Timber and Steel

It’s that time of year when every music site, blog, publication and fan is busy writing their top album lists for 2010. And we here at Timber and Steel are no different. But rather than try and give you a definitive list we thought we’d let each of our contributors share with you their own personal Top Five Albums of 2010 – trust us, there would have been a lot of fighting otherwise. So without further ado, we give you Timber and Steel’s Top 5 Albums of 2010:

Chordsandcandles
1. Transition to Colour – Matt Corby. With his Jaw dropping live performances and his ability to silence a room or get them stomping along to one of his faster tracks, Matt Corby’s EP Transition to Colour has to be my number 1. His songwriting and emotion provoking vocals set him way and above the rest, and he is definitely someone to keep your eye on for the future.
The remaining four are in no particular order:
2. Kingdom of Our Own – Matthew and the Atlas
3. The Queen of the Sultan – Ay Ducane
4. Wildblood – The October Game
5. New Moore Island – The Mariner’s Children

Evan Hughes
1. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling Laura Marling really came into her own with this album showing a maturity that is well beyond her years. Her lyrics and musicianship show a depth only glimpsed at in her previous releases and every song is a gem.
2. Been Listening – Johnny Flynn
3. Flight of the Crow – Passenger (and friends)
4. Basement Birds – Basement Birds
5. Down the Way – Angus and Julia Stone

KT Bell
I’m nothing if not predictable, and sure, they’re not all this year’s releases, but I got a hold of them all this year and they have been my soundtracks.
1. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
2. Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
3. The Diary of a Falling Man – Autumn Gray
4. With Emperor Antarctica – Boy & Bear
5. Lungs – Florence & the Machine

Macka Jay
1. Been Listening – Johnny Flynn. I loved this album from the first moment i heard it, amazingly combines a sense of play and a keen, observational lyrics. Incredible.
2. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
3. Armchair Apocrypha – Andrew Bird
4. Down the Way – Angus and Julia Stone
5. The Courage of Others – Midlake

Miladyred
Like others I’m not entirely sure if a couple of these are releases for this year but this is the year that I really discovered them.
1. Beat & Holler – Mama Kin
2. Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
3. Basement Birds – Basement Birds
4. With Emperor Antarctica – Boy & Bear
5. Lungs – Florence & the Machine

Thom Owen Miles
1. The Wild Hunt – The Tallest Man On Earth
2. The Violent Blue – Electric President
3. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
4. The Big Island – Motel Motel
5. Die Stadt Muzikanten – Woodpigeon