Here are my top 40 albums of 2009 collected into one post rather than spread across three. For what it’s worth I already have a bad case of list regret. In retrospect I would have placed the Real Estate album much higher, possibly top 10 even. I’ve been listening to it a lot lately and it really is gorgeous. Anyways, what’s done is done. Enjoy.
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40. Stardeath and White Dwarfs – The Birth
MP3: Stardeath and White Dwarfs – “Smoking Pot Makes Me Not Want To Kill Myself”
39. Former Ghosts – Fleurs
38. Daniel Johnston – Is and Always Was
MP3: Daniel Johnston – “Queenie the Doggie”
37. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns
MP3: Rural Alberta Advantage – “The Ballad of the RAA”
36. Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
35. Florence and The Machine – Lungs
MP3: Florence and the Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”
34. White Denim – Fits
MP3: White Denim – “Regina Holding Hands”
33. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
MP3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Heads Will Roll”
32. Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love
MP3: Pink Mountaintops – “Holiday”
31. John Vanderslice – Romanian Names
MP3: John Vanderslice – “D.I.A.L.O”
30. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
MP3: Bat For Lashes – “Daniel”
29. The xx – XX
MP3: The xx – “VCR”
28. Julian Casablancas – Phrazes for the Young
MP3: Julian Casablancas – “Ludlow St.”
27. Kings of Convenience – Declaration of Dependence
MP3: Kings of Convenience – “Mrs. Cold”
26. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
MP3: Cymbals Eat Guitars – “What Dogs See”
25. The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
MP3: This Big Pink – “Dominos”
24. Langhorne Slim – Be Set Free
MP3: Langhorne Slim – “Say Yes”
23. The Dodos – Time to Die
MP3: The Dodos – “Small Deaths”
22. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
MP3: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – “Home”
21. There Will Be Fireworks – There Will Be Fireworks
MP3: There Will Be Fireworks – “We Were A Roman Candle”
20. Real Estate – Real Estate
MP3: Real Estate – “Beach Comber”
19. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
MP3: Andrew Bird – “Nomemclature”
18. The Cave Singers – Welcome Joy
MP3: The Cave Singers – “Summer Light”
17. The Thermals – Now We Can See
MP3: The Thermals – “When I Died”
16. Handsome Furs – Face Control
MP3: Handsome Furs – “Legal Tender”
15. Cass McCombs – Catacombs
MP3: Cass McCombs – “You Saved My Life”
14. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
MP3: Dinosaur Jr. – “I Want You To Know”
13. Mount Eerie – Wind’s Poem
MP3: Mount Eerie – “Wind’s Dark Poem”
12. The Antlers – Hospice
MP3: The Antlers – “Two”
11. Atlas Sound – Logos
MP3: Atlas Sound – “Walkabout” (Feat. Noah Lennox)
10. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
MP3: Phoenix – “Fences”
09. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
MP3: Wilco – “Bull Black Nova”
08. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
MP3: Bill Callahan – “The Wind and the Dove”
07. Why? – Eskimo Snow
MP3: Why? – “The Blackest Purse”
06. Girls - Album
05. Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer
MP3: Sunset Rubdown – “Silver Moons”
04. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
MP3: Grizzly Bear – “Ready, Able”
03. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
MP3: Animal Collective – “Bluish”
02. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
MP3: Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is the Move”
01. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
MP3: The Flaming Lips – “Powerless”
Dec 17, 2009 at 7:40 am
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