My Decade in Music So Far: Amy Phillips

This week, Pitchfork shared lists featuring the best albums and tracks of the decade so far. We asked Pitchfork writers and editors to share a favorite song and album that didn't make the list, along with a music highlight and their personal Top 10s or 20s. Check back for more installments of My Decade in Music So Far.

Sleigh Bells: Treats [N.E.E.T. / Mom & Pop]

It’s so, so rare for me to hear something that sounds genuinely new and exciting, that simultaneously hits all my pleasure centers and also makes me think about sound in a different way. Four years later, this still suckerpunches me.

Patrick Wolf: "The City" [Mercury]

Still can’t believe this wasn’t a huge hit. Such a blast of euphoria, of optimism, of eternal faith in the power of love and all that cheesy (but oh so true) shit. The chorus hit especially close to home when my fiance and I moved back to NYC in 2012: “Won’t let this city destroy our love”.

Musical Highlight of the Last Five Years: Watching Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Dr. Dre, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Lily Allen, Foo Fighters, Justin Timberlake, the Roots, and so many others do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. For very personal reasons.

Favorite Albums of 2010-2014:

1. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster
3. Robyn: Body Talk
4. Kanye West: Yeezus
5. Sleigh Bells: Treats
6. Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe
7. Beyoncé: 4
8. Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
9. Purity Ring: Shrines
10. Taylor Swift: Red
11. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
12. Drake: Take Care
13. Lady Gaga: Born This Way
14. Lorde: Pure Heroine
15. Haim: Days Are Gone
16. Beyoncé: Beyoncé
17. Jai Paul: Jai Paul
18. Miguel: Kaleidoscope Dream
19. M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
20. Jay Z / Kanye West: Watch the Throne

Favorite Tracks of 2010-2014:

1. Robyn: "Dancing on My Own"
2. Kanye West: "Runaway"
3. Icona Pop: "I Love It"
4. Arcade Fire: "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
5. Chvrches: "The Mother We Share"
6. Taylor Swift: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
7. Carly Rae Jepsen: "Call Me Maybe"
8. Sleigh Bells: "Rill Rill"
9. Cee-Lo: "Fuck You"
10. Bat For Lashes: "Laura"
11. Purity Ring: "Belispeak"
12. Jay Z / Kanye West: "Niggas in Paris"
13. Nicki Minaj: "Super Bass" [ft. Ester Dean]
14. Katy Perry: "Teenage Dream"
15. Bastille: "Pompeii"
16. Beyoncé: "1+1"
17. Jai Paul: "BTSTU (Edit)"
18. Lady Gaga: "Telephone" [ft. Beyoncé]
19. Kanye West: "Monster" [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, Jay Z, and Nicki Minaj]
20. Robyn: "Call Your Girlfriend"