Best of 2009

[Soot and Stars]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead-Century of Self
(I love their stuff from Worlds Apart so much more than their older material)

Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!
(unique and beautiful take on a great artists catalog)

Black Eyed Peas-The E.N.D.
(best yet and my favorite songs at the dance clubs)

Emerson Hart-Cigarettes & Gasoline
(lead singer of Tonics solo material is awesome)

 

[Soot and Stars]

Blue October-Approaching Normal
(My pick for c.d. of the year, every track is gold)

Taking Back Sunday-New Again
(weakest lineup yet still makes for a catchy c.d.)

The Higher-It's Only Natural
(unique pop rock group)

Straylight Run-About Time
(Excellent Digital E.P.)

plus David Ford had three excellent digital EPs this year!

 

[LG]

I see someone has been busy, I'll just post mine one at a time.

Primal Fear, although it doesn't seem like many people know or care about them outside of Europe, South America, and Japan, they released an excellent heavy metal album this year.





I have a thread for them in the Metal section, and am doing their CD's in chronological order, but this one deserves to be posted here as well.

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

If I posted an album cover for all my favourites this year, I'd run out of room and annoy the admins It's been a brilliant year.

I'll do a top 5 with covers, and type the rest:

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Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love
Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe
Eels - Hombre Lobo
Muse - The Resistance
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Foreigner - Don't Slow Down
Powderfinger - Golden Rule

And those are just the ones I can think of

 

[LG]

How's the Wolfmother CD Salmacis?

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

Absolutely fantastic! 16 great songs =)

 

[LXA]

Well, I honestly can't name a single artist formed after 2000 that I like. Nothing is as good as the old stuff.
All my music is older than me.

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

You need to look harder! There's a treasure trove of music out there just waiting to be listened to, but it often gets ignored because of all the sheeple's Lady Gaga obsessions.

 

[Soot and Stars]

You need to look harder! There's a treasure trove of music out there just waiting to be listened to, but it often gets ignored because of all the sheeple's Lady Gaga obsessions.

I liked Lady Gaga and the non-sheeple music!

 

[Soot and Stars]

Switchfoot-Hello Hurricane


Say Anything-Self Titled


Relient K-Forget And Not Slow Down

Dashboard Confessional-Alter The Ending

The Swell Season-Strict Joy

Tori Amos-Midwinter Graces