2009年 Dec 22日 Tuesday, 1:35
Since it's the end of year and so many others are doing it, I'm putting up my favourites albums of the year.
No commentary on why I made these picks. There's certainly reasons, but I'm far too lazy to bother writing those right now.
1. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
6. The Church - Untitled #23
7. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
8. Decoder Ring - They Blind the Stars, and the Wild Team
9. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
10. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
11. Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
12. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
13. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
14. The Horrors - Primary Colours
15. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
16. Paul Dempsey - Everything is True
17. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
18. Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Hidden Hands
19. Lisa Mitchell - Wonder
20. Horrorshow - Inside Story
21. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
22. Fanfarlo - Reservoir
23. The Fumes - Sundancer
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
25. The Crayon Fields - All the Pleasures of the World
26. Whitley - Go Forth, Find Mammoth
27. Doves - Kingdom of Rust
28. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
29. Snob Scrilla - Day One
30. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
31. Dappled Cities - Zounds
32. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
33. Karnivool - Sound Awake
34. Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
35. Miike Snow - Miike Snow
36. Leader Cheetah - The Sunspot Letters
37. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
38. No Through Road - Winner.
39. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
40. Jónsi & Alex - Rice Boy Sleeps
41. The xx - XX
42. Jamie T - Kings & Queens
43. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
44. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
45. Eels - Hombre Lobo
46. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
47. The Field - Yesterday & Today
48. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
49. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
50. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years
And 50 other songs that I enjoyed this year, not from any of those aforementioned albums. Alphabetical order for these.
River by Akron/Family
Where You At? by Astronomy Class
Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders
Raindrops by Basement Jaxx
With This Ship by The Basics
Daniel by Bat For Lashes
Byrds Of Prey by Bertie Blackman
Pasha Bulker by Bob Evans
I'm Not Alone by Calvin Harris
Change by Daniel Merriweather
Cannibal Resource by Dirty Projectors
That's That by Doom
Carol Brown by Flight Of The Conchords
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand
Heavy Cross by Gossip
Still Standing by Hilltop Hoods
Pictures by Illy
First Train Home by Imogen Heap
2-Player Game by Infusion
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys)
A Community Service Announcement by Jonathan Boulet
Hazel by Junior Boys
Where Did All The Love Go? by Kasabian
We're Mostly Made Of Water by Kid Sam
Quicksand by La Roux
Brother by Little Birdy
I've Got Friends by Manchester Orchestra
Help I'm Alive by Metric
Sometimes by Miami Horror
The Darkest Side by The Middle East
Get You Back by Oh Mercy
Howl by The Paper Scissors
Dead Nationale by Parades
Separated by Parallel Lions
Black Hearted Love by PJ Harvey and John Parish
The Good News by Philadelphia Grand Jury
Love Etc. by Pet Shop Boys
The Fixer by Pearl Jam
The Reeling by Passion Pit
Eet by Regina Spektor
The Girl And The Robot by Röyksopp (feat. Robyn)
No Money by The Scare
Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
Audacity Of Huge by Simian Mobile Disco
Bad With Love by Tom Ugly
Look To The Skies by True Live
Streamers by Umpire
Death by White Lies
Playing With Fireworks by Yppah