Scott's Favorite Albums of 2009

I will preface this post with the traditional disclaimer: by no means is this list attempting to be an objective collection of the year's best music; it is simply the albums that I enjoyed the most over the last twelve months. Brandon's list should be coming soon too.

2009 was a great year for music. The top three albums on my list are not original; you can count on seeing them near the top of many lists this month. So I would kindly refer you to the rest of my list, which I hope is an unique contribution to the blogosphere discourse.



20. Kurt Vile: Childish Prodigy

19. Sunset Rubdown: Dragonslayer

18. Sleeping States: In the Gardens of the North

17. Discovery: LP

16. Phantogram: Eyelid Movies



15. David Bazan: Curse Your Branches

14. Kings of Convenience: Declaration of Dependence

13. Sharon Van Etten: Because I Was in Love

12. Emmy the Great: First Love

11: Mountain Man: Mountain Man




10. mewithoutYou: Its all Crazy! Its all False! Its all a Dream!


9. Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
mp3: All the Kings Men

8. Cryptacize: Mythomania
mp3: New Spell

7. Antony and the Johnsons: Crying Light

6. The xx: xx
mp3: Islands

5. JJ: jj n° 2
mp3: From Africa to Malaga

4. Bat for Lashes: Two Suns
mp3: Daniel

3. Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
mp3: Stillness is the Move

2. Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
mp3: Two Weeks

1. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
mp3: Brother Sport

Scott's...

Favorite EP of the year: Animal Collective, Fall Be Kind
Favorite New Act: JJ
Most Disappointing Album: Peter Bjorn and John, Living Thing (By FAR)
Most Frustrating Artist: Sufjan Stevens

Comments? What are your favorite albums this year?

2 comments:

kendall | December 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM

where is st. vincent?! i thought she would make the top 20, at least.

Anonymous | December 16, 2009 at 6:02 PM

i know i am sorry. it was a good album but, truth be told, her music begins to annoy me after a few listens.

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