2010 the Year in CDs

2010 | The Year in CDs

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James Reed

Kanye West rebounded from a year of personal strife to make an album so unflinching, it utterly rewrote the rules for modern hip-hop records. It also landed him on this critic's top 10 list.

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Sarah Rodman

If the Austin rocker Alejandro Escovedo has made a bad record, this critic hasn’t heard it. His latest release falls right in line on her year's best list.

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Michael Brodeur

On Beach House's "Teen Dream," it’s as though the sun finally poured into the dark chambers of their sound, writes our critic. See who else won him over.

Julian Benbow

Always the half of OutKast more rooted in rap, Big Boi stepped out on his own and onto this critics top 10 list. See what other hip-hop records made the grade.