30 best reviewed albums of 2009

tcaporale

From Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2009.shtml

1. Nirvana - Live at Reading
2. Leonard Cohen - Live in London
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. 2
5. Baroness - Blue Record
6. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
7. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
8. Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
9. The Antlers - Hospice
10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
11. Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
12. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
13. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
14. Miranda Lambert - Revolution
15. Converge - Axe to Fall
16. Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
17. The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is the Clock
18. Levon Helm - Electric Dirt
19. Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions
20. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years
21. The XX - XX
22. DM Stith - Heavy Ghost
23. The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath
24. UGK - UGK 4 Life
25. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
26. Todd Snider - The Excitement Plan
27. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
28. Brother Ali - Us
29. Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
30. Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head and the Sky

EquallyWorthless

pretty pathetic state of music when 2 live recordings are the best reviewed albums of the year. dont get me wrong i love, love, love both of those artists at the top but still.....

intodeep

3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
I just can't get into these guys. I kind of see why they are so popular but it is not for me. I don't know what the love fest is.

5. Baroness - Blue Record
This shit is the real deal bitches! This was my number one best album of the year. Fucking killer shit.


7. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Very similar to animal collective i see why some could get into it but i just don't connect. not my thing

9. The Antlers - Hospice
I liked this one a lot. I actually ranked it as my 10th fav album. A bit of a downer but good stuff

10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Loved this album. So many good songs. So simple yet complex. I ranked it 3rd on my list

27. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
I dug these guys. A fun little album i think i ended up ranking it around 15 or so on my list.

Those are the only one's i've heard.

dpmay

i don't know many of these either but i can vouch for brother ali's us. fucking fantastic hip-hop.

mookeywrench

EquallyWorthless wrote:

pretty pathetic state of music when 2 live recordings are the best reviewed albums of the year. dont get me wrong i love, love, love both of those artists at the top but still.....

noy really, live albums of classic artists are always universally well reviewed by critics.

dcfaithful

:!: The Black Crowes - Before The Frost :!:

EquallyWorthless

mookeywrench wrote:

EquallyWorthless wrote:

pretty pathetic state of music when 2 live recordings are the best reviewed albums of the year. dont get me wrong i love, love, love both of those artists at the top but still.....

noy really, live albums of classic artists are always universally well reviewed by critics.

yeah I get that, its just that I expect live albums to be excluded from lists like this. i wouldnt include a greatest hits in a best of, so why a live album? its essentially a mix of old songs.