Album rankings of 2009

Submitted by Zacharyyy on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 01:02
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  1. 8/10.
  2. Bromst. Dan Deacon. Go back to bed, little ravers; adults are dancing.
  3. 7.5/10.
  4. Varde. Elegi. Makes you take Norway seriously for once!
  5. Hazards Of Love. The Decemberists.
  6. 7/10.
  7. WEAKNESS (http://weakness.bandcamp.com/). weakness. Like Wavves, except not stupid.
  8. Fever Ray. Fever Ray.
  9. '229 2299' Girls Against Shit!. Shit & Shine. LOUD.
  10. The Life Of The World To Come. The Mountain Goats.
  11. The Visitor. Jim o'Rourke. The baroquest abstract baroque-pop since Van Dyke Parks's Song Cycle.
  12. Blue Album. Baroness.
  13. Monoliths & Dimensions. Sunn 0))).
  14. My Maudlin Career. Camera Obscura.The most faggot-tastic dream-pop ever created; also Camera Obscura's first effort without once ripping off Belle & Sebastian.
  15. Actor. St Vincent.
  16. 6.5/10.
  17. Florine EP. Julianna Barwick.
  18. The Ecstatic. Mos Def.
  19. Fall Be Kind EP. Animal Collective.
  20. Sinewrks. Kurrel The Raven. Almost like Selected Ambient Works II except with some heart and emotion.
  21. Embryonic. The Flaming Lips.
  22. xx. The xx. AWW, LOOK AT THOSE GOTH HIPSTERS. SO CUTE, JUST LOOK AT THOSE LOWERCASE x'S AWWWWWWW THEY THINK THEY CAN MAKE MUSIC.
  23. Crack The Skye. Mastodon.
  24. Carboniferous. Zu.
  25. Yesterday & Today. The Field.
  26. 6/10.
  27. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. Cute as hell, occasionally great, but pretty much just My Bloody Valentine B-sides.
  28. Furry Album (http://kurreltheraven.bandcamp.com/album/the-furry-album-rpm-2009). Kurrel The Raven.
  29. Grand. Matt & Kim.
  30. Why There Are Mountains. Cymbals Eat Guitars.
  31. Coraline Soundtrack. Bruno Coulais.
  32. Bitte Orca. Dirty Projectors. Largely catchy and somewhat interesting ("Stillness Is The Move" being one of the coolest art-pop songs in a while), but also largely without much feeling deeper than the initial weirdness
  33. 5.5/10.
  34. It's Blitz!. Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
  35. I'm Going Away. Fiery Furnaces.
  36. Veckatimest. Grizzly Bear. As a guy on SomethingAwful.com said: "This album is this generation's Pet Sounds-- Unfortunately because of recording technology, we don't really need rehashings of older recordings still widely available."
  37. 5/10.
  38. Merriweather Post Pavilion. Animal Collective.
  39. The Crying Light. Antony & The Johnsons.
  40. Album. Girls.
  41. Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle. Bill Callahan. Like if Jandek made elevator music.
  42. Logos. Atlas Sound.
  43. Wavering Radiant. Isis.
  44. Unmap. Volcano Choir. Justin Vernon proves yet again how pretty his voice sounds while accompanied with Collection of Colonies of Bees damn near constantly wishing they was The Books and both being characteristically boring as all hell.
  45. Farm. Dinosaur Jr.
  46. 4.5/10.
  47. When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV. Nadja.
  48. Tarot Sport. Fuck Buttons
  49. 4/10.
  50. Wavvves. Wavves.Jealous Of Shit & Shine for overly sensitive hipsters.
  51. 3.5/10.
  52. The Fame Monster. Lady GaGa.
  53. 3/10.
  54. Tonight. Franz Ferdinand.
  55. 2.5/10.
  56. 2/10.
  57. Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP. Deerhunter.
  58. Help. The Oh Sees.
Author Comments: 

BEST SONGS

long 8+
1 Snookered+Of The Mountains (suite)-- Dan Deacon
2 Girls Against Shit!-- Shit & Shine
3 The Visitor-- Jim o'Rourke
4 Quick Canal-- Atals Sound
5 Have You Ever Really Thought About Your Presentation?-- Shit & Shine
6 Aghartha-- Sunn 0))).

medium 4-8
1 Build Voice-- Dan Deacon
2 The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid-- The Decemberists
3 What Do I Want? Sky-- Animal Collective
4 Now's The Only Time I Know-- Fever Ray
5 Other Towns And Cities-- Camera Obscura
6 Casa Bey-- Mos Def.

short 0-4
1 Crystalized-- The xx
2 Deuteronomy 2:10-- Mountain Goats
3 Stormy Dayz-- Weakness
4 The Rake's Song-- Decemberists
5 Cinders-- Matt & Kim
6 Exploration-- Bruno Coulais
7 Priority-- Mos Def.

lukeprog11/07/2009

Yes to Bromst.

Zacharyyy12/28/2009

HELL yes to Bromst.

Menindrag02/20/2010

Wha? Justin Vernon doesn't wish he was The Books. Collection Of Colonies Of Bees wish they were The Books. It's more a COCOB feat Justin Vernon than the otherway round.

Zacharyyy02/20/2010

Well! I had no idea. I always heard about it as "Justin Vernon's Side Project" and more about him than Band-with-pretentiously-long-name.

I'll change the little mini review. Thanks for the heads up.