Have a look at SPIN magazine’s Best 40 Albums of 2009
posted December 10, 2009, 2:26 pm by dscanland | Filed Under Editorial | 
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Tags: Bat For Lashes, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Animal Collective, Top albums, 2009, SPIN, 40
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Don’t worry. We’ve got our own Best Albums of 2009 list in the works. It will be published next Tuesday (Dec 15). But in the meantime Spin has released their top 40 albums of the year. I know, Spin is a little more mainstream than we are used to but a lot of these albums I’ve never even heard. I’ll give away the surprise, yup, Animal Collective gets top billing. Check them out here:
40 Kiss – Sonic Boom
39 Wilco – Wilco (Wilco The Album)
38 Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
37 Gallows – Grey Britain
36 Brakesbrakesbrakes – Touchdown
35 Miike Snow – Miike Snow
34 Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx
33 The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
32 U2 – No Line On The Horizon
31 Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
30 Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young
29 Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
28 The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
27 Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
26 The Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World To Come
25 The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
24 Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg
23 St. Vincent – Actor
22 Tegan And Sara – Sainthood
21 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
20 Paramore – Brand New Eyes
19 Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
18 Antony And The Johnsons – The Crying Light
17 Mastodon – Crack The Skye
16 Japandroids – Post-Nothing
15 Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
14 Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali
13 Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall
12 Ida Maria – Fortress Round My Heart
11 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Summer Of Fear
10 The Dead Weather – Horehound
09 Drake – So Far Gone
08 Florence And The Machine – Lungs
07 Mos Def – The Ecstatic
06 Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
05 Girls – Album
04 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
03 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
01 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
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Once again, Animal Collective finds its way to #1 again. Veckatimest is also a very overrated album. It might have one good song on it. On a positive note, it’s nice to see Antony and the Johnsons up there along with Japandroids. Both good selections.
I thought the Phoenix album was good, BUT, not near as good as their last. Same with The Mountaingoats. Too high on the list, maybe shouldn’t be on there at all. I really couldn’t find any value with the Flaming Lips album. Some I’ve never heard of: Girls, Drake, The Avett Brothers, Miike Snow, Brakesbrakesbrakes, and Mariachi El Bronx.
I love seeing Mastodon and Florence & The Machine on this list.
I’m a Florence & The Machine fan, but 8 seems a bit too high, but I guess that’s just nitpicking. 2009 seems like an off year for music. Anyone agree?
I did find some gems but overall, disappointing. I’m getting together a podcast for previewing 2010. It looks promising from just the scheduled albums AND rumored releases.
Man, I forgot all about the Animal collective… didnt enjoy it from a “my new favorite” standpoint, but I definitely heard a sound that is top choice…gonna listen some more and consider adding to my top ten…I cant believe I still haven’t even listened to the Wolfmother yet…read one bad review and never got around to it…Mountaingoats I missed completely, on the to do list….
Brakesbrakesbrakes really? Why does this name sound familiar…Enjoyed the Flaming Lips briefly…but not enough to earn top 10 or top 40.
I’ve got a gripe, and I’m not trying to be a hater. So ‘cuse me while I jump on my soapbox…What’s up with basically ONE HIP HOP ALBUM in the top ten and three in total? Has Spin become the spun version of Rolling Stone? I realize we’re light on Hip Hop around here, but that’s a resolution of 2010 to change … But either way, Spin is supposed to be a top three most recognized music reviews publisher in the U.S. and there is three f*cking beat records in 40…really? In a year when interscope probably sold 20 million records off three artists, three lonely Hip Hop nominee? Shame shame, Spin is lame. I had to actually look it up just to feel better about this yelp, but they just never cared enough about music to care about their list…