We got the top four right -- not in order, but close!
Pitchfork announced its best albums of 2010 list on Friday, ( i.e. 10,000 years ago in Internet time), so please pardon this late post-mort. But way back on Dec. 2, 2010 A.D., Click Track predicted which albums the influential music website would chose as the year's best. Here's how our crystal ball fared...
- Kanye West - "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
Where we predicted it to land: #1.
Where it landed: #1.
- Deerhunter - "Halcyon Digest"
Where we predicted it to land: #2
Where it landed: #3
- Big Boi - "Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty"
Where we predicted it to land: #2
Where it landed: #4
- LCD Soundsystem - "This Is Happening"
Where we predicted it to land: #4
Where it landed: #2
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - "Before Today"
Where we predicted it to land: #5
Where it landed: #9
- Joanna Newsom - "Have One On Me"
Where we predicted it to land: #6
Where it landed: #7
- Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma"
Where we predicted it to land: #7
Where it landed: #14
- Beach House - "Teen Dream"
Where we predicted it to land: #8
Where it landed: #5
- Sleigh Bells - "Treats"
Where we predicted it to land: #9
Where it landed: #16
- How to Dress Well - "Love Remains"
Where we predicted it to land: #10
Where it landed: #19
- Albums we didn't predict to make the top ten: Titus Andronicus, "The Monitor" (#10), James Blake, "The Bells Sketch EP / CMYK EP / Klavierwerke EP" (#8), Vampire Weekend, "Contra" (#6).
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