The only real criteria I had when putting this list together was answering this one question: In another ten years, what albums will I still be able to return to without feeling nauseated? Quite frankly, everything between number 11 and number 1 is filler and pretty much replaceable with any other album on the Best of the Decade List. But, I'm going to do this regardless, mostly because I'm bored and this should make for a good laugh another decade from now. Coming in at number 10 is the Avett Brothers' I And Love And You. Previous Avett Brothers albums have been a bit raw, lacking the sophistication to lift their North Carolina hill harmonies much above their country-fied boogie. But it was that raw mix of folk, country and rock that scored them a major label deal and the chance to work with Rick Rubin. Rubin pushed the band to new heights, helping them elevate their game and craft lush, ornate pop music reminiscent of the Beatles (if the Beatles had clawed their way out of N. Cakalaky, soothing cantankerous tobacco farmers with their dulcit melodies after getting caught in the haymow with the farmer's daughter).
I have never even heard of this album