Andrew Winistorfer
Inactive Contributor

Kanye West Tops Pitchfork's Albums Of The Year List

...And the bevy of publications (including us) naming Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has hit critical mass: Pitchfork, in a completely unsurprising development, given the 10.0 they hung on it, named the album as 2010's best in its countdown this morning. The bigger surprise is how high Deerhunter ended up (#3), that James Blake hit the top ten (#8), and how tightly Pitchfork has staked itself in Ariel Pink's side (#9). All I can say is that the National done got disrespected. Here's the top ten, and you can see the full list here.

1. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

2. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening

3. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest

4. Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot

5. Beach House: Teen Dream

6. Vampire Weekend: Contra

7. Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me

8. James Blake: CMYK, Bells Sketch, Klavierwerke EPs

9. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today

10. Titus Andronicus: The Monitor