Monday 21 December 2009

Chantal's Top Albums of 2009

My favourite albums of the year - correctly slightly from the ones I posted on MySpace and Facebook as I realised I'd managed to accidentally delete one of the albums when I was compiling the final list. Doh. So a special mention to Ben Kweller who sadly gets bumped down to 101st place.

100. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
99. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
98. Nouvelle Vague - 3
97. Sweet Baboo - Hello Wave
96. Hockey - Mind Chaos
95. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
94. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
93. Brett Anderson - Slow Attack
92. White Rabbits - It's Frightening
91. The Mummers - Tale To Tell

90. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
89. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
88. The Veils - Sun Gangs
87. Vienna Teng - Inland Territory
86. Mew - No More Stories...
85. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below
84. Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
83. Plushgun - Pins & Panzers
82. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
81. Alela Diane - To Be Still

80. Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter
79. The Leisure Society - The Sleeper
78. Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
77. An Horse - Rearrange Beds
76. Broken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part
75. Fiction Family - Fiction Family
74. Loney, Dear - Dear John
73. Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper
72. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My
71. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

70. Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There
69. M. Ward - Hold Time
68. The Mountain Goats - Life Of The World To Come
67. Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
66. Euros Childs - Son Of Euro Child
65. Alessi's Ark - Notes From The Treehouse
64. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
63. Passion Pit - Manners
62. Vetiver - Tight Knit
61. Handsome Furs - Face Control

60. Emmy The Great - First Love
59. Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light
58. Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
57. Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
56. The Antlers - Hospice
55. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
54. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
53. Florence And The Machine - Lungs
52. Matt & Kim - Grand
51. 1990s - Kicks

50. Eels - Hombre Lobo
49. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
48. Dusty Rhodes And The River Band - Palace And Stage
47. Leona Naess - Thirteens
46. Girls - Album
45. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
44. Karen O And The Kids - Where The Wild Things Are
43. Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty
42. Brakes - Touchdown
41. Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew

40. John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
39. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
38. Martin Carr - Ye Gods (And Little Fishes)
37. Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
36. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
35. St. Vincent - Actor
34. Metric - Fantasies
33. The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control
32. Theoretical Girl - Divided
31. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk

30. Shirley Lee - Shirley Lee
29. The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
28. Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild
27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
26. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
25. God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
24. Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern - Pram Town
23. The Broken Family Band - Please And Thank You
22. Piney Gir - The Yearling
21. Oh, Atoms - You Can't See The Stars From Here

20. Regina Spektor - Far
19. Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood
18. The Hidden Cameras - Origin:Orphan
17. A Camp - Colonia
16. The Bird And The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
15. Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion
14. Telley - Now I'm The Big Sister
13. The Boy Least Likely To - The Law Of The Playground
12. The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Duckworth Lewis Method
11. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years

10. Golden Silvers - True Romance

9. Jill Sobule - California Years

8. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications

7. Slow Club - Yeah So

6. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - 'Em Are I

5. Little Birdy - Confetti

4. The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

3. Sibrydion - Campfire Classics

2. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea

1. Cerys Matthews - Don't Look Down / Paid Edrych I Lawr

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