The Best Albums of 2010: Zane Lowe
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|11:20 UK time, Friday, 24 December 2010
He's at the vanguard of Radio 1's ongoing pursuit of the best new music out there, and the last man standing in terms of giving us a top five albums of 2010. And now, he can sit down. Zane Lowe's top five of the year, as follows...
"I know I should relish list-making at the end of every year, but I find it quite a challenging task. To condense all this great music into a short list of great albums is not easy, usually; but this year we've managed to do it with little strain.
"Respect was paid, on my show, to five albums in particular. And they are..."
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Says reviewer Stephen Kelly: "It appears one benefit of tearing your mind apart is being able to put it back together better than before, for this album really is something special."
Read the BBC review and listen to previews
Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
Says reviewer Paul Lester: "Steadman's vocal stands out - its tremulous quality may be a hangover from, as the story goes, embarrassment at being overheard singing as a kid, but it heightens the sense of an authentically troubled spirit exorcising his demons in the quietly devastating manner of a Nick Drake."
read the BBC review and listen to previews
The National - High Violet
Says reviewer Mike Diver: "Its charms are subtle, its grip soft and easily shrugged by those who choose to pay it only passing attention. Live with it a while, though, and High Violet rewards patience with songs that colour one's waking existence."
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Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Says reviewer Mike Diver: "These 11 tracks flow fantastically, sounding like products of a focused period of writing and recording, completed over a relatively short space of time. And they knock every pretender to the band's throne into the middle of next week."
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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Says reviewer Mike Diver: "The Suburbs is the band's most thrillingly engrossing chapter yet; a complex, captivating work that, several cycles down the line, retains the magic and mystery of that first tentative encounter. You could call it their OK Computer. But it's arguably better than that."
Read the BBC review and listen to previews
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