It's that time of the year...........

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:20 am

..... When you start making your list of top ten albums released in 2009, well here's mine in no particular order......

"Hymn to the Immortal Wind" By Mono
"Riceboy Sleeps" By Jonsi & Alex
"And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees" By Jóhann Jóhannsson
"To Lose My Life" By White Lies
"Mirrorball" By John Foxx & Robin Guthrie
"Ovations" By Piano Magic
"A Brief History Of Love" By The Big Pink
"Lost Verses Live" By Mark Kozelek
"In The Music" By The Trashcan Sinatras
"Tarot Sport" By The Fuck Buttons

So what's been your top ten................................?

by **black francis** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:24 am

I'm embarrassed to say I've only heard of two of your top ten.

Number one by far is Girls "Album"

I need to figure out my other nine.

by **Mr.Sparkle** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:17 pm

Is the Girls album that good? I'll have to check it out.

I haven't heard too much this year that's floated my boat.

Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away (Check it out, bf! It's their poppiest album yet)
Knight School - The Poor And Needy Need To Party

There's a good number of albums I've heard that were OK but I don't think I'd overly recommend them like the Yeah yeah yeah's album and Telepathe.

I haven't heard any of the albums you listed grumby jimbo, except for the White Lies. I'll have to check out some of those, I'm a big fan of Robin Guthrie.

I just found out about Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Has anyone heard these guys? Really bizarre, some of the songs are pretty awesome. I'll have to check out more of their stuff.

by **DivaDiana77** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:59 pm

Wow! Trashcan Sinatras are STILL around? They were big in the 90s. I have a CD of theirs somewhere.

My vote goes to Michael Buble--talented singer, charming personality. This guy will be around for a long time.
Oh, only one? Oops.

by **zoouncaged** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:56 pm

The Twang - Jewellery Quarter

The Rifles - The Great Escape

Boston Spaceships - Zero To 99

by **black francis** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:53 pm

The Girls album is fantastic. Beautiful pop melodies, you can hear the sorrow in the lyrics but their is a sense of optimism. It hit me immediately.

Okay here we go.

Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown
Dinosaur Jr - Farm
Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away (you're right about the album Mr. Sparkle. Great pop. Fantastic!)
The Horrors - Primary Colours
Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Grand Duchy - Petits Fours

by **vertigone** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:50 pm

In no particular order...

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Mew - No More Stories...
Ian Brown - My Way
Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Richard Hawley - True Love's Gutter
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
St. Vincent - Actor
Neil Young - Archives

Very much looking forward to the new Spoon LP in 2010.

On EDIT - I forgot the Julian Casablancas solo album which would easily make my top 10. In fact his song "Out of the Blue" is probably my favorite song of the year.

by **withahip** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:05 pm

vertigone wrote:In no particular order...

Ian Brown - My Way

I don't think that was released State-side. I do like what I hear on myspace.
Might be worth the import price.

by **vertigone** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:36 pm

withahip wrote:I don't think that was released State-side. I do like what I hear on myspace.
Might be worth the import price.

Yeah, like every Ian Brown LP, there's a few duds, but I think it's def stronger than his last LP. Marathon Man, Just Like You, For the Glory, and So High are my faves on this one.

by **Scouser** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:07 am

1. Two Dancers - Wild Beasts
2. Wall of Arms - The Maccabees
3. Primary Colours - The Horrors
4. Broken - Soulsavers
5. The Incident - Porcupine Tree
6. Nonsense In The Dark - Filthy Dukes
7. Everything Is New - Jack Penate
8. Sounds Of The Universe - Depeche Mode
9. Conditions - The Temper Trap
10. Manners - Passion Pit

by **Dave Smith** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:58 pm

No particular order

1.Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Its Blitz
2.Mew -No More stories
3.Wild Beasts-Two Dancers
4.The Big Pink-album not that great but worth it for Velvet alone.
5. Bunnymen-The Fountain.lol.oh c'mon!
6.Leonard Cohen-live at Isle of Wight festival 1970
7.The Church-Untitled
8.The Horrors-Primary Colours
9.Julian Plenti-()is Skyscraper
10.Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy-Unseen Music Unheard Words

Turkey of the year-Jarvis Cocker for me.Played once and binned.
Most surprisingly good album-Wild Beasta by some distance.Made me eat my words....

by **DivaDiana77** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:28 pm

DivaDiana77 wrote:My vote goes to Michael Buble--talented singer, charming personality. This guy will be around for a long time.
Oh, only one? Oops.

Depeche Mode--Sounds of the Universe is now number two.

I need to go buy it, even though someone told me I'm not a very good Christian if I listen to that. Whatever.

by **Scouser** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:38 pm

Dave Smith wrote:No particular order

1.Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Its Blitz
2.Mew -No More stories
3.Wild Beasts-Two Dancers
4.The Big Pink-album not that great but worth it for Velvet alone.
5. Bunnymen-The Fountain.lol.oh c'mon!
6.Leonard Cohen-live at Isle of Wight festival 1970
7.The Church-Untitled
8.The Horrors-Primary Colours
9.Julian Plenti-()is Skyscraper
10.Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy-Unseen Music Unheard Words

Turkey of the year-Jarvis Cocker for me.Played once and binned.
Most surprisingly good album-Wild Beasta by some distance.Made me eat my words....

Your not alone - http://musosguide.com/the-best-albums-of-2009-3-1/8543

by **withahip** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:29 pm

Yea Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz gets my vote for I want my money back. First track was good and then a slew of acoustic tracks. Bland acoustic songs. Oh, one or two casio songs after the first one.

Actually my purchases are more on the I'd rather return list.

by **Dave Smith** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:58 am

Aah opinions!Makes the forums turn around. :biggrin:

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