Friday, March 12, 2010

Erik's Top Twenty Albums of 2009 (the simple version)

I had a big long post with paragraphs and paragraphs about my top albums of 2009, but I can't even stand to look at it, so you're just going to get a simple list, and you're going to like it. The great Wohlrabe hath spoken!

20. Jars of Clay - The Long Fall Back to Earth
19. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
18. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
17. Paramore - brand new eyes
16. St. Vincent - Actor
15. The Dream - Love Vs. Money
14. Wale - Attention Deficit
13. Rihanna - Rated R
12. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
11. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
10. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
9. yeah yeah yeahs - It's Blitz
8. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
7. Jay Z- The Blueprint III
6. The Lonely Island - Incredibad
5. Spinnerette - Spinnerette
4. Kid Sister - Ultraviolet
3. Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom
2. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
1. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

Honorable mention goes to my boys in BG20. You kept things locked down on your debut full length, and don't belong on some numerical list.

2 comments:

  1. Big Pink really? There's like 2 decent tracks on that. No Julian Casablancas?

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  2. I didn't listen to the Julian Casablancas record.

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