Top 55 Music Albums of 2009
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2013]
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2009
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Produced by Them Crooked Vultures. A power trio supergroup like we haven't seen since Cream, Them Crooked Vultures (Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones)play heavy and exciting music on their only album to date. Their pedigree suggests that they have a lot to live up to, and from the opening notes of "Mind Eraser, No Chaser", the truth is out that they succeed. I believe this album deserves a lot more recognition than it gets. Maybe that will happen if and when they decide to make another one.
[First added to this chart: 04/13/2012]
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2009
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2009-REPRISE
Produced By JAMES PLUTA, JOHN MCDERMOTT & SCOOTER WEINTRAUB
1. Had To Cry Today
2. Low Down
3. Them Changes
4. Forever Man
5. Sleeping In The Ground
6. Presence Of The Lord
7. Glad
8. Well All Right
9. Double Trouble
10. Pearly Queen
11. Tell The Truth
12. No Face, No Name, No Number
1. After Midnight
2. Split Decision
3. Rambling On My Mind
4. Georgia On My Mind
5. Little Wing
6. Voodoo Chile
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Dear Mr. Fantasy
9. Cocaine
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood go way back. After the breakup of Cream in 1968, coinciding with Winwood’s departure from The Spencer Davis Group, the two joined forces to form the first really major supergroup in Blind Faith. It didn’t last long, as the Blind Faith tour ended up being loaded with Cream songs because the band didn’t have a lot of material to draw from, forcing Clapton to leave for solo (and Delaney & Bonnie) pastures. But the Blind Faith album did show us one thing…Clapton and Winwood work very well together. This show, recorded in 2008, is the first full show featuring the two together in almost 40 years, and it features some really great moments. Surprisingly, only 9 of the album’s 21 tracks are original: 7 from Winwood and only two from Clapton (JJ Cale out wrote Clapton here, 3 to 2). But there are songs from the entire spectrum of both men’s careers, with the exception of Cream and The Spencer Davis Group.
Blind Faith songs are, of course, prominent, but there’s also material from Traffic, Derek & The Dominos, and the solo careers of both. Lots of blues, and even a two song tribute to Jimi Hendrix. “Rambling On My Mind” is Clapton by himself, while “Georgia On My Mind” features just Winwood. The biggest highlights are the Blind Faith numbers “Can’t Find My Way Home” and “Presence Of The Lord”, one of Clapton’s best songs. The only real issue is that between the two, the overall song list could have been much better. Also, you’ll be much better served to have the companion DVD (mine does not). Having some of their better known material (for instance, “Layla” and “Back In The High Life”) would make this set, at over two hours long, much easier to deal with in a single setting. Songs like (both by Cale) “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” (the encore?) are much too common fare from Clapton, who has a large selection of better material to choose from. If you’re a fan of both, this will do nicely, and the playing is exceptional. Just better material and about 20 minutes off the top would make it so much better. [First added to this chart: 09/29/2013]
Produced By JAMES PLUTA, JOHN MCDERMOTT & SCOOTER WEINTRAUB
1. Had To Cry Today
2. Low Down
3. Them Changes
4. Forever Man
5. Sleeping In The Ground
6. Presence Of The Lord
7. Glad
8. Well All Right
9. Double Trouble
10. Pearly Queen
11. Tell The Truth
12. No Face, No Name, No Number
1. After Midnight
2. Split Decision
3. Rambling On My Mind
4. Georgia On My Mind
5. Little Wing
6. Voodoo Chile
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Dear Mr. Fantasy
9. Cocaine
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood go way back. After the breakup of Cream in 1968, coinciding with Winwood’s departure from The Spencer Davis Group, the two joined forces to form the first really major supergroup in Blind Faith. It didn’t last long, as the Blind Faith tour ended up being loaded with Cream songs because the band didn’t have a lot of material to draw from, forcing Clapton to leave for solo (and Delaney & Bonnie) pastures. But the Blind Faith album did show us one thing…Clapton and Winwood work very well together. This show, recorded in 2008, is the first full show featuring the two together in almost 40 years, and it features some really great moments. Surprisingly, only 9 of the album’s 21 tracks are original: 7 from Winwood and only two from Clapton (JJ Cale out wrote Clapton here, 3 to 2). But there are songs from the entire spectrum of both men’s careers, with the exception of Cream and The Spencer Davis Group.
Blind Faith songs are, of course, prominent, but there’s also material from Traffic, Derek & The Dominos, and the solo careers of both. Lots of blues, and even a two song tribute to Jimi Hendrix. “Rambling On My Mind” is Clapton by himself, while “Georgia On My Mind” features just Winwood. The biggest highlights are the Blind Faith numbers “Can’t Find My Way Home” and “Presence Of The Lord”, one of Clapton’s best songs. The only real issue is that between the two, the overall song list could have been much better. Also, you’ll be much better served to have the companion DVD (mine does not). Having some of their better known material (for instance, “Layla” and “Back In The High Life”) would make this set, at over two hours long, much easier to deal with in a single setting. Songs like (both by Cale) “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” (the encore?) are much too common fare from Clapton, who has a large selection of better material to choose from. If you’re a fan of both, this will do nicely, and the playing is exceptional. Just better material and about 20 minutes off the top would make it so much better. [First added to this chart: 09/29/2013]
[First added to this chart: 12/09/2012]
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2009 – FRENCHKISS
Produced By THE ANTLERS
1. Prologue (Hospice)
2. Kettering (Bedside Manner)
3. Sylvia (Sliding Curtains Shining Children’s Heads)
4. Atrophy (Rings Ill-Fitting)
5. Bear (Children Become Their Parents Become Their Children)
6. Thirteen (Sylvia Speaks)
7. Two (I Would Have Saved Her If I Could)
8. Shiva (Portacaths Switched)
9. Wake (Letting People In)
10. Epilogue (Sylvia Alive In Nightmares)
You won’t find many albums like this one. The Antlers are a small group (currently a duo) fronted by singer and songwriter Peter Silberman. Hospice is the third Antlers release. The concept is unique. Set in an actual cancer care center in New York, Hospice is the story of a female patient with terminal bone cancer and her romantic relationship with a hospice worker, and how it all goes downhill from there. Sound depressing? You bet it is. This is about as directly emotionally devastating as an album can be. But as sad as it is, it’s also a very well made artistic statement, musically beautiful, and lyrically engaging. All of this is okay…no one ever said that all music has to be positive and filled with happy endings and such, did they?
The album was not a hit, understandably, but it did garner the band plenty of critical acclaim and a following. “Bear”, “Sylvia” and “Two” were all released as singles, and are all quite good. Also notable is the nearly nine minute long centerpiece, “Wake”. If you can be okay with the concept here, this is actually a pretty fine album. It’s a really bold move for a band that didn’t have much in the way of a following before it came out, and it made them more of a curiosity than anything else afterward…what else could it have done? Taken as a whole, this is a bold and brave and deeply emotional record. It’s definitely worth hearing, and you may just love it. Best to make sure you’re not in too down of a mood first, though. It really is that sad. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2023]
Produced By THE ANTLERS
1. Prologue (Hospice)
2. Kettering (Bedside Manner)
3. Sylvia (Sliding Curtains Shining Children’s Heads)
4. Atrophy (Rings Ill-Fitting)
5. Bear (Children Become Their Parents Become Their Children)
6. Thirteen (Sylvia Speaks)
7. Two (I Would Have Saved Her If I Could)
8. Shiva (Portacaths Switched)
9. Wake (Letting People In)
10. Epilogue (Sylvia Alive In Nightmares)
You won’t find many albums like this one. The Antlers are a small group (currently a duo) fronted by singer and songwriter Peter Silberman. Hospice is the third Antlers release. The concept is unique. Set in an actual cancer care center in New York, Hospice is the story of a female patient with terminal bone cancer and her romantic relationship with a hospice worker, and how it all goes downhill from there. Sound depressing? You bet it is. This is about as directly emotionally devastating as an album can be. But as sad as it is, it’s also a very well made artistic statement, musically beautiful, and lyrically engaging. All of this is okay…no one ever said that all music has to be positive and filled with happy endings and such, did they?
The album was not a hit, understandably, but it did garner the band plenty of critical acclaim and a following. “Bear”, “Sylvia” and “Two” were all released as singles, and are all quite good. Also notable is the nearly nine minute long centerpiece, “Wake”. If you can be okay with the concept here, this is actually a pretty fine album. It’s a really bold move for a band that didn’t have much in the way of a following before it came out, and it made them more of a curiosity than anything else afterward…what else could it have done? Taken as a whole, this is a bold and brave and deeply emotional record. It’s definitely worth hearing, and you may just love it. Best to make sure you’re not in too down of a mood first, though. It really is that sad. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2023]
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2009
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[First added to this chart: 04/12/2012]
2009 – CAMERA
Produced By DAVID SIMON-BAKER & THE MOTHER HIPS
1. White Falcon Fuzz
2. Third Floor Story
3. Jess Oxox
4. Lion And The Bull
5. One Way Out
6. All In Favor
7. Pacific Dust
8. Young Charles Ives
9. Are You Free
10. Bandit Boy
11. Cheer Up Champ
The Mother Hips were kind of indirectly discovered by The Black Crowes, which explains why I always heard more about them from my then circle of Crowes fanatics than I ever heard of their music. I finally decided to take a listen and see what all of the small fuss was about. As it turns out, this band from Northern California is actually pretty good, although their road has been kind of bumpy and long. They have been together since the dawn of the nineties, and have released so far ten barely noticed albums. Pacific Dust is the seventh of those, and it might just be their best work. They had a major label deal once (thanks to the Crowes), but low sales after three albums ended that. They also went on hiatus between 2001 and 2007. And outside of a few video game tracks, they have had little success. But Pacific Dust is good enough that even though they are not well known, they at least deserve to be heard.
The best track here is the wildly catchy “Third Floor Story”, which is a should have been hit for sure. Many more of the tracks here (“Jess Xoxo” and “Bandit Boy”) probably could have been radio hits…at another time. What the Hips have proven to be over all of these years is a band that just misses the mark, and does so consistently. By that I mean that the songs on Pacific Dust seem to be great for another period in time…but not so much for the one they were released in. That doesn’t make the music worth anything less…what they have done here is short of greatness, but still very, very good…it just means that this may simply be a band with poor timing. Pacific Dust should have been a high water mark for the Hips, but it was not. They still soldier on, and if you find some of their recordings, they are definitely worth checking out. [First added to this chart: 12/01/2012]
Produced By DAVID SIMON-BAKER & THE MOTHER HIPS
1. White Falcon Fuzz
2. Third Floor Story
3. Jess Oxox
4. Lion And The Bull
5. One Way Out
6. All In Favor
7. Pacific Dust
8. Young Charles Ives
9. Are You Free
10. Bandit Boy
11. Cheer Up Champ
The Mother Hips were kind of indirectly discovered by The Black Crowes, which explains why I always heard more about them from my then circle of Crowes fanatics than I ever heard of their music. I finally decided to take a listen and see what all of the small fuss was about. As it turns out, this band from Northern California is actually pretty good, although their road has been kind of bumpy and long. They have been together since the dawn of the nineties, and have released so far ten barely noticed albums. Pacific Dust is the seventh of those, and it might just be their best work. They had a major label deal once (thanks to the Crowes), but low sales after three albums ended that. They also went on hiatus between 2001 and 2007. And outside of a few video game tracks, they have had little success. But Pacific Dust is good enough that even though they are not well known, they at least deserve to be heard.
The best track here is the wildly catchy “Third Floor Story”, which is a should have been hit for sure. Many more of the tracks here (“Jess Xoxo” and “Bandit Boy”) probably could have been radio hits…at another time. What the Hips have proven to be over all of these years is a band that just misses the mark, and does so consistently. By that I mean that the songs on Pacific Dust seem to be great for another period in time…but not so much for the one they were released in. That doesn’t make the music worth anything less…what they have done here is short of greatness, but still very, very good…it just means that this may simply be a band with poor timing. Pacific Dust should have been a high water mark for the Hips, but it was not. They still soldier on, and if you find some of their recordings, they are definitely worth checking out. [First added to this chart: 12/01/2012]
[First added to this chart: 09/15/2012]
Produced by Gomez and Brian Deck. Yet another fine album by Gomez, critically ignored and passed on by the public. This is just below How We Operate in terms of how good it is. How can you go wrong with three strong singer/songwriters in one band? Don't believe the "blues band" dismissals by critics who have obviously not taken the time to listen...Gomez is a great band. A New Tide is one of their best albums. They deserve a better following, especially in the United States.
[First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
2009-WARP
Produced By CHRIS TAYLOR
1. Southern Point
2. Two Weeks
3. All We Ask
4. Fine For Now
5. Cheerleader
6. Dory
7. Ready, Able
8. About Face
9. Hold Still
10. While You Wait For The Others
11. I Live With You
12. Foreground
Grizzly Bear may come from Brooklyn, but their music sounds like nothing from the city at all. Originally a solo project for Ed Droste, band members were gradually added until they ended up with the current lineup for their second album, Yellow House in 2006. Veckatimest is their third album (named after an island in Massachusetts), and shows good growth for the band’s sound. Mixing folk, psychedelic and rock, the band uses not only traditional rock instruments, but also strings, different keyboards, and woodwinds. Using a more experimental approach to songwriting, the band has a very modern and new sound that fans of older music might find a bit bewildering.
But even though Veckatimest is not their most accessible work, patience with this band does pay off greatly. The hit here was “Two Weeks”, with its bouncy piano intro and soaring vocals making it an almost irresistible song. The rest of Veckatimest, particularly “While You Wait For The Others” and “Ready, Able”, is very good as well, difficult in spots, but overall a fine disc. The future of music is apparently in pretty good hands after all. Grizzly Bear is most definitely a band to keep an eye on. [First added to this chart: 01/31/2013]
Produced By CHRIS TAYLOR
1. Southern Point
2. Two Weeks
3. All We Ask
4. Fine For Now
5. Cheerleader
6. Dory
7. Ready, Able
8. About Face
9. Hold Still
10. While You Wait For The Others
11. I Live With You
12. Foreground
Grizzly Bear may come from Brooklyn, but their music sounds like nothing from the city at all. Originally a solo project for Ed Droste, band members were gradually added until they ended up with the current lineup for their second album, Yellow House in 2006. Veckatimest is their third album (named after an island in Massachusetts), and shows good growth for the band’s sound. Mixing folk, psychedelic and rock, the band uses not only traditional rock instruments, but also strings, different keyboards, and woodwinds. Using a more experimental approach to songwriting, the band has a very modern and new sound that fans of older music might find a bit bewildering.
But even though Veckatimest is not their most accessible work, patience with this band does pay off greatly. The hit here was “Two Weeks”, with its bouncy piano intro and soaring vocals making it an almost irresistible song. The rest of Veckatimest, particularly “While You Wait For The Others” and “Ready, Able”, is very good as well, difficult in spots, but overall a fine disc. The future of music is apparently in pretty good hands after all. Grizzly Bear is most definitely a band to keep an eye on. [First added to this chart: 01/31/2013]
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2009
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Top 55 Music Albums of 2009 composition
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| Drive-By Truckers | 2 | 4% | |
| Mark Knopfler | 1 | 2% | |
| Gomez | 1 | 2% | |
| Patrick Watson | 1 | 2% | |
| Neon Indian | 1 | 2% | |
| Kylesa | 1 | 2% | |
| Chickenfoot | 1 | 2% | |
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