Best Albums of 2009

Best part of the year: list time! I’ve made a best-albums-of-the-year list every year since at least 1999, and there’s no end to that streak in sight.

Below is a list of my favorite albums of the year. That doesn’t mean most important. It doesn’t mean most influential. It means only that these are the ones I most enjoy. There very well could be some albums that would have made my list had a heard them, but one just can’t listen to everything … so make sure to send some suggestions my way if you think my list is lacking something.

Here goes …

The Best Albums of 2009, According to Me:

25. Various Artists – Dark Was the Night (16 February)
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24. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast (20 January)
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23. Lake – Let’s Build a Roof (6 October)
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22. Circulatory System – Signal Morning (29 September)
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21. Bowerbirds – Upper Air (30 June)
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20. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs (8 September)
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19. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains (25 January)
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18. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (9 June)
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17. Woods – Songs of Shame (4 August)
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16. Real Estate – Real Estate (17 November)
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15. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone (3 March)
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14. The Dodos – Time to Die (4 August)
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13. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (3 February)
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12. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (20 January)
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11. Cass McCombs – Catacombs (7 July)
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10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (24 May)
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9. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (13 January)
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8. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career (21 April)
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7. Girls – Album (22 September)
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6. The XX – XX (18 August)
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5. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (13 October)
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4. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns (9 June)
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3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (12 May)
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2. Brakes (Brakesbrakesbrakes) – Touchdown (21 April)
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1. The Antlers – Hospice (23 June)

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06 Dec This entry was published on December 6, 2009 at 2:33 pm. It’s filed under General Music and tagged Antlers, Best Albums of 2009, Best of 2009, brakesbrakesbrakes, Camera Obscura, Fever Ray, Girls, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, The Flaming Lips, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The XX. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.