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Best Albums of 2009

January 1st, 2010

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In keeping with my annual list of my favorite records here’s the albums that got a lot of ear time this year. According to my last.fm page the Thermals and M. Ward got tons of spins. This is also the second year in a row a band has topped my list that was recommended by Mr. John P. Huston.

1. The Thermals – Now We Can See

2. M. Ward – Hold Time

3. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career

4. St. Vincent – Actor

5. Girls – Album
6. The xx – xx
7. The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa
8. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
9. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
10. Chuck Mead – Journeyman’s Wager
11. Bon Iver- Blood Bank EP
12. Real Estate – Real Estate
13. Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
14. Art Brut – Art Brut Vs. Satan
15. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
16. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
17. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
18. Karen O And The Kids – Where The Wild Things Are
19. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms
20. Passion Pit – Manners
21. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
22. The Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World To Come

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