30 Best Albums Of 2009

30-THE BIG PINK-A Brief History Of Love (4AD)

29-PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH-A Woman A Man Walked By (Island)

28-THE FLAMING LIPS-Embryonic (Warners)

27-WILCO-Wilco (The Album) (Nonesuch)

26-JAPANDROIDS-Post Nothing (Unfamiliar)

25-MASTODON-Crack The Skye (Reprise)

24-LIGHTNING BOLT-Earthly Delights (Load)

23-NEON INDIAN-Psychic Chasms (Lefse)

22-ST. VINCENT-Actor (4AD)

21-MOS DEF-The Ecstatic (Downtown)

20-NEKO CASE-Middle Cyclone (Matador)

19-WAVVES-Wavvves (Bella Union)

18-MAJOR LAZER-Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do (Downtown)

17-FUCK BUTTONS-Tarot Sport (ATP)

16-BILL CALLAHAN-Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)

15-GIRLS-Album (True Panther)

14-ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS-The Crying Light (Rough Trade)

13-FEVER RAY-Fever Ray (Mute)

12-CAMERA OBSCURA-My Maudlin Career (4AD)

11-WOODS-Songs Of Shame (Shrimper/Woodsist)

10-jj-jj Nº 2 (Sincerely Yours)

9-THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART-The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Slumberland/Fortuna Pop)
8-YEAH YEAH YEAHS-It’s Blitz (Interscope)

7-ATLAS SOUND-Logos (4AD)

6-THE XX-XX (Young Turks)

5-DIRTY PROJECTORS-Bitte Orca (Domino)

4-PHOENIX-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (V2)

3-RAEKWON-Only Built For Cuban Lynx II (ICEAL)

2-GRIZZLY BEAR-Veckatimest (Warp)

1-ANIMAL COLLECTIVE-Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

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