Becuase all the other pretentious music elitists are doing it (part I)

...and because I genuinely enjoyed way too much music this year and feel I must share the love, I present to you the first 17 of my top 35 (yes, 35) albums for the year 2010. But first, allow me to explain how my list came to be so gratuitous - I was on a shitton of flights this year (about 28, to be exact) and put in 68,746,716,981,691,861 hours towards studying, both of which are endeavors made much more tolerable when paired with music. I must also acknowledge the particularly productive year I had at SXSW and with live music in general for this bloated list.Yay for Austin and Denver and their continuous splendor.
Anyway, 1-17 below, alphabetically sorted. Here goes:

 Arcade Fire, Suburbs

Belle and Sebastian, Write about Love

 Balmorhea, Constellations

Band of Horses, Infinite Arms

Black Keys, Brothers

 Broken Bells, Broken Bells

Charlotte Gainsbourg, IRM

Casiokids, Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar

Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles II

Chromeo, Business Casual

Cocoon, Where The Oceans End

Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards

Efterklang, Magic Chairs

Foals, Total Life Forever

Frightened Rabbit, Winter of Mixed Drinks

Gorillaz, Plastic Beach

Grinderman, Grinderman 2