NPR’s Best Albums Of 2009….So Far
NPR recently posted their top albums of 2009 (so far). My list is entirely different, but it generally varies from their selections. What are your favorite albums thus far?
Best Albums of 2009 (so far)
1. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2. The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
3. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
4. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
5. Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
6. Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
8. It’s Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. Dark Was The Night by Various Artists
10. Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
11. Far by Regina Spektor
12. Actor by St. Vincent
13. Manners by Passion Pit
14. Hold Time by M. Ward – Hold Time
15. Reservoir by Fanfarlo
16. Fever Ray by Fever Ray
17. Fantasies by Metric
18. Two Suns by Bat for Lashes
19. My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
20. Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse
21. The Crying Light by Antony & The Johnsons
22. The Eternal by Sonic Youth
23. The Ecstatic by Mos Def
24. Outer South by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
25. Swoon by Silversun Pickups
26. Together Through Life by Bob Dylan
27. No Line on the Horizon by U2
28. March of the Zapotec by Beirut
29. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
30. The Mountain by Heartless Bastards
MP3: M. Ward – Rave On
July 29th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Beware by Bonnie Prince Billy has got to be in there!!!!!
July 29th, 2009 at 7:01 am
I think that the Animal Collective album is so so. Need to add Japandroids & Wavves.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:23 am
NPR is too conservative with their picks. How about White Denim, Akron/Family, DJ Quik, Patrick Watson
July 29th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I’d have to put Lee Fields in there. And Elvis Perkins in Dearland. And, depending on when you say it was released, Rural Aberta Advantage’s 2008/2009 album. Don’t know how those couldn’t at least be in the top 30.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:47 am
The one rap album bone they throw is to Mos Def? 09 is the first year in maybe a decade w/ life being breathed into that genre. DOOM needs to be on that list.