 PopMatters named it the best album of 2010 in its year-end list. MTV and Entertainment Weekly placed it at number eight on their lists of the 20 Best Albums of 2010. The Guardian ranked the album number one on its list of 2010's top 40 albums, stating in conclusion "No other album this year seems so alive with possibility. Monáe is young and fearless enough to try anything, gifted enough to pull almost all of it off, and large-hearted enough to make it feel like a communal experience: Us rather than Me". The ArchAndroid was voted the fourth-best album in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics'poll for 2010. Five songs from the album were included in the poll's singles list, including "Tightrope" (number two), "Cold War" (number 22), "Wondaland", "Locked Inside", and "Sir Greendown" (all tied for number 549).
