Primarily I am a hip hop fan but do listen to lots of other genre's and personally I think Kanye's album is my favorite of the year.
The production on the album is just so intricate, and it is really deep for a hip hop album. The album is just so deep start to finish.
Once the album was released I was actually dissapointed that he leaked some of the songs as Good Friday tracks because that actually took away from how great the whole album was because I had already over listened to those tracks.
Other Favorites of mine from this year:
Sigh No More-Mumford and Sons Favorite Track: The Cave
High Violet- The National Favorite Track: Runaway
Broken Bells-Broken Bells Favorite Track: Vaporize
Swim-Caribou Favorite Track(s): Odessa, Sun
Man on The Moon II-Kid Cudi Favorite Track(s): The End, Scott Mesicudi vs The World
More I can't remember without my I-Pod on me.
Also I like this site for Album rankings because it compiles the different rankings for different sites and blogs and not just one persons thoughts (much like Metacritic).
http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearst...?y=2010&page=1