My Favorite Albums Of 2009 v2
Posted By Ben W. on March 26, 2009
As reported in the first of this series — My Favorite Albums Of 2009 (1) — the first two months of this year gave us precious little in the way of exciting music.
That music critics around the world felt compelled to heap pounds of praise on middling works by Bruce Spingsteen and Antony & The Johnsons only highlighted the dearth of quality new tunes facing us in January and February.
And lucky me, I started a music blog right in the middle of this drought.
But look at this. March has brought sweet spring rains to this musical Dust Bowl. Sweet spring rains in the form of The Decemberists, Pete Doherty, Pet Shop Boys and Super Furry Animals.
Finally, a Best Of 2009 list worthy of the word “Best” …
MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2009
18. March Of The Zapotec/Realpeople Holland – Beirut
17. Blood Bank EP – Bon Iver
16. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
15. To Lose My Life… – White Lies
14. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
13. Get Guilty – A.C. Newman
12. Working On A Dream – Bruce Springsteen
11. It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
10. The Crying Light – Antony & The Johnsons
9. 200 Million Thousand – Black Lips
8. Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future – The Bird And The Bee
7. Goodnight Oslo – Robyn Hitchcock
6. Tonight: Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
5. Years Of Refusal – Morrissey
4. The Hazards Of Love - The Decemberists
3. Yes - Pet Shop Boys
2. Dark Days/Light Years – Super Furry Animals
1. Grace/Wasteland – Pete Doherty
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Hi Ben! Found your blog through Courtney’s blog. I don’t have anything intelligent to say, but I’m planning to sort of hang around and learn some things about music.
In my opinion, Fever Ray is the best album I’ve heard thus far this year. It’s Karen Olssenn from the Knife minus her brother, and if you haven’t heard it; get it. Wonderfully minimalist and beautiful songs. I think I may have liked “The Crying Light” more than a lot of people. I saw him do most of those songs live and it caused me to like them more. Also, I’m really digging Camera Obscura’s “My Maudlin Career” as well. Yet, the year is still young! Great website though, I have been writing my own reviews for about a year and just publishing them in my myspace blog for now, if you are interested check them out.