Best of 2009

Top of 2009

Albums

1. Meriwether Post Pavilion-Animal Collective
2. My Maudlin Career-Camera Obscura
3. Atlas Sound-Logos
4. Neko Case-Middle Cyclone


Songs

1. Bluish-Animal Collective
2.My Girls-Animal Collective
3.Meriwether Post Pavilion-Animal Collective-pick ‘em
Prison Girls-Neko Case
Don’t Forget Me-Neko Case
Las Vegas-Anni Rossi
Baby Boomer-Monsters of Folk
Forests and Sands-Camera Obscura
Other Towns and Cities-Camera Obscura

 

Rolling Stone's:
SONGS
25 La Roux - "Bulletproof"
24 Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace"
23 Dawes - "That Western Skyline"
22 Peter Bjorn & John - "Nothing To Worry About"
21 Bat For Lashes - "Daniel"
20 Miike Snow - "Animal"
19 Miranda Lambert - "White Liar"
18 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - "Slowly (Oh So Slowly)"
17 Drake - "Successful"
16 Franz Ferdinand - "Ulysses"
15 Kid Cudi - "Day And Night (Crookers Remix)"
14 Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"
13 Animal Collective - "My Girls"
12 Wilco - "Wilco (The Song)"
11 Avett Brothers - "I And Love And You"
10 Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
09 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
08 The Big Pink - "Dominoes"
07 Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is The Move"
06 Pearl Jam - "Fixer"
05 Phoenix - "1901"
04 Miley Cyrus - "Party In The USA"
03 Bruce Springsteen - "Outlaw Pete"
02 Jay-Z (Feat. Alicia Keys - "Empire State Of Mind"
01 U2 - "Moment Of Surrender"

ALBUMS
25 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II
24 Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
23 Levon Helm - Electric Dirt
22 Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
21 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
20 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
19 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
18 Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
17 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
16 Wilco - Wilco (The Album
15 Girls - Album
14 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
13 Drake - So Far Gone Mixtape
12 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
11 Pearl Jam - Backspacer
10 Sonic Youth - The Eternal
09 The xx - xx
08 The-Dream - Love Vs. Money
07 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
06 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
05 Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
04 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
03 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
01 U2 - No Line ON The Horizon

 

Paste albums of 2009



25. Thomas Function – In the Valley of Sickness
24. Various Artists – Dark Was the Night
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!
22. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE
21. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
20. Wild Light – Adult Nights
19. Mastodon – Crack the Skye
18. Flaming Lips – Embryonic
17. The Antlers – Hospice
16. Passion Pit – Manners
15. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Know Better, Learn Faster
14. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orce
13. Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
12. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
11. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
10. Frank Turner – Poetry of the Deed
9. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7. The Decemberists – Hazards of Love
6. Brandi Carlile – Give Up The Ghost
5. David Bazan – Curse Your Branches
4. The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
3. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
1. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You

 

SPIN Magazine – 40 Best Albums of 2009
40 Kiss – Sonic Boom
39 Wilco – Wilco (Wilco The Album)
38 Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
37 Gallows – Grey Britain
36 Brakesbrakesbrakes – Touchdown
35 Miike Snow – Miike Snow
34 Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx
33 The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
32 U2 – No Line On The Horizon
31 Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
30 Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young
29 Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
28 The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
27 Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
26 The Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World To Come
25 The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
24 Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg
23 St. Vincent – Actor
22 Tegan And Sara – Sainthood
21 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II

20 Paramore – Brand New Eyes
19 Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
18 Antony And The Johnsons – The Crying Light
17 Mastodon – Crack The Skye
16 Japandroids – Post-Nothing
15 Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
14 Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali
13 Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall
12 Ida Maria – Fortress Round My Heart
11 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Summer Of Fear
10 The Dead Weather – Horehound
09 Drake – So Far Gone
08 Florence And The Machine – Lungs
07 Mos Def – The Ecstatic
06 Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
05 Girls – Album
04 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
03 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
01 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

 

Congrats to the massive Avett Bros following on this board for the year end critics giving them so much credit. I hate to be so music critically correct, but Animal Collective left me with everything else paling in comparison.

 

I discovered Halestorm this year....

 

pokerface

 

Hello
I like on your collection.That's good
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Pretty good, huh?

 

She looks like a cross between Joan Jett and Carly Simon