Since I recently have been reading several articles that compile the year's best music, I decided that I would take a crack at some of my favorite albums for this past year. Looking back on my playlist and the songs that I have compiled onto my itunes, I can see that it was a good year with good music. Some of my favorite bands also released new albums this year, which have definitely made my top list, while others came really out of nowhere to claim their place. I must warn everyone, however, that this is really my own list and in no way is supposed to compile an actual list of the best. Because, let's be honest... I really do not have the time or money to go through every single album that was made this past year! I am also keeping this to one genre as well, which will evidently be alternative/rock since that is what I usually listen to. With that being said; it was a very difficult task to look up my favorite/best albums for the year. Doing some research I actually found out that some awesome albums that would have definitely been on the list were not released this year but in fact last year or even later! So I tried my best to look for albums from this year only. I've included one EP on the list as well, simply because... well, it's good.
And now to not stall any further, here are my top albums for 2009:
(In no particular order)
Brand New -
Daisy
Death Cab for Cutie -
The Open Door EP
Manchester Orchestra -
Mean Everything To Nothing
The Dear Hunter -
Act III: Life and Death
Thrice -
Beggars
Russian Circles -
Geneva
Silversun Pickups -
Swoon
There you have them! Some honorable mentions that should also be looked into though are as follows:
Mutemath -
Armistice
Kevin Devine -
Brother's Blood
As Tall As Lions -
You Can't Take It With You
Mat Kearney -
City of Black & White
Those are definitely some bands to know for next year as well, so keep them on your radar because they are good up and coming artists. Hope everyone enjoys my top albums, I'm sure I left plenty out there for debate but as I stated earlier, I don't have time to listen to everything!
Signed Beggars vinyl by Thrice
