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[Skittleguy]

It's almost the end of 2009, so it seems about the right time to have a hoe-down.

So imho, I think 2009 has been a phenomenal year in music. The amount of albums release by artists I enjoy has been staggering, as well as a number of new artists I look forward to hearing more from.

The point of this thread is not to rub your musical e-peen in the faces of others, but to simply share albums you really liked this year. That way, people can maybe discover new music they missed out on. So keep it nice please!

So here's my top 25 for the year, in no particular order:

The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Akron Family - Set Em' Wild, Set Em' Free
The Antlers - Hospice
Miike Snow - S/T
Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence

The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
Roman Candle - Oh Tall Tree In the Ear
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
The Bird and The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future

Micachu - Jewellery
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
The xx - xx
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast

Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
St. Vincent - Actor
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion/Fall Be Kind

Mi Ami - Watersports
Royksopp - Junior
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light

So what were your top albums for the year, fellow Gaffers?

 

[whitehawk]

That's a lot of albums..

I've bought maybe 2 this year.. But I did enjoy YES, by k-os.

 

[Dabanton]

Some good choices i'll post some of mine later.

 

[Skittleguy]

That's a lot of albums..

I had to whittle it down from 50 :/

 

[Cohsae]

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix for me, no contest.

 

[SpiffyG]

and

 

[Borgnine]

Not a great year, above is what I was really impressed with (one of them isn't even an album). There's a lot of other stuff I'm sort of digging, but it's all kind of mediocre and doesn't belong on a list.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Merriweather Post Pavilion and Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.

 

[Alucard]

It wasn't a terribly memorable year for me, but after seeing this band live, this album really clicked for me.

 

[kikanny]

No Line on the Horizon.

 

[liquid_gears]

Terrible year (and decade) for music. But...

 

[boredofcanada]

Teebs-CDR 09
Nosaj Thing-Drift
Animal Collective-Merri blah blah blah
2562-Unbalance
Dan Deacon-Bromst
Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest
Kutmah-Sacred Geometry

 

[Scythesurge]

I'll give you my top 3, I can update later when I finalize my list:

1) Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
2) Album - Girls
3) Embryonic - The Flaming Lips

 

[E-DuB]

But I did enjoy YES, by k-os.

This man gets it...

To add to this: Street Sweeper Social Club
Them Crooked Vultures
Timber Timbre

 

[BigGreenMat]

My music listening has been very passive lately, but I REALLY dig The xx and Lymbyc System. Both immediately caught my ear.

 

[Peru]

1. the-dream - love vs money
2. electrik red - how to be a lady pt 1
3. the xx - xx
4. rihanna - rated r
5. sunn o - monoliths and dimensions
6. dj quik & kurupt - blackqout
7. gucci mane - state vs
8 .shackleton - three eps
9. propagandhi - supporting caste
10. ryan leslie -transform
11. miranda lambert - revolution
12. raekwon - cuban linx 2
13. shakira - she wolf
14. brad paisley - american saturday night
15. pleasure p

 

[esbern]

most of the best stuff has already been said, but i liked the new Mos Def and yeah yeah yeahs too.

 

[Fina1e]

This year has been a good one.

 

[baultista]

 

[siddx]

 

[NGAMER9]

The Dead Weather-Horehound
Them Crooked Vultures-Them Crooked Vultures
Wolfmother-Cosmic Egg
Brendan Benson-My Old, Familiar Friend
Chickenfoot-Chickenfoot (I'll admit, this one barely makes it on, but it's pretty good)
Jet-Shaka Rock
Kiss-Sonic Boom
Megadeth-Endgame
Mastodon-Crack the Skye
Pearl Jam-Backspacer
Trans-Siberian Orchestra-Night Castle

Yeah, I have weird taste. Still, I think it was a good year for music.

 

[Anth0ny]

 

[K.Sabot]

St. Vincent - Actor

Andrew Bird - Noble Beast/Useless Creatures
Ironic that they are touring, and even playing with each other now.

Can't forget

Also, Merriweather Post Pavillion, but people have posted that enough already.

Honorable mentions:
The xx's self titled.
Grizzly Bear - Veckitamest (I liked it, but it doesn't have good longevity.)
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
I Come to Shanghai's self titled. I want to hear more of them in the future.

 

[Alucard]

This really is one of Mono's crowning achievements, and should be a must for anyone who is into post-rock or emotionally stirring instrumental music in general. It was also one of my favourites from this past year.

A sample for the uninitiated:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAUK-aoqt8

Mind you, this is by far the shortest track on the disc. Most of the others run from ten to twelve minutes.

 

[joelseph]

Seeing Miike Snow in the first post warms my heart, they might be hope for some of you yet.

But then no mention of the best Album this year:

 

[see5harp]

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix for me, no contest.

As much as I agree with every one of the O/P picks it's hard for me to not place Phoenix at the top of my list. I was hyped for Grizzly Bear the most due to the early "While You Wait..." performances, but "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" was nearly perfect for me...and really gets me excited for a possible return to form for The Rapture in 2010.

 

[Skittleguy]

I thought that was 2008? 2009 was

which was also good.

 

[DSK123]

 

[Medalion]

Lights - The Listening
Alice in Chains - Blue Gives way to Black
Weezer - Raditude

 

[Foxtastical]

In no order, the albums that stuck with me through this year.

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Girls - Album
Washed Out - Life of Leisure
Flaming Lips - Embryonic

In no order, the albums that I liked but doubt will really stick.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion/Fall Be Kind
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
Passion Pit - Manners
Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

This year was more digging into the past for me, exploring 80s stuff.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

what's sad is this thread will devolve into the usual hate thread that usually happens with music threads, mostly due to people picking MPP. oh teh noes, people like animal collective

 

[Alucard]

what's sad is this thread will devolve into the usual hate thread that usually happens with music threads, mostly due to people picking MPP. oh teh noes, people like animal collective

Maaaaaaaaan, FUCK that "band."

 

[gdt]

I haven't listened to much music from this year yet.

But from what I did check out,

MPP gets it easily.

 

[Akim]

.

 

[Skittleguy]

what's sad is this thread will devolve into the usual hate thread that usually happens with music threads, mostly due to people picking MPP. oh teh noes, people like animal collective

Maybe not. I think Kastro is still banned.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

I'll make my list after my finals are over, but I'd like to chime in and say this:

is getting a lot of my listening time, and it's beautiful.

Maybe not. I think Kastro is still banned.

pjberri, lambtron, and Strangelove aren't, though.

but strangelove is cool in my book for the most part because he listens to emeralds

 

[Archie]

From left to right:

Baroness - Blue Record
The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Dinosaur Jr - Farm
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

 

[Jill Sandwich]

I don't think I've listened to an album this year. That's weird.

 

[Mononofu]

 

[alr1ght]

I haven't really listened to much new music this year, however

Thursday - Common Existence
Oh My God - The Night Undoes The Work Of The Day
John Mayer - Battle Studies
Brand New - Daisy
Chris Barron - Pancho And The Kid
The Swell Season - Strict Joy
Gavin Castleton - Home
Imogen Heap - Ellipse

 

[Doytch]

Top five, in order. Had to cut out a lot of good stuff, so I think it was a really good year. Purposely not putting AC even though I love both MPP and FBK since everyone's already listed them.

Flaming Lips - Embryonic / Various Artists - Dark Was the Night / Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle / Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones / Dinosaur Jr - Farm

 

[MrOctober]

Baroness - Blue Record
The-Dream - Love Vs. Money
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Jay-Z - Blueprint III

All I can really think of.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

John Mayer - Battle Studies
Yes, he looks like a douche on the cover, but amazing album.

Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
My second favorite Jay album.

Rihanna - Rated R
Great Album.

I have more, but can't think right now.

 

[Archie]

Baroness - Blue Record
The-Dream - Love Vs. Money

All I can really think of.

Blue Record came out of nowhere. Such a fucking awesome album. tyvm Rock Band thread for exposing me to that band.

 

[Alucard]

Oh yeah! The Dinosaur Jr. album is pretty awesome.

 

[WEGGLES]

Top 10

Akron/Family - Set em Wide, Set em Free
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Antlers - Hospice
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Health - Get Color
Anamanaguchi - Dawn Metropolis
Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
This Will Destroy You/Lymbic Systm - Field Studies
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
(Order doesn't imply a ranking)

 

[MrOctober]

Blue Record came out of nowhere. Such a fucking awesome album. tyvm Rock Band thread for exposing me to that band.

Seriously dude same here. I got Blue from listening to A Horse Called Gorgotha one time.

 

[Cohsae]

This thread just reminded me of how little new music I heard this year . Time to fix that.

 

[Mileena]

Kalisia - Cybion
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
Transatlantic - Whirlwind
Baroness - Blue
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Insomnium - Across the Dark
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt 2
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Devin Townsend - Addicted
Megadeth - Endgame
Be'lakor - Stones Reach
Mastodon - Crack the Skye


amazing year for metal and prog fans.

 

[Persona7]

Quoted for Posterity.

I just can't quit listening. I just can't.