Top 20 Albums of 2009

Presented without comment. Number one is number one by a mile. Most of the rest of the list has a certain level of interchangability. What this list does have in common, though, is that each of these albums has been greatly enjoyed over the course of the year. I heard a lot of music this year (probably upwards of 150 or so albums), and this is the stuff that grabbed me more than any of the rest.

Tomorrow, I'll post the list of songs that I listened to most in the year 2009, and on the 2nd or 3rd, I'll post a list of other notable music that I listened to over the course of the year.

20. Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest








19. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!








18. Florence and the Machine
Lungs








17. Metric
Fantasies








16. Matt & Kim
Grand








15. Memory Tapes
Seek Magic








14. The Decemberists
The Hazards of Love








13. Mastodon
Crack the Skye








12. Viva Voce
Rose City








11. DOOM
Born Like This








10. Hollerado
Record in a Bag








9. Future of the Left
Travels With Myself and Another








8. Fuck Buttons
Tarot Sport








7. The xx
XX








6. Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix








5. Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion








4. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Century of Self








3. Dinosaur Jr.
Farm








2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's Blitz!









1. P.O.S.
Never Better