Best Ever Albums

Re: Best 2009 Albums-One Year Later

Elston — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:51:38 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 12/29/2010 04:51

1. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
2. Mi Ami - Watersports
3. Clipse - Til the Casket Drops
4. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
5. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
6. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
7. Eminem - Relapse
8. Nirvana - Live at Reading
9. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
10. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
11. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
12. Eels - Hombre Lobo
13. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Re: Best 2009 Albums-One Year Later

sleepwalker87 — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:15:18 GMT

Author: sleepwalker87

Posted: 12/27/2010 15:15

purple wrote:

I really only listen to a few songs off MPP, Veckatimest, and It's Blitz

Yeah, there were a few albums from 2009 that I just couldn't get behind, the main ones being Veckatimest and Embryonic. I'm not knocking the albums, I'm just saying I couldn't understand what the hype was about. Anyway, here's the list:

1. Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Elvis Perkins in Dearland and The Doomsday EP (I think it's reasonable to group these two together)
2. Coldplay - Left Right Left Right Left (I didn't know if this should count as a real album or not... hence why I'm listing eleven albums instead of ten 😄 )
3. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
4. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
5. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
6. The Antlers - Hospice
7. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
8. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
9. The Damnwells - One Last Century
10. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
11. M. Ward - Hold Time

Honorable mentions go to:
Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
Balmorhea - All Is Wild, All Is Silent
Metric - Fantasies

After I made my list, I was surprised to see no one had mentioned most of the albums I listed (even though only a few people have posted), particularly those from The Decemberists, The Big Pink, Local Natives, and Camera Obscura. Only because I thought those were fairly "big" albums from 2009. But I could be wrong.

Re: Best 2009 Albums-One Year Later

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:45:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/26/2010 05:45

I really only listen to a few songs off MPP, Veckatimest, and It's Blitz, which is mainly why I stand up for 2010 so much; there are so many songs from the beginning of the year which I still put on repeat

Re: Best 2009 Albums-One Year Later

videoheadcleaner — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:32:04 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 12/26/2010 04:32

Still love White Lies - To Lose My Life so that is above Muse - The Resistance.

Only would add Leader Cheetah - The Sunspot Letters (adelaide band) and Silversun Pickups - Swoon to favs of 2009.

And I still cant see the appeal of MPP. Sorry to those out there that love it but I like to experience music not have to overanalyse every couple of seconds. Maybe in time I will but at the moment, I don't appreciate it.

Re: Best 2009 Albums-One Year Later

cartoken — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:12:40 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 12/26/2010 01:12

not much changes in my case. MPP became a real classic, still in the first half of my chart !

1 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
2 Sonic Youth The Eternal
3 Muse The Resistance
4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz!
5 The XX XX
6 Built to Spill There Is No Enemy
7 The Antlers Hospice
8 The Flaming Lips Embryonic
9 The Gossip Music For Men
10 Grizzly Bear Veckatimest

Best 2009 Albums-One Year Later

Applerill — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:19:53 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 12/25/2010 23:19

Okay, so we're talking a lot about 2010's best, and what's coming up in 2011, but what about 2009?

Personally, I've changed my favorites a good bit since then. Here are my top five of 2009:
1. White Rabbits-It's Frightening (9.0)
2. Gossip-Music For Men (8.5)
3. Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion (8.5)
4. Charlie N. George-The Book of Abysmality (8.0)
5. Miley Cyrus-Can't Be Tamed/Asa-Asa (8.0)

What about you? Have you discovered any 2009 albums recently that deserve more respect, or did you find that the "great" 2009 albums haven't held up?