Dave’s Faves: #1 Albums in the 2010s

Dave’s Faves: #1’s: 2010-2019

These were my personal #1 albums during the 2010s. Check out my #1 albums from other decades here. 2010: Jan. 9: Foo Fighters Greatest Hits (1 wk) Jan. 16: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers The Live Anthology (2 wks) Jan. 30: Seal Hits (1 wk) Feb. 6: The Flaming Lips Dark Side of the Moon (1 wk) Feb. 13: Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back (4 wks) Mar. 13: Kevin Gilbert Toy Matinee Live (aka “Live at the Roxy”) (2 wks) Mar. 20: Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune (2 wks) Apr. 10: The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2 wks) Apr. 24: Asia Omega (2 wks) May 8: Melissa Etheridge Fearless Love (1 wk) May 15: Justin Currie The Great War (2 wks) May 29: The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (Deluxe Edition) (2 wks) June 12: Crowded House Intriguer (3 wks) July 3: John Mellencamp On the Rural Route 7609 (3 wks) July 24: Hooters Five by Five (1 wk) July 31: Aha 25 (1 wk) Aug. 7: Sheryl Crow 100 Miles from Memphis (2 wks) Aug. 21: John Mellencamp No Better Than This (4 wks) Sept. 18: Chris Difford Saturday Morning Music Club (2 wks) Oct. 2: Robert Plant Band of Joy (2 wks) Oct 16: Chris Difford Cashmere if You Can (4 wks) Nov. 13: Eric Clapton Clapton (2 wks) Nov. 27: Elvis Costello Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years (3 wks) Dec. 18: Indigo Girls Holly Happy Days (2 wks) 2011: Jan. 1: Styx Regeneration (1 wk) Jan. 8: Bruce Springsteen The Promise (4 wks) Feb. 5: Michael Jackson Michael (2 wks) Feb. 19: Adele 21 (4 wks) Mar. 19: The Rainmakers 25 On (8 wks) May 14: Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren’s Johnson (1 wk) May 21: The Cars Move Like This (2 wks) June 4: Journey Eclipse (2 wks) June 19: Eddie Vedder Ukulele Songs (2 wks) July 2: Arctic Monkeys Suck It and See 1 wk) July 9: Yes Fly from Here (2 wks) July 23: Various Artists Rave On: Buddy Holly (3 wks) Aug. 13: Bob Walkenhorst Spare (1 wk) Aug. 20: Keb’ Mo’ The Reflection (1 wk) Aug. 27: Tim Finn The View Is Worth the Climb (2 wks) Sept. 10: Various Artists Listen to Me: Buddy Holly (3 wks) Oct. 1: Neil Finn The Pajama Club (2 wks) Oct. 15: Sting 25 Years (1 wk) Oct. 22: Bangles Sweetheart of the Sun (1 wk) Oct. 29: Indigo Girls Beauty Queen Sister (1 wk) Nov. 5: Various Artists The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (3 wks) Nov. 26: Various Artists The First Rock and Roll Record (1 wk) Dec: 3: Glen Tilbrook & Nine Below Zero The Co-Operative (2 wks) Dec. 17: Various Artists Achtung Baby Covered (AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered) (3 wks) 2012: Jan. 7: Journey Greatest Hits 2 (1 wk) Jan. 14: Pink Floyd Foot in the Door: The Best of (1 wk) Jan. 21: The Rolling Stones Some Girls (Deluxe Edition) (1 wk) Jan. 28: Various Artists Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International (5 wks) Mar. 3: Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth (4 wks) Mar. 31: Lyle Lovett Release Me (1 wk) Apr. 7: Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball (6 wks) May 19: Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls (3 wks) June 9: Jack White Blunderbuss (2 wks) June 23: The Beach Boys That’s Why God Made the Radio (1 wk) June 30: Eric Bazilian & Mats Wester What Shall Become of the Baby? (4 wks) July 28: Asia XXX (4 wks) Aug. 25: The Gaslight Anthem Handwritten (2 wks) Sept. 8: Melissa Etheridge 4th Street Feeling (3 wks) Sept. 29: Bob Dylan Tempest (1 wk) Oct. 6: Alanis Morissette Havoc and Brigth Lights (2 wks) Oct. 20: Marillion Sounds That Can’t Be Made (4 wks) Nov. 17: Frank Ocean Channel Orange (4 wks) Dec. 15: The Rolling Stones Grrr! (3 wks) 2013: Jan. 5: Led Zeppelin Celebration Day (3 wks) Jan. 26: Imagine Dragons Night Visions (4 wks) Feb. 23: Stephen Stills Carry On (2 wks) Mar. 9: Jimi Hendrix People, Hell & Angels (3 wks) Mar. 30: David Bowie The Next Day (3 wks) Apr. 20: Eric Clapton Old Sock (2 wks) May 4: Eric Woolfson Somewhere in the Audience (3 wks) May 25: Simple Minds Celebrate: The Greatest Hits (1 wk) June 1: The Strokes Comedown Machine (1 wk) June 8: Various Artists Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (1 wk) June 15: John Fogerty Wrote a Song for Everyone (3 wks) July 6: The Gaslight Anthem Singles Collection: 2008-2011 (2 wks) July 20: Curt Smith Deceptively Heavy (2 wks) Aug. 3: Michael Franti All People (3 wks) Aug. 24: Justin Currie Lower Reaches (3 wks) Sept. 14: Fish A Feast of Consequences (5 wks) Oct. 19: Sting The Last Ship (3 wks) Nov. 9: Pearl Jam Lightning Bolt (3 wks) Nov. 30: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers Vol. 3 (2 wks) Dec. 14: Garth Brooks Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences (2 wks) Dec. 28: Boston Life, Love & Hope (2 wks) 2014: Jan. 11: Kevin Gilbert Toy Matinee Acoustic (2 wks) Jan. 25: Bruce Springsteen High Hopes (3 wks) Feb. 15: Mike + the Mechanics The Singles 1985-2014 (2 wks) Mar. 1: Neil Finn Dizzy Heights (3 wks) Mar. 22: Asia Gravitas (3 wks) Apr. 12: Glen Tilbrook Happy Ending (2 wks) Apr. 26: Bruce Springsteen American Beauty (1 wk) May 3: The Rainmakers Monster Movie (4 wks) May 31: Toni Childs Citizens of the Planet (3 wks) June 21: Jack White Lazaretto (2 wks) July 5: Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour (1 wk) July 12: Yes Heaven & Earth (3 wks) Aug. 2: Eric Clapton The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale (3 wks) Aug. 23: Pilot Pilot Project: Return to Alan Parsons Project (3 wks) Sept. 13: U2 Songs of Innocence (3 wks) Oct. 14: John Mellencamp Plain Spoken (3 wks) Oct. 25: Melissa Etheridge This Is M.E. (2 wks) Nov. 8: Taylor Swift 1989 (1 wk) Nov. 15: Flaming Lips With a Little Help from My Friends (2 wks) Nov. 29: Various Artists Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (4 wks) Dec. 27: Marillion A Collection of Recycled Gifts (3 wks) 2015: Jan. 17: David Bowie Nothing Has Changed (2 wks) Jan. 31: Various Artists The Art of McCartney (4 wks) Feb. 28: Kurt Cobain Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings (1 wk) Mar. 7: Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors (3 wks) Mar. 28: Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (4 wks) Apr. 25: Alabama Shakes Sound & Color (2 wks) May 9: Eric Clapton Forever Man (1 wk) May 16: Pat Benatar 35th Anniversary Tour (1 wk) May 23: Chris Stapleton Traveller (1 wk) May 30: The Rainmakers Cover Band (4 wks) June 27: Faith No More Sol Invictus (3 wks) July 18: Indigo Girls One Lost Day (2 wks) Aug. 1: Toni Childs It’s All a Beautiful Noise (4 wks) Aug. 29: The Strypes Little Victories (2 wks) Sept. 12: Aha Cast in Steel (2 wks) Sept. 26: Ryan Adams 1989 (2 wks) Oct. 10: Shawn Colvin Uncovered (2 wks) Oct. 24: Don Henley Cass County (2 wks) Nov. 7: Squeeze Cradle to the Grave (3 wks) Nov. 28: Bruce Springsteen The Essential (2 wks) Dec. 12: Adele 25 (4 wks) 2016: Jan. 9: Bruce Springsteen The Ties That Bind (4 wks) Feb. 6: David Bowie Blackstar (5 wks) Mar. 12: Violent Femmes We Can Do Anything (3 wks) Apr. 2: Brian Fallon Painkillers (2 wks) Apr. 16: Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (3 wks) May 7: Beyoncé Lemonade (3 wks) May 28: Eric Clapton I Still Do (2 wks) June 11: Bob Dylan Fallen Angels (1 wk) June 18: Michael Franti & Spearhead Soul Rocker (6 wks) July 30: Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle Colvin & Earle (2 wks) Aug. 13: Paul McCartney Pure McCartney (2 wks) Aug. 27: Neko Case, k.d. lang, & Laura Viers Case/Lang/Viers (2 wks) Sept. 10: Bob Walkenhorst Spare Vol. 2 (2 wks) Sept. 24: Bruce Springsteen Chapter and Verse (3 wks) Oct. 15: Marillion F.E.A.R. (Fuck Everyone and Run) (5 wks) Nov. 16: Melissa Etheridge Memphis Rock and Soul (3 wks) Dec. 10: Sting 57th & 9th (4 wks) 2017: Jan. 7: Prince 4Ever (2 wks) Jan. 21: Marillion Singles Night (3 wks) Feb. 11: The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome (3 wks) Mar. 4 David Bowie No Plan (2 wks) Mar. 18: Guns N’ Roses Not in This Lifetime (Live in Tokyo) (2 wks) Apr. 1: Bob Dylan Triplicate (1 wk) Apr. 8: Mike + the Mechanics Let Me Fly (1 wk) Apr. 15: Kendrick Lamar Damn. (1 wk) Apr. 22: Sheryl Crow Be Myself (1 wk) Apr. 29: John Mellencamp Sad Clowns & Hillbillies (2 wks) May 13: Keb’ Mo & Taj Mahal Taj Mo (1 wk) May 20: Justin Currie This Is My Kingdom Now (3 wks) May 27: Chris Stapleton From a Room, Volume 1 (1 wk) June 17: Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want? (4 wks) July 15: Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (2 wks) July 29: Styx The Mission (5 wks) Sept. 2: Arcade Fire Everything Now (2 wks) Sept. 16: Emily Saliers Murmuration Nation (2 wks) Sept. 30: Tori Amos Native Invader (1 wk) Oct. 7: The Killers Wonderful Wonderful (1 wk) Oct. 14: Squeeze The Knowledge (4 wks) Nov. 11: Tears for Fears Rule the World: The Greatest Hits (2 wks) Nov. 25: Greta Van Fleet From the Fires (2 wks) Dec. 9: U2 Songs of Experience (5 wks) 2018: Jan. 13: Eminem Revival (3 wks) Feb. 3: Simple Minds Walk Between Worlds (2 wks) Feb. 17: Toto 40 Trips Around the Sun (1 wk) Feb. 24: Brandi Carlile By the Way, I Forgive You (2 wks) Mar. 10: Shawn Colvin The Starlighter (2 wks) Mar. 24: Jack White Boarding House Reach (2 wks) Apr. 7: Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (3 wks) Apr. 28: Various Artists Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin (4 wks) May 26: Sting & Shaggy 44/876 (3 wks) June 16: Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2 wks) June 30: Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel (2 wks) July 14: Neko Case Hell-On (1 wk) July 21: Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction: Locked and Loaded Edition (4 wks) Aug. 18: Prince Anthology 1995-2010 (2 wks) Sept. 1: Neil & Liam Finn Lightsleeper (3 wks) Sept. 22: Fish A Parley with Angels (2 wks) Oct. 6: Steve Perry Traces (2 wks) Oct. 20: Bob & Una Walkenhorst For Tomorrow (2 wks) Nov. 3: Greta Van Fleet Anthem of the Peaceful Army (1 wk) Nov. 10: The Struts Young & Dangerous (1 wk) Nov. 17: Imagine Dragons Origins (1 wk) Nov. 24: The Police Flexible Strategies (2 wks) Dec. 8: John Mellencamp Other People’s Stuff (3 wks) Dec. 29: Bruce Springsteen Springsteen on Broadway (4 wks) 2019: Jan. 26: Michael Franti & Spearhead Stay Human Vol. II (5 wks) Mar. 2: Gary Clark Jr. This Land (2 wks) Mar. 16: Tom Petty The Best of Everything (3 wks) Apr. 6: Mike + the Mechanics Out of the Blue (1 wk) Apr. 13: Melissa Etheridge The Medicine Show (2 wks) Apr. 27: The Rolling Stones Honk (2 wks) May 11: Alan Parsons The Secret (4 wks) June 8: Prince Originals (2 wks) June 22: Bruce Springsteen Western Stars (5 wks) July 27: Violent Femmes Hotel Last Resort (2 wks) Aug. 10: Berlin Transcendance (2 wks) Aug. 24: ZZ Top Goin’ 50 (1 wk) Aug. 31: Shery Crow Threads< (3 wks) Sept. 21: The Highwomen The Highwomen (3 wks) Oct. 12: Brittany Howard Jaime (2 wks) Oct. 26: Sturgill Simpson Sound & Fury (2 wks) Nov. 9: Marillion With Friends from the Orchestra (5 wks) Dec. 14: Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (3 wks) First posted 2/5/2022.