In the final weeks of every year, I eagerly await the onslaught of "best-of" lists. Pitchfork's top 50 albums inspired me to do my own, so it's time to start the virtual crate digging in the music blogs.  Looking back, twenty-ten was a tremendous year for music.

Top 10-Singles:
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance the Way I Feel
Major Lazer and La Roux -

Excuses - The Morning Benders

Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand

Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce - Telephone (guilty pleasure)

Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars
Cold War Kids, "Coffee Spoon"

Matt & Kim - Cameras

Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work Out

Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours

Other favorites I first heard in '10 although they came out earlier:
Bassnectar's Remix of The Pixies - Where is My Mind (Dec '09)
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This (Jul '09)

Top 5-Albums:

The Morning Benders - Big Echo
Crystal Castles
Jamaica - No Problem
Broken Bells
Two Door Cinema Club - History
THE BLACK KEYS “Brothers’’

Top 5-Videos:

M.I.A. - "Born Free"

Hot Chip - "I Feel Better"

Holy Fuck - "Red Lights"

Duck Sauce - "Barbara Streisand"

Daft Punk - Drezzed

Broken Bells "The Ghost Inside"

Blaqstarr ft. MIA - "Lemme Hump You"

Notable "Best-Of" 2010 Lists:

Rolling Stones Top 30 Albums of 2010

Pitchfork's Top 50

Time's Top Ten of Everything

Pretty Much Amazing's Best Songs of 2010