Ok, the next step in the grand process, the Honorable Mentions. Each of these releases were quite good and very well may have been ranked in another year, but just did not have the extra juice to make the big list in 2010. This past year proved to be pretty deep in great releases, so there's no shame in making this list. Maybe a Top 100 of the year would cover all the bases? No, you're right, that would be ridiculous and you probably would not read the whole thing. Anyway, it would be a shame to let these go completely unnoticed, so here's this quick consolation, in alphabetical order:

Against Me! - White Crosses
Avi Buffalo - s/t
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
The Black Keys - Brothers
Born Ruffians - Say It
Broken Bells - s/t
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Engineers - Three Fact Fader
Interpol - s/t
Kopecky Family Band - The Disaster
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
MGMT - Congratulations
No Age - Everything In Between
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
The Thermals - Personal Life
Wild Nothing - Gemini