Best Album of '09

1. Converge - Axe to Fall
2. Architects - Hollow Crown
3. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
4. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
5. August Burns Red - Constellations
6. Blessthefall - Witness
7. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
8. Lovehatehero - America Underwater
9. Winds of Plague - The Great Stone War
10. The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
11. Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
12. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
13. The Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations
14. New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
15. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals


Lots of new, very good material, and some big changes after further listens.

 

Best Of 09

Not a lot new here. I haven't had much time to listen to the new released, but my list order has significantly changed.

(10/22/09) EDIT:

01 - fun. - Aim & Ignite
02 - Taking Back Sunday - New Again
03 - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
04 - Two Tongues - Two Tongues
05 - Brand New - Daisy
06 - Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
07 - A Day To Remember - Homesick
08 - Muse - The Resistance
09 - Portugal, The Man - The Satanic Satanist
10 - Ace Enders And A Million Different People - When I Hit The Ground
11 - As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
12 - Silversun Pickups - Swoon
13 - Thrice - Beggars
14 - Holiday Parade - Tickets and Passports
15 - This Providence - Who Are You Now?
16 - New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
17 - All Time Low - Nothing Personal
18 - Valet Parking - Blackout
19 - The Audition - Self Titled Album
20 - Jars of Clay - The Long Fall Back to Earth





Worth a mention(no order):
- Broadway - Kingdoms
- Johnny Craig - A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How to Answer
-The Fray - The Fray
- The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
- We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
- John Frusciante - The Empyrean
- Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
- In Fear And Faith - Your World On Fire
- Cursive - Mama I'm Swollen
- The Sophomore Attempt - The Tides That Bind
- The Devil Wears Prada -With Roots Above and Branches Below
- Volcano Choir - Unmap
- Owl City - Oceans


Stilling Listening To (Place coming soon):
AFI - Love Crash
Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
Parachute - Losing Sleep
Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk


Looking Forward To:
Weezer
Switchfoot
30 Seconds To Mars
Say Anything
Atreyu

 

1. Converge - Axe to Fall
2. Architects - Hollow Crown
3. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
5. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
6. August Burns Red - Constellations
7. Blessthefall - Witness
8. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
9. Lovehatehero - America Underwater
10. Winds of Plague - The Great Stone War
11. The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
12. Lights - The Listening
13. Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
14. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
15. The Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations

 

Unordered:

Kid Cudi || Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Vienna Teng || Inland Territory
Lights || The Listening
Muse || The Resistance
Paramore || Brand New Eyes
Mute Math || Armistice
Jay-Z || The Blueprint 3
David Choi || Only You
Dead By Sunrise || Out of Ashes
The Mars Volta || Octahedron
John Frusciante || The Empyrean
Animal Collective || Merriweather Post Pavilion
Mono || Hymn to the Immortal
N.A.S.A || Spirit of Apollo
Julien-K || Death to Analog
Utada || This is the One

 

1. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
2. Muse - The Resistance
3. Dead By Sunrise - Out of Ashes
4. KISS - Sonic Boom
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle
6. The Lonely Island - Incredibad
7. Ace Frehley - Anomaly
8. Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
9. Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
10. Julien-K - Death to Analog

Dropped out:
John Frusciante - The Empyrean

GBC's Uzi Does It didn't make my top 10, and there isn't anything else coming out this year that I'm particularly interested in (that I'm aware of anyway), so this will likely be my final list for 2009.

 

Best Of 09

Only a few albums left this year. Note that weezer is not even included in the worth a mention section... sigh.

(10/31/09) EDIT:

01 - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
02 - fun. - Aim & Ignite (If fun were longer it'd easily take the win)
03 - Taking Back Sunday - New Again
04 - Two Tongues - Two Tongues
05 - Brand New - Daisy
06 - Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
07 - A Day To Remember - Homesick
08 - Muse - The Resistance
09 - Portugal, The Man - The Satanic Satanist
10 - Ace Enders And A Million Different People - When I Hit The Ground
11 - As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
12 - Silversun Pickups - Swoon
13 - Thrice - Beggars
14 - Say Anything - Say Anything
15 - Holiday Parade - Tickets and Passports
16 - This Providence - Who Are You Now?
17 - New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
18 - All Time Low - Nothing Personal
19 - Valet Parking - Blackout
20 - The Audition - Self Titled Album


Worth a mention(no order):
- Broadway - Kingdoms
- Johnny Craig - A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How to Answer
-The Fray - The Fray
- The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
- We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
- John Frusciante - The Empyrean
- Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
- In Fear And Faith - Your World On Fire
- Cursive - Mama I'm Swollen
- The Sophomore Attempt - The Tides That Bind
- The Devil Wears Prada -With Roots Above and Branches Below
- Volcano Choir - Unmap
- Owl City - Oceans
- Jars of Clay - The Long Fall Back to Earth
- Parachute - Losing Sleep

Stilling Listening To (Place coming soon):
Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
Paramore



Looking Forward To:
Switchfoot
30 Seconds To Mars

 

01. Manchester Ochestra - Means Everything to Nothing
02. Brand New - Daisy
03. Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals
04. Say Anything - Say Anything
05. Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
06. Attack In Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
07. Gallows - Grey Britain
08. Thrice - Beggars
09. God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
10. John Frusciante - The Empyrean

Honorable Mentions:
Morrissey - Years Of Refusal

Best EP's:
Young Hearts - Nowhere Kids
We Are The Union - The Gun Show Must Go On
Death Cab For Cutie - The Open Door
Midwest Pen Pals - Inside Jokes
Grown Ups - Songs

 

01. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
02. Brand New - Daisy
03. Thursday - Common Existence
04. Rx Bandits - Mandala
05. Say Anything - Say Anything
06. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (and I HATED these guys up until like a week ago)
07. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
08. Propaghandi - Supporting Caste
09. Thrice - Beggars
10. mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright

 

1. Converge - Axe to Fall
2. Architects - Hollow Crown
3. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
5. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
6. August Burns Red - Constellations
7. Blessthefall - Witness
8. Winds of Plague - The Great Stone War
9. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
10. Mary Jane Kelly - Our Streets Turn White
11. Lovehatehero - America Underwater
12. The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
13. Lights - The Listening
14. Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
15. All Time Low - Nothing Personal

Can't really see this changing before the end of the year.

 

1.Fightstar – Be Human
2.Flyleaf - Memento Mori
3.Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
4.Eyes Set To Kill – The World Outside
5.Thrice - Beggars
6.Grinspoon - Six to Midnight
7.Hoobastank – For(N)ever
8.Sick Puppies – Tri-Polar
9.Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness
10.Chevelle-Sci-Fi Crimes

Still to come:
30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War

 

1. A Brief History Of Love - The Big Pink
2. Sainthood - Tegan and Sara
3. In And Out Of Control - The Raveonettes
4. 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
5. Album - Girls
6. Doll And The Kicks - Doll And The Kicks
7. Swoon - Silversun Pickups
8. It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. Brand New Eyes - Paramore
10. The High End Of Low - Marilyn Manson

 

1. Lamb of God - Wrath
2. August Burns Red - Constellations
3. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
4. Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes
5. DevilDriver - Pray For Villains
6. Arch Enemy - The Root Of All Evil
7. Caliban - Say Hello To Tragedy
8. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
9. Atreyu - Congregation Of The Damned
10. Billy Talent - Billy Talent III

 

01. Green Day // 21st Century Breakdown
02. AFI // Crash Love
03. Muse // The Resistance
04. John Mayer // Battle Studies
05. Breaking Benjamin // Dear Agony
06. Paramore // Brand New Eyes
07. Dead By Sunrise // Out of Ashes
08. OneRepublic // Waking Up
09. Rihanna // Rated R

 

I've heard a great number of extremely good albums this year, but I think after listening to the whole Them Crooked Vultures album on youtube that it really takes the cake. Probably even better than the Mastodon that came out early this year.

 

1. Converge - Axe to Fall
2. Architects - Hollow Crown
3. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
5. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
6. August Burns Red - Constellations
7. Blessthefall - Witness
8. Winds of Plague - The Great Stone War
9. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
10. Mary Jane Kelly - Our Streets Turn White
11. Lights - The Listening
12. Forever the Sickest Kids - The Weekend: Friday
13. Lovehatehero - America Underwater
14. The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
15. Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here

 

no order

01. Sub Focus // Sub Focus
02. Chase And Status // More Than A Lot
03. Mistabishi // Drop
04. Dizzee Rascal // Tongue N Cheek
05. Enter Shikari // Common Dreads
06. Fightstar // Be Human
07. Owl City // Ocean Eyes
08. Mute Math // Armistice
09. Deadmau5 // Lack Of a Better Name
10. The Prodigy // Invaders Must Die

 

1. Thrice - Beggars
2. The Parlor Mob - And You Were A Crow
3. Placebo - Battle For The Sun
4. Silverstein - A Shipwreck In The Sand
5. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
6. Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
7. Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
8. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
9. Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
10. Emil Bulls - Phoenix

 

I'm not going to repost my list since its already on this page twice, but add Them Crooked Vultures to spot 3 and slide everything else down. Great album.

 

1. Converge - Axe to Fall
2. Architects - Hollow Crown
3. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
5. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
6. August Burns Red - Constellations
7. Blessthefall - Witness
8. Winds of Plague - The Great Stone War
9. Mary Jane Kelly - Our Streets Turn White
10. Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
11. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
12. Lights - The Listening
13. Forever the Sickest Kids - The Weekend: Friday
14. Lovehatehero - America Underwater
15. The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate