Your Favourite Albums of 2009

Originally posted by Palynka
I blame Spotify for my lack of interest in searching albums from 2009.

Muahahahaha! I win!

EDIT: Umm... what do I win?

Originally posted by Starrman
Muahahahaha! I win!

EDIT: Umm... what do I win?

WINNAR!

Bob Dylan - Together through Life

I guess Surveillance Lounge by Nurse With Wound and Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain by Current '93 were two highlights of 2009. I had to check up on the release dates, though. Something peculiar has overcome my sense of time ...

In no particular order, and probably missing several because I don't recall release dates, but some of my favourites this year included:

Vowels 'The Pattern Prism'

**** Buttons - 'Tarot Sport'

Tortoise - 'Beacons of Anscestorship' (Not their best, but still damned fine)

Riceboy Sleeps - 'Riceboy Sleeps'

Dan Deacon - 'Bromst'

Bibio - 'Ambivalence Avenue' (although I think I prefer the pre-Warp stuff, to be honest)

Taken by Trees - 'East of Eden'

The Bird and the Bee - 'Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future'

Bleeding Heart Narrative - 'Tongue Tangled Hair

Yo la tengo 'popular songs' (seeing them live on Friday, hooray!)

Enough to be getting on with?

Man From Another Time- seasick steve


the only album in 2009 that I really enjoyed (excluding the beatles remasters which don't really count)

edit- although I have to admit that the new bob dylan album was also pretty good.

Originally posted by DrKF
In no particular order, and probably missing several because I don't recall release dates, but some of my favourites this year included:

Vowels 'The Pattern Prism'

**** Buttons - 'Tarot Sport'

Tortoise - 'Beacons of Anscestorship' (Not their best, but still damned fine)

Riceboy Sleeps - 'Riceboy Sleeps'

Dan Deacon - 'Bromst'

Bibio - 'Ambivalen ongs' (seeing them live on Friday, hooray!)

Enough to be getting on with?

how many of those albums will you be listening to next year?

"Best" usually implies it has some longevity to it.

Originally posted by DrKF
In no particular order, and probably missing several because I don't recall release dates, but some of my favourites this year included:

Vowels 'The Pattern Prism'

**** Buttons - 'Tarot Sport'

Tortoise - 'Beacons of Anscestorship' (Not their best, but still damned fine)

Riceboy Sleeps - 'Riceboy Sleeps'

Dan Deacon - 'Bromst'

Bibio - 'Ambivalen ...[text shortened]... ongs' (seeing them live on Friday, hooray!)

Enough to be getting on with?

Yes.

I do enjoy Taken by Trees' version of 'My Girls'. 🙂

Originally posted by uzless
how many of those albums will you be listening to next year?

"Best" usually implies it has some longevity to it.

I disagree: I can come back to a great album having forgotten how good it was for years; I can listen an album to death and need a year without it; I can listen to a great album less frequently than less good albums (the Vowels album is a good example).

But it's a good question nonetheless. I think:

Vowels, **** Buttons, Riceboy Sleeps, Taken by Trees, Bleeding Heart Narrative.

Tortoise - Beacons of Anscestorship
The Decembrists - The Hazards Of Love
Califone - all my friends are funeral singers
Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
Church - Untitled #23
Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - Unseen Music Unheard Words
The Witch And The Robot - On Safari
Mark Kozelek - Lost Verses - Live

Probably 21st Century Breakdown. Not much else to get excited about.

Backspacer by Pearl Jam. Damn fine album.

Originally posted by darvlay
I like to see what you all have liked in 2009. Gonna do some mass d/ling tonight and I'm always looking for suggestions.

Mine, in order:

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

Acquired this album a few minutes ago*, currently listening to it for the first time and enjoying it so far.

Are there any others on that list of yours that I'd like?



*AWESOME 320kbps! Not as good as vinyl, but what can you do?

Originally posted by hopscotch
Acquired this album a few minutes ago*, currently listening to it for the first time and enjoying it so far.

Are there any others on that list of yours that I'd like?



*AWESOME 320kbps! Not as good as vinyl, but what can you do?

From what I recall your tastes are pretty eclectic so there's probably a couple things in there you'd like. Personally, I'm really enjoying a couple of DrKF's choices, especially Tarot Sport by F--- Buttons. You should give that album a whirl.

Originally posted by darvlay
From what I recall your tastes are pretty eclectic so there's probably a couple things in there you'd like. Personally, I'm really enjoying a couple of DrKF's choices, especially Tarot Sport by F--- Buttons. You should give that album a whirl.

Thanks man, I'm downloading Tarot Sport now, unfortunately some lame seeders so it's very slow.

Is there anything on your list that you'd recommend that's nice and guitarry and drummy, but not too noisy and shouty?