Top 10 albums of 2009

Top 10 albums of 2009

2009 has been a great year for music and while these are in no particular order, these are the albums that have surpassed my expectations/surprised me/have generally been in heavy rotation/or are just plain fucking good. Enjoy!

10. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing

9. Metric - Fantasies

8. Cartel - Cycles

7. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

6. Paramore - Brand New Eyes

5. Ivory - Goodnight, Goodbye

4. Brand New - Daisy

3. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

2. Regina Spektor/John Mayer - Far/Battle Studies , I had to cheat!

1. Fun. - Aim and Ignite, hands down.

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top guilty pleasures

Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again , girl's got some serious chops and jams!

The Summer Set - Love Like This

A Rocket to the Moon - On Your Side, I seriously have to listen to them while I shower

*Also highly notable mentions to hometown bands that I can't stop listening to but couldn't fit onto my list, This Providence - Where Are You Now? and all that is He Is We.