in a completely tangential post, i’m going to continue a long-standing personal tradition of listing my favourite music from the past year right here on the blog. now that it’s december, i think it’s time.
there have been some excellent albums released in 2009 (as well as some rubbish ones) so even if you don’t agree with me, i hope you enjoy my year-end list.
these are my top 10 albums of the year, in alphabetical order (it was hard enough picking 10).
>> bat for lashes – two suns
favourite track: good love
bat for lashes website
>> black lips – 200 million thousand
favourite track: starting over
black lips website
>> camera obscura – my maudlin career
favourite track: you told a lie
camera obscura website
>> coconut records – davy
favourite track: courtyard
coconut records website
>> the cribs – ignore the ignorant
favourite track: nothing
the cribs website
>> fanfarlo – reservoir
favourite track: fire escape
fanfarlo website
>> jemina pearl – break it up
favourite track: selfish heart
jemina pearl website
>> metric – fantasies
favourite track: blindness
metric website
>> tegan and sara – sainthood
favourite track: someday
tegan and sara website
>> white rabbits – it’s frightening
favourite track: percussion gun
white rabbits website
>> and these are the runners-up.
- anya marina – slow & steady seduction: phase ii
- arctic monkeys – humbug
- the bird and the bee – ray guns are not just the future
- black mamba – golden birthday
- brand new – daisy
- florence and the machine – lungs
- girls – album
- julian casablancas – phrazes for the young
- julian plenti – julian plenti is… skyscraper
- m. ward – hold time
- malajube – labyrinthes
- mason jennings – blood of man
- the rifles – the great escape
- silversun pickups – swoon
what were some of your favourite bands/albums this year?
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Nedry, Condors!
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how did i guess you’d say that?
What a spectacular list. Cue Spotify!
thanks love!
I like your list Molly, somehow I totally missed the new Coconut Records album. Fail me.
Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
Ben Harper & Relentless 7 – White Lies For Dark Times
Black Joe Lewis – Tell Em What Your Name Is!
Conor Oberst – Outer South
Crocodiles – Summer of Hate
Decemberists – Hazards of Love
Seasick Steve – Man From Another Time
Silversun Pickups – Swoon
White Rabbits – It’s Frightening
Honorable Mention:
Pearl Jam – Backspacer
Noah & The Whale – The First Days of Spring
Mason Jennings – Blood of Man
Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World To Come
Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue
awesome! we have lots of similar albums on our lists
i haven’t listened to avett brothers or crocodiles yet. will have to check them out.
Nice list! can haz spotify playlist of above albums/tracks?
hey tom! thanks
here’s my 2009 playlist on spotify with many more tunes on there (and constant updates and additions)… unfortunately, some of the albums i’ve listed aren’t available on spotify (yet).
How could you leave out Mower’s double album opus “Make it a Double”?
dammit, i knew i had forgotten something…
company of thieves – ordinary riches
the dead weather – horehound
that better be your real website, tom
Zach’s Top 10 Albums of 2009
Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing
Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
Muse – The Resistance
Silversun Pickups – Swoon
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Nofx – Coaster
Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
Doves – Kingdom of Rust
U2 – No Line on the Horizon
Julian Casablancas – Phrazes for the Young
Honorable Mention-
Transfer – Future Selves
Into the Presence – Into the Presence
Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Girls – Album
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Rancid – Let the Dominoes Fall
M. Ward – Hold Time
Albums I haven’t had a chance to listen to yet-
Flaming Lips – Embryonic
Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Sonic Youth – The Eternal
The Mars Volta – Octahedron
Clutch – Strange Cousins from the West
Thrice – Beggars
Air – Love 2
Biggest disappointments-
Chris Cornell – Scream
Eminem – Relapse
Weezer – Raditude