(Almost) Best of 2009 - The Contenders - Music

So as promised here are the albums that ALMOST made the top ten... it was a seriously hard call on some of these.

Andrew Bird	Noble Beast
Avett Brothers	I and Love and You
Band of Skulls	Baby Darling Dollface Honey
Diane Birch	Bible Belt
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes	From Below
Flaming Lips	Embryonic
Lily Allen	It's Not Me It's You
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson	Summer of Fear
Mono	Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Neko Case	Middle Cyclone
Passion Pit	Manners
Patrick Wolf	The Bachelor
St. Vincent	Actor
Tegan + Sara	Sainthood
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	S/T
The Swell Season	Strict Joy
Weezer	Raditude

Additionally, there were four pretty amazing compilations

Dark Was The Night

Dark Night of the Soul

(500) Days of Summer Soundtrack

New Moon Soundtrack