So It Goes

Because I Know You’re Curious

It’s probably a little early for these kinds of things, but I was just asked to submit my Best Of ‘09 music selections to a website I’ll soon be contributing to.  You know, as soon as I learn how to stop ending sentences with a preposition.

Anyway, here are my Best Albums of ‘09 and the Best Reissues.  These are, of course, the way they’re ranked in my own precious mind.  Some of them may be surprises.  Some of them definitely won’t be.

Please don’t launch anything through my windows.

Best Albums:
Girls: Album
Florence + The Machine: Lungs
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3: Goodnight Oslo
The xx: Self-Titled
R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia
Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
Chuck Prophet: Let Freedom Ring!
Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications
We Were Promised Jet Packs: These Four Walls
BOAT: Setting the Paces

Honorable Mention (11-20): Arctic Monkeys: Humbug; The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You; The Fucking Eagles, Midnight Sour; Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band: Self-Titled; Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix; Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate; The King Khan & BBQ Show: Invisible Girl; Pearl Jam: Backspacer; M. Ward: Hold Time; The Minus 5: Killingsworth;

Best Reissues:
The Beatles: Stereo Box
R.E.M.: Reckoning
Big Star: Keep An Eye on the Sky
U2: The Unforgettable Fire
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses
The Feelies: The Good Earth
Nirvana: Bleach
David Bowie: Space Oddity
Madness: One Step Beyond