My Top Albums of 2009 In No Particular Order

As we wind down 2009, I have chosen my top albums for this year. They are in no particular order.

1. LA ROUX - LA ROUX
2. CYMBALS EAT GUITARS - WHY THERE ARE MOUNTAINS
3. CASS MCCOMBS - CATACOMBS
4. TRASHCAN SINATRAS - IN THE MUSIC
5. MORRISSEY - YEARS OF REFUSAL
6. THE ANTLERS - HOSPICE
7. DINOSAUR JR. - FARM
8. JOSH ROUSE - VALENCIA (EP)
9. FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - LUNGS
10. PASSION PIT - MANNERS
11. RÖYKSOPP - JUNIOR
12. NEKO CASE - MIDDLE CYCLONE
13. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
14. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - EXPLODING HEAD
15. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - THE CRYING LIGHT
16. ST. VINCENT - ACTOR
17. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - IT'S BLITZ
18. PHOENIX - WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
19. BAT FOR LASHES - TWO SUNS
20. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
21. THE FLAMING LIPS - EMBRYONIC
22. DIRTY PROJECTORS - BITTE ORCA
23. THE XX - THE XX
24. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
25. ARCTIC MONKEYS - HUMBUG
26. THE BIG PINK - A BRIEF HISTORY OF LOVE
27. THE CLIENTELE - BONFIRES ON THE HEATH
28. EMERALDS - WHAT HAPPENED
29. WILD BEASTS - TWO DANCERS
30. MEW - NO MORE STORIES ARE TOLD TODAY...
31. PJ HARVEY AND JOHN PARRISH - A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY
32. THE HORRORS - PRIMARY COLOURS
33. HANDSOME FURS - FACE CONTROL
34. AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD - CENTURY OF SELF
35. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - JOURNAL FOR PLAGUE LOVERS
36. SONIC YOUTH - THE ETERNAL
37. CAMERA OBSCURA - MY MAUDLIN CAREER
38. THEM CROOKED VULTURES - THEM CROOKED VULTURES
39. THE DEAD WEATHER - HOREHOUND
40. MONSTERS OF FOLK - MONSTERS OF FOLK
41. THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES - COMMUNION
42. DOVES - KINGDOM OF RUST
43. ATHLETE - BLACK SWAN
44. THE FIERY FURNACES - I'M GOING AWAY
45. AU REVOIR SIMONE - STILL NIGHT, STILL LIGHT
46. THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC - ...AND THE EVER EXPANDING UNIVERSE
47. ALICE IN CHAINS - BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE
48. MUSE - THE RESISTANCE
49. IMOGEN HEAP - ELLIPSE
50. PETER BJORN AND JOHN - LIVING THING
51. TEGAN AND SARAH - SAINTHOOD
52. WILCO - WILCO THE ALBUM
53. WOLFMOTHER - COSMIC EGG
54. MEGAFAUN - GATHER, FORM AND FLY
55. MANDO DIAO - THIS FIRE
56. VIVIAN GIRLS - EVERYTHING GOES WRONG
57. EL PERRO DEL MAR - LOVE IS NOT POP
58. BOMBAY BICYLE CLUB - I HAD THE BLUES BUT I SHOOK THEM LOOSE
59. RICHARD HAWLEY - TRUELOVE'S GUTTER
60. FRANZ FERDINAND - TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND
61. CRYSTAL STILTS - ALIGHT OF NIGHT
62. THE DRUMS - SUMMERTIME! (EP)
63. NOAH AND THE WHALE - THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING
64. THE CRIBS - IGNORE THE IGNORANT
65. JULIAN CASABLANCAS - PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG
66. HEALTH - GET COLOR
67. THE MACCABEES - WALL OF ARMS
68. KASABIAN - WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM
69. FEVER RAY - FEVER RAY
70. SILVERSUN PICKUPS - SWOON
71. METRIC - FANTASIES
72. WHITE LIES - TO LOSE MY LIFE
73. PEARL JAM - BACKSPACER
74. MUTE MATH - ARMISTICE
75. FANFARLO - RESERVOIR
76. WEEZER - RADITUDE
77. DEPECHE MODE - SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE
78. LUKE HAINES - 20TH CENTURY MAN
79. JARVIS COCKER - FURTHER COMPLICATIONS
80. NIRVANA - LIVE AT READING
81. BAND OF SKULLS - BABY DARLING DOLL FACE HONEY
82. THE PRODIGY - INVADERS MUST DIE
83. THE BROTHERS MOVEMENT - THE BROTHERS MOVEMENT
84. GOMEZ - A NEW TIDE
85. POWDERFINGER - GOLDEN RULE
86. THE RAKES - KLANG!
87. THE SOUNDS - CROSSING THE RUBICON
88. TRAVIS - ODE TO J. SMITH
89. IAN BROWN - MY WAY
90. THE VIEW - WHICH BITCH?
91. THE TROUBADOURS - THE TROUBADOURS
92. JACK PEÑATE - EVERYTHING IS NEW
93. JAPANDROIDS - POST-NOTHING
94. THE THERMALS - NOW WE CAN SEE
95. ART BRUT - V.S. SATAN
96. GIRLS - ALBUM
97. THE BRAVERY - STIR THE BLOOD
98. THE DECEMBERISTS - HAZARDS OF LOVE
99. MASTODON - CRACK THE SKYE
100. LITTLE DRAGON - MACHINE DREAMS
101. THE ZOLAS - TIC TOC TIC
102. EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS - UP FROM BELOW
103. NEW RHODES - EVERYBODY LOVES A SCENE
104. LAURA VEIRS - JULY FLAME
105. NIGHTSTALKER - SUPERFREAK
106. COLONIES - THIRTY THOUSAND
107. DELORENTOS - YOU CAN MAKE SOUND
108. BEAK - BEAK
109. EMILIE SIMON - THE BIG MACHINE
110. DEAD MAN'S BONES - DEAD MAN'S BONES