The list of our top LPs and EPs of last year came with the sad news that our shift in blogger software earlier in 2010 had the unintended side-effect of swallowing the code we used to generate our annual readers’ choice Gummy Awards. We realized the gaffe too late in the game to recreate the template, but rest assured the template is recreateable — so while 2011 will see the return of the Gummys in their fully fleshed, flippant glory, today we reveal the results of 2010’s pared down vote that keyed in on only one, albeit essential, category: Album Of The Year.
This Top 10 presents the opportunity to see which records you hold most dear, and also gives us a chance to compare our likes with yours. Guess what Our Top 10s are strikingly similar (good job everybody, we should probably go out sometime?), with a healthy 70% overlap. Some notes on our respective Top 10s’ similarities and differences, via superlative:
MOST NOTABLE SWAP: Vampire Weekend (us) for The National (you)
BIGGEST JUMP: Titus Andronicus
The Monitor landed at #34 on our list, but you guys (and perhaps some zealous, coordinated portion of Titus’s fanbase) joined forces to place the Jersey band’s wonderful LP at an impressive #9.
MOST NOTABLE AGREEMENT ON A NEW “MAINSTAYâ€: Beach House
As mentioned after their year-capping stop off at Conan’s show, Beach House seems to have used 2010, and their excellent Teen Dream, to secure a spot as a new indie powerhouse. Coming in at #3 on our list and #2 on yours would be enough, but those facts are given heightened significance by the company the band is keeping on our respective Top 5s: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, The National, i.e. all bands you would expect to top year-end lists and polls before even hearing a note of their records. Beach House apparently is that club’s newest member.
MOST NOTABLE AGREEMENT ON THE EXCELLENCE OF AN ALBUM THAT MAYBE OTHER OUTLETS AREN’T QUITE AS HOT ON: Sufjan Stevens
Don’t get us wrong, The Age Of Adz is clearly a wonderful album, which is why it made both our and your Top 5s. But also don’t get us wrong, clearly Sufjan’s got some fans around here.
Without further ado, your Top 10 of the Gummys ‘10:
10 Sleigh Bells – Treats
Sleigh Bells – “Tell ‘Emâ€
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09 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
Titus Andronicus – “A More Perfect Unionâ€
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08 Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
Joanna Newsom – “Good Intentions Paving Companyâ€
07 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter – “Desire Linesâ€
06 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
LCD Soundsystem – “Pow Powâ€
05 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
Sufjan Stevens – “I Walkedâ€
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04 The National – High Violet
The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohioâ€
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03 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West – “Monster†(Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)
02 Beach House – Teen Dream
Beach House – “Norwayâ€
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01 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)â€
Thanks for voting, guys. This December we promise a return to a more fully realized Gummys experience. For now, for ease of position-by-position comparison, here’s the Stereogum editorial staff’s Top 50:
50 Emeralds – Does It Look Like I Am Here?
49 Small Black – New Chain
48 Sharon Van Etten – Epic
47 Baths – Cerulean
46 Frank (Just Frank) – The Brutal Wave
45 Perfume Genius – Learning
44 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
43 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
42 Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement
41 Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
40 Glasser – Ring
39 Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
38 Avey Tare – Down There
37 jj – jj nº3
36 the morning benders – Big Echo
35 Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
34 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
33 MGMT – Congratulations
32 Twin Shadow – Forget
31 Warpaint – The Fool
30 Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude
29 Matthew Dear – Black City
28 Delorean – Subiza
27 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
26 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
25 ceo – White Magic
24 Tamaryn – The Waves
23 SALEM – King Night
22 Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
21 Liars – Sisterworld
20 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
19 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
18 Abe Vigoda – Crush
17 Owen Pallett – Heartland
16 The National – High Violet
15 The-Dream – Love King
14 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
13 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
12 Crystal Castles – II
11 Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
10 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
09 Wild Nothing – Gemini
08 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights
07 Vampire Weekend – Contra
06 Sleigh Bells – Treats
05 Robyn – Body Talk
04 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
03 Beach House – Teen Dream
02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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