should I just update my list or should I post it again?..

 

just in case here's my list again

1 Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependance

2 The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules

3 dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

4 Just Jack - All Night Cinema

5 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

6 Röyksopp - Junior

7 Dan Black - Un

8 Mew - Nor More Stories...

9 Metric - Fantasies

10 Regina Spektor - Far

11 Jon Hopkins - Insides

12 The Fray - The Fray

13 Stereophonics - Keep Calm And Carry On

14 Robbie Williams - Reality Killed The Video Star

15 Flypside - State Of Survival

16 Nelly Furtado - Mi Plan

17 Moby - Wait For Me

18 Jamie T - Kings & Queens

19 Eels - Hobre Lobo

20 Fever Ray - Fever Ray

 

 

 

___________________________

Katie Melua - Live At The O2 Arena

Jack Johnson - En Concert

Coldplay - LeftRightLeftRightLeft

 

01. Athlete - Black Swan

02. Nerina Pallot - The Graduate

03. Starsailor - All the plans

04. U2 - No line on the horizon

05. John Garrison - Departures

06. Muse - The Resistance

07. Robbie Williams - Reality killed the video star

08. White Lies - To lose my life

09. Editors - In this light and on this evening

10. Ingrid Michaelson - Everybody

11. Ben's Brother - Battling giants

12. Noah and the whale - First days of spring

13. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the universe

14. Maximo Park - Quicken the heart

15. Milow - Milow

16. Mumford & Sons - Sigh no more

17. Doves - Kingdom of rust

18. Biffy Clyro - Only revolutions

19. a-ha - Foot of the mountain

21. Lily Allen - It's not me, it's you

21. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

Lol I gave my top 5 or so, but I haven't even finished my *difinitive* list... I'm planning to do a proper job of it, too. Plus, I have listened to about 90 albums this year it is kind of overwhelming. So I will be doing my own top 50 eventually.

 

^^

 

just out of curiousity. out of all those albums you did listen to. how many did you genuinely enjoy. i listened to about the same number as you but only 20-25 really grabbed my attention enough to make me listen to them over and over again. and only 10 i thought were truly impressive. thats down from about 30 last year.

 

You aussies are crazy

should I just update my list or should I post it again?..

 

just in case here's my list again

Please edit your original post linked to on the first page.

 

Otherwise if you really want to leave your old list alone, post your new one but make sure that I know to change the link. The list that is linked to at the deadline is the list that will be counted.

 

You aussies are crazy

*looks at locations* :huh: :laugh4:

*posts a random plug for the coldplaying awards here*

 

;)

One day I will be as bad as them.

Please edit your original post linked to on the first page.

 

Otherwise if you really want to leave your old list alone, post your new one but make sure that I know to change the link. The list that is linked to at the deadline is the list that will be counted.

 

 

Thanks!! I edited the old post..everything is fine :pleased:

Green Day - 21th Century Breakdown is the best album of the 2009! As I see here is no many fans of Green Day, but this year I haven't heard nothing better this album!

Viva greens!:clap:

:heart:

Green who?

Green who?

Be nice.... :P

Green who?

 

:whip:

One day I will be as bad as them.

 

As BAD???? Bryce... come on!

 

I just have an addiction to buying CDs.

It's better than having an addition to crack, right?

^^

 

i beg to differ. :D:shocked2::angry::dozey::laugh3::thinking: :rolleyes: :confused: ......................:inquisitive:

At least crack makes you feel good. One I get money I will buy CD like youse. There is so much Im missing out on. Im still convinced you guys work for jjj though...

I'd love to. I'd say deaths_friend (dudeIforgotyourname) listens to triple J way more than I do. I follow the UK indie scene with intent.

haha no i dont work for jjj but i am in regular contact with music director richard kingsmill. nice bloke but he is getting on in years.

 

anyways standby for the music event of the year. the unveiling of my top 25 albums of 2009. exclusive to coldplaying (and 6 other music forums (and my missus and a few friends (and triple J)))

ok here goes. this is going to be one long boring massive post. but heck only get to do it once a year.

 

*deep breath*

 

wow 2009 almost done. i dont want to compare to 2008 too much. this has been a truly amazing year of music on a personal level for me. the strange became familiar. the unknown became real. following the music world is a truly fascinating journey everyday. its fast moving, unpredictable and exciting. thanks to the coldplayers here for all the lively debates and keeping me up-to-date. we dont always see eye to eye but at the end of the day we all love music and thats all that really matters.

 

25. Kingdom of Rust - Doves

24. Sunspot Letters - Leader Cheetah

23. It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen

22. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian

21. A Brief History of Love - The Big Pink

 

20. Battle for the Sun - Placebo

19. The Resistance - Muse

18. Horehound - The Dead Weather

17. Bitte Orca - The Dirty Projectors

16. Backspacer - Pearl Jam

 

15. Hope is for Hopers- Philadelphia Grand Jury

14. Conditions - Temper Trap

13. Sound Awake - Karnivool

12. Zounds - Dappled Cities

Ok now this is the first of my stand out albums of the year. A brilliant mix of catchy melodies, atmospheric vibes and some awesome edgy indie rock. Can't wait to see what they come up with next

 

11. Wonder - Lisa Mitchell

I'll admit first up that i am madly in love with this girl. Her cuteness explodes out of the speakers. at the age of 19 she has put together a truly amazing record here of perfect pop tunes with tooth-achingly sweet vocals and lyrics. its hard not to love her.

 

10. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective

What cute is to wonder, genius is to MPP. the most accessible animal collective record to date hosts some of their most melodic stuff. in particular Bluish, amidst all the crazyness this track moves me in a really weird way. im glad i gave this record a second chance later in the year.

 

9. Tonight! - Franz Ferdinand

Ah the anticipation behind this album. i admire these guys so much for being daring and trying a few new things but i think they took it a tiny bit too far with the 7min epic (trainwreck) that is Lucid Dreams. otherwise they thoroughly deserve the mainstream attention they've enjoyed with No You Girls and Turn It On.

 

8. Primary Colours - The Horrors

my after-work album of the year. i knew i would like these guys from the moment i read about them and saw their image and artwork. angry punk rock that when heard in the right context becomes gentle and soothing.

 

7. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

finally a record that justifies the reaction it has received. not overrated or underrated, just right. too often pop rock becomes plastic and meaningless but these frenchmen add some class and style and make it oh so very sophisticated.

6. Two Suns - Bat For Lashes

Natasha Khan. what a talent! this album was heading right for the top 3 for the year until i made the fatal error of putting it on my surround sound system. the album became lost in the open space, almost as if the 6 speakers and sub rid it of its innocence. strictly headphone only album.

 

5. Fantasies - Metric

this album joins a small club in my album collection called albums-where-you-get-to-track-7-without-realising-it. and has anybody else noticed the freking amazing production work on this album! amazing!

 

4. Humbug - Arctic Monkeys

this is going to sound a little odd. but i am very very proud of these guys. having been a fan since day 1 i had great expectations of this album and the boys didnt let me down one bit. they could of done what so many of their collegues are doing and make a safe radio friendly arena rock album. but no they decided to run in the opposite direction right into the californian desert. a band i cant wait to tell my grandkids about in a few decades time. :)

 

3. xx - The xx

its so hard to explain this album. you either get it or you dont. for me it clicked early on and since then i cant get enough of the beautiful guitar melodies and the subtle bass work. its lo-fi without being cheap, its indie without being hip, its morose without being emo. is this the sound of the future? lets not get ahead of ourselves.

 

2. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

if 2008 was ruled supreme by the mainstream women (beyonce and co) then 2009 is all about the indie chick. lily, natasha, emily, lisa and the chick from the xx have done em proud but sitting on her high throne as Queen is the incredible Karen O giving a vocal performance for the ages. the gossip had the chart success, but YYY's have the genius that is Nick Zinner :)

 

1. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

first listen *snore*. second listen hmmm *snore*. third listen hmmm right...*snore*..............10th listen *holy crap dude this is amazing*. the days surrounding the release of this album was the first time since in rainbows that ive seen the music world go absolutely nuts over an album and it was pretty awesome following it then falling in love with the record. its when albums like this come around that you understand why you love music so much.

 

Special Mentions

Florence and the Machine - listed under albums-i-thought-i-was-too-cool-to-listen-to-before-realising-how-frekn-awesome-it-is. havent totally made up my mind with this album but i think it will be on heavy rotation over summer.

The Middle East - Recordings of the Middle East - EP of the year (the special edition at least). their debut will hopefully put australian indie back on the world stage.

The Beatles - my band of the year. what a journey it has been discovering the incredible back catalogue of this group, whenever i look back at 2009 i will think of the beatles and the impact they had on me almost 40 years after they disbanded.

 

bring on albums of the decade :D

Nice list. I think our top 10 will share some mutual albums.

"2009 was the year of the indie chick." (or something to that effect. stupid phone.)

 

Oh my word yes. Finally. I was just looking at my list the other day and realized more than half were bands with women or solo women. It's like a whole huge group of them figured out that there were more satisfying routes to take than sounding like Joni Mitchell and ran with it. Thank goodness. The near absence of women on the scenes I like had been bugging me for a while.

 

At least crack makes you feel good. One I get money I will buy CD like youse. There is so much Im missing out on. Im still convinced you guys work for jjj though...

Oh, but nothing feels good in quite the same way as a well-stocked cd collection. You feel like listening to something and you know that whatever style you're in the mood for will be there. You pull 5 or 10 albums off their racks and lay them out, line them up, shuffle them around... and finally pick one. You can't do that on an ipod.

 

Had a good summer job for the first time in years this summer and went a little crazy at the music store. The novelty of having so much choice still hasn't warn off. :nice:

What's jjj?

Australian Music Station. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/

 

Has anyone else here put Mumford and Sons in their list or have even listened to their album? They don't seen to be getting much attention.

Has anyone else here put Mumford and Sons in their list or have even listened to their album? They don't seen to be getting much attention.

 

Yup. I did. Position No. 12...they were at #11 but I had to move another album up a few spots. Everytime I think I'm happy with my rankings, I fall back in love with something and want to move it higher...:rolleyes:

Australian Music Station. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/

 

Has anyone else here put Mumford and Sons in their list or have even listened to their album? They don't seen to be getting much attention.

 

overrated over-hyped fleet foxes wannabes. :D

 

sorry i just fail to see or hear what's so special about them and yes i have given the album a chance.

"2009 was the year of the indie chick." (or something to that effect. stupid phone.)

 

Oh my word yes. Finally. I was just looking at my list the other day and realized more than half were bands with women or solo women. It's like a whole huge group of them figured out that there were more satisfying routes to take than sounding like Joni Mitchell and ran with it. Thank goodness. The near absence of women on the scenes I like had been bugging me for a while.

 

 

I did some analysis of my long list a few days ago and colour coded it based on male, female, and combo bands just to show how much of a presences women have in my 2009 list.

ok here goes. this is going to be one long boring massive post. but heck only get to do it once a year.

 

*deep breath*

 

wow 2009 almost done. i dont want to compare to 2008 too much. this has been a truly amazing year of music on a personal level for me. the strange became familiar. the unknown became real. following the music world is a truly fascinating journey everyday. its fast moving, unpredictable and exciting. thanks to the coldplayers here for all the lively debates and keeping me up-to-date. we dont always see eye to eye but at the end of the day we all love music and thats all that really matters.

 

25. Kingdom of Rust - Doves

24. Sunspot Letters - Leader Cheetah

23. It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen

22. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian

21. A Brief History of Love - The Big Pink

 

20. Battle for the Sun - Placebo

19. The Resistance - Muse

18. Horehound - The Dead Weather

17. Bitte Orca - The Dirty Projectors

16. Backspacer - Pearl Jam

 

15. Hope is for Hopers- Philadelphia Grand Jury

14. Conditions - Temper Trap

13. Sound Awake - Karnivool

12. Zounds - Dappled Cities

Ok now this is the first of my stand out albums of the year. A brilliant mix of catchy melodies, atmospheric vibes and some awesome edgy indie rock. Can't wait to see what they come up with next

 

11. Wonder - Lisa Mitchell

I'll admit first up that i am madly in love with this girl. Her cuteness explodes out of the speakers. at the age of 19 she has put together a truly amazing record here of perfect pop tunes with tooth-achingly sweet vocals and lyrics. its hard not to love her.

 

10. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective

What cute is to wonder, genius is to MPP. the most accessible animal collective record to date hosts some of their most melodic stuff. in particular Bluish, amidst all the crazyness this track moves me in a really weird way. im glad i gave this record a second chance later in the year.

 

9. Tonight! - Franz Ferdinand

Ah the anticipation behind this album. i admire these guys so much for being daring and trying a few new things but i think they took it a tiny bit too far with the 7min epic (trainwreck) that is Lucid Dreams. otherwise they thoroughly deserve the mainstream attention they've enjoyed with No You Girls and Turn It On.

 

8. Primary Colours - The Horrors

my after-work album of the year. i knew i would like these guys from the moment i read about them and saw their image and artwork. angry punk rock that when heard in the right context becomes gentle and soothing.

 

7. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

finally a record that justifies the reaction it has received. not overrated or underrated, just right. too often pop rock becomes plastic and meaningless but these frenchmen add some class and style and make it oh so very sophisticated.

6. Two Suns - Bat For Lashes

Natasha Khan. what a talent! this album was heading right for the top 3 for the year until i made the fatal error of putting it on my surround sound system. the album became lost in the open space, almost as if the 6 speakers and sub rid it of its innocence. strictly headphone only album.

 

5. Fantasies - Metric

this album joins a small club in my album collection called albums-where-you-get-to-track-7-without-realising-it. and has anybody else noticed the freking amazing production work on this album! amazing!

 

4. Humbug - Arctic Monkeys

this is going to sound a little odd. but i am very very proud of these guys. having been a fan since day 1 i had great expectations of this album and the boys didnt let me down one bit. they could of done what so many of their collegues are doing and make a safe radio friendly arena rock album. but no they decided to run in the opposite direction right into the californian desert. a band i cant wait to tell my grandkids about in a few decades time. :)

 

3. xx - The xx

its so hard to explain this album. you either get it or you dont. for me it clicked early on and since then i cant get enough of the beautiful guitar melodies and the subtle bass work. its lo-fi without being cheap, its indie without being hip, its morose without being emo. is this the sound of the future? lets not get ahead of ourselves.

 

2. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

if 2008 was ruled supreme by the mainstream women (beyonce and co) then 2009 is all about the indie chick. lily, natasha, emily, lisa and the chick from the xx have done em proud but sitting on her high throne as Queen is the incredible Karen O giving a vocal performance for the ages. the gossip had the chart success, but YYY's have the genius that is Nick Zinner :)

 

1. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

first listen *snore*. second listen hmmm *snore*. third listen hmmm right...*snore*..............10th listen *holy crap dude this is amazing*. the days surrounding the release of this album was the first time since in rainbows that ive seen the music world go absolutely nuts over an album and it was pretty awesome following it then falling in love with the record. its when albums like this come around that you understand why you love music so much.

 

Special Mentions

Florence and the Machine - listed under albums-i-thought-i-was-too-cool-to-listen-to-before-realising-how-frekn-awesome-it-is. havent totally made up my mind with this album but i think it will be on heavy rotation over summer.

The Middle East - Recordings of the Middle East - EP of the year (the special edition at least). their debut will hopefully put australian indie back on the world stage.

The Beatles - my band of the year. what a journey it has been discovering the incredible back catalogue of this group, whenever i look back at 2009 i will think of the beatles and the impact they had on me almost 40 years after they disbanded.

 

bring on albums of the decade :D

 

 

Top list. You've described it well, mine is about 70% the same but in a different order. You think yours was long and boring... mine isn't even finished yet! Wish you could have given Florence a bit more of a special mention, but of course, everyone's tastes are different! Well done. I'm not a massive fan of Veckatimest, but you have described it perfectly - maturing with age.

And Mumford and Sons sound nothing like fleet foxes! They're more a softer version of someone like the Pogues. They're in my top 50.