Best of 2009 - Music (6-10)
This year was incredibly difficult to narrow down to a top 10 list, I almost decided to just throw up the list of about thirty albums I've been working off of and leave it at that, but I fought through it and narrowed it down to 10, though I may still post the master list later on. (Note: The live 10th anniversary recording of Clarity was disqualified since I felt having my all time favorite album in the running was unfair). Anyhow, without further ado here are the bottom 5 of my top 10 albums of the year.
#6 Girls - Album - Beneath the pretentious band name and album title lies a remarkable first release, from a band fronted by a guy with a completely crazy history (seriously look it up).
#7 Metric - Fantasies - Metric is one of those rare bands that keeps getting better with each passing album, and fantasies continues that streak.
#8 Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending (Acoustic) - On here partly out of nostalgia and partly because it's just a great album, Dashboard's latest breaks the losing streak of the past couple of albums and really is a return to form particularly since the release was delivered with both acoustic and full band versions, and I being the purist that I am had to go with the acoustic.
#9 Say Hi - Oohs & Aahs -I've had this album in near constant rotation for most of the year. It has that perfect mix of catchy melody and clever wordplay that I simply adore
#10 Stars of Track and Field - A Time For Lions - SoTaF have the rare honor of being among the few opening acts I've seen and immediately become a huge fan (Longwave being another one, who Stars show more the a passing resemblance to on this latest album). While they may have taken a slightly different approach from their atmospheric and subdued debut, hints of that band are still prevalent but have instead lent their talents to some fantastic pop songs.
Rick Fedor
Reader Comments (1)
I have to listen to more of the music you sent me; I've been repeating certain albums nonstop that have made it to my list! (To be posted tonight I think??)
But I have to say that I really loved Dashboard's Shade of Poison Trees album. When you say last couple of albums I really do think I like Shade better than Alter the Ending. But yeah, Dusk and Summer blew and I refuse to listen to it or care when he plays a song from that album live!