Albums of 2009

Apologies for the lack of posting this week but been a bit crazy. There seems to be something every day/night this week and I will be looking forward to The XX in The Pavilion in Cork tonight.

So the order is very much situational but my top 25 albums of the year have been…..

1. The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

2. Various Artists – Dark Was The Night
3. Pearl Jam – Backspacer
4. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
5. The Dirty Projectors – Bitte, Orca
6. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
7. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
8. Bonnie Prince Billy – Beware
9. Passion Pit – Manners
10. The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love

11. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
12. Royksopp – Junior
13. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
14. Animal Collective – Merryweather Post Pavilion
15. St Vincent – Actor
16. Antony & The Johnsons – The Crying Light
17. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
18. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
19. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band – Working On a Dream
20. Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend Of A Friend
21. Mum – Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know
22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
23. Vetiver – Tight Knit
24. The XX – XX
25. Florence & The Macine – Lungs