Tomorrow is December first, which means the new year is only but a month away. With the fast approaching close to 2009 almost upon us, we must all take some time to reflect upon the events of the last year… was it good for you? Well with the inevitable end to every year comes the plethora of top somethings lists, 10, 20, 50, 100, and we, as savvy information-aholics will find ourselves both outraged and justified. So my advice to all of you to remember that aesthetic taste is a personal thing, don’t fell bad, and when it comes to music, your favourite album of the year is ALLOWED to be your favourite album of the year.
With that said, let me present to you Q magazine‘s list of “50 best albums of 2009” in full:
50 Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
49 Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
48 Ian Brown – My Way
47 Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
46 Golden Silvers – True Romance
45 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band – Outer South
44 The View – Which Bitch?
43 Tinariwen – Imidiwen Companions
42 Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx
41 Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
40 Cheryl Cole – 3 Words
39 The Horrors – Primary Colours
38. Richard Hawley – Truelove’s Gutter
37 Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
36 Sonic Youth – The Eternal
35 Pearl Jam – Backspacer
34 White Lies – To Lose My Life
33 Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
32 Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up
31 Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
30 La Roux – La Roux
29 Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
28 Bruce Springsteen – Walking On A Dream
27 The Dead Weather – Horehound
26 Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
25 Noah And The Whale – The First Days Of Spring
24 Mos Def – The Ecstatic
23 The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
22 The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
21 Jamie T – Kings & Queens
20 Fever Ray – Fever Ray
19 Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk
18 Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much
17 Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
16 Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
15 Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N’ Cheek
14 Devendra Banhart – What Will We Be
13 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
12 Jack Penate – Everything Is New
11 Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
10 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
09 U2 – No Line On The Horizon
08 Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
07 Muse – The Resistance
06 Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
05 Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers
04 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
02 Florence And The Machine – Lungs
01 Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum