Best albums of 2009

[FakeLaser]

15) Japandroids - Post Nothing
14) The xx - The xx
13) Wavves - Wavves
12) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
11) Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
10) Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP
9) Brand New - Daisy
8) Real Estate - Real Estate
7) Atlas Sound - Logos
6) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
5) Girls - Album
4) Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
3) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
2) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
1) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

Post yr. favorites

[ron the dial]

thrice - beggars
the appleseed cast - sagarmatha
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz!
tegan & sara - sainthood
brand new - daisy
tech n9ne - k.o.d.
lamb of god - wrath
mew - no more stories...
the black dahlia murder - deflorate
HORSE the band - desperate living

i suppose

[Juan]

Thrice - Beggars
AFI - Crash Love
The Sounds - Crossing the Rubicon
Nirvana - Live at Reading
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below

That's all I can think of right now

[Triple A]

Albums I really really liked and were on "heavy rotation":

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Beach House - Teen Dream
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Chad Vangaalen - Soft Airplane B-sides
Dan Deacon - Bromst
The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
Girls - Album
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Passion Pit - Manners
YACHT - See Mystery Lights
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers


Albums I liked but didn't have that much replay value, or I need to listen to them some more, or I only liked like 3 songs from the album a lot and the other tracks are kinda weak:

Atlas Sound - Logos
Box Elders - Alice & Friends
Daniel Johnston - Is and Always Was
God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (pretty good I guess but hate how everyone "creams themselves" over this album)
Islands - Vapours
Matt & Kim - Grand
múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Wavves - Wavvves

[ron the dial]

damn didn't even know vivian girls had a new one

[toxic rooster]

This thread makes me angry how far behind I've fallen in regards to picking up albums from various bands I like.

[Cuzziebro]

Temper Trap
Midnight Youth
Owl city
Just to name a couple...

[mitchables]

Had to do writers' polls for the magazine (listed TPWW as one of my 'top 5 web destinations', free publicity whatup), so lifted straight from my albums list there:

The Loud Wars SO MANY DYNAMOS
The Satanic Satanist PORTUGAL. THE MAN
Daisy BRAND NEW
Veckatimest GRIZZLY BEAR
Beacons of Ancestorship TORTOISE
Zounds DAPPLED CITIES
Time To Die THE DODOS
The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion DREDG
Octahedron THE MARS VOLTA
OK Bear JEREMY ENIGK

[The Mask]

i guess spoon didn't release anything this year

[Buzzkill]

Most of what's been listed by FakeRazor and Triple A

+

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. 2

[The Destroyer]

This is where I forget what was released this year. I'll get back to you.

And please Mitch, title - artist is not the way to go. :(

[mitchables]

that's the format i had to write it in for the magazine. literally just copied/pasted

[RP]

The Gaslight Anthem- The 59 Sound

/thread

[CSL]

That was released in 2008

Agree with the sentiment though

[The Destroyer]

Ok, in no order whatsoever:

Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Thrice - Beggars
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Converge - Axe To Fall
Jeremy Enigk - OK Bear
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Devin Townsend Project - Ki
Buried Inside - The Spoils of Failure

[GOLDBERG'S BEST FRIEND]

Albums I really really liked and were on "heavy rotation":

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Beach House - Teen Dream
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Chad Vangaalen - Soft Airplane B-sides
Dan Deacon - Bromst
The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
Girls - Album
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Passion Pit - Manners
YACHT - See Mystery Lights
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers


Albums I liked but didn't have that much replay value, or I need to listen to them some more, or I only liked like 3 songs from the album a lot and the other tracks are kinda weak:

Atlas Sound - Logos
Box Elders - Alice & Friends
Daniel Johnston - Is and Always Was
God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (pretty good I guess but hate how everyone "creams themselves" over this album)
Islands - Vapours
Matt & Kim - Grand
múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Wavves - Wavvves

I like your style.

Dragonslayer was probably my favorite record of the year. Fruit Bats and Bonnie Prince Billy both put out fairly stellar records in 2009 as well.

[Jeritron]

the best album of 2009 was still 1984

[Savio]

TPWW likes too much rock.

When did "Drake - so far gone" come out?

[Haze]

In no particular order...

Grand Puba - RetroActive
Rakim - The Seventh Seal
Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry
Jadakiss - The Last Kiss
Jay-Z - The Blue Print 3
Maino - If Tomorrow Comes
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
U-God - Dopium

[Loose Cannon]

The Gaslight Anthem- The 59 Sound

/thread

[RGWhat316]

Dope - No Regrets

[Buzzkill]

Also agree with Triple A on Grizzly Bear. Pretty cool and original, but they are so far gone up their own asses that it's hard to enjoy.

[Gonzo]

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. 2

GZA the Genius - Pro Tools

[Penner]

VA - Punk Goes Pop 2 (lol)
Brand New - Daisy
Silverstein - Shipwreck In The Sand
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
Billy Talent - III
A Day To Remember - Homesick

I need to update my ipod.

[Tornado]

Muse - The Resistance
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
Billy Talent - III
Jack Penate - Everything is New
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Editors - In This Light and on This Evening
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
The Temper Trap - Conditions

[D Mac]

Creed - Full Circle

[Juan]

lol

[mitch_h]

Junior Boys - Begone Dull care
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Real Estate - Real Estate
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

[Anybody Thrilla]

What the fuck are you guys listening to?

[dronepool]

Listened to these the most.

1) Marilyn Manson- The High End Of Low
2) Eminem- Relapse
3) Mudvayne- Mudvayne
4) Puscifer- C Is For... (Please Insert Sophomoric Genetalia Reference HERE)
5) Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
6) Slayer- World Painted Blood
7) Placebo - Battle For The Sun

[Fox]

Brand New - "Daisy"

[Boomer]

Albums I have listened to in this thread so far...

Zero.

[jcmoorehead]

Between The Buried And Me - Great Misdirect
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Porcupine Tree - The Incident

[Gertner]

What the fuck are you guys listening to?

Douchy Indy shit.

[ron the dial]

we should all be listening to techno

[The Destroyer]

Douchy Indy shit.
That doesn't cover any of my list. Well, except maybe "shit".

[FakeLaser]

The rise of house music, the fall of apartheid. Coincidence?

[D Mac]

Alice in Chain's new one is up there.

[Gertner]

we should all be listening to techno

Techno is acceptable, House and Trance is more than acceptable.

[CSL]

Them Crooked Vultures (Eponymous)
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
cKy - Carver City
Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
The 69 Eyes - Back In Blood