Decade Rewind: top 10 albums of the decade

Spinnaker Media
January 22, 2020

As January winds down and the first month of this new year comes to a close, we look back on a decade of good music and nostalgic vibes. Here are Spinnaker’s top 10 albums of the decade.

Alex Bowman

  1. State Champs: Living Proof (2018)
  2. Migos: Culture II (2018)
  3. Catfish and the Bottlemen: The Balance (2014)
  4. State Champs: Around the World and Back (2017)
  5. Ed Sheeran: X (2014)
  6. Post Malone: Stoney (2016)
  7. Post Malone: Beerbongs and Bentleys (2018)
  8. Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife 2 (2016)
  9. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN (2017)
  10. Jon Bellion: The Human Condition (2016)

Darvin Nelson

  1. Willow Smith: WILLOW (2019)
  2. Joji: Ballads 1 (2018)
  3. Post Malone: Beerbongs and Bentleys (2018)
  4. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)
  5. Washed Out: Paracosm (2013)
  6. Glass Animals: How To Be a Human Being (2016)
  7. James Vincent McMorrow: Post Tropical (2014)
  8. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2010)
  9. Stranger Things: Vol. 1 (2016)
  10. ChloexHalle: The Kids are Alright (2018)

Zach Yearwood

  1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
  2. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
  3. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
  4. Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III (2019)
  5. Khalid – American Teen (2017)
  6. Joey Bada$$ – ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ (2017)
  7. Frank Ocean – Blonde (2016)
  8. 6LACK – East Atlanta Love Letter (2018)
  9. Drake & Future – What a Time to Be Alive (2015)
  10. J.I.D – Dicaprio 2 (2018)

Drew McDonald

  1. Migos Culture II (2018)
  2. Eminem: Recovery (2010)
  3. Fun-Some Nights (2012)
  4. Justin Timberlake- 20/20 Experience (2013)
  5. Lil Nas X- 7 EP (2019)
  6. Darius Rucker-True Believers (2013)
  7. Offset-Without Warning (2017)
  8. Childish Gambino- Because the internet (2013)
  9. Sam Smith-The Thrill of It All (2017)
  10. Kendrick Lamar-DAMN (2017)

Honorable Mentions: Lonely Island-The Wack Album, Fall Out Boy- Save Rock and Roll

Emily Echevarria

  1. Harry Styles- Fine Line (2019)
  2. Ed Sheeran- Divide (2017)
  3. Taylor Swift- Lover (2019)
  4. Flipturn- Citrona (2018)
  5. Kacey Musgraves- Golden Hour (2018)
  6. Adele- 25 (2016)
  7. Niall Horan- Flicker (2017)
  8. Ed Sheeran- X (2014)
  9. Billie Eilish- WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019)
  10. The 1975- I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (2016)

Lianna Norman (in no particular order, with the exception of the first spot)

  1. Sir Franklin Ocean – Channel Orange
  2. Kanye – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
  3. Mac – Watching Movies with the Sound Off
  4. Catfish and the Bottlemen – The Balance
  5. Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Seven + Mary
  6. Citizen – As You Please 
  7. Doja Cat – Hot Pink
  8. Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III
  9. Ameer Vann – EMMANUEL
  10. BROCKHAMPTON – ALL-AMERICAN TRASH

Honorable Mentions: Pure Heroine, The Phosphorescent Blues

John Watson

  1. Billie Eilish – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019)
  2. Yung Gravy – Snow Cougar (2018)
  3. Travis Scott – Astroworld (2018)
  4. Meek Mill – Championships (2018)
  5. Drake – Scorpion (2018)
  6. Adele – 21 (2011)
  7. Taylor Swift – Red (2012)
  8. Drake – Views (2016)
  9. J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
  10. Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III (2019)

Stella Filipov

  1. The Driver Era – X (2019)
  2. The Kooks – Junk of the Heart (2011)
  3. Catfish and the Bottlemen – The Balance (2019)
  4. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (2012)
  5. BROCKHAMPTON – SATURATION (2017)
  6. Tyler, The Creator – IGOR (2019)
  7. Harry Styles – Fine Line (2019)
  8. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (2016)
  9. Lorde – Pure Heroine (2013)
  10. Troye Sivan – Bloom (2018)

(Honorable mentions: Labrinth – Euphoria, Honeywater – Wonder, Sabrina Claudio – About Time)

Kaitlyn Bowers

  1. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die (2012)
  2. Kanye West – Yeezus (2013)
  3. MARINA – Electra Heart (2012)
  4. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
  5. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
  6. A$AP Rocky – AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP (2015)
  7. Pusha T – DAYTONA (2018)
  8. Lana Del Rey – Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
  9. Father – Awful Swim (2018)
  10. Be the Cowboy – Mitski (2019)

Check out our other Decade Rewind: Top 10 Movies!

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