The Bloggy's '09

I'm always hesitant to do best of lists, both because they are subjective and because they are a pain in the ass to code. However, as a music fan I am also a fan of lists, so let me begin with some disclaimers. Firstly, I didn't listen to every album that came out this year, so it's tough to accurately rank them. Secondly, these aren't, necessarily, the "best" albums they're more like my favorites. Lastly, I'll probably end up forgetting something I loved, or you loved or we all love but that's the breaks once this goes up it's up and we'll all have to deal with the consequences thereafter. With that all said, I give you the Bloggy's for 2009:

20.

Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependance

19.

Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

18.

M. Ward - Hold Time

17.

Whitest Boy Alive - Rules

16.

Fever Ray - Fever Ray

15.

Jack Peñate - Everything is New

14.

Bad Veins - Bad Veins

13.

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

12.

Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

11.

the XX - XX

10.

Girls - Album

9.

the Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa

8.

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

7.

Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health

6.

Surfer Blood - Astrocoast

5.

Passion Pit - Manners

4.

St. Vincent - Actor

3.

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

2.

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

1.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Ok, now you've seen the Bloggy's for 2009!! You may have noticed that the Surfer Blood album isn't officially released until 01/19/10, HOWEVER I purchased the album from the band when they played Beerland in October, so it's totally on the list. Also, I was somewhat hesitant to put the Passion Pit album so high on the list, they did become MTV darlings and my street-cred may now be tarnished but that's a fine LP GD it! If you have any thoughts, comments, etc. You know where to reach me.