Best/Favorite Music of 2009 Thread

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25. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - Up From Below
24. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
23. Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project
22. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
21. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
20. White Rabbits - It's Frightening
19. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
18. Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
17. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
16. Volcano Choir - Unmap
15. Real Estate - Real Estate
14. Karen O and the Kids - Where the Wild Things Are OST
13. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
12. Wilco - Wilco (the Album)
11. Girls - Album
10. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
9. The Dead Weather - Horehound
8. The xx - xx
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
6. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
5. St. Vincent - Actor
4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest




And for what it's worth, "Bad Romance" is in my top ten songs of the year.
 
Definitely. I don't know why we never talked about it. I think I brought it up in Random once, but you know how things tend to go in there.
 
It's certainly not for everyone. I've created some great memories with it, so there's a good chance I'm overrating it. It just makes me smile at this point, and I find it a sunny, happy listen. I like the old school feel of it. Wish I didn't get to my LC! show late, because they opened.


Similar problem for Actor given my undying love of Annie Clark, I guess.
 
I keep forgetting that Andrew Bird album came out this year - it feels like it came out ages ago.

This thread, by the way, has led me to check out a lot of music I missed. Some of it I really didn't like, but I found a few for the Amazon wish list.

So thanks, everyone!
 
The Girls album is definitely a grower. I do love the first two tracks though.
 
If you don't immediately fall in love with "Hellhole Ratrace," well I really can't help you.
 
I finally managed to come up with a list a few days ago that I'm (somewhat) happy with:

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):

Wavves - Wavves
Roll Deep - Street Anthems (compilation album)
The Dodos - Time to Die
Brother Ali - Us
K'naan and J.Period - The Messengers (mixtape)

The Top 20:

20. BK-One w/ Benzilla - Rádio Do Canibal
19. Freddie Gibbs - midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik (mixtape)
18. Passion Pit - Manners
17. Ganglians - Monster Head Room
16. DOOM - Born Like This
15. Woods - Songs of Shame
14. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II
13. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
12. jj - N° 2
11. Deradoorian - Mind Raft (EP)
10. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
9. P.O.S. - Never Better
8. The Antlers - Hospice
7. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (EP)
6. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast/Useless Creatures
5. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
4. The xx - xx
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
1. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
 
I came up with my top 10 songs :D

1. Ex Libras - Underachiever
2. The Twilight Sad - Interrupted
3. U2 - No Line on the Horizon
4. eaststrikewest - Stumble
5. We Were Promised Jetpacks - It's Thunder and It's Lightning
6. Tides From Nebula - Shall We?
7. Emery - Curbside Goodbye
8. Colonies - Las Islas Malvinas
9. Thrice - Circles
10. Porcupine Tree - Time Flies

for anyone who hasn't heard the song Underachiever...listen to it. It's amazing.

YouTube - Underachiever - Ex Libras
 
Is anyone else interested in listing favorite stuff from the decade? I have a rough list of fave songs and albums. I know Dalton just posted his here, but should we start a new thread for that?
 
Yeah, I've got a big ol' top albums of the decade list that I made up a little while back. I'd be down with a Best of the Decade thread.
 
Yeah, a separate thread for that kind of thing would be best. For some reason I thought there already was one of those threads. May be it was just a link to a website or magazine that did their best of the decade list, and some people had posted their lists there. Maybe I'm crazy.
 
i think i'm the only one who actually found the Grizzly Bear album to be rather mediocre, lol!
 
Top 20 Albums

1. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
2. Porcupine Tree - The Incident
3. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
4. Metric - Fantasies
5. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
6. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
8. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
10. Caspian - Tertia
11. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
12. The XX - XX
13. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
14. Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms
15. Passion Pit - Manners
16. U2 - No Line On The Horizon
17. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
18. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
19. The Mercury Program - Chez Viking
20. Muse - The Resistance

Just missing the cut:

Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Paper Route - Absence
Mute Math - Armistice
Russian Circles - Geneva
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

Most Disappointing Album

Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream

Apart from a couple of killer tracks, let's face it - this album was a rush job and just not that good.


Top 20 Songs

No particular order...

Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete
U2 - Moment Of Surrender
Phoenix - Love Like A Sunset (Parts I & II)
Passion Pit - Moth's Wings
Metric - Satellite Mind
Paper Route - Carousel
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric
Pure Reason Revolution - Bloodless
Doves - Winter Hill
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies
Green Day - East Jesus Nowhere
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Stay Alive
The XX - Infinity
Franz Ferdinand - Lucid Dreams
Caspian - Sycamore
Gifts From Enola - Aves
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes

Best EPs

1. EastStrikesWest - wolvves
2. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
3. The American Dollar/Arms & Sleepers (Split) - From The Inland Sea
 
I didn't include EPs like a few of you did, but if I had, Fall Be Kind and Angel Deradoorian's Mind Raft would certainly have been included.

Here's my top 40 songs list.

40. Bear in Heaven - "Lovesick Teenagers"
39. Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer"
38. Bob Dylan - "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
37. Fruit Bats - "Primitive Man"
36. Charles Spearin - "Vanessa"
35. Here We Go Magic - "Fangela"
34. Andrew Bird - "Anonanimal"
33. Karen O and the Kids - "All is Love"
32. Shuttlecock - "No Net on the Horizon"
31. Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace"
30. Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
29. Volcano Choir - "Island, Is"
28. The Dead Weather - "Hang You From the Heavens"
27. Shuttlecock - "Courts of Lebanon"
26. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Soft Shock"
25. St. Vincent - "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood"
24. Grizzly Bear - "Southern Point"
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
22. Real Estate - "Fake Blues"
21. The xx - "Islands"
20. Grizzly Bear - "I Live With You"
19. Bat for Lashes - "Glass"
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Hysteric"
17. Wilco - "Bull Black Nova"
16. Dirty Projectors - "Useful Chamber"
15. Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"
14. Girls - "Lust for Life"
13. St. Vincent - "Just the Same but Brand New"
12. The Flaming Lips - "Watching the Planets"
11. The xx - "Crystalised"
10. Animal Collective - "My Girls"
9. Phoenix - "1901"
8. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
7. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
6. The National - "So Far Around the Bend"
5. Phoenix - "Rome"
4. Wilco - "One Wing"
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Skeletons"
2. Animal Collective - "Bluish"
1. Dirty Projectors - "Stillness is the Move"


I also feel like including my top five favorite music videos of the year:

#5

#4

#3 would be the very NSFW video for "Watching the Planets." It's not on the You Tubes, though, for obvious reasons.

#2

#1
 
I didn't include EPs like a few of you did, but if I had, Fall Be Kind and Angel Deradoorian's Mind Raft would certainly have been included.

Yeah, I wasn't sure about whether or not to include them, but those two were such strong works, stronger than a lot of full-length albums I heard this year. Plus, I didn't listen to enough EPs on their own to make a separate EP list.

Also, I approve of how highly "Bad Romance" appears on your list.
 
I didn't include EPs like a few of you did, but if I had, Fall Be Kind and Angel Deradoorian's Mind Raft would certainly have been included.

Here's my top 40 songs list.

40. Bear in Heaven - "Lovesick Teenagers"
39. Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer"
38. Bob Dylan - "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
37. Fruit Bats - "Primitive Man"
36. Charles Spearin - "Vanessa"
35. Here We Go Magic - "Fangela"
34. Andrew Bird - "Anonanimal"
33. Karen O and the Kids - "All is Love"
32. Shuttlecock - "No Net on the Horizon"
31. Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace"
30. Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
29. Volcano Choir - "Island, Is"
28. The Dead Weather - "Hang You From the Heavens"
27. Shuttlecock - "Courts of Lebanon"
26. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Soft Shock"
25. St. Vincent - "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood"
24. Grizzly Bear - "Southern Point"
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
22. Real Estate - "Fake Blues"
21. The xx - "Islands"
20. Grizzly Bear - "I Live With You"
19. Bat for Lashes - "Glass"
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Hysteric"
17. Wilco - "Bull Black Nova"
16. Dirty Projectors - "Useful Chamber"
15. Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"
14. Girls - "Lust for Life"
13. St. Vincent - "Just the Same but Brand New"
12. The Flaming Lips - "Watching the Planets"
11. The xx - "Crystalised"
10. Animal Collective - "My Girls"
9. Phoenix - "1901"
8. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
7. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
6. The National - "So Far Around the Bend"
5. Phoenix - "Rome"
4. Wilco - "One Wing"
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Skeletons"
2. Animal Collective - "Bluish"
1. Dirty Projectors - "Stillness is the Move"

Couldn't even find room for Courts of Lebanon, huh?

"Choose your opponents carefully ‘cos they will complete you
Make them challenging cos some days they will beat you
They’re not there in the beginning but when your story falters
Gonna last with you longer than your partner"
 
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