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

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1 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
3 The xx - The xx
4 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
5 Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx... Pt. II
6 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
7 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
8 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9 Fever Ray - Fever Ray
10 Girls - Album
11 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
13 St. Vincent - Actor
14 Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
15 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
16 Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
17 The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
18 Atlas Sound - Logos
19 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
20 Real Estate - Real Estate
21 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
22 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
23 Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
24 Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
25 DJ Quik & Kurupt - BlaQKout
26 Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
27 Various Artists - 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
28 Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery
29 Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
30 Röyksopp - Junior
31 Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
32 Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
33 Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
34 Passion Pit - Manners
35 jj - jj n° 2
36 Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
37 The Antlers - Hospice
38 Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People-- Lazers Do
39 Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
40 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
41 Baroness - Blue Record
42 A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
43 Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
44 tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs
45 The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
46 Dan Deacon - Bromst
47 Zomby - Where Were U in '92?
48 DOOM - Born Like This
49 Cass McCombs - Catacombs
50 Woods - Songs of Shame

would anyone post the WIRE compilations list please?

THE WIRE - COMPILATIONS

An Anthology of Chinese Experimenatl Music 1992-2008 (Sub Rosa)
Baku: Symphony of Sirens (ReR)
Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Other Worldly African-American Gospel (Tompkins Square)
Five Years Of Hyperdub (Hyperdub)
Fly Girls! B Boys Beware: Female Rap (Soul Jazz)
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds and Ghanaian Blues 1968-81 (Soundway)
Grind Madness At The BBC (Earache)
Induced Musical Spasticity: BC Free Music Society 1984-2009 (Private)
Legends Of Benin (Analog Africa)
Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story Of Funky Lagos (Strut)
Open Strings: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The Middle East, And New Responses (Honest Jons)
Panama! Volume 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk On The Isthmus 1967-77 (Soundway)
Psych Funk 101 (World Psychedelic Funk Classics)
Raks Raks Raks: 17 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60's Scene (Raks Discos)
Relay: Archive 2007-2008 (Manual)
Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular, Vol 2 (Sublime Frequencies)
The Sound Of Wonder: Rare Electronic Pop From The Lollywood Vaults 1973-1980 (Finders Keppers/B-Music)
Spectra: Guitar In The 21st Century (Quiet Design)
Warp 20 (Warp)

Fucking long-arsed titles, but some of those sound great.

The Ben Frost CD that keeps appearing on these lists is bloody great btw. I've only just picked it up, but it's an epic listen. Beautiful sonic detailing, kind of like a Susumu Yokota record in that regard. It's all been relocated to the Arctic Circle though, you keep getting these creepy wolf pack sounds dropping into the mix, and the whole scene is constantly getting eclipsed by these huge waves of doom-ungous drone that rise up from out of the darkness. Thought from reviews it would maybe be like yer old school isolationism, but thankfully it's a heck of a lot more playful than that.

Can you post the Wire reissues list please.

I have only just heard the Ben Frost, but yes you are right, it is beautiful...

The Wire: Reissues A-Z

Derek Bailey, Lot 74
Bizzy B, Retrospective
Company Flow, Funcrusher Plus
Luc Ferrari, L'Oeuvre Électronique
Flaming Tunes, Flaming Tunes
Harmonia & Eno, Tracks and Traces
Incapacitants, Box Is Stupid
King Crimson, Lizard & Red : 40th Anniversary Editions
Kraftwerk, The Catalogue
Loop, A Gilded Eternity/ The world In Your Eyes
The Monks, Black Monk Time
Moondog, More Moondog/ Story of Moondog
Pandit Pran Nath, Earth Groove
Evan Parker, Saxophone Solos
Public Image Limited, Metal Box
Sun Ra, The Antique Blacks
The Raincoats, The Raincoats
Roll Deep, Street Anthems
The Shadow Ring, Life Review (1993-2003)
Terror Danjah, Gremlinz
Pere Ubu, Datapanik In The Year Zero
The Units, History of The Hunits: The Early Years (1977-1983)
Source Records 1-6; Music Of The Avant Garde 1968-1971

forgot St Etienne, the fools

Lot 74 by Derek Bailey is the worst record I've ever heard in my life.

And I've heard the Raygun album.

The Village Voice's 50 Worst Songs of the '00s: The Complete List
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/12/the_50_worst_so_43.php

50. brokeNCYDE, "Bree Bree"
49. LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez, "Control Myself"
48. The Moldy Peaches, "Who's Got The Crack"
47. Akon, "Sorry, Blame It On Me"
46. Dynamite Hack, "Boyz-N-The-Hood"
45. James Blunt, "You're Beautiful"
44. Aaron Carter, "America A O"
43. Basshunter, "Please Don't Go"
42. 3 Doors Down, "Kryptonite"
41. Vanessa Hudgens, "Sneakernight"
40. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and the Wu-Tang Clan, "For Heaven's Sake 2000"
39. Aubrey O'Day feat. Roscoe Umali, "Never Fallin'"
38. Say Anything, "Got Your Money"
37. Satellite Party feat. Jim Morrison, "Woman In The Window"
36. Lady Sovereign, "Food Play"
35. Hampton The Hamster, "The Hampsterdance Song"
34. Happy Mondays, "Jelly Bean"
33. Heidi Montag, "Higher"
32. Smash Mouth, "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)"
31. 50 Cent, "Amusement Park"
30. Swizz Beatz with Ja Rule and Metallica, "We Did It Again"
29. John Mayer, "Your Body Is A Wonderland"
28. Xiu Xiu, "Support Our Troops OH (Black Angels OH)"
27. Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne, "Changes"
26. Beastie Boys, "In A World Gone Mad"
25. Weezer, "Heart Songs"
24. Gummibar, "I Am Your Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)"
23. Santana feat. Chad Kroeger, "Into The Night"
22. The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Bob Marley, "Hold Ya Head"
21. Crazy Frog, "Last Christmas"
20. Gym Class Heroes, "Taxi Driver"
19. Nickelback, "Something In Your Mouth"
18. Toby Keith, "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)"
17. Simple Plan, "Perfect"
16. William Hung, "O Come All Ye Faithful"
15. Hinder, "Born To Be Wild"
14. Korn, "Ya'll Want A Single?"
13. Sugababes Vs. Girls Aloud, "Walk This Way"
12. Disturbed, "Land of Confusion"
11. Darryl Worley, "Have You Forgotten?"
10. Fieldy's Dreams, "Baby Hugh Hef"
9. Ashlee Simpson, "La La"
8. Limp Bizkit and Johnny Rzeznik, "Wish You Were Here"
7. Nicole Scherzinger, "Puakenikeni"
6. Hot Action Cop, "Fever For The Flava"
5. Alvin & The Chipmunks, "Get Munk'd"
4. Blue October, "Jump Rope"
3. Tila Tequila, "I Love U"
2. Artists Against AIDS Worldwide, "What's Goin' On (Fred Durst's Reality Check Mix)"
1. Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton, "Big Yellow Taxi"

so many usernames

where's 'The Space Between'?

i would've not included cover versions because it's shooting fish in a barrel but still hard to disagree with that #1

A great 2CD mix there.

whiney, if you HAVE that 2cd mix, I am begging you to share

"Big Yellow Taxi" really is an outstandingly terrible song---the original is ok enough I guess, but the Counting Crows version adds new dimensions of stink that weren't even latent in Joni's.

Cokemachineglow's top 50 albums:
http://www.cokemachineglow.com/feature/4993/top50albums-2009

50 :: Cool Kids - Gone Fishin' Mixtape
49 :: Way Out West - We Love Machine
48 :: Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
47 :: LSD March - Under Milk Wood
46 :: Mountains - Choral
45 :: HEALTH -Get Color
44 :: Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
43 :: Jermiside & DJ Lowkey - Die Jerm Die Mixtape
42 :: Black Mold - Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz
41 :: Nurses - Apple's Acre
40 :: Lokai - Transition
39 :: Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
38 :: G-Side - Huntsville International Mixtape
37 :: Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
36 :: Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying Light
35 :: Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
34 :: Zu - Carboniferous
33 :: Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
32 :: Lee Fields & the Expressions - My World
31 :: Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
30 :: Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
28 :: Humcrush - Rest at World's End
27 :: Lil Wayne - No Ceilings Mixtape
26 :: Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
25 :: Intelligence - Fake Surfers
24 :: Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
23 :: Flaming Lips - Embryonic
22 :: Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
21 :: St. Vincent - Actor
20 :: Baroness - Blue Record
19 :: Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information 3
18 :: Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
17 :: Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
16 :: The xx - The xx
15 :: Circulatory System - Signal Morning
14 :: Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Pains of Being Pure at Heart
13 :: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
12 :: Micachu & the Shapes - Jewellery
11 :: Emeralds - What Happened
10 :: Sunset Rubdown -Dragonslayer
9 :: OOIOO - Armonico Hewa
8 :: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
7 :: Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
6 :: Burial + Four Tet - Moth/Wolf Cub Split 12"
5 :: A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
4 :: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3 :: DOOM - Born Like This
2 :: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
1 :: Raekwon -Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2

6 :: Burial + Four Tet - Moth/Wolf Cub Split 12"

this is an album?

no, neither is it that special

I love it but making that Raekwon album number 1 album of the year seems really wrong. It's like everyone who voted for U2 in 2000.

That's actually more annoying than Pitchfork including a four track Bon Iver EP in the albums list.

i bet that Bon Iver actually has a longer running time than Washed Out's Life Of Leisure EP tho - but would still think include that in album list

LOL EP is 18 mins and Blood Bank 17. More importantly though Blood Bank's four tracks would mean it could chart as a single in the UK. Washed Out's six makes it ineligible.

i contributed to the roundup at my old paper. nota bene: the list is alphabetical, it is NOT making animal collective the #1 album. basically we all just named 5.

Do any of those people actually live in Knoxville? I know Lundeen and Berlatsky are both in the Chicago area.

not sure, but the music editor may be the only one on that list currently in knoxville. (several of us are diaspora knoxvillians.)

which i guess could raise the question of what makes a paper local, but i think the answer is the local editor's sensibility is what shapes the section and gives it its personality. (and obviously they have local writers who do local arts reporting too.)

I do love that Burial + Four Tet single. Thanks for reminding me!

Late to say so, but good to see P.O.S. pop up on the Onion A.V. Club list.

I love it but making that Raekwon album number 1 album of the year seems really wrong.

I suppose it would be wrong if it weren't actually the best album of the year.

Thank you to this thread for Get Em Mamis and Drake mixtapes (WTF, this is great!).

I suppose it would be wrong if it weren't actually the best album of the year.

― Parenthetical Grillz, Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:47 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its a worthy sequel to the best album of its year, but it really does lack something

its in my top ten but really

I love it but making that Raekwon album number 1 album of the year seems really wrong. It's like everyone who voted for U2 in 2000.

especially with no other hip-hop albums in the top 20 - seems a bit nostalgist. the raekwon album is fine but i really wasn't moved to go back to it very much, it didn't make my top 20.

DOOM is the one other hip-hop at 3

plus a subpar Lil Wayne tape, G-Side and the fuckin' Cool Kids in the top 50

only just noticed Way Out West in there, fuckin 'ell

alright what's the name of the drake mix that I'm supposed to be listening to?

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its called 'the burrrprint: the movie 3d"

its called "The Last King"

it's called "The Beat Made Me Do It"

http://wendyknits.net/images/google.jpg

the cokemachineglow list isn't THAT bad. AT least they had the good sense not to put MPP as #1

plus a subpar Lil Wayne tape

No Ceilings is fucking spun gold. And I'm sorry, but OB4CL2 is easily the album of the year. It's more intricate, compelling and holds up under repeat listens more than anything else 2009. I don't get the dismismals of it for not being forward-thinking, or whatever backhanded compliment Nate Patrin (who is usually spot-on) gave it for landing in the Top 5 on P4K. Writing great songs always advances the medium.

On a side note, anybody heard that new Cornershop album?

sock

jk but come on dude seriously

Blurt Top 50 albums

http://www.blurt-online.com/features/view/526/

Dunno if this has been posted or not but just came across it hehe
http://www.bestalbumsof2009.com/

the cokemachineglow list isn't THAT bad. AT least they had the good sense not to put MPP as #1

― Emily's Cheese, Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:07 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

also.. no fucking Girls album on it.

@sofatruck

Thank GOD.

Actually I'd have to say the worst list I've seen is that Blurt one now that I look at it. It's like an even blander Paste. That list and the fact the Guardian put the XX as #1 , that's another big "no-no"