen Dream — Beach House** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 21. Released 2010.
21. **Kaputt — Destroyer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 22. Released 2011.
22. **Ctrl — SZA** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 24. Her 2017 debut.
23. **In Colour — Jamie xx** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 25. Released 2015.
24. **Anti — Rihanna** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — No. 12. Released 2016.
25. **Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — No. 23. Released 2018.

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