And Now the Bad News: The 10 Most Disappointing and/or Overrated Records of 2010
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Best Coast
Crazy For You
To be fair, even we will acknowledge that there are things to like about this record. Bethany Cosentino is an excellent singer, and her meticulous approach to her craft is admirable. But at the same time, we really, really wish she would push herself a bit more, to the point where she maybe sings about something other than smoking weed and watching television. Her prideful lack of intellectual rigor is grating and childish.
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Nicki Minaj
Pink Friday
There have been plenty of really interesting debates about this record, mostly centering on whether it's an example of a woman in hip-hop doing what she believes is expected of her rather than what she actually wants to do. Aside from all that, though, there's this one thing Nicki Minaj does really well, which is to sound like an absolute crazy person with a million different voices and personalities, and she mostly refrains from doing that thing on here, which is a shame.
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How to Dress Well
Love Remains
Much was made this year of How to Dress Well, aka Tom Krell, lovingly rehashing the sounds of classic 90s R&B, and to an extent, he did. But what no one seems to be mentioning is that those classic 90s R&B songs had discernible melodies, while the songs on Love Remains do not.
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Band of Horses
Infinite Arms
What's weird here is that the only people who don't realize this is the worst Band of Horses record ever are the ones who decide who gets nominated for Grammy Awards. Idiots.
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Broken Bells
Broken Bells
James Mercer: talented dude. Danger Mouse: maybe an even more talented dude. On paper, this collaboration of the Shins frontman and the producer-artist extraordinaire sounds like a knockout of melody and experimentation, but, in reality, Broken Bells was bland and unimaginative. This apparently didn't account for much, though, since they've already announced plans for its follow-up.
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