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Albums of the Year 2009
10. Passion Pit, Manners 9. Rhett Miller, Rhett Miller 8. Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, Break Up 7. Metric, Fantasies 6. Eels, Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire 5. Bishop Allen, Grrr... 4. Harlem Shakes, Technicolor Health 3. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pains of Being Pure at Heart 2. XX, XX 1. The Thermals, Now We Can See Songs of the Year: Phoenix, "1901," Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Zero," The Sounds, "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake," Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard, "One Fast Move or I'm Gone," Cracker, "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with Me," Lady GaGa, "Pokerface." Previous years' lists: 2008, 2007. Originally posted on Sunday, December 20, 2009 | Link | Comments (0) Top 25 Albums of The Decade 2000-2009 Some of the best lists are idiosyncratic, as is this one. My two pieces of criteria were: 1. Are most, if not all, of the songs on the album very good (non-skippable); and 2. how often I went back to listen to the album, months or years after I first heard it. In all of these cases, these albums met those criteria. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. 25. Blind Pilot, 3 Rounds and a Sound 24. The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing 23. Shout Out Louds, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff 22. Bishop Allen, Charm School 21. Ben Folds, Rockin' the Suburbs 20. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend 19. Moby, 18 18. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 17. Sea Wolf, Leaves in the River 16. Mates of State, Re-Arrange Us 15. Ryan Adams, Rock N Roll 14. The Weakerthans, Left and Leaving 13. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind 12. Josh Ritter, Animal Years 11. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Rising 10. Liz Phair, Liz Phair 9. Beck, Sea Change 8. Cat Power, The Greatest 7. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois 6. The Thermals, Now We Can See 5. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head 4. Eels, Blinking Lights And Other Revelations 3. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 2. Arcade Fire, Funeral 1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Brendan Benson, Lapalco
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