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Best Albums of 2009

brokensocscene
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 04, 2009 at 07:28 PM UTC #
hey azaghdork, please condense your list to 10 or so…
Relaxer
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 04, 2009 at 07:32 PM UTC #
I didn't realize that Flipper had put out new material. And *really* didn't realize that Krist Novo..la..ma…chick…uh… y'know the tall dude from Nirvana was in the band. Going to have to check that out.
azaghal1981
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 04, 2009 at 07:39 PM UTC #
I haven't gotten a chance to yet.
That's what I've narrowed it down to so far.
And if you look at the rest of this thread, you'll see that a sizable number of what I listed in that post  made it on others' short lists.

Hello wrote:
hey azaghdork, please condense your list to 10 or so…
azaghal1981
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 06, 2009 at 09:01 AM UTC #
Courtesy of insomnia, here's a top 10 for now (subject to change) in no particular order:

Current 93 - Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
Alasdair Roberts - Spoils
Magik Markers - Balf Quarry
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem One
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
Circulatory System - Signal Morning
killsaly
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 04:37 AM UTC #
Asobi Seksu - Hush
ultraklystron - the Fourth Estate
Placebo - Battle for the Sun
Dual Core - Next Level
Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backflip - Songs from the Pit
Screen Vinyl Image - Interceptors
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
K Flay - Mashed Potatoes
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper
Muse - the Resistance
sweetcell
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 02:27 PM UTC #
killsaly wrote:
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

oh crap forgot about that one - it's definitely on my list.  it's US release was in 2009, and i didn't hear it until this year, so it's a 2009 album for me too :)
godsshoeshine
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 03:07 PM UTC #
top 5
phoenix - wap
deer tick - born on flag day
dinosaur jr - farm
pains of being pure at heart
neko case - middle cyclone
brokensocscene
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 03:20 PM UTC #
Add:

The Horrors - Primary Colours
The Hidden Cameras - Origin:Orphan
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Hello wrote:
I will add more later, but here are some:

Bowerbirds - Upper Air
Califone - All My Friends are Funeral Singers
William Elliott Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Evangelista - Prince of Truth
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Brakes - Touchdown
Phosphorescent - To Willy



nkotb
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 03:40 PM UTC #
Just listening to this now.  Every time they put out a new album, I sigh and think "Ho hum…more distorted bass and frantic drummer."  Then I listen to it and punch holes in the wall because it rules.

Not top album worthy, but still, it makes me want to break glass.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Here's an alphabetical list I compiled for another board:

Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights

beetsnotbeats
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 03:40 PM UTC #
Animal Collective - MPP
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Merzbow - 13 Japanese Birds Pt.5: Uzura
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today?
Mountains - Choral
Phoenix - WAP
David Sylvian - Manafon
Wye Oak - The Knot

Best reissue: The nearly complete studio recordings of a four-man band from across the pond (dominated by two members) whose works have had enormous impact on popular music, issued in two distinct and long-awaited box sets by EMI. Kraftwerk.
azaghal1981
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 04:39 PM UTC #
That Mountains/Tape show at Bossa (I think that's where it is) will be all kinds of great.


Merzbow solo is incredibly hit-or-miss for me and I was curious as to which of those 13 Japanese Birds discs to check out. Guess it'll be 5 for starters.
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 08, 2009 at 09:00 PM UTC #
Mos Def "The Ecstatic"
YYYs "It's Blitz!"
Arctic Monkeys "Humbug"
Late of The Pier "Fantasy Black Channel"
Them Crooked Vultures "Them Crooked Vultures"
Yuksek "So Far Away From The Sea"
Devendra Banhart "What Will We Be"
jeffml
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 09, 2009 at 12:37 PM UTC #
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Michael Jackson - This Is It
Taylor Swift - Fearless
The Fray - The Fray
Glee - The Music Vol 2
David Archuleta - Christmas From the Heart
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
elj
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 09, 2009 at 03:29 PM UTC #
jeffml wrote:
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Michael Jackson - This Is It
Taylor Swift - Fearless
The Fray - The Fray
Glee - The Music Vol 2
David Archuleta - Christmas From the Heart
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Ahahahahahahaha. I have no idea how Fuck Buttons got in this list, but awesome.
azaghal1981
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 09, 2009 at 03:52 PM UTC #
One of these is not like the others…
BAGLEY
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 10, 2009 at 02:36 PM UTC #
What? No Built to Spill on anyone's list? Hard to believe…. 
sweetcell
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 11, 2009 at 03:43 PM UTC #
Spin's top 10:
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
2. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - IT'S BLITZ!
3. PHOENIX - WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
4. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
5. GIRLS - ALBUM
6. BAT FOR LASHES - TWO SUNS
7. MOS DEF - THE ECSTATIC
8. FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - LUNGS
9. DRAKE - SO FAR GONE
10. THE DEAD WEATHER - HOREHOUND
their full top 40: http://www.spin.com/gallery/40-best-albums-2009?page=1#main

10 Best Albums You Might Have Missed in 2009
http://spin.com/articles/10-best-albums-you-might-have-missed-2009?page=0%2C1

vansmack
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 11, 2009 at 05:38 PM UTC #
jeffml wrote:
Glee - The Music Vol 2


There is no doubt that Vol 2 completely blows away Vol 1 and I, for one, am glad they did a vol 2.
brokensocscene
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 11, 2009 at 05:49 PM UTC #
wait, we are talking about best albums of 2009, not gay albums of the decade.  :P

vansmack wrote:
jeffml wrote:
Glee - The Music Vol 2


There is no doubt that Vol 2 completely blows away Vol 1 and I, for one, am glad they did a vol 2.
vansmack
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Re: Best Albums of 2009 December 11, 2009 at 05:56 PM UTC #
Hello wrote:gay album of the decade.  :P


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