Friday, December 18, 2009

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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