The 50 Best Albums of the Decade

Cannot believe we’re here at the end of the decade, blimey! Let me know your favourite records of the decade in the comments section below, and whether you agree with my choices.
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[@clairebrown4084]

I feel like I have a 2 million IQ whenever Oliver mentions an album I've actually listened to

[@ggr.]

lmao what? He talks about tons of popular/mainstream shit.

[@lukeberrie3942]

ggr How do you delete somebody else’s comment?

[@ggr.]

​@@lukeberrie3942Whats wrong with my comment?

[@ggr.]

@Janitors Hairystache Explain it to me doc, how is it "a shameless reflection of my insecurity" to point out that Frank Ocean, Carly Rae Jepsen, Tribe Called Quest, The National, Bjork, David Bowie, and Kendrick Lamar aren't obscure music acts?

[@geekystud6658]

@@ggr. yes but thats 6 or 7 artistes within 50

[@Buskersson]

In text form: 50. Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up (2010) 49. Greg Ward - Touch my Beloved's Thoughts (2016) 48. Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 47. Death Grips - No Love Deep Web (2012) 46. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound (2016) 45. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019) 44. Flying Lotus - You're Dead (2014) 43. Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-insides (2018) 42. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (2015) 41. Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapés (2017) 40. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016) 39. Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012) 38. Pinegrove - Cardinal (2016) 37. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) 36. Beach House - Teen Dream (2010) 35. The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) 34. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) 33. Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet (2012) 32. Jlin - Black Origami (2017) 31. Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) 30. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) 29. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry (2016) 28. Jessy Lanza - Oh No (2016) 27. Alex Cameron - Forced Witness (2017) 26. Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) 25. Xiu Xiu - Forget (2017) 24. Swans - The Seer (2012) 23. William Doyle - Your Wilderness Revisited (2019) 22. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (2011) 21. Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree (2016) 20. Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST (2014) 19. The Field - Looping State of Mind (2011) 18. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch (2012) 17. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016) 16. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact (2011) 15. The Armed - Untitled (2015) 14. David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) 13. The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time (2019) 12. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) 11. King Krule - The OOZ (2017) 10. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (2010) 9. Oxbow - Thin Black Duke (2017) 8. Autechre - NTS Sessions (2018) 7. FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014) 6. Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) 5. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972 (2011) 4. Somi - Petite Afrique (2017) 3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014) 2. Björk - Vulnicura (2015) 1. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013) Distribution: 2010: 3 2011: 4 2012: 6 2013: 2 2014: 5 2015: 4 2016: 11 2017: 9 2018: 3 2019: 3 PS. These New Puritans are amazing! First time listening to that album. Thank you for your decade list! Discovered so much new music!

[@MapleMilk]

Thanks Data Guy!

[@benperlmutter5190]

2016 and 2017 were real as fuck

[@lucass430]

Thank you friend

[@TellEveryoneRecords]

Naked Cavedweller agreed. Love hearing These New Puritans for the first time. Also, here’s an Apple playlist to be a companion guide like the Spotify playlist. music.apple.com/us/playlist/deep-cuts-best-of-the-decade-10s/pl.u-MDAWeGJte2J7z9

[@garrethenderson7561]

How bout Fiona Apple's last album?

[@lucass430]

i've never clicked on a video so fast this decade

[@unknownman1503]

They took his job

[@biggerlion4960]

Same

[@ethanpn]

432 likes 🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️

[@adintyaannasaidhiakharisma5202]

why did you lyyiiieeenng

[@hhdhpublic]

You need to make a video talking about the books behind you at some point.

[@lilyverilla4431]

this this thiiiis

[@dtw7063]

I was going to make the same suggestion. Ten books about music

[@simplyookami8068]

yeah man, i need it!!

[@bostonlcraig]

ayo he did that

[@Caseman984]

"If you like the feeling Boards of Canada gives you..." *immediately pauses video and listens to album* Oh my, yes.

[@trygghamar]

which one?!

[@longjohnjimmie1653]

which

[@gregthomas8166]

19. The Field - Looping State of Mind (13:52)

[@therecordretreat]

Robert Crandall debut album “from here we go sublime” also fantastic

[@passionateintrovert]

This also made my decade list! Glad to see more love for this record.

[@azianguitarplaya]

I feel more secure liking Carly Rae Jepsen than ever.

[@jg5733]

J Beltran fair enough. but vis-a-vis Handmade Cities, hypercaffium spazzinate, Parallax II, good kid, m.A.A.d, the suburbs, hidden? TKO

[@spacecowboy3693]

This is the only decade end list I've seen that doesn't include a Kanye album.

[@Triunity4]

Ahnaf Rahman well "ye" was pretty cool but lots of people hate it, KSG was a collab with cudi, and JiK if fing horrible

[@spacecowboy3693]

@@Triunity4 yeah MBDTF, TLoP, and Yeezus came out this decade too

[@justin9571]

Yeah not having a single Kanye album in a decade list... I won't say it invalidates the list but it indicates real clear biases

[@aabeinsstqqqzzz2907]

biases in music taste???? no way

[@hyunseoklee4027]

@@Triunity4 you are forgetting the previous 3. The legendary mbdtf, the first misrecepted but soon respected Yeezus and the multi genre and feature filled legendary tlop

[@Slabfish]

No thanks I'll just listen to imagine dragons

[@dead_kennedys7870]

Best albums for the decade: 50-1. Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall

[@guitarmaniac004]

When he titled comfortably numb to comfortably dumb, I felt that.

[@constipatednugget5890]

Basado

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

I think Corey Feldman´s album was better

[@SolidusScott87]

Hey, critic! Leave The Wall alone!

[@robertsteinberger5667]

Angelic to the core is better than that one, more creative

[@Spencer-oi5xx]

I’m surprised a moon shaped pool didn’t make the cut

[@dominicaaaaa5547]

It's not that good lol in rainbows is 5x better 🤐

[@andrey4388]

@@dominicaaaaa5547 I don't agree at all.

[@dominicaaaaa5547]

@show do radiohead outubro de 2000 oh yes true lol still think moon shaped pool is a 6.5/10 though 🤷🏿‍♀️ pretty good but not a great album

[@dominicaaaaa5547]

@@andrey4388 you're wrong then! No lol we all have different tastes

[@Tommytickler10]

Unbelievably hyped for an in-depth vid on Everywhere At The End Of Time

[@alex_dot_org5512]

me too... 😞

[@brendanb2982]

" Welcome to Deep Cuts, a channel about music made for lovers of music. ...what was this album again? " *The end*

[@ThaRixer]

You're a real one for showing love to Vince

[@fofamungy123]

ThaRixer 😮 hi ricky thanks for all your rac runs

[@xendlies]

Im not even a queens of the stone age fan but, ...Like Clockwork must be in my top 5 of the decade. It had my drinking my brains out, it had my rocking out and dancing like crazy, basically moshing with myself and it had my in tears. Emotional roller coaster.

[@patrickweller5254]

Agreed! Its honestly up there with Songs for the Deaf as their top album.

[@-k-b-]

My top 20: 20) Sekiro OST 19) Bjork: Vulnicura 18) Schoolboy Q: Blankface 17) MGMT: Little Dark Age 16) Deftones: Koi No Yokan 15) Deafheaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 14) NIN: Bad Witch 13) The Dillinger Escape Plan: One Of Us Is The Killer 12) Dead Cross s/t 11) Uncut Gems OST 10) Tyler The Creator: Igor 9) Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs 8) Pallbearer: Heartless 7) Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool 6) Oxbow: Thin Black Duke 5) Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition 4) Parquet Courts: Human Performance 3) Queens Of The Stone Age: Like Clockwork 2) Aphex Twin: Syro 1) Death Grips: Year Of The Snitch (the more I think about it, the more I listen to it, the more I cherish this album! Imo their best work yet, and I'm very excited to see what they do next!)

[@gaseredtune5284]

Great list!

[@koenchacon1937]

gase Redtune good list i would switch out yots with exmilitary tho

[@sahymakhtar7445]

I’d swap uncut gems with good time ost imo

[@xbenci]

huge, huge, huge props for including the Sekiro soundtrack. fantastic music for a fantastic game

[@brianvillatoro6588]

Bad Witch?? Lol

[@HoboBusiness]

I'm so happy to see Benji that high. One of the best of all time

[@Bostonceltic1998]

MHTF i yelled YESSS when it was on there. was worried it wasn’t gonna make it lol

[@OVXX666]

i dont get it tbh maybe im not old enough

[@sunnyenno9468]

It made me suicidal but yeah i agree, its actually in my top 10 too

[@SquidoKiddo]

@@OVXX666 it could be an age thing tbh, I'm 25 now so this album hits hard but if i had of listened to this when i was 18, I don't think it would have had such an impact

[@nostro1001]

@@OVXX666 Well....I'm a fan since Red House Painter days. I do love this album, but I'm not sure it would make my top 50 of the decade, not that I've given it any thought. Guess it's easier to listen to anything Kozelek having followed his career from what was known as slowcore. Cheers!

[@ApostlePaulofTarsus]

My Top 40 of the decade: 40. British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy 39. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel 38. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream 37. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Allulejah! Don't Bend! Ascend! 36. Opeth - Sorceress 35. Cage the Elephant - Melophobia 34. Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now 33. Regina Spektor - Remember Us To Life 32. Beck - Morning Phase 31. Sleep- The Sciences 30. Converge - The Dusk In Us 29. Idles - Brutalism 28. Deafhaven - Sunbather 27. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze 26. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 25. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 24. Beach Fossils - Somersault 23. Tallest Man on Earth- There's No Leaving Now 22. Swans - Glowing Man 21. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us 20. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana 19. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams 18. Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call 17. Ghost - Meliora 16. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of The City 15. Queens Of The Stone Age- Like Clockwork 14. Throwing Muses - Purgatory/Paradise 13. My Morning Jacket - Circuital 12. Flaming Lips - The Terror 11. David Bowie - Blackstar 10. Vektor - Terminal Redux 9. Swans - The Seer 8. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy 7. Parquet Courts- Wide Awake! 6. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 4. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 3. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 2. Swans - To Be Kind 1. Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything

[@mikko255]

Elbow 😍

[@OriDomshlak]

I see Brutalism made your list instead of Joy, I agree with this decision

[@Mattheus368]

Terminal Redux is such a joy and trip to listen

[@masterofdisguise9564]

In what world is American Dream better than This is Happening

[@bobnavonvictorsteyn9017]

holy shit other people know british sea power !?!!

[@SomethingImpromptu]

It’s so funny when you hear the mindset of “Music sucks now, you have to go back decades to find anything good...” While it’s 100% true that some of the worst music of all time makes enormous boatloads of money now with the ever-intensifying corporatization of the industry & the commodification of radio hits as a big churned-our product, this is a really ignorant take IMO. I do think it’s a huge asset that, now, with access to the internet in its current form, one can very easily access music from virtually *any* era since recordings have been kept (I grew up hopping all over from 60s psychedelic and folk-rock to 90s and 00s hip-hop to 80s-90s punk to more recent electronic, so I’m no stranger to the troves of great music from the past). But the reality is, regardless of how shitty a lot of radio rap or rock may be, there is probably more good music being made in more genres than at any point in human history, because access to the technologies to both produce music AND to distribute it has developed and proliferated and become far more accessible to the average person (not to say there aren’t still financial constraints, for some genres more than others, but it’s true). So you may have to dig a little if you have particular tastes, you may have to figure out where you can be introduced to the music you’ll actually think is good... As more music is produced it’s just a statistical reality that there will be more bad music, more music that isn’t for you, that you’ll have to sift through... But it also means that there are more needles in that haystack. I’m sure we could come up with dead genres where there’s little activity these days... But I’d be hard-pressed to find any where there’s truly nothing happening. In most genres, whether it’s hip-hop, electronic, rock, hardcore punk, folk, reggae, orchestral, metal, noise... There are lots of innovative and talented artists doing remarkable work year after year, on a scale of diversity never enjoyed by music audiences pre-internet. I don’t think we should take that for granted.

[@alejandrojoseglinoga1527]

I hella agree with you, but frankly, if someone is watching a deep cuts video they are probably aware of this. This should go on some channel for dad rockers.

[@yansuvorov6045]

truuueeee damn

[@McKampfschnitzel97]

I think one of the reasons why so many people believe this is that we only remember the good music. The vast majority of everything sucks and always has sucked. But the bad stuff is quickly forgotten while the good passes the test of time. I know people who kinda believe that everything we heard on the radio back then was Queen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and whichever else band they love. But if you actually look at the charts from back then you will find a lot of horrible music that you've never heard of before. Also most of the music people adore so much from the past was not condensed into a few years. Most of the canonically great albums came out over a loooong period of time, but people tend to condense the past into one singular and uniform moment. Everyone who says that music was better in the good old days is willfully ignorant and too lazy to actually go out and look for music. Nowadays there's music for literally everyone and for every taste. But they expect it to be handed to them on a silver platter. It's also really sad how many people relish in this shitty opinion and attitude. I've had people dismiss and mock resources like Bandcamp, RYM and even Pitchfork when I pointed them out as good places to find new music.

[@chocolatethunder-iy9wv]

@@McKampfschnitzel97 every decade has their shit and every decade has their good. that's how i see it and honestly thats probably what it's always been. but everyone has opinions.

[@brrbrr1390]

That's a strange way of spelling ok boomer

[@daviddevora8105]

Under The Skin soundtrack is absolutely terrifying

[@MusicLover-ko1mq]

David Bowie Blackstar album it’s incredible it’s a masterpiece

[@nickn2794]

Mmm honestly I think it was very mediocre, extremely overrated because of his death. If he were alive people wouldn't consider it.

[@HoboBusiness]

@@nickn2794 how can you listen to something like I can't give everything away and not think it's grand, even outside of the context of David Bowie

[@aboredgod0265]

nicg g the album is so incredible partly because it expresses the thoughts of a man staring death in the face. Bowie wouldn’t have even made the album if he didn’t know he was going to die.

[@ToLWaM]

eh

[@lookslikerocknroll58]

@@nickn2794 Guess you're more of a Beady Eye kind of guy

[@moamed2006]

My No.1 for this decade is Jon Hopkins - Immunity

[@alextumonline]

Salty at first that you didn’t include some of my favorites but now it looks like I have some great records to listen to. Thanks for the video

[@matthewslevin5359]

I was expecting Fiona Apple’s The Idler Wheel on here, thoughts on that?

[@sneakaholic011]

Matthew Slevin yes!! essential album for me. it blew me away when it came out and has stood the test of time. gutting intimacy pouring out of the best songs she’s ever written imo. ZERO skips

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

Pitchfork had it high on their list

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

Easily top 10 of the decade. Maybe the most replayable album of the decade too

[@user-fo3yt1jq6n]

boring album imo

[@CipherSerpico]

Matthew Slevin YESSSSSSS. That’s such an incredible album. Definitely top 3 or 4 albums of the decade for me. Also, one of my favorites for the entire century. That woman is absolutely astounding. She’s a brilliant singer, a brilliant songwriter and a brilliant lyricist.

[@groofay]

I was so damn happy to see Bish Bosch on this list. One of my favorites.

[@jonajon91]

Too cheesy for me, Tist was better :/

[@Violetcas97]

Bish Bosch (and furthermore, Scott Walker) was my introduction into the wild, wonderful world of experimental music, and for that I can never thank Walker enough.

[@groofay]

@@Violetcas97 No better way for the uninitiated than Scott Walker, IMO

[@Violetcas97]

Geoff Britton honestly with the things I’ve listened to since I’d be inclined to agree. I’m grateful it’s where I’d began and Bish Bosch is probably where I’d start most other people wanting an entry into it as well

[@groofay]

@@Violetcas97 I think even his earlier stuff is a good entryway. Bits of Scott 3&4 directly foreshadow latter-day Scott, and The Electrician is bone-chillingly good 40+ years later; and Climate of Hunter, Tilt, The Drift, and Soused are all brilliant in their own ways. But I think that all Scott Walker ends up at Bish Bosch, that this is his definitive avant-garde statement.

[@96Gurke]

No A Moon Shaped Pool, no MBDTF 😢

[@Triunity4]

m4stro kanye doesnt deserve his mbtdf success anymore. new ye put a stop to that

[@96Gurke]

@@Triunity4 You have to separate the art from the artist. His latest behavior doesn't damage hie earlier music

[@rquiiroz]

m4stro it’s not as good as everyone says it is

[@jordyjohnathan5123]

Just go check out literally any other decade list if you wanna see those albums

[@bagofnickels7225]

@@rquiiroz yeah, it’s better

[@francismoore3352]

Hi Oliver, I wanted to say thank you for introducing me to (amongst so much other music) Kate NV! I was surprised not to see Binasu on this list but what can you expect with a whole 10 years of music... Me and some friends went to see her UK debut at Kings Place in September and I was looking out for you thinking you'd maybe be there, whilst also wondering how many other people may have been there thanks to your influence. It must feel surreal to have helped bring in so much music into people's lives! So thank you for that :)

[@xubstsyzgsgssvifndudhxush2043]

No A Moon Shaped Pool? I thought it was fantastic!

[@elyy0345]

I want to know his opinion on that album and what he thinks about James Blake

[@alejandrojoseglinoga1527]

He’s a massive Radiohead fan and he put it high on his 2016 list

[@sharphorn12]

The lack of Julia Holter is concerning.

[@BrixSnBs]

I came here just to say this. Considering Olly's general music taste, and the fact that he has off-kilter female artists such as Spalding and Sophie on the list, it's quite surprising.

[@andrewpycroft6595]

Which album though? Wilderness?

[@andrewpycroft6595]

i forgot Aviary is on my list...you obv meant Aviary.

[@Spargnno22]

"the man who fell to earth returned to his home planet"

[@thefactthat3709]

A few of my favorites in no order Mary Halvorson Trio - Ghost Loop Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion B Sides Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Angles 8 - By Way Of Deception Death Grips - Niggas On The Moon Cate Le Bon - Crab Day

[@featherycoffee1401]

Why the b sides?

[@dclarkmusic]

Just for fun 1. Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens 2. Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth - Kiev 3. One of Us is the Killer - The Dillinger Escape Plan 4. Who’s Feeling Young Now? - Punch Brothers 5. TPaB - Kendrick Lamar 6. Polaris - Tesseract 7. You Won’t Get What You Want - Daughters 8. Grievances - Rolo Tomassi 9. Rumspringa - Canon Blue 10. Long Live - The Chariot

[@membertatooine]

Immediately liked for The Chariot

[@dclarkmusic]

Ryan McLain bro I straight up just became a fan of theirs this year. A decade late. Fuck me, right!? Lol

[@dillonseiler4922]

I kept thinking, "Dang, did he leave Vulnicura off?" and I was so pleasantly surprised to see its placement. It really is soul-crushing

[@DanKale]

This is the first list I've seen that doesn't completely fill its spots with rap.

[@vincesfilms7655]

This is such a high quality list and excused a lot of the over-analyzed “masterpieces” that didn’t even define the decade that so many other lists have. Good job!! Keep it up

[@wyatthimstead2238]

I discovered Everywhere at the End of Time through this video, and I thank you for that. That album is the most emotionally affecting album I've ever listened to. Looking forward to your in depth video.

[@JamoboBorg]

Roughly, where would you place these albums: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Steven Wilson - A Raven that refused to sing... Baroness - Purple Everything Everything - Get to Heaven LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening Perfume Genius - any of their albums QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork RTJ - RTJ2 Sturgill Simpson - A sailor's guide to earth Algiers - Underside of Power

[@dan8085]

Yea, a Moon Shaped Pool was a big omission

[@kristiangunn]

A refreshingly original list with great justification. I’m not going to bother chirping on about what’s missing from my point of view as that is totally beside the point of a personal list. Lots here for me to dig out and explore that I have not checked out before, so thank you Oliver and keep up the great, great work. I shall be sharing the love with friends and family so they can do the same. Happy New Year!

[@o.steinman3855]

Won’t lie to you I pissed myself a little when I saw lp1 on here, had no clue that any critics (for lack of a better word) loved that album as much as I do. This is a really great list, tonnes of new stuff for me to listen to. Danke

[@mynameisnoah963]

So surprised by the lack of Sufjan! Great list though

[@freddysamjacob363]

Yeah

[@JamoboBorg]

Really glad to see Oceansize here! Always feels like they're forgotten because they don't fit into a category easily enough

[@MrSnuffian]

Idles - Joy as an act of resistance King Gizz - Nonagon Infinity Childish Gambino - Awaken My Love Yob - Our Raw Heart Queens of The Age - Like Clockwork (this is probably my favorite of the whole decade and had the biggest impact on me) Red Fang - Murder the Mountains Viagra Boys - Street Worms Billy Eilish - WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

[@no_torrs]

Great list! a lot of listens to get on from it. Some of my top favorites you didn't mention: Fleet Foxes - Crack UP Vektor - Outer Isolation Timber Timber - Creep on Creeping on St. Vincent - Strange Mercy Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel King Gizzard - Nonagon Infinity The Books - The Way Out

[@CipherSerpico]

Thanks for the video. This is an excellent list. My list would be: 50. Swans - The Seer 49. No Age - Everything In Between 48. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs 47. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide To Earth 46. The Haxan Cloak - Excavation 45. Girls - Girls 44. My Bloody Valentine - mbv 43. Iceage - New Brigade 42. LCD Soundsytem - This Is Happening 41. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think… 40. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo 39. Death Grips - The Money Store 38. Tim Hecker - Virgins 37. Real Estate - Days 36. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker 35. Panda Bear - Tomboy 34. Bill Callahan - Dream River 33. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds… 32. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 31. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 30. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain 29. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse 28. Burial - Tunes 2011-2019 27. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back n 2 it 26. Kanye West - Yeezus 25. Neil Young - Hitchhiker 24. War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream 23. Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want 22. Swans - To Be Kind 21. Tom Waits - Bad As Me 20. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill 19. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 18. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 17. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy 16. James Blake - James Blake 15. FKA Twigs - Magdalene 14. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 13. D’Angelo - Black Messiah 12. Grouper - Ruins 11. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost 10. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City 9. David Bowie - BlackStar 8. Beach House - Teen Dream 7. Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool 6. Frank Ocean - Blonde 5. Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear 4. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 3. Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel 2. Tame Impala - Lonerism 1. Nick Cave - *Trilogy:* - _Push The Sky Away_ - _Skeleton Tree_ - _Ghosteen_ Cave intended for those three albums to be seen as a Trilogy/Triple Album, rather than three separate albums. Although I would have all three on my list, with Skeleton Tree and Ghosteen both in the top 5 - When they are seen as a single body of work … it makes them _even greater._ In my opinion, Cave’s Trilogy is one of the most powerful, most stunning, and Greatest works of Art - of the 21st Century. Honorable Mentions: Bob Dylan - Entire Bootleg Series Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow Run The Jewels - 2 Bon Iver - Bon Iver Father John Misty - Pure Comedy & God’s Favorite Customer Tame Impala - Currents Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze & Believe I’m Goin Down

[@danielhartridge1492]

Really great list :D

[@sanan33]

Tame Impala ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sunnyenno9468]

I love how a bunch of the albums on the list i had never heard of that jessy lanze record sounds amazing so thank you for introducing me to it, my top 10 however: 10.Liturgy - H.A.A.Q 9.Kamasi Washington - The Epic 8.Polyphia - New Levels new Devils 7.Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation 6.Various Artists - Spiritual Jazz 8: Japan Part 1 & 2 5. Swans - To be Kind 4.Julia Holter - Aviary 3.Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata 2.Various Artists - Nier Automata OST 1.JPEGMAFIA - Veteran I do Urge Everybody Here to check these out if you havnt, although knowing the pics and the audiance here the chances of that are really unlikely

[@patrickgibsonmusic]

Nice to see Polyphia getting some love. One of the few artists genuinely being innovative with the guitar

[@LittleWeevil]

my personal favourite of the Swans revival is probably The Glowing Man, but like you said, its like picking your favourite child

[@michaelurgelles937]

I didn't expect you would include that The National record.

[@calebdickerson2003]

For one there’s so many fantastic albums missing, but most importantly where tf is “A Moon Shaped Pool”

[@hecksnek6158]

Mutant - Arca is my personal favorite. I love her sound design.

[@sneakaholic011]

severely underrated rec: Big Brave’s album “Au De La” (released 2015). slow, primal drums. atmospheric bliss. hurricanes of noise/feedback swirl around robin’s gorgeous vocals. the trio give an emotional weight to doom and experimental rock that i’ve never heard done better. i LOVE this band

[@oliverharper7411]

Amazing number 1 Oliver, Organ Eternal may be the most beautiful piece of music I’ve ever heard

[@BL-mf3jp]

1. Giles Corey - s/t 2. No Now - Clarence Clarity 3. Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana del Rey 4. Exmilitary - Death Grips 5. Carrie and Lowell - Sufjan Stevens 6. Born to Die - Lana del Rey 7. Plays the music of Twin Peaks - Xiu Xiu 8. The Powers That Be - Death Grips 9. Yeezus - Kanye West 10. A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

[@featherycoffee1401]

More people need to listen to Clarence clarity, that album is addicting

[@SpookySkeleton738]

"Everywhere At The End Of Time" is easily one of the best records I've ever listened to, but I'm never listening to it again

[@Michael-ks3rl]

I was NOT expecting Field of Reeds, right on man!

[@violinsinthevoid4579]

Long live Caretaker, OPN, and Tim Hecker!!’ Such a great selection.

[@MarceloHenkin]

happy to see The Ozz on this list. totally agree with you, one of the best albums of the decade, it takes the listener to another world.

[@noahs3056]

Love that ghostpoet earned a spot on this

[@Petch1]

Hey, i'm glad you're back. Would love to hear you talk more on Biosphere, whom you have mentioned in previous videos, but only briefly on a couple of his albums.

[@alejandrojoseglinoga1527]

My personal list without repeating artists: (TIE) 1-2. To Be Kind (2014) - Swans and Atrocity Exhibition (2016) - Danny Brown 3. Benji (2014) - Sun Kil Moon 4. The Money Store (2012) - Death Grips 5. Thin Black Duke (2017) - Oxbow 6. You Won't Get What You Want (2018) - Daughters 7. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar 8. Blackstar (2016) - David Bowie 9. Titanic Rising (2019) - Weyes Blood 10. Girl With Basket Of Fruit (2019) - Xiu Xiu 11. Virgins (2013) - Tim Hecker 12. Blond(e) (2016) - Frank Ocean 13. NTS Sessions 1-4 (2018) - Autechre 14. Helplessness Blues (2011) - Fleet Foxes 15. The OOZ (2017) - King Krule 16. OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES (2018) - SOPHIE 17. Pure Comedy (2017) - Father John Misty 18. This Is Happening (2010) - LCD Soundsystem 19. Plowing Into The Fields Of Love (2014) - Iceage 20. The Epic (2015) - Kamasi Washington 21. KIDS SEE GHOSTS (2018) - Kids See Ghosts 22. A Crow Looked At Me (2017) - Mount Eerie 23. IGOR (2019) - Tyler, The Creator 24. Wide Awake! (2018) - Parquet Courts 25. The Satanist (2014) - Behemoth 26. GREY Area (2019) - Little Simz 27. Sunbather (2013) - Deafheaven 28. CLPPNG (2014) - clipping. 29. Meliora (2015) - Ghost 30. Some Rap Songs (2018) - Earl Sweatshirt 31. Pinata (2014) - Freddie Gibbs and Madlib 32. All My Heroes Are Cornballs (2019) - JPEGMAFIA 33. We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016) - A Tribe Called Quest 34. Joy As An Act Of Resistance (2018) - IDLES 35. SATURATION II (2017) - BROCKHAMPTON 36. 2020 (2019) - Richard Dawson 37. Bonito Generation (2016) - Kero Kero Bonito 38. Charli (2019) - Charli XCX 39. You're Dead! (2014) - Flying Lotus 40. Phantom Thread soundtrack (2018) - Jonny Greenwood 41. CALIGULA (2019) - Lingua Ignota 42. Your Wilderness Revisited (2019) - William Doyle 43. Room 25 (2018) - Noname 44. Black Messiah (2014) - D'Angelo & The Vanguard 45. Your Queen Is A Reptile (2018) - Sons Of Kemet 46. 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time (2017) - Big K.R.I.T. 47. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) - Kanye West 48. Rodeo (2015) - Travis Scott 49. Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (2019) - The Comet Is Coming 50. harutosyura (2018) - harunemuri Anyway, so many records on your list I haven't heard. Definitely going to check a lot of them out.

[@boringpencil2271]

But why do you have the seer as your profile pic tho 🧐

[@alejandrojoseglinoga1527]

OGMUDBONE BRAWLSTARS I thought it looked cooler than a crying baby. Love both records tho. Also this list is super fuckin outdated

[@Dondraper87104]

Black messiah is far too low in my opinion and so is 4eva also add NFR by Lana Del Rey and Magdalene by Fka twigs in to the mix both those albums are at the very least top 20 of the decade they’re both so amazing and incredible

[@Dondraper87104]

Alejandro Glinoga ahhhh never mind it’s a personal list so I can’t really judge you for it nonetheless I’d probably have black messiah top 10 and NFR top 5 personally

[@jsjwhw8254]

@@alejandrojoseglinoga1527 great list but rodeo shouldn't be in

[@ZeeDDD65]

Pretty sad to see Stabscotch's Uncanny Valley not on here. But you know what I am happy to see? You back to uploading regularly

[@doelman]

Ah the little stories about the albums are so nicely done, very interesting and informative as well. Thanks, have a lot of stuff to listen to now

[@Mark.mp3]

What do you think about Angel Olsen (especially MY WOMAN)?

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

2nd best album of the decade

[@freya5902]

It's great. Is it angela or angel?

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

@@freya5902 Angel

[@rauhjoaquin4813]

Another amazing video from this amazing channel. Thank you so much! Ps: No 'Slow Air' by Still Corners? That album still haunts me.

[@Koshirozation]

sleep well beast, be the cowboy and skeleton tree are

[@paddyking5590]

Waking up to this has made my Christmas slightly less shitty

[@606808909]

How was it bro/sister?

[@matthewbrown7572]

Hold Up Oliver ! I'm a boomer and I like your show, and ,yes I love Bob and The Beatles And Bowie, etc., but I'm not dead yet, and I think there is absolutely incredible music this past decade and every decade for that matter. Love ,Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar, Bjork ,and many others, but my favorite from the last few years is Aldous Harding.Hate to ask, but why isn't she on your list? Not really a fair question, but.

[@DonovanGG__]

My top 10: 1. Blonde 2. Mbdtf 3. GKMC 4. TPAB 5. Rodeo 6. Atrocity Exhibition 7. Yeezus 8. Swimming 9. Channel Orange 10. Tha Carter IV (probably rated too high but its always been nostalgic for me, love this album so much)

[@gimliorwell6618]

Dread it, run from it, the salty Kanye stans will arrive all the same.

[@alexray6084]

Kanye is right where he belongs on this list

[@Amaling]

I really don't agree with it, but I respect it since he's an informed music fan

[@WilliamEccleston]

It’s only 50 albums, no duh.

[@jpeg204]

@@alexray6084 you're wrong bud

[@doggoboii]

oh true i forgot 💀

[@chaoticfirearm]

Some of my favorites of the decade. Deftones - Diamond Eyes + Koi No Yokan Turnstile - Time and Space Garden of Mary - Agony In Memory Nothing - Guilty of Everything + Tired of Tomorrow Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean + Marked For Death Axis - Show Your Greed Superheaven/Daylight - Jar Camera Shy - S/T Whirr - Distressor + Sway Nicole Dollanganger - Ode to Dawn + Observatory Mansions Title Fight - Floral Green

[@bethhorner2599]

Esperanza Spalding definitely deserves her spot on this list

[@Pretzels722]

What a joyful surprise to see these new puritans on this list. The record before that one is great too

[@JpRodrigs]

Skeleton tree is really great but the best album about death released this decade is a crow looked at me for sure

[@cosmo7437]

FINALLY SOMEONE APPRECIATES VULNICURA!! i truly think this is not only her best release of this decade, but the best of her discography. i think she has truly come into her own as a producer, singer, and composer and it is a truly underrated album compared to the massive amounts of praise her earlier albums get (well deserves dont get me wrong) but his album truly is bjork at her best.

[@MapleMilk]

I just needed to see Blonde My life is complete because of that album The 2010s were something else The 2020s are sure to be another outstanding decade for music Cheers

[@violinsinthevoid4579]

I am so grateful for these videos and the artists you’ve introduced me to on here. You really hit it out of the park every time. I click very quickly with your works and am glad to see some of my musical tastes validated on such a pro channel. I’m weird enough to feel a couple of noise records as needing a shout out, but almost all the music here I’ve heard is truly brilliant. I look forward to hearing number 1!

[@dclarkmusic]

The Armed rips so hard. I’ve listened to only love a bunch but I need to blast Untitled a few more times.

[@isweartofuckinggod]

Artists whose work this decade has defined me (in no particular order): - Lorn - The Caretaker - Iglooghost - Jack Stauber - Aesop Rock - Mr. Bill - HOME - Clipping - GRiZ - in love with a ghost - snakesarcade - Zammuto - 100 Gecs - I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

[@plazticbag]

IGLOOGHOST!

[@Triunity4]

finally someone that knows who aesop rock is and not get confusef with aesop rocky

[@brrbrr1390]

How does sungazer's music define anyone

[@ldhdjzjjaklzjdbd6610]

Death grips

[@isweartofuckinggod]

@@brrbrr1390 I was listening to them a lot when I wrote this comment, but honestly now that my enthusiasm has worn off a bit I kinda agree with you. They're good, but not self-defining. I'm gonna replace them on this list with Jack Stauber, I think.

[@dillianbamman8931]

Amazing video yet again. Glad to see you back deep cuts!

[@alondotan239]

A Moon Shaped Pool?

[@ace-rog]

i would have definitely added iceage's plowing into the field of love on there, but god damn what a great list! thank you for reminding me of some of my favorites to go and revisit before the year ends and thank you for letting me know of ones i haven't heard yet!

[@andrewpycroft6595]

yes yes yes

[@bearfitness3187]

Hey Deep cuts, love your show. Alot of these I haven't heard but hope to listen to soon. Is there any chance we could get a list in the comments 👍💙

[@VisibIeToAIIUsersOnYouTube]

Gummy Bear hop on the computer n gitrdone

[@bearfitness3187]

@@VisibIeToAIIUsersOnKZbin not sure what that is, but I'll give it a go 👍

[@elsiemabel]

Gummy Bear it’s in the comments section now

[@shevek161]

Somi's Petite Afrique is absolutely incredible and I don't think I would've discovered it without this channel. The fact that your taste in music aligns so closely with my own makes every recommendation from you always worth a listen. Thanks, and a happy and fulfilling new year to you, Oliver!

[@theonogueira1190]

Glad to see titanic rising in there, it's such a great listen

[@HotStrange]

Agree with all these to some extent. MGMTs self-titled album was in my top 50 and that and Congratulations deserve some more love, IMO, but love seeing Vince, ATCQ, and Carly Rae Jepson on here. Atrocity Exhibition was my AOTY, personally, but I’m just glad it made it. Surprised there’s no Parquet Courts, though.

[@wrathford]

WHERE IS LORDE'S MELODRAMA, YOUNG MAN

[@alquinn8576]

he clearly does not like pop and put CRJ on there just to feel as though his tastes are well-rounded

[@thechurchofsolange58]

And Pure Heroine as well!

[@geekystud6658]

@@alquinn8576 LOL...thats probably the case. The only way hed prove he was anti pop is to actually do a pure pop best of list

[@zurichsee706]

lorde and the spice girls cannot be in the list.

[@jam9144]

Some of the album covers of the albums you mention were amazing! Love to see a good album cover with amazing music all the time!

[@theaziz2001]

The fact that AMSP isn’t on here is truly shocking lol

[@izan6366]

aziz almudiheem that is very true

[@featherycoffee1401]

what is AMSP ? is it A Moon Shaped Pool ?

[@theaziz2001]

@@featherycoffee1401 yeah

[@justinfreake4916]

I think Ramshackle Glory’s Live the Dream has to be my album of the decade. There’s nothing particularly special about it, it’s just a folk punk record, but the way Pat talks about mutual support, radical politics and DIY punk spoke to me in a special way back in 2011 when I was still a highschooler. “A punk rock song won’t ever change the world, but I could tell you about a couple that changed me”

[@SquishypuffDave]

Love the #1! I was thinking of sharing a top 50 list until I saw this, now it feels wrong to do so until I've heard all your choices that I'm unfamiliar with. However, I heartily endorse these which weren't included: Darkside - Psychic Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, Girl Andy Stott - Luxury Problems The Books - The Way Out Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... Four Tet - There Is Love In You Future Of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident Julia Holter - Loud City Song / To Have You In My Wilderness Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon

[@SquishypuffDave]

(also, Perils From The Sea > Benji)

[@azaraniichan]

Pretty good list to be honest

[@balloonxm]

You mad lad, you acknowledged Oceansize. You god damn went and fuckin did it. May your new year be beyond blessed my guy

[@TheReverOcelot]

Was expecting Daughters, anyway, great list

[@KidHellacious]

Love how high Bjork was on your list, shouting out converge, and so unbelievably stoked you liked Big Fish Theory. AND Carly! Yay Carly!

[@waterglas21]

I can't believe #1 is the Cal Chuchesta mixtape

[@evacostelloe4479]

Really glad sun kil moon is on this list you actually introduced me to Benji in one of your previous videos and it's become a favourite of mine ever since. Good work!

[@frazerrhughess]

I’ve got a challenge for DeepCuts in the new decade- You are no longer allowed to use the word “Glacial” in any video, no mater how appropriate it may be.

[@deepcuts]

Absolutely not, and for that I'll double the use in 2020

[@CarlosIvanMarquez]

Wow, just wow. I have a lot of homework to do. I only knew about the NTS Sessions by Autechre (love it!)

[@waterglas21]

These New Puritans is such a unique choice, although i find Hidden, their second LP, a better record.

[@HoboBusiness]

Oh I've been waiting for this video

[@cherylcarl4344]

Excitedly watching now!

[@-l5905]

I'm obsessed with RADIOHEAD, particularity the albums AMNESIAC and KID A. Are there any bands you can recommend that fall in that same vein? I'm struggling to find anything...

[@coffdrop77]

I would recommend Bjork's Homogenic or anything by Aphex Twin, both of them influenced Radiohead

[@-l5905]

@@coffdrop77 Thank you

[@seanelrod2729]

Portishead’ Dummy, Sigur Ros’ Ágætis Byrjun, Aphex Twin’ ...I care because you do, Autechre’s Incunabula are good starts

[@-l5905]

@@seanelrod2729 Thanks, I've been listening to a lot of Autechre lately. I gotta get back into Sigur Ros. Thank dude.

[@albertlomby]

Listen to James Blake, specially "overgrown"

[@davidcremin3837]

Good to have you back! my top 10 of the decade are: 10. Rina - Rina Sawayama 9. Blonde - Frank Ocean 8. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae 7. Saturation 3 - Brockhampton 6. Year of the Snitch - Death Grips 5. Benji - Sun Kil Moon 4. Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown 3. LP1 - FKA twigs 2. The Idler Wheel..... Fiona Apple 1. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar