The Best of 2010 so far (part 2): Top 40 Albums

In the second part of our presentation of the best music from the first half of 2010, we are unveiling today the list of our 40 favorite albums. There’s certainly plenty of good stuff out there that we didn’t have the chance to listen to just yet (feel free to pinpoint our omissions), but based on what we’ve actually had the time to lend a careful ear to in the past six months, here’s our Top 40 albums presented in a not entirely random order:

Top 40 Albums (Jan.-June 2010)

• Your future our clutter - THE FALL
• I will be - DUM DUM GIRLS
• High Places Vs Mankind - HIGH PLACES
• Transference - SPOON
• Teen dream - BEACH HOUSE
• High violet - THE NATIONAL
• Forgiveness rock record - BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
• Sisterworld - LIARS
• Treats - SLEIGH BELLS
• Crystal Castles (II) - CRYSTAL CASTLES
• Nerve up - LONELADY
• Hidden - THESE NEW PURITANS
• The flexible entertainer - PIT ER PAT
• Cosmogramma - FLYING LOTUS
• Contra - VAMPIRE WEEKEND
• Sea of cowards - THE DEAD WEATHER
• The Soft Pack - THE SOFT PACK
• Total life forever - FOALS
• Coconut - ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT
• Congratulations - MGMT
• The monitor - TITUS ANDRONICUS
• Fire like this - BLOOD RED SHOES
• Avi Buffalo - AVI BUFFALO
• 2 - RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR
• There is love in you - FOUR TET
• This is happening - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
• Amsterdam throwdown King Street showdown! - SOLEX VS. CRISTINA MARTINEZ + JON SPENCER
• No 2: Abyss in B minor - SERENA MANEESH
• Together - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
• Heaven is whenever - THE HOLD STEADY
• Beat the devil's tattoo - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
• The golden archipelago - SHEARWATER
• Grey oceans - COCOROSIE
• Odd blood - YEASAYER
• Plastic beach - GORILLAZ
• The optimist - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB
• Romance is boring - LOS CAMPESINOS!
• Broken Bells - BROKEN BELLS
• The courage of others - MIDLAKE
• Have one on me - JOANNA NEWSOM

And here’s a small sample of the albums waiting in the queue of our media player for a more thorough listen in the coming weeks:  Latin - HOLY FUCK, Expo 86 - WOLF PARADE, Possession sound - GUN OUTFIT, The Drums - THE DRUMS, The five ghosts - STARS, Totaled - INDIAN JEWELRY, Nothing hurts - MALE BONDING, XXXX - YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!, Brothers - THE BLACK KEYS, Before today - ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI, Swim - CARIBOU, Champ - TOKYO POLICE CLUB

Video playlist: The Top 10 Albums of 2010 so far

Click here for the Top 50 Singles of the first half of 2010.