The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion.

I'll bet metal and dance folks won't find much in the AV Club list either.

I voted for a few dance albums but I'll be devoting my January AVC electronic column to a Best of '09 list, and I'm pretty certain Leonard Pierce's Metal Box column will run a year-end list this month.

And yeah I know what you're saying about consensus, etc., but those things will actually be dealt with there.

Is there a link to the Mixmag singles/tracks list? Always like reading those.

not yet, maybe soon: Mixmag Lists
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mixmag.html

new issue of Mixmag on sale today in the UK
http://twitter.com/Mixmag/statuses/6527494364

details:
http://www.mixmag.net/content/subscribe-mixmag
Free with this month’s issue is Diplo's 2009 Rewind CD looking back at all the biggest tracks of the year including those by Major Lazer, La Roux vs Skream, Boys Noize, The Prodigy, Chase & Status, Fake Blood, Erol Alkan, Laidback Luke, Felix Da Housecat and many more.

wondering if mixmag will plump for waves or death suite

That La Roux/Skream remix feels like it was the biggest track of the year, so I'd be surprised if Mixmag didn't vote it number one.

back to the USA...

Stereogum Best 50 Albums of 2009
http://stereogum.com/gummys/2009/best-album-2009.html

summary via:
http://countmeoutblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2009-gummy.html

50. Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light [Secretly Canadian]
49. Mos Def - The Ecstatic [Downtown]
48. Silversun Pickups - Swoon [Dangerbird]
47. jj - n° 2 [Sincerely Yours]
46. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II [Loud/RCA/BMG]
45. Regina Spektor - Far [Sire]
44. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns [Saddle Creek]
43. Mastodon - Crack The Skye [Reprise]
42. The Dead Weather - Horehound [Third Man]
41. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures [DGC/Interscope]
40. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms [Lefse]
39. Brand New - Daisy [Interscope]
38. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle [Drag City]
37. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains [Self-Released]
36. The Horrors - Primary Colours [XL]
35. Tegan And Sara - Sainthood [Vapor]
34. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport [ATP]
33. Florence & The Machine - Lungs [Island]
32. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm [Jagjaguwar]
31. The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come [4AD]
30. Dan Deacon - Bromst [Carpark]
29. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career [4AD]
28. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers [Domino]
27. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young [Cult/RCA]
26. Metric - Fantasies [Metric Music International]
25. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast [Fat Possum]
24. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug [Domino]
23. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk [Shangri-La]
22. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You [Sony]
21. Japandroids - Post-Nothing [Polyvinyl]
20. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart [Slumberland]
19. Atlas Sound - Logos [Kranky]
18. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) [Nonesuch]
17. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night [4AD]
16. The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love [Capitol]
15. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns [Astralwerks]
14. Fever Ray - Fever Ray [Mute]
13. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer [Jagjaguwar]
12. St. Vincent - Actor [4AD]
11. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic [Warner Bros.]
10. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone [Anti-]
09. Passion Pit - Manners [Frenchkiss]
08. The Antlers - Hospice [Frenchkiss]
07. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz [Interscope]
06. Girls - Album [True Panther]
05. The XX - XX [Young Turks/XL]
04. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [Glassnote]
03. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca [Domino]
02. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest [Warp]
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino]

those are voted on by readers iirc

How many lists are gonna be fuckin AnCo, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Pro and Phoenix in different orders?

it's like, are they even aware of other virtually identical lists? does it not make them think to try and make them different? so much for the idea of the death of consenus in critical circles

as Whiney G. Weingarten clarified that Stereogum list is from the Readers, so it's just an aggregated popularity snapshot

SPIN's 40 Best Albums Of 2009

40 Kiss - Sonic Boom
39 Wilco - Wilco (Wilco The Album
38 Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
37 Gallows - Grey Britain
36 Brakesbrakesbrakes - Touchdown
35 Miike Snow - Miike Snow
34 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx
33 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
32 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
31 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
30 Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
29 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
28 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
27 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
26 The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come
25 The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love
24 Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
23 St. Vincent - Actor
22 Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
21 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
20 Paramore - Brand New Eyes
19 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
18 Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light
17 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
16 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
15 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
14 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
13 Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
12 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Summer Of Fear
10 The Dead Weather - Horehound
09 Drake - So Far Gone
08 Florence And The Machine - Lungs
07 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
06 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
05 Girls - Album
04 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
03 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
01 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

can't stands no more

It's like every magazine is competing to see who can be the most boring.

why laughed at Spin yesterday, it's 2009 and they list Wolfmother, U2, Kiss

even their token afro pop was from 08

re: It's like every magazine is competing to see who can be the most boring.

Q magazine set the benchmark for this in 2009

Would rather hear that Kiss album than the Grizzly Projectors Collective tbh.

Whatever else, KISS making a top albums list is not boring.

it really just makes me wonder how awful and tedious the other albums are that folks must be listening to in order make those albums their "best"

there should probably be some commas in that last post

here they are now:

,,,

Whatever else, KISS making a top albums list is not boring.

Haha. Yeah, I was going to ask "This isn't the same KISS that did . . . Beth, is it?" And so it is.

that kiss album is fucking dogshit on the real, peace

I'll download it if they've gone back to wearing the make-up and costumes.

only for the last 13 years...

ancorp rec even snuck into the FACT list

FILTER STAFF TOP 10 OF 2009

1. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
2. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glassnote)
3. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (Warp)
4. Miike Snow, Miike Snow (Downtown)
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz! (Interscope)
6. Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Elvis Perkins in Dearland (XL)
7. Cass McCombs, Catacombs (Domino)
8. Passion Pit, Manners (Frenchkiss)
9. The Antlers, Hospice (Frenchkiss)
10. White Rabbits, It's Frightening (TBD)

Honorable Mention:
Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca (Domino)
Little Dragon, Machine Dreams (Peacefrog)
The xx, xx (XL)

Staff Lists: http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/filters_top_10_albums_of_2009

one of these sites should just preempt all of this and just post a link to pitchfork.com for their year end list

#1 -animalcollectiveyeahyeahyeahdirtyprojectorsgrizzlybearphoenix
#12 - token rnb/hiphop album

when this is the ilx list as well, i will be the one laughing/weeping/telling everyone to fuck off

let's not make it the ilx list then. this is in our hands.

will listen to the dirty projectors album because i haven't yet. it might be good! who knows eh

lex, i would be delighted if it wasn't.

we should do something like the alternate 70s poll, best albums of the year that haven't been on any year-end lists by any major magazines/sites

that would be sweet

I sort of expect to like Dirty Projectors when I finally get around to hearing it. Have no intention of going anywhere near animalyeahgrizzlyphoenix

From what I've gathered, animalyeahgrizzlyphoenix is exceptionally, mind-alteringly dull, although granted I've not heard much grizzly or any phoenix

Wow, you can dismiss albums without even hearing them, impressive.

OK, maybe that Phoenix album is awesome! I'll know by the time the evening is out, hopefully.

TheEddiebx
it really isn't a genre becuase u cant go to a record label and say, "what artist do u have in your indie division?" that would be a lil oxymoronic, rite. and if there is any plcae that u can look up independent artist, it wouldn't necessarily bring up just rock. there was a radio station here in L.A. that was called indie 103.1. they played anything from independent rock to indie hip-hop, indie bluegrass, and electronica. u tell me what kinda genre that is

Otakoust
I can agree with you that it is and it isn't. It isn't in the sense that certain bands on major labels have the Indie rock sound. Which was the crux of my argument. You and a lot of other people get stuck on the term indie because it is short for independent and I understand that. What I am trying to explain is that over the past 30 years, indie rock has transformed into a sound. This is regardless of whether they are on a independent or major label.

retropancakeful
I shall explain why some 'music appreciators' doesnt like indie music to go into mainstream.First,there is no fixed definition of Indie which is similar to Emo.When good music goes to mainstream, it will be raped countlessly with people who just blindly follow whats in and not and people spamming "lolz!1!! phoenix 4 lif3!". The song will lose it's magic and therefore will be labled at Pop or someother shit. I like it when smart people listen to good music but not some fucked morons. Fuck media.

meteora8423
gotta agree with u. i dont understand ppl who claim they like a band jus bcuz its popular. to me, if it sounds good, ill listen to it - regardless if its "mainstream." like im a fan of bands from led zeppelin, pink floyd, armin van buuren, to kanye west. it doesnt matter to me if theyr not popular, if the songs appeals to me, ill listen to it. i feel sorry for ppl who restrict themselves to listen to only whats "popular". they r caging themselves in & being worked by the media, too bad for them

TheEddiebx
ahh, so that IS ur arguement. that is a whole discussion within itself that is worth debating. i'm not to sure about this indie sound thing. i dont think that anything with a different sound should be labeled indie. i mean, can u really put together a tottal and definte description or summary of what indie sounds like? everything has a genre, and it shouldn't be iresponsibily thrown into a category like indie just because its hard 2 descripe or sounds new wavish, or folkish, or electronicish.

oh internet

i do have to say that grizzly/AnCo/phoenix/dirty pro/yeahyeahyeahs (GAPDY) are all perfectly fine albums, but to call them the BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR really just means that you're not listening to enough records.

i doubt any of those albums are much worse than the xx album that's in a lot of lists this year too.

but lets face it, no matter what's in a list some will moan.

ban lists

opening track of dirty projectors is successfully managing to irritate me beyond all reason, and i am a fan of irritating music

second track = oh my god this really is gonna be of that twee, precious, ultradeliberate strain of american indie that almost always makes me wanna hurl

this ain't bringing the noise, sorry

Whiney, you KNOW you're gonna eventually publish a list of your 1,000 Twitter reviews somewhere, plus a special deluxe leatherbound edition!

wire is always the one i wait for, but i know that isn't original to say.

one album that was great but didn't make my top 10 list: that pissed jeans album! man. if only it'd dropped in a weaker year for music.

whiney, like i said on email, publish the twitter/1,000 deal-e-o as a pamphlet in a limited edition of 1,000

My favourite album of the year was Pere Ubu's "Long Live Pere Ubu!", closely followed by Dubblestandart's "Return TO Planet Dub", but I'm not getting butthurt they're not in the critics' end year lists.