The Past Archives Top 10 2010

What was on the decks at the Past Archives headquarters during 2010

December 2010

1

JESSE MALIN AND THE ST. MARKS SOCIAL Love It To Life (Side One Dummy)
2

TEENAGE FANCLUB Shadows (Pema)

3

XTC Skylarking (Ape House)
4

RICHARD THOMPSON Dream Attic (Proper)
5

THE ANIMALS Animalism (Sundazed)
6

FRANK SINATRA Sinatra At The Sands (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
7

MOGWAI Happy Songs For Happy People (PIAS)

8

MILTON NASCIMENTO Clube Da Esquina (4 Men With Beards)
9

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Crash (Virgin)
10FUNKADELIC One Nation Under A Groove (Warner Bros.)

November 2010

1

KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King: An Observation By King Crimson (Panegyric)
2

ROLAND KIRK The Inflated Tear (Atlantic)

3

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Romantic? (Virgin)
4

JIMMY McGRIFF I've Got A Woman (Sue)
5

JESSE MALIN Glitter In The Gutter (One Little Indian)
6

JESSE MALIN AND THE ST. MARKS SOCIAL Love It To Life (Side One Dummy)
7

MILTON NASCIMENTO Clube Da Esquina (4 Men With Beards)

8

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds Of Fire (Friday Music)
9

JULIAN COPE 20 Mothers (Echo)
10GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET What Is There To Say? (WaxTime)

October 2010

1

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big To-Do (ATO/PIAS Recordings)
2

JOHN LEE HOOKER The Blues (Doxy)

3

THE HOLD STEADY Heaven Is Whenever (Rough Trade)
4

THE FALL Your Future Our Clutter (Domino)
5

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Hysteria (Virgin)
6

FUNKADELIC One Nation Under A Groove (Warner Bros.)
7

FUGAZI Fugazi (Dischord)

8

MILES DAVIS Milestones (52nd Street)
9

FLEETWOOD MAC Greatest Hits (Music On Vinyl)
10BONNY BILLY & THE PICKET LINE Funtown Comedown (Sea Note)

September 2010

1

BAD LIEUTENANT Never Cry Another Tear (Triple Echo)
2

ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs (Mercury)

3

CHEAP TRICK At Budokan (Friday Music)
4

FLEETWOOD MAC Greatest Hits (Music On Vinyl)
5

MILES DAVIS Milestones (52nd Street)
6

SLEEPY JOHN ESTES I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (Monk)
7

BONNY BILLY & THE PICKET LINE Funtown Comedown (Sea Note)

8

EELS Transmission Sessions 2009 (E Works)
9

LEE MORGAN Search For The New Land (Music Matters)
10FUGAZI Fugazi (Dischord)

August 2010

1

NIRVANA Live At Reading (DGC)
2

MOTT THE HOOPLE Mott (Music On Vinyl)

3

THE UNDERTONES The Undertones (Earmark)
4

X Wild Gift (Porterhouse)
5

ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs (Mercury)
6

DEPECHE MODE Playing The Angel (Mute)
7

PET SHOP BOYS Nightlife (Parlophone)

8

WU-TANG CLAN Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Music On Vinyl)
9

MOGWAI Happy Songs For Happy People (PIAS)
10THE ROLLING STONES Some Girls (Rolling Stones)

July 2010

1

JESSE MALIN AND THE ST. MARKS SOCIAL Love It To Life (Side One Dummy)
2

JESSE MALIN Glitter In The Gutter (One Little Indian)

3

PET SHOP BOYS Nightlife (Parlophone)
4

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Romantic? (Virgin)
5

ORNETTE COLEMAN Change Of The Century (Atlantic)
6

DEPECHE MODE Playing The Angel (Mute)
7

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Crash (Virgin)

8

FIELD MUSIC Field Music (Measure) (Memphis Industries)
9

JERRY LEE LEWIS Live At The Star Club, Hamburg (Bear Family)
10WES MONTGOMERY The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (Riverside)

June 2010

1

NEIL YOUNG Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 (Reprise)
2

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST The Low End Theory (Jive)

3

WU-TANG CLAN Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Music On Vinyl)
4

BONNY BILLY & THE PICKET LINE Funtown Comedown (Sea Note)
5

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Hysteria (Virgin)
6

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Romantic? (Virgin)
7

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Gangstabilly (New West)

8

THE FALL Your Future Our Clutter (Domino)
9

FIELD MUSIC Field Music (Measure) (Memphis Industries)
10DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Pizza Deliverance (New West)

May 2010

1

JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me (Drag City)
2

DEAD KENNEDYS Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (Manifesto/Cleopatra)

3

THE FALL Your Future Our Clutter (Domino)
4

HAPPY MONDAYS Bummed (Factory)
5

THE FEELIES Crazy Rhythms (Domino)
6

THE ROLLING STONES Some Girls (Rolling Stones)
7

MOBB DEEP The Infamous (Loud)

8

JERRY LEE LEWIS Live At The Star Club, Hamburg (Bear Family)
9

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion (Sundazed)
10JETHRO TULL Aqualung (Classic)

April 2010

1

MAX ROACH We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Pure Pleasure)
2

ORNETTE COLEMAN Change Of The Century (Atlantic)

3

BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY Lie Down In The Light (Domino)
4

RAMONES Ramones (Sire)
5

BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY The Wonder Show Of The World (Drag City)
6

SAM COOKE Night Beat (Analogue Productions)
7

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big To-Do (ATO/PIAS Recordings)

8

THE ROLLING STONES Some Girls (Rolling Stones)
9

LAURA VEIRS July Flame (Bella Union)
10RICHMOND FONTAINE We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River (Diverse)

March 2010

1

GERRY MULLIGAN AND THE CONCERT JAZZ BAND At The Village Vanguard (Speakers Corner)
2

MILES DAVIS QUINTET Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige)

3

ALBERT KING Born Under A Bad Sign (Sundazed)
4

JERRY LEE LEWIS Live At The Star Club, Hamburg (Bear Family)
5

MORRISSEY Years Of Refusal (Polydor)
6

NIRVANA Live At Reading (DGC)
7

STEVE MARTIN The Crow (Rounder)

8

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Midnight Marauders (Jive)
9

JAMES CARR You Got My Mind Messed Up (Goldwax)
10LITTLE WALTER The Best Of Little Walter (Speakers Corner)

February 2010

1

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade)
2

RICHMOND FONTAINE We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River (Diverse)

3

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN In Concert MTV Plugged (Columbia)
4

LITTLE WALTER The Best Of Little Walter (Speakers Corner)
5

ALBERT AYLER TRIO Spiritual Unity (Get Back)
6

TINDERSTICKS Falling Down A Mountain (4AD)
7

THE MONKS Black Monk Time (Light In The Attic)

8

THE BLUE NILE Peace At Last (Warner Bros.)
9

MAX ROACH We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Pure Pleasure)
10RAMONES Ramones (Sire)

January 2010

1

JETHRO TULL Aqualung (Classic)
2

NORAH JONES The Fall (Blue Note)

3

THE ROLAND KIRK QUARTET FEATURING ELVIN JONES Rip, Rig & Panic (Limelight)
4

ELVIS PRESLEY From Elvis In Memphis (Speakers Corner)
5

PIXIES Doolittle: London, Brixton Academy, October 8th 2009 (Liveherenow)
6

JUDY DYBLE Talking With Strangers (FiXiT)
7

PARLIAMENT Mothership Connection (Casablanca)

8

PORTISHEAD Dummy (Go! Beat)
9

MERLE HAGGARD AND THE STRANGERS Mama Tried (Capitol)
10PIXIES Bossanova (4AD)

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