The Inevitable Best Albums of 2009 discussion thread

[Wolfie]

My Favourite Albums of 2009:

Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Doves - Kingdom of Rust

Manics gets my vote.

[jebus]

I liked
the Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz
Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The xx's the xx
Grizzly Bear's vectatimest
hypnotic brass ensemble's self titled album
and
Jamie t's Kings and Queens

[Pauro 76]

Oh this is a toughie. In no particular order...

Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Manics - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Ian Brown - My Way

[Park_Lane]

Some great albums listed here so far, my pick in no particular order:

Soulsavers - Broken
Cursive - Mama I'm Swollen
Mission of Burma - The Sound The Speed The Light
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle
Raekwan - Only Built For Cuban Linx 2
New York Dolls - Cause I Sez So
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers

[Wolfie]

Jaysus - completely forgot about the Arctics. Really liked Humbug.

A brave and ambitious leap forward by them.

Will be interesting to see where they head to next.

Not heard new Ian Brown album yet - but appears to have been well received here and has been reviewed favourably.

[superfrank]

Only 2009 album I've bought is Basement Jaxx's new one and I love it.

[ken foree]

let's see...

animal collective - merriweather post pavilion
steven r. smith - cities
alisdair roberts - spoils
current 93 - aleph at hallucinatory mountain
sunn o))) - monoliths and dimensions
goslings/warmth - S/T

[The Good Son]

Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast - Cornershop
Truelove's Gutter - Richard Hawley
Beware - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Dark Days/Light Years - Super Furry Animals

[stann]

For me it'll probably come from this list of 10 11. Very good year this, lot of good albums not on the list (Phoenix, Monkeys , Grizzlies, Duckworth Lewis, Doves...).

Eels - Hombre Lobo
Cornershop - Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (yeah feck it, this was a really pleasant surprise!)

[ken foree]

bravo stann and everyone, music is some of the best dope -

superfrank they rereleased all of fela's catalogue this past year, forty plus albums i think man, you could just list all of them instead of the one b. jaxx record? :D

[Pauro 76]

Forgot about Invaders Must Die, a real return to form for the Prodigy. White Lies 'To Lose My Life' in there too, honourable mentions must go to Editors 'In This Light..' and Placebo 'Battle For The Sun'...

[MMVIII]

Have to say, really enjoying listening to Paolo Nuitini's new album, Sunny Side Up.

[Pauro 76]

Haven't heard it yet but if the singles from it so far are anything to go by, Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions'... Expecting big things.

Disappointment of the year? Muse's album for me.....

[niallsparky]

White Lies - To Lose My Life
Temper Trap - Conditions
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Hockey - Mind Chaos
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Silversun Pickups - Swoon

[twoenz]

Has no-one else found this a really poor year for music?

The album that I've liked best was released in 2008 I think : Tallest Man on Earth's "Shallow Graves"

The Muse album leads a list of massive disappointments in my book.

[Pauro 76]

Will add Biffy Clyro's 'Only Revolutions' to the list, very impressive. Them Crooked Vultures debut worth a mention too.

[tiktok]

In order

Regina Spektor - Far [Shocking omission by everyone else, my future second wife]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Mos Def - The ecstatic [Wouldn't normally be into hip-hop/Rap, but Mos Def is exceptional]
Ida Maria - Fortress Round my heart
Phioenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Wilco - Wilco [the album]

[Park_Lane]

Just got 'Them Crooked Vultures' great album

[Stevo Da Gull]

John Mayer - Battle Studies

Only album that I have that was released this year, and John Mayer is always reliable for brilliant music.. though he apparently spends up to 14 hours a day writing music so it's not as though it comes without hard work. Legend.

[jebus]

Two to add from Asian artists

The new she album called Orion is as good as the debut (I threw one of her tracks on my last Foot Exchange CD for those of you that got it, if you liked that, you'll like this)

and a female pianist I was put on to yesterday called Yuki Murata just released her debut album called Films, brilliant stuff from the first couple of listens, here's a taster

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[twoenz]

It's Blitz would possibly be my best of the year actually. Their first good album.

[razor]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz
The xx - xx
The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Waiting on delivery of Raditude by Weezer but from the 4 or 5 tracks i've heard it sounds excellent

[galwayjames]

Eoin Hand's album beats the lot of them ;)

[Éimear]

great to see no one mentioned lady gaga

[Pauro 76]

Waiting on delivery of Raditude by Weezer but from the 4 or 5 tracks i've heard it sounds excellent

I'm a bit wary of hearing it. I like Weezer but their last two albums were very sub-par. Been marked as a 'mid life crisis' album and that doesnt bode well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/r328

[jebus]

Late entry for me as I've only just started listening to it but Noah & The Whale's First Days Of Spring is a superb break up album, one of the best I've ever heard

[saintmaniac]

Late entry for me as I've only just started listening to it but Noah & The Whale's First Days Of Spring is a superb break up album, one of the best I've ever heard

That's an amazing album, probably my favourite of the year so far. I'll be going to buy a few more in the sales, so my opinion may change. Saw them at Cois Fharraige in Kilkee this year, and both their performance and the atmosphere was electric. They can do no wrong in my book.

Someone mentioned Ida Maria's Fortress Round My Heart, but I'm pretty sure I bought that last year. It might have been an import though, as the cover's slightly different. It's a decent album, but wouldn't be on my favourites list. The singles stand out a little too much for me.

My assorted favourites for 2009 would be:

Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring
Dark Was The Night (a double album to raise money for an AIDS charity, with some of the best North American indie acts at the moment - The National, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Conor Oberst, et al)
Delorentos - You Can Make Sound (a really rather excellent return)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (my party album of the year)
The Maccabees - Wall of Arms (I liked the first album but this is 1000 times better. Amazing live band as well)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight (not the complete article, but when it works, it really works, some killer tunes on this one)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Kasabian - West Ryder Lunatic Asylum (another one that is miles better than its predecessor)
The XX

Many things to look forward to in 2010, but primary among them would be Vampire Weekend's new album in January, plus the debut from Marina and the Diamonds, who totally obliterate Florence in my eyes. I think Laura Marling has something in the works as well. Oh, and Fionn Regan's second album is out in February, which judging by the single, should be pretty special.

[Pauro 76]

A few late additions I've just listened to..
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'It's Blitz' is a fantastic album and The Horrors 'Primary Colours' is worthy of a mention too. A joke band a few years ago, but superb album this time.

[twoenz]

I bought the Doves, the Big Pink, the Low Anthem and an REM live album, which I need to give a listen to in the next few days. Doves sounds excellent, from what I've heard.

[Wangball]

I bought the Doves, the Big Pink, the Low Anthem and an REM live album, which I need to give a listen to in the next few days. Doves sounds excellent, from what I've heard.

The Low Anthem album is excellent, one of my albums of the year, they're playing Tripod in March I think, should be an excellent gig

[Wangball]

Late entry for me as I've only just started listening to it but Noah & The Whale's First Days Of Spring is a superb break up album, one of the best I've ever heard

I picked this up yesterday on your recommendation, have listened to it a couple fo times and it is pretty special, very different from the first one (obviously!) but better, proof if it were needed that misery is more entertaining than joy!

[Razors left peg]

Golden Rule by an Australian band called Powderfinger. Not their best ever album but still one of the best of the year for me

[DCross06]

I liked Florence and the Machine and Noah and the Whale but I picked up The KIllers Live at the Royal Albert Hall last week, havent stopped listening to it yet, it keeps getting better, Also a dvd with it. e14 well spent

[dcfc_1928]

Passion Pit - Manner
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Temper Trap - Conditions
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
The XX - XX
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light