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The 50 best albums of 2009 plus 115 track downloadable playlist!
Hey everyone, it’s that time of year where I can justify spending all my free time listening to music by ranking it. There were a lot of good albums that didn’t make the list. (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever Ray, Boxer Rebellion, New Violators, Luke Haines, The Duckworth Lewis Method, The XX…) and a lot of disappointments (Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand…) but here’s my list of the 50 best albums of the year. As an added bonus, I’ve included the top 50 albums of my best friend and band mate Grant Levy. We share a lot of the same taste, as I’m sure you’ll notice.
1. Captain – Distraction
2. Jenny Wilson – Hardships!
3. Florence + The Machine – Lungs
4. Official Secrets Act – Understanding Electricity
5. Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor
6. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
7. Chester French – Love the Future
8. Metric – Fantasies
9. Black Room – Pop Noir
10. Director – I’ll Wait For Sound
11. Antony & The Johnsons – The Crying Light
12. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
13. White Lies – To Lose My Life
14. Marmaduke Duke – Duke Pandemonium
15. Said The Whale – Islands Disappear
16. Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Pop Nonsense
17. The Cinematics – Love & Terror
18. Au Revoir Simone – Still Night, Still Light
19. Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health
20. Emmy The Great – First Love
21. Maccabees – Wall Of Arms
22. The Sounds – Crossing The Rubicon
23. Red Light Company – Fine Fascination
24. Editors – In This Light And On This Evening
25. The Bird & The Bee – Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
26. Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
27. Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young
28. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
29. The Temper Trap – Conditions
30. Antlers - Hospice
31. Kamera – Blank Expressions
32. La Roux – La Roux
33. Morrissey – Years Of Refusal
34. Passion Pit - Manners
35. Andy Prieboy – 2009 Collection
36. Loney, Dear – Dear John
37. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
38. Placebo – Battle For The Sun
39. The Rumble Strips – Welcome To The Walk Alone
40. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
41. Music Go Music – Expressions
42. Ian Brown – My Way
43. Athlete – Black Swan
44. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
45. Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
46. Julian Penti - …Is Skyscraper
47. Broken Records – Until The Earth Fell Apart
48. Sea Wolf – White Water, White Bloom
49. JJ - jj n° 2
50. Lightning Seeds – Four Winds
And of course, Grant’s best of 2009…
1. Loney, Dear - Dear John
2. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Antlers - Hospice
4. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
5. Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health
6. Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor
7. Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
8. Girls - Album
9. The XX - XX
10. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
11. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
12. Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti is Skyscraper
13. Jenny Wilson – Hardships
14. Metric – Fantasies
15. Florence and the Machine – Lungs
16. Director – I’ll Wait For Sound
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
18. Editors – In This Light On This Evening
19. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
20. Captain – Distraction
21. The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
22. White Lies – To Lose My Life
23. Red Light Company – Fine Fascination
24. Built To Spill – There Is No Enemy
25. Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
26. A Camp – Colonia
27. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
28. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
29. Morrissey – Years Of Refusal
30. New Violators – New Violators
31. Ian Brown – My Way
32. Marmaduke Duke – Duke Pandemonium
33. Chester French – Love The Future
34. The Cinematics – Love and Terror
35. John Vanderslice – Romanian Names
36. Jill Sobule – California Years
37. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
38. Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love
39. Maccabees – Wall Of Arms
40. Music Go Music – Expressions
41. Regina Spektor - Far
42. Robert Pollard – Elephant Jokes
43. Official Secrets Act – Understanding Electricity
44. Matt and Kim – Grand
45. Horrors – Primary Colours
46. Temper Trap – Conditions
47. Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Pop Nonsense
48. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
49. Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
50. Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
I’ve also included, in two parts ,mp3s of 115 of my favorite songs of 2009 as zip files downloadable here.
www.bradofarrell.com/dombest09-1.zip
www.bradofarrell.com/dombest09-2.zip
Best Tracks of 2009 Playlist
1. Tigers That Talked – 23 Fears
2. Sea Wolf – Winter’s Heir
3. Kurran & The Wolfnotes - Whatabitch
4. Anna Ternheim – What Have I Done?
5. Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
6. The Decemberists – The Wanting Comes In Waves (Repriese)
7. Fanfarlo The Walls Are Coming Down
8. The Antlers - Wake
9. Loney, Dear - Violent
10. Ian Brown – Vanity Kills
11. Julian Plenti - Unwind
12. Michael Penn – Two Worlds
13. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
14. Delphic – This Momentary
15. jj – Things Will Never Be The Same Again
16. Starsailor – Tell Me It’s Not Over (w/ Brandon Flowers)
17. Black Room – Tell It All
18. The Rumble Strips – Sweet Heart Hooligan
19. John Vanderslice – Sunken Union Boat
20. Patrick Wolf – The Sun Is Often Out
21. St. Vincent – The Strangers
22. Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
23. Official Secrets Act – So Tomorrow
24. Chester French - Sleep
25. Bat For Lashes – Siren Song
26. Miike Snow - Silvia
27. Animal Kingdom – Signs And Wonders
28. Andy Prieboy - Shine
29. Melody Club – She’s The Girl
30. Red Light Company – Scheme Eugene
31. Tape The Radio – Save A Life
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Runaway
33. Athlete – Rubik’s Cube
34. Phoenix - Rome
35. Maxïmo Park – Roller Disco Dreams
36. Julian Casablancas – River Of Breaklights
37. Muse - Resistance
38. Little Boots - Remedy
39. Lissy Trullie – Ready For The Floor
40. Cartographers – The Particulars
41. New Violators - Parasite
42. Luke Haines – Our Man In Buenos Aires
43. Jenny Wilson – Only Here For The Fight
44. Madness – On The Town
45. Marina & The Diamonds - Obsessions
46. James – Not So Strong
47. Andrew Bird – Not A Robot, But A Ghost
48. Harlem Shakes – Niagara Falls
49. Placebo - Never-Ending Why
50. Broken Records – Nearly Home
51. Grammatics - Murderer
52. GoodBooks Manifesto
53. Kamera – Misfortune Strikes Again
54. Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill
55. The Sounds – Midnight Sun
56. The Drums – Me And The Moon
57. Plushgun – Maybe Tomorrow
58. Passion Pit – Make Light
59. Bombay Bicycle Club - Magnet
60. Girls – Lust For Life
61. The Bird And The Bee – Love Letter To Japan
62. The Temper Trap - Little Boy
63. Music Go Music – Light Of Love
64. Cancel the Astronauts – Let’s Go Expo
65. Peter Bjorn and John – Lay It Down
66. Au Revoir Simone – Knight Of Wands
67. The Maccabees – Kiss And Resolve
68. Marmaduke Duke – Kid Gloves
69. Sergeant – K-Ok
70. Pete & The Pirates - Jennifer
71. As Tall As Lions – Is This Tomorrow?
72. La Roux – In For The Kill
73. Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
74. Polly Scattergood – I Hate The Way
75. Mumford & Sons – I Gave You All
76. Maps – I Dream Of Crystal
77. The Cinematics – Hospital Bills
78. A_Camp – Here Are Many Wild Animals
79. Antony & the Johnsons – Here Eyes Are Underneath The Ground
80. CocoRosie – Happy Eyez
81. Jay Jay Pistolet – Happy Birthday To You
82. The Killers – ¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!
83. Metric – Gold, Girls, Guns
84. Datarock – Give It Up
85. Regina Spektor – Genius Next Door
86. Captain – The Gamble
87. White Lies – From The Stars
88. Emmy The Great – First Love
89. The Boxer Rebellion - Evacuate
90. The Duckworth Lewis Method – The End Of The Over
91. Jill Sobule – Empty Glass
92. Just Jack - Embers
93. Sissy Wish - Dwts
94. Preston – Dressed To Kill
95. The Lightning Seeds – Don’t Walk On By
96. Matt & Kim - Daylight
97. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel
98. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
99. Two Door Cinema Club – Costume Party
100. Beirut – The Concubine
101. Louis Eliot – Come On, Let’s Go
102. White Rose Movement – Cigarette Machine
103. Lily Allen - Chinese
104. Colin MacIntyre – Cape Wrath
105. Animal Collective – Brother Sport
106. Editors – The Boxer
107. Florence + The Machine – Bird Song
108. Fischerspooner – The Best Revenge
109. Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Beauty US
110. The xx – Basic Space
111. Aqua – Back To The 80’s
112. Said The Whale – BC Orienteering
113. Morrissey – All You Need Is Me
114. Pet Shop Boys – After The Event
115. Andrew Thompson – Getting My Act Together
Of course, check out www.myspace.com/fauxfurnishingsofficial if you haven’t. New songs are being added every year!
Happy holidays!
