Best Albums of 2009

[azaghal1981]

That Mountains/Tape show at Bossa (I think that's where it is) will be all kinds of great.


Merzbow solo is incredibly hit-or-miss for me and I was curious as to which of those 13 Japanese Birds discs to check out. Guess it'll be 5 for starters.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Mos Def "The Ecstatic"
YYYs "It's Blitz!"
Arctic Monkeys "Humbug"
Late of The Pier "Fantasy Black Channel"
Them Crooked Vultures "Them Crooked Vultures"
Yuksek "So Far Away From The Sea"
Devendra Banhart "What Will We Be"

[Cock Van Der Palm]

Bon Jovi - The Circle
Michael Jackson - This Is It
Taylor Swift - Fearless
The Fray - The Fray
Glee - The Music Vol 2
David Archuleta - Christmas From the Heart
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Bon Jovi - The Circle
Michael Jackson - This Is It
Taylor Swift - Fearless
The Fray - The Fray
Glee - The Music Vol 2
David Archuleta - Christmas From the Heart
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport

Ahahahahahahaha. I have no idea how Fuck Buttons got in this list, but awesome.

[azaghal1981]

One of these is not like the others...

[Bagley]

What? No Built to Spill on anyone's list? Hard to believe.... 

[sweetcell]

Spin's top 10:
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
2. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - IT'S BLITZ!
3. PHOENIX - WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
4. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
5. GIRLS - ALBUM
6. BAT FOR LASHES - TWO SUNS
7. MOS DEF - THE ECSTATIC
8. FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - LUNGS
9. DRAKE - SO FAR GONE
10. THE DEAD WEATHER - HOREHOUND
their full top 40: http://www.spin.com/gallery/40-best-albums-2009?page=1#main

10 Best Albums You Might Have Missed in 2009
http://spin.com/articles/10-best-albums-you-might-have-missed-2009?page=0%2C1

[vansmack]

Glee - The Music Vol 2

There is no doubt that Vol 2 completely blows away Vol 1 and I, for one, am glad they did a vol 2.

[Vas Deferens]

wait, we are talking about best albums of 2009, not gay albums of the decade. 

Glee - The Music Vol 2

There is no doubt that Vol 2 completely blows away Vol 1 and I, for one, am glad they did a vol 2.

[vansmack]

gay album of the decade. 

[Vas Deferens]

that's one of them
here's 100 greatest, gayest albums of all time:

http://www.out.com/exclusives.asp?id=26275

gay album of the decade. 

[sweetcell]

here's 100 greatest, gayest albums of all time:

http://www.out.com/exclusives.asp?id=26275

#2: The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)

huh.  it never occurred to me that the smiths might be big in the gay community, but kinda makes sense now that i consider it.

anyhoo, back to the topic at hand... any other 2009 albums we need to know about?

[James Ford]

here's 100 greatest, gayest albums of all time:

http://www.out.com/exclusives.asp?id=26275

#2: The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)

huh.  it never occurred to me that the smiths might be big in the gay community, but kinda makes sense now that i consider it.

anyhoo, back to the topic at hand... any other 2009 albums we need to know about?

I  read somewhere that blow jobs are also big in the gay community.

[nkotb]

Yeah..."read."  We get ya 

I  read somewhere that blow jobs are also big in the gay community.

[kosmo vinyl]

This a work in progress and something that would be cool to create and track in Google Wave...

Tops
 
Ash - A to F
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Phoenix - WAP
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Beat Of Our Own Drum
 
 
Worth checking out depending on one's tastes.
 
Deep Street Soul - Chilli Fried
Andrew Weatherall - A Pox On The Pioneers
Baaba Maal & The Brazilian Girls - Television
Ceu - Vagarosa
Ikebe Showdown - EP
 
 
Bubbling up
India Dupre & Nick Heyward - The Mermaid and the Lighthouse
Brendan Benson -
 
Other
Robbie Williams - Reality Killed The Video Star
 
Not So Hot
The Shazam - Meteor