2010: Another Lacklustre Year In The Field of Everything

December, you crept up on us didn't you? Despite months of warning in the form of  television adverts since mid-October, I am shocked that it's now only five days until Christmas Day and I'm not even sure I've bought all the presents I need to. Even if I haven't, I can't go and get any more, because the nation has been viciously attacked by weather than can only be described as 'treacherous'.

Anyway, with the end of the year fast approaching, now seems like the perfect time to take a retrospective look at 2010 and think 'wow, another lacklustre year in the field of everything'. I would tell you what happened in each month, but I don't think either of us are really that bothered. In short, my faith in humanity died a little more as songs from the hateful TV show Glee started entering the charts. If anything as bad happens in 2011, I will seriously consider buying, building and locking myself in an underground bunker with nothing but tinned food, Sprite, a stereo and a self-recorded CD that features nothing but guitar feedback.

As far as the charts were concerned, the year passed by in a haze of pop acts that crossed genres so many times, that I spent much of my summer feeling like I had gotten out of bed too fast. The biggest low, however was when James Corden made it to number one. James Corden made it to number one. James Corden made it to number one. No matter how many times I write it down, it will never make me feel comfortable.

Anyway, despite my many misgivings about the beginning of a new decade, there have been some brilliant albums. So, as predictable as Sports Personality of the Year being on the Sunday before Christmas, or a list from any musical publication about what they thought the best albums of the year were, here's my list of favourite albums of 2010. There's no particular order, but I might be able to sort a top three.

We Are Scientists - Barbara
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation
Surfer Blood - Astrocoast
The Drums - The Drums
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Sky Larkin - Kaleide
Kate Nash - My Best Friend Is You
Pavement - Quarantine the Past (I don't care that it's a compilation)
Various - Scott Pilgrim vs The World (OST)
The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

3) The Thermals - Personal Life
2) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
1) Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This

If you haven't listened to any of my top three, then give them a try. Don't expect to hear the best album's of all time, because they're not, they're just my favourites. If you're not a fan, you can always go back to listening to Kings of Leon or N-Dubz.

Merry Christmas!