Posted By Ben W. on December 18, 2009

Zac Bailey is here today to offer his list of the best 20 albums from 2009. I like Zac because he, like me, is deranged enough to keep this Best Of list year-round, changing and adjusting and posting and re-posting it. It truly is an illness, folks. Enjoy!

Zac Bailey’s Best Albums Of 2009

20. It’s Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

19. Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle – Bill Callahan

18. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case

17. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective

16. Veckatimest – Grizzly Bear

15. Bromst – Dan Deacon

14. Songs Of Shame – Woods

13. Unmap – Volcano Choir

12. La Roux – La Roux

11. The Crying Light – Antony & The Johnsons

10. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

9. Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free – Akron/Family

8. Logos – Atlas Sound

7. Two Suns – Bat For Lashes

6. Two Dancers – Wild Beasts

5. Embryonic – The Flaming Lips

4. Actor – St. Vincent

3. Primary Colours – The Horrors

2. Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors

1. Fever Ray – Fever Ray

– Zac Bailey

Our other expert picks:

CASSIE GALLAGHER

JOHN KENKEL

MATT DENNEWITZ

COURTNEY OF MITCHCO A GO GO

SEAN SULLIVAN

MIKE DETMER

ERIC O’BRYANT

TIM HEYL

KENDALL BRUNS

TIFFANY LUCKEY

Related posts:

1. Best of 2009 — Cassie Gallagher
2. My Favorite 75 Albums Of 2009 — Dec. 19
3. My Favorite 75 Albums Of 2009 — Dec. 24
4. Best Of 2009 — Mike Detmer
5. Best Of 2009 — Greg Asher

Categories: Best of 2009
Tags: Akron/Family, Animal Collective, Antony & The Johnsons, Atlas Sound, Bat For Lashes, Bill Callahan, Dan Deacon, Dirty Projectors, Fever Ray, Grizzly Bear, La Roux, Neko Case, St. Vincent, The Flaming Lips, The Horrors, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Volcano Choir, Wild Beasts, Woods, Yeah Yeah Yeahs