Best Albums of 2009 – #10 – 1
10.) The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa (Buy)
Label: Green Owl
Key Tracks: Mfumu, Kamphopo, Warm Heart Of Africa (Featuring Ezra Koenig), Chalo, Nsokoto, Kada Manja, Yalira
9.) The xx – xx (Buy)
Label: Young Turks
Key Tracks: VCR, Crystalised, Islands, Heart Skipped A Beat, Intro, Basic Space
8.) Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions (Buy)
Label: World Village
Key Tracks: Lulla, Tahult In, Chabiba, Ere Tasfata Adounia, Imidiwan Afrik Temdam, Enseqi Ehad Didagh, Imazeghen n Adagh
7.) The Low Anthem – Oh My God Charlie Darwin (Buy)
Label: Nonesuch
Key Tracks: To Ohio, Charlie Darwin, Ticket Taker, Cage The Songbird, Don’t Tremble, To The Ghosts Who Write History Books, OMGCD, To Ohio (Reprise)
6.) Real Estate – Real Estate (Buy)
Label: Woodsist
Key Tracks: Beach Comber, Snow Days, Lets Rock The Beach, Suburban Beverage, Green River, Fake Blues, Suburban Dogs, Pool Swimmers
5.) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Buy)
Label: Warp Records
Key Tracks: Cheerleader, While You Wait For The Others, Two Weeks, Southern Point, Ready, Able, About Face
4.) Megafaun – Gather, Form and Fly (Buy)
Label: Hometapes
Key Tracks: The Fade, Kaufman’s Ballad, Guns, Solid Ground, The Longest Day, Impressions of the Past
3.) White Denim – Fits (Buy)
Label: Downtown Records
Key Tracks: Say What You Want, I Start To Run, Regina Holding Hands, Mirrored and Reversed, I’d Have It Just The Way We Were, Everybody Somebody
2.) Lee Fields And The Expressions – My World (Buy)
Label: Truth & Soul Records
Key Tracks: Honey Dove, Last Ride, My World, Ladies, Love Comes And Goes, Money I$ King, Expressions Theme, These Moments, The Only One Loving You, My World (Instrumental), Truth, Deception, & Lies (Aloe Blacc Remix)
1.) Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid (Buy)
Label: Nonesuch
Key Tracks: Heartbroken, In Disrepair, Trouble Weighs a Ton, When the Night Comes, The Prowl, I Want Some More, My Last Mistake, Street Walkin’, Goin’ Home, Whispered Words
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December 11th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Fuck yeah. Thank you for giving Dan Auerbach much deserved love. Haven’t heard Tinariwen yet but I’m looking forward to checking it out.
December 11th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Finally a real list. Congrats from shying away from Animal Collective emo crap. Lee Fields – one of the best soul albums of the past 15 years.
December 11th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Megafaun!!!! Yessss
December 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Damn right. Dan killed it. I cannot believe that other publications/blogs are not touting his amazing work. Tinariwen takes a few listens, but it’s some of the best blues that I’ve heard in a long while.
December 11th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
i don’t know much about tinariwen or real estate. interesting list.
December 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I agree with Grizzly, Denim, and Megafaun 100%. I thought Dan’s album was a little boring with the repeating riffs underlying entires songs, unchanging, and prefer Black Keys stuff to it. But if you say Lee Fields is better than White Denim, my favorite band, then I will get it right now.
December 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
A terrific list. Love that Lee Fields made it. Lots of folks slept on that one this year.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Compared to the first 3 Black Keys albums, I found “Keep It Hid” pretty tedious – very unimaginative riffs recycled with not terribly memorable melodies. Pat’s band, Drummer, made a far more interesting record.
December 12th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Dan’s album wasn’t at all about the riffs. Sure, they’re there, but Keep It Hid was all about the songwriting. Listen to “Goin Home” and tell me that’s not beautiful.
December 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I agree with Matt – it’s not about the riffs. This was a Dan album, he wasn’t trying to emulate his work with the Black Keys. In addition to singing, writing, playing guitar and producing, he played drums, percussion and glockenspiel on this album. I’m obviously a big fan of “Keep It Hid.” Ben, I dig Drummer too.
December 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Thanks Bruce.
December 12th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Dan Auerbach, too was my favorite. I would have included Melody Gardot in this top ten somewhere though.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:53 am
WOW
Pavement is back! Might have to make the trip out to the coast for that one…
December 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Bring it on Stan
December 18th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
If you do Stan, bring that KISS Army shirt so I can steal it again.
December 19th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Stan is really into KISS onesies.
January 12th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
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