# Best of 2010s

A curated list by [Chris Hayes](https://waxlog.com/user/purp1ehayes) on Waxlog, submitted to the **Best of 2010s** challenge.

> Thirty-something records that stood out during my thirty-somethings.

38 releases · last updated 2025-09-18

## Releases

1. **Sufjan Stevens** — The Age Of Adz
2. **Sharon Jones & The Dap\-Kings** — I Learned The Hard Way
3. **The Budos Band** — The Budos Band III
4. **Jeremy Messersmith** — The Reluctant Graveyard
5. **Ben Folds & Nick Hornby** — Lonely Avenue
6. **Junip** — Fields
7. **Fistful Of Mercy** — As I Call You Down
8. **Yardwork** — Brotherer
9. **Other Lives** — Tamer Animals
10. **Jonathan Coulton** — Artificial Heart
11. **Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.** — It's A Corporate World
12. **The Minibosses** — Brass 2: Mouth
13. **The Kills** — Blood Pressures
14. **The Black Lips** — Arabia Mountain
15. **The Explorers Club** — Grand Hotel
16. **Lee Fields** — Faithful Man
17. **Scott Walker** — Bish Bosch
18. **Kendrick Lamar** — Good Kid, M.A.A.d City
19. **Dragon Sound** — Dragon Sound
20. **Harvard** — From The Bird's Cage
21. **This Will Destroy You** — Live In Reykjavik, Iceland
22. **Jeremy Messersmith** — Heart Murmurs
23. **Hectorina** — A Thousand Jackals
24. **The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger** — Midnight Sun
25. **Run The Jewels** — Run The Jewels 2
26. **Beck** — Morning Phase
27. **Lin\-Manuel Miranda** — Hamilton \(Original Broadway Cast Recording\)
28. **The Mountain Goats** — Beat The Champ
29. **The Monkees** — Good Times\!
30. **Clipping.** — Splendor & Misery
31. **David Bowie** — ★ \(Blackstar\)
32. **Tom Caruana** — An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space
33. **The Caretaker** — Everywhere At The End Of Time \- Stage 3
34. **Jeremy Messersmith** — Late Stage Capitalism
35. **Thee Oh Sees** — Smote Reverser
36. **Dream Theater** — Distance Over Time
37. **Michael Kiwanuka** — Kiwanuka
38. **Black Midi** — Schlagenheim

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