So, there are only a few weeks left in 2009, meaning its time to get started on the list of Essential Albums of 2009 list. I have a bunch of stuff to sort through, but I’m almost certain that I missed something, and not everything I listen to gets reviewed here on the site. At the end of this page is a list of all the albums I heard in 2009. Is something you loved not on this list? Drop a comment and tell me about it! It doesn’t matter if it’s something that I’d normally listen to. If you liked it, that’s enough recommendation for me. Your thoughts on favorite, least favorite, etc. are all welcome here, and I’ll be updating this list as I continue to hear new stuff. Have at, people!
30 Seconds to Mars – This is War
Ace Enders & A Million Different People – When I Hit The Ground
Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment
AFI – Crash Love
Alex Gladwell – Alex Gladwell
Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
Allison Iraheta – Just Like You
Andy Suzuki – 300 Pianos
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Asher Roth – Asleep in the Bread Aisle
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
Beastie Boys (Max Tannone) – Doublecheck Your Head
The Big Heavy – Bombs Away EP
Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
Bobby Faithful – Turn It Up
Bon Jovi – The Circle
Brand New – Daisy
Breakers Broken – Reset
Breaking Benjamin – Dear Agony
The Bronx – Mariachi el Bronx
Bruce Springsteen – Working On A Dream
Carrie Underwood – Play On
Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot
Chris Assaad – Glory Fire
Chris Brown – Graffiti
Chris Cornell – Scream
Collective Soul – Rabbit
Creed – Full Circle
The Damnwells – One Last Century
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul
Darling Parade – Darling Parade
Dashboard Confessional – Alter the Ending
Daughtry – Leave This Town
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Dead By Sunrise – Out of Ashes
Death Cab for Cutie – The Open Door EP
The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
DJ Skee Presents Scream: The Mixtape
Eminem – Relapse
Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
The Fray – The Fray
Gavin DeGraw – Free
Glee Cast – Glee: The Music, Volume 1
Glee Cast – Glee: The Music, Volume 2
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Halestorm – Halestorm
Incubus – Monuments and Melodies
Jack’s Mannequin – The Dear Jack EP
Japandroids – Post-Nothing
Jay-Z – The Blueprint III
Jaydiohead (Max Tannone) – Jaydiohead: The Encore
Jennifer’s Body: Music From The Motion Picture
John Mayer – Battle Studies
Jonas Brothers – Lines, Vines and Trying Times
Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted
Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s Doctor Rosen Rosen (Remix Album)
The Lonely Island – Incredibad
Lupe Fiasco – Enemy of the State: A Love Story (Mixtape)
Meg & Dia – Here, here and here
Metric – Fantasies
Midnight Spin – Through The Mojo Wire
Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Miranda Lambert – Revolution
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Muse – The Resistance
N.A.S.A. – The Spirit of Apollo
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Nirvana – Live at Reading
Orianthi – Believe
Our Lady Peace – Burn Burn
Owl City – Ocean Eyes
Papa Roach – Metamorphosis
Paper Route – Absence
Paramore – brand new eyes
Passion Pit – Manners
Pearl Jam – Backspacer
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Rihanna – Rated R
Rob Thomas – Cradlesong
Royksopp – Junior
Shakira – She Wolf
Silversun Pickups – Swoon
Spinnerette – Spinnerette
Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Michael Giacchino, Composer)
Super 400 – Sweet Fist
The Swell Season – Strict Joy
Tegan and Sara – Sainthood
Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
Third Eye Blind – Ursa Major
Three Days Grace – Life Starts Now
Timid Tiger – The PMA EP
Tinted Windows – Tinted Windows
Tripdavon – Sketches From Silence
TRV$DJAM – Fix Your Face, Vol. 2: Coachella ‘09
U2 – No Line On The Horizon
The Used – Artwork
Wale – Attention Deficit
Watchmen: Music From The Motion Picture
Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg
The XX – xx
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
You might check out “Halestorm” by Halestorm. Super talented band and better yet, super nice people!
There have been loads of great albums this year, imo, but here’s a sampling of releases that I’ve really enjoyed:
‘Lungs’ by Florence + the Machine
‘Blue Lights on the Runway’ – Bell X1
‘These Four Walls’ by We Were Promised Jetpacks
‘Stages’ by Vedera
‘Wild Young Hearts’ by the Noisettes
‘Baby Darling Dollface Honey’ – by Band of Skulls
‘Rearrange Beds’ – An Horse (I BELIEVE it was released in 2009 in this country)
I’d have to add the following albums to your radar:
Modest Mouse – No One’s First and You’re Next EP
Flaming Lips – Embryonic
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Blue Roses – Blue Roses
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
Phoenix in particular is a brilliant sleeper band. I bought their album on a whim and it is in constant rotation.
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lynatic Asylum
from GB, sounds partly like IndieDance (with instruments!) version of Morricone
Portugal. The Man – the satanic satanist
from Portland, OR; former Alaska. Every album of them establishes a new style, they deserve fame
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – the century of self
from Texas – they already achieved fame. this album again reaches the dimensions of “worlds apart”
Thanks for the shoutout!
-D
TBH
You should certainly not miss One Without – Thoughts of a Secluded Mind
Cheers!