Pitchfork's Top Albums Of 2009

The almighty Pitchfork has spent all week posting their Top Tracks Of 2009 and Top Albums Of 2009. Check out the albums below. A few good ones, some I have yet to hear, and definitely a bunch of good ones missing.



50. Woods – Songs of Shame [Shrimper/Woodsist]
49. Cass McCombs – Catacombs [Domino]
48. DOOM – Born Like This [Lex]
47. Zomby – Where Were U in '92? [Werk Discs]
46. Dan Deacon – Bromst [Carpark]
45. The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come [4AD]
44. tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs [Marriage/4AD]
43. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains [self-released]
42. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar [Mis Ojos Discos]
41. Baroness – Blue Record [Relapse]
40. Mos Def – The Ecstatic [Downtown]
39. Jim O'Rourke – The Visitor [Drag City]
38. Major Lazer – Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do [Downtown]
37. The Antlers – Hospice [Frenchkiss]
36. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm [Jagjaguwar]
35. jj – jj n° 2 [Sincerely Yours]
34. Passion Pit – Manners [Columbia/Frenchkiss]
33. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue [Warp]
32. Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth [Hometapes]
31. Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions [Southern Lord]
30. Röyksopp – Junior [Astralwerks]
29. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs [Matador]
28. Micachu and the Shapes – Jewellery [Rough Trade]
27. Various Artists – 5: Five Years of Hyperdub [Hyperdub]
26. Bon Iver – Blood Bank [EP] [Jagjaguwar]
25. DJ Quik and Kurupt – BlaQKout [Mad Science]
24. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle [Drag City]
23. Memory Tapes – Seek Magic [Sincerely Yours/Acéphale/Something in Construction]
22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers [Domino]
21. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone [Anti-]
20. Real Estate – Real Estate [Woodsist]
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [Slumberland]
18. Atlas Sound – Logos [Kranky]
17. The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa [Green Owl]
16. Antony and the Johnsons – The Crying Light [Secretly Canadian]
15. Japandroids – Post-Nothing [Unfamiliar/Polyvinyl]
14. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms [Lefse]
13. St. Vincent – Actor [4AD]
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! [Interscope]
11. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport [ATP]
10. Girls – Album [True Panther/Matador]
09. Fever Ray – Fever Ray [Mute/Rabid]
08. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [Loyauté/Glassnote]
07. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns [Astralwerks/Parlophone]
06. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest [Warp]
05. Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx… Pt. II [H2O/EMI]
04. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic [Warner Bros.]
03. The xx – XX [Young Turks]
02. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca [Domino]
01. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino]



Honorable Mention

The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love [4AD]
The Clientele – Bonfires on the Heath [Merge]
Converge – Axe to Fall [Epitaph]
Delorean – Aryton Senna [EP] [Fool House]
The-Dream – Love vs. Money [Def Jam]
Emeralds – What Happened [No Fun]
The Field – Yesterday & Today [Kompakt/Anti-]
Fool's Gold – Fool's Gold [IAMSOUND]
Freddie Gibbs – The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs/Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik [self-released]
Future of the Left – Travels With Myself and Another [4AD]
Here We Go Magic – Here We Go Magic [Western Vinyl]
Javelin – Jamz n Jemz [self-released]
Julianna Barwick – Florine [EP] [Florid]
Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care [Domino]
Kurt Vile – God Is Saying This to You [Mexican Summer]
Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas – II [Eskimo]
Maxwell – BLACKsummers'night [Columbia]
Megafaun – Gather, Form & Fly [Hometapes]
Morrissey – Years of Refusal [Lost Highway]
Omar-S – Fabric 45 [Fabric]
Oneida – Rated O [Jagjaguwar]
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns [Saddle Creek]
The Smith Westerns – The Smith Westerns [Hozac]
Various Artists – Dark Was the Night [4AD]
Washed Out - Life of Leisure [EP] [Mexican Summer]


* I realize that reading these lists may get old, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing and feel like sharing what my fellow blogger's dig.


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