My Favorite 75 Albums Of 2009 – Dec. 4
Posted By Ben W. on December 4, 2009
It’s Day Four of the Great 2009 Album Advent Calendar Countdown, and I wish I had better news.
Unfortunately we’ve yet to reach the part of the countdown where I start discussing albums I actually like. I mean, today’s trio is decent enough. They each have really strong individual moments.
But as complete, start-to-finish records?
Eh.
66. Kingdom Of Rust – Doves
The Doves have yet to match the atmospheric beauty of their 2000 debut Lost Souls. Since then, each Doves record has been good for a few great singles, some very nice guitar effects and a bunch of other not-so-memorable moments. This album continues that trend, only this time the great singles aren’t even that great.
65. Get Guilty – A.C. Newman
I thought the last New Pornographers album, Challengers, indicated a looming dearth of good song ideas for Canada’s favorite prolific popster. And this record only confirms my suspicions. A.C. Newman — the indie king of melody for most of this decade — is running out of tunes.
64. Hands – Little Boots
Pretty girls singing catchy songs over glossy synthesizer productions became its own genre of pop music in 2009. Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots isn’t the best of the bunch — she lacks any dominant defining characteristic onto which fans can latch. What she does have though is a handful of top-shelf singles, most notably “New In Town.”
Check back tomorrow for Day 5 of the Advent calendar countdown. We’ll be listing three albums every day from now through Christmas when we get to No. 1.
Click DAY ONE to view Nos. 75-73.
Click DAY TWO to view Nos. 72-70.
Click DAY THREE to view Nos. 69-67.
MY FAVORITE 75 ALBUMS OF 2009 (THE LIST SO FAR)
75. Man Of Aran (Soundtrack) – British Sea Power
74. March Of The Zapotec/Holland EP – Beirut
73. Changing Horses – Ben Kweller
72. It’s Frightening – White Rabbits
71. Living Thing – Peter Bjorn And John
70. Working On A Dream – Bruce Springsteen
69. 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
68. Grrr… – Bishop Allen
67. Let The Dominoes Fall – Rancid
66. Kingdom Of Rust – Doves
65. Get Guilty – A.C. Newman
64. Hands – Little Boots
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