It's been a great year for me, music-wise. I discovered some awesome artists and listened to a lot of albums, and here are the ones that were actually released in 2010... I should do an all-time favorites list one of these days too. :D
18. Loud - Rihanna
favorite songs: Fading, Only Girl (In the World), California King Bed
Just when I felt like giving up on us
You turned around and gave me one last touch
That made everything feel better
17. Lifted Off the Ground - Chely Wright
favorite songs: Notes To the Coroner, Damn Liar, Object of Your Rejection
I wrote it down for you in case I didn't survive
In a black notebook right there by my side
Be sure to read it, it'll tell you everything
Go ahead and start from December
16. The Incredible Machine - Sugarland
favorite songs: Tonight, Stand Up, Little Miss
A lifetime for a day
Would be an even trade
No price I wouldn't pay
For your heart, love
15. Nothing Like This - Rascal Flatts
favorite songs: Easy, Red Camaro, I Won't Let Go
You're not alone
I will stand by you
I will help you through
When you’ve done all you can do
14. Laws of Illusion - Sarah McLachlan
favorite songs: Forgiveness, Out of Tune, Bring On the Wonder
When I'm lying here with you
And the whole world's out of tune
You're the one and only voice that makes things right
So stay with me tonight
13. I'm Still Here - Mindy McCready
favorite songs: Wrong Again, By Her Side, Fades
We were happy gettin' nowhere fast
Head out the window and my feet on the dash
Sometimes I still think
You're sitting right beside me
12. Cowboy's Back In Town - Trace Adkins
favorite songs: Hold My Beer, Hell I Can Do That, Break Her Fall
A hundred thousand fans
Screamin’ in the stands
He gets a bag full of cash
To sit out the second half
Hell, I can do that
11. Volume Two - She & Him
favorite songs: Thieves, Gonna Get Along Without You Now, Brand New Shoes
Why do you look like that
It's not all that bad
I'll see you sometime
Sometimes lonely isn't sad
10. Album Number Two - Joey + Rory
favorite songs: Baby I'll Come Back to You, The Horse Nobody Could Ride, This Song's For You
This song’s for you, you know who you are
We’re up on this stage, but you’re the star
You’re why we, do what we do
We want you to know, this song’s for you
09. Messy Little Raindrops - Cheryl Cole
favorite songs: Live Tonight, Raindrops, Better to Lie
Can you please just be honest
You tell me some stories but I just don’t want to know
No I just don’t believe it
And all I want to do is keep screaming
08. Sarah Buxton - Sarah Buxton
favorite songs: American Daughters, Innocence, That Kind of Day
It was sink or swim, do or die
Sneaking out on summer nights
Stealing wine from my pa
The thrill of not getting caught
07. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
favorite songs: Need You Now, American Honey, Stars Tonight
Picture perfect memories, scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
06. Glee: The Music, Volume 4 - Glee Cast
favorite songs: River Deep Mountain High, Marry You, Valerie
Don’t say no, no, no, no-no
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
And we’ll go, go, go, go-go
If you’re ready, like I’m ready
05. Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts
favorite songs: Kick it Up, Hearts on Fire, I Could Be a Cowboy
Kick it up another notch
This party ain't for shrinking violets
Give it all you've got
Pass me the scotch
Let's kick this mother up another notch
04. Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
favorite songs: The Boys of Fall, You And Tequila, Somewhere With You
In little towns like mine, that’s all they’ve got
Newspaper clippings fill the coffee shops
The old men will always think they know it all
Young girls will dream about the boys of fall
03. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
favorite songs: Back to December, Last Kiss, Long Live
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December all the time
02. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
favorite songs: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), The One That Got Away, Not Like the Movies
I was June and you were my Johnny Cash
Never one without the other, we made a pact
Sometimes when I miss you
I put those records on
01. Illuminations - Josh Groban
favorite songs: If I Walk Away, Love Only Knows, Straight to You
Heaven has denied us its kingdom
The saints are drunk and howling at the moon
And the chariots of angels are colliding