#4. Angels & Airwaves - LOVE
This was actually a tough spot for me, not because I couldn't
decide between five, four and three, or whatever, because I already knew I wanted to include The Felix Culpa. The problem was what to put at number four and leave off the list completely. In a slight edge over OK GO's Of The Blue Color Of The Sky, I have chosen Angels & Airwaves' third album for a few reasons. When a song from this album comes on my iPod on shuffle, I very regularly have taken shuffle off, and listened to the rest of the album instead of keeping it on shuffle. That's a good sign for the album, in my opinion. This album was originally slated to be released on Christmas day 2009, but was pushed back to Valentine's day because the production of it was delayed by that little get-together Tom Delonge had with Blink 18fucking2. Blink reuniting is just fine by me. But to delay the release what was my most anticipated album of 2009 until 2010 was a huge disappointment. The benefit of it was that the wait made me want it harder, and when it came out, FOR FREE I MIGHT ADD, the wait was totally worth it. And, now it can be included in my favorite of 2010 list!
Like I said, it was released on Valentine's day as a free download via Tom's Modlife site, so there was no excuse for you not to go get this record. It might still be free, I haven't checked, but if so, I highly recommended you go download this. Now, if you have heard AVA's other two albums, this will not really come as a surprise what this album sounds like, but I happen to be a big fan of what Tom has created with AVA. It basically sounds like a continuation of the other two albums. When Tom said that Angels & Airwaves would never go away, even if he had reunited with Blink, that made me pretty happy. He could put this album out every year and I'd love it every time. BEST album of 2010? Probably not. My fourth favorite?
Absolutely.
Key Track: Soul Survivor (...2012)
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