Our Photo Editor, Aviva Cohen, shares her picks for best albums of 2010.

10) Doug Paisley – Constant Companion

Duets with Feist and Garth Hudson tickling the ivories. Perfect twang.

9) Daniel, Fred & Julie – Daniel, Fred & Julie

Three part harmony murder ballads.

8) Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night

Blisswave Pt. 1

7) Beachhouse – Teen Dream

Blisswave Pt. 2

6) Owen Pallet – Heartland

Top pop record with strings, strings, strings.

5) Sam Amidon – I See The Sign

Appalachian avant garde with Nico Muhly strings. Also an R. Kelly cover. What’s not to like?

4) Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues

When did this guy go from channeling Charlie Poole to Gram Parsons?

3) Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic

A damn fine bluegrass band wrote a damn fine pop record. Bend that genre, boys.

2) Sufjan Stevens – Age Of Adz

Sufjan gets real, gets right.

1) The National – High Violet

Bummer in the summer.