My album of 2009
This was a tough year for me to compile a list. Although, as always, there was great music released this year, I found myself mostly buying older stuff. In fact, my discovery of the year was probably Delta 5, who made music from 1979-1981. That being said, I’ll rank every complete album and EP I bought this year (a few physically, most through eMusic. Entries marked with asterisks were downloaded either free or at a significant discount (ie. the Fanfarlo album was given away for $1)
- The xx – xx
- Handsome Furs – Face Control
- múm – Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know
- Years – Years
- The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control
- Fanfarlo – Reservoir*
- Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
- Wilco – Wilco (the album)
- Metric – Fantasies
Not ranked because I haven’t listened to them enough:
- Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre*
- Do Make Say Think – Other Truths
- The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning*
I thought I’d rank EPs separately:
- Ume – Sunshower
- Suburban Kids with Biblical Names – #4
Here are some of the “pro’s” lists:
- Chromewaves’ Favourite Albums of 2009
- Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2009
- Pitchfork Top 100 Tracks of 2009
- Allmusic’s Favorite Albums of 2009
- Last.fm’s Albums of the Year
How about you? What were some of your favourites?
