The Best 50 Albums of 2009

This year, I have written monthly editions (except for a few months I missed) of my music reviews.  Those reviews contain more detailed descriptions of the albums and many included mp3 downloads.  To read them in more detail, see the Best Albums of 2009 monthly editions.

50. Dark was the Night (Red Hot Compilation) 
49. Drew Danburry – Geraniums [EP] 
48. Blue Scholars - OOF! [EP]

47. General Elektriks - Good City for Dreamers

46. Vetiver - Tight Knit

45. Lateef the Truth Speaker - Truth is Love Mixtape

44. Grand Archives - Keep in Mind Frankenstein

43. The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice - Moon Colony Blood Bath [EP]

42. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

41. Jonsi and Alex - Rice Boy Sleeps

40. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard – One Fast Move or I’m Gone

39. Peter, Bjorn and John - Living Thing

38. Thom Yorke – Feelingpulledapartbyhorses/the Hollow Earth [12" single]

37. John Vanderslice - Romanian Names

36. The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha

35. Iain Archer - To the Pine Roots

34. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity Live

33. Andrew Bird - Fitz and the Dizzyspells [EP]

32. Coconut Records - Davy

31. Art for Starters - Drugs Made / Drugs Ruined

30. Jeremy Enigk - OK Bear

29. Dent May and his Magnificent Ukuele - The Good Feeling Music of Dent May

28. A.A. Bondy - When the Devil's Loose

27. Joshua James - Sing Songs [EP]

26. Before Braille - Spring Cleaning

25. Common Market - The Winter's End [EP]

24. Volcano Choir - Unmap

23. The Wooden Birds – Magnolia

22. Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band

21. Built to Spill – There is no Enemy

20. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South

19. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

18. Death Cab for Cutie - Open Door [EP] 

17. Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars

16. Mos Def - The Ecstatic

15. Mike Doughty – Sad Man Happy Man

14. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast 
13. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches

12. Iron & Wine - Around the Well

11. R.E.M. – Live at the Olympia in Dublin

10. The Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels

9.  Say Hi - Oohs & Aahs

8.  The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
7.  Shark Speed - Sea Sick Music

6.  Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend
5.  fun. - Aim and Ignite

4.  Owen - New Leaves
3.  Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

2.  Joshua James - Build me This 

 For our top album, I am actually pairing up both of J. Tillman's LP's that he released this year.  They are VERY different, but I really think they are best digested when taken in tandem.

1.  J. Tillman - Year in the Kingdom + J. Tillman - Vacilando Territory Blues