9) Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
8) Until The Earth Begins To Part – Broken Records
7) Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors
6) The Resistance - Muse
5) It's Blitz – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
When I heard Nick Zinner, guitarist for YYYs, was putting his trademark buzz saw guitar on the backburner for keyboards, it was frightening. Along with Karen O's impish vocals, that guitar makes their sound. You know the old saying. If something’s not broke, why fix it? For this album, the keyboards work. It's a dance album with that old YYYs edge.
4) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Phoenix
Best Song of '09: Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
When I heard Nick Zinner, guitarist for YYYs, was putting his trademark buzz saw guitar on the backburner for keyboards, it was frightening. Along with Karen O's impish vocals, that guitar makes their sound. You know the old saying. If something’s not broke, why fix it? For this album, the keyboards work. It's a dance album with that old YYYs edge.4) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Phoenix
I'm a sucker for synthesizer, and needless to say, I've always been a sucker for Phoenix. I, for one, have been sitting around waiting for Phoenix to explode into the stratosphere. It took a while, but it finally happened. It's dreamy. It's glossy. It's fun. Those adjectives are what acclaimed albums are made of.
3) Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
There isn't a single album released in '09 that could even compare to the sound of Two Dancers. It's a record defined by idiosyncrasies, sounding much like a male Kate Bush jamming with Django Django and Yo Yo Ma. It's refined enough to not weird you out completely. Music like this shouldn't make sense or be so soothing.
There isn't a single album released in '09 that could even compare to the sound of Two Dancers. It's a record defined by idiosyncrasies, sounding much like a male Kate Bush jamming with Django Django and Yo Yo Ma. It's refined enough to not weird you out completely. Music like this shouldn't make sense or be so soothing.2) Tonight: Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
I could tell you why this album is so great, but the lead singer said it best; it's all about dance floors, hedonism, flirtation, and heartbreak. That's what Franz does best, and Tonight reaffirmed that music of the night is their niche. The four-year wait for this one was completely worth it.
I could tell you why this album is so great, but the lead singer said it best; it's all about dance floors, hedonism, flirtation, and heartbreak. That's what Franz does best, and Tonight reaffirmed that music of the night is their niche. The four-year wait for this one was completely worth it.1) Phrazes For The Young – Julian Casablancas
I wondered if I could rightfully put Julian at the top of this list without looking like a crazy fan that will fall for absolutely anything relating to the Strokes. I might be crazy, sure. The thing is, solo albums are not supposed to be this good. The complex layers, that synth, those beats, that voice! I take it back – this album is stunning, not just good. The fact that Phrazes For The Young is so remarkable is an interesting thing. It's enough to promise a beautiful future for Julian's career as a solo artist, granted that he wants one. Prepare for a heretical statement, because honestly, it's also good enough to give that little band Julian fronts a run for their money.
I wondered if I could rightfully put Julian at the top of this list without looking like a crazy fan that will fall for absolutely anything relating to the Strokes. I might be crazy, sure. The thing is, solo albums are not supposed to be this good. The complex layers, that synth, those beats, that voice! I take it back – this album is stunning, not just good. The fact that Phrazes For The Young is so remarkable is an interesting thing. It's enough to promise a beautiful future for Julian's career as a solo artist, granted that he wants one. Prepare for a heretical statement, because honestly, it's also good enough to give that little band Julian fronts a run for their money.Worst Album of '09: Raditude – Weezer
1 comments:
at least someone on this site has recognized muse's album.
with some of the absolute shite ranked (rather highly, i might add) in most of these "top 10 / 25" lists, this site was losing credibility (in my eyes) at an exponential rate until someone finally mentioned that band...
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