We’re in a new decade this month, unless you’re one of those “Well, actually . . . ” types who wants to mansplain (and if you are making this argument, then I know that you are a man) that 2021 is the real beginning of the 2020s. I get the logic behind that argument, I guess, but I still refute the conclusion that we have to wait another twelve months to celebrate the Teens, and all the art and culture produced within that span.

Me being a music geek, the new decade (hush, I heard you the first time!) means that I feel compelled to go back through my various lists and libraries to look at the very best albums issued between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019. And then, of course, I also feel compelled to share that list with you, dear readers.

I present my “Top 100 Albums of the Teens” below, alphabetically, accordingly. I welcome your own additions, reactions and reflections, as always. And if you do not know where the title of this post came from, then check out tracks two and four at this link. Brilliance from the ’70s. Which ran from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1979, just for the record. Stop being difficult!

1. AC/DC, Rock or Bust (2014)
2. Ian Anderson, Homo Erraticus (2014)
3. Asia, XXX (2012)
4. Erykah Badu, But You Caint Use My Phone (2015)
5. Karl Bartos, Off The Record (2013)
6. Aloe Blacc, Lift Your Spirit (2014)
7. Aloe Blacc, Good Things (2010)
8. Black Midi, Schlagenheim (2019)
9. The Body, I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer (2018)
10. David Bowie, Blackstar (2016)
11. David Bowie, The Next Day (2013)
12. Action Bronson, Wonderful (2015)
13. Buggy Jive, The Buggy Jive Mixtape (2018)
14. Buggy Jive, The B-Side (2019)
15. Camp Lo, Ragtime Hightimes (2015)
16. Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book (2016)
17. Clutch, Psychic Warfare (2015)
18. Clutch, The Book of Bad Decisions (2018)
19. The Coup, Sorry To Bother You (2012)
20. The Coup, Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack (2018)
21. Dälek, Endangered Philosophies (2017)
22. Jed Davis, Small Sacrifices Must Be Made (2012)
23. Jed Davis, In The Presence of Presents, Vol. 3 (2017)
24. Death Grips, Exmilitary (2011)
25. Death Grips, Government Plates (2013)
26. Devo, Something for Everybody (2010)
27. Snoop Dogg, BUSH (2015)
28. Doyle, Abominator (2013)
29. Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis, Summer Dancing (2017)
30. Einstürzende Neubauten, Lament (2014)
31. Jad Fair and Kramer, The History of Crying (2017)
32. The Fall, New Facts Emerge (2017)
33. The Fall, Re-Mit (2013)
34. The Fall, Sublingual Tablet (2015)
35. First Aid Kit, Ruins (2018)
36. First Aid Kit, Stay Gold (2014)
37. FREEMAN, FREEMAN (2014)
38. Frightened Rabbit, The Winter of Mixed Drinks (2010)
39. Ezra Furman, Perpetual Motion People (2015)
40. Future Islands, In Evening Air (2010)
41. Gangrene, Vodka and Ayahuasca (2012)
42. Gangrene, You Disgust Me (2015)
43. David Gilmour, Rattle That Lock (2015)
44. Girlpool, Before The World Was Big (2015)
45. Goat, World Music (2012)
46. Godflesh, A World Lit Only By Fire (2014)
47. Godflesh, Post Self (2017)
48. Golden Suits, Kubla Khan (2016)
49. Here We Go Magic, A Different Ship (2012)
50. Holly Herndon, PROTO (2019)
51. HOGG, SELF-EXTINGUISHING EMISSION (2018)
52. Idles, Brutalism (2017)
53. Idles, Joy as an Act of Resistance (2018)
54. Imperial Wax, Gastwerk Saboteurs (2019)
55. Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart (2013)
56. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth (2018)
57. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon (2016)
58. King Crimson, Live in Chicago (2017)
59. King Crimson, Meltdown: Live In Mexico City (2018)
60. KOKOKO!, Fongola (2019)
61. Korn, The Paradigm Shift (2013)
62. Lingua Ignota, Caligula (2019)
63. Malibu Ken, Malibu Ken (2019)
64. Paul McCartney, Egypt Station (2018)
65. Melvins, Hold It In (2014)
66. Hailu Mergia, Lala Belu (2018)
67. Alice Merton, Mint (2019)
68. The Monkees, Good Times! (2016)
69. Moses Hightower, Önnur Mósebók (2012)
70. Napalm Death, Apex Predator – Easy Meat (2015)
71. Napalm Death, Utilitarian (2012)
72. No Age, An Object (2013)
73. Pere Ubu, 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo (2017)
74. Kate Pierson, Guitars and Microphones (2015)
75. Planningtorock, W (2011)
76. Public Image Ltd., This Is PiL (2012)
77. Public Service Broadcasting, The Race for Space (2015)
78. The Residents, Intruders (2018)
79. The Residents, The Ghost of Hope (2018)
80. Jonathan Richman, Ishkode! Ishkode! (2016)
81. Caroline Rose, LONER (2018)
82. School of Seven Bells, SVIIB (2016)
83. Snog, Last of the Great Romantics (2010)
84. Soulfly, Ritual (2018)
85. Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld, Nerissimo (2016)
86. Thighpaulsandra, The Golden Communion (2015)
87. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment, Surf (2015)
88. Uriah Heep, Living the Dream (2018)
89. Alan Vega, IT (2017)
90. Tom Vek, Luck (2014)
91. Vulkano, Peach Punch (2017)
92. Vulkano, Iridescence (2015)
93. The Weasels, AARP Go the Weasels (2013)
94. The Weasels, The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (2018)
95. White Denim, Performance (2018)
96. Wire, Change Becomes Us (2013)
97. Wire, Nocturnal Koreans (2016)
98. Wire, Silver/Lead (2017)
99. Xiu Xiu, Angel Guts: Red Classroom (2014)
100. Xiu Xiu, Girl With Basket of Fruit (2019)

If you like the hard stuff, then this one is a viable “Album Of The Decade” for you.