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Top Albums of 2009

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abe

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Dec 16, 2009, 1:45:18 PM12/16/09
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Just curious as to the group's thoughts, but here are a few albums
I've found this year that I've been enjoying:

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Phish - Joy

No real order here, though I'd probably say that Animal Collective's
album is my favorite of the year.

A few albums that I got into this year, which actually came out last
year:

TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Fucked Up - Chemistry of Modern Life
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus, Dig!
David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust

abe

Z

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Dec 16, 2009, 2:20:16 PM12/16/09
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I agree with your 5, other than the Neko disc - I'm a bigger fan of
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood... to each their own of course!

Might replace it with The Avett Brothers...

Z

Halden

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Dec 16, 2009, 3:07:41 PM12/16/09
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I am a giant fan of the Dig! Lazarus, Dig!

dig under rocks

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Dec 18, 2009, 10:48:35 AM12/18/09
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3. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
1. I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers


Gonna be a while before I think I'll be able to fully embrace
Embryonic.
It's a bit too...well, let's just say that I think I'd need drugs to
fully appreciate it.
Or perhaps simply some *time* to sit and drink with it.

These were also pretty good:

Around The Well - Iron & Wine
21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic
Zeros
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists
Joy - PHiSH

Z

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Dec 18, 2009, 11:06:05 AM12/18/09
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I really like Embryonic, but I see what you mean. My opinion is that
most 2 disc sets should really be 1 and an EP or divided into 2 single
albums like GnR (use you illusion). Like Nine Inch Nails - The
Fragile or Smashing Pumpkins - Melancholy would have been great single
albums. There are actually few double albums that have enough
artistic depth to hold up as a single piece of work for me...besides
the wall and the white album.

Z

abe

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Dec 18, 2009, 2:52:11 PM12/18/09
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I kinda like the 2nd Melancholy disc better than the first, but
definitely not at first.

For Embryonic, I actually got the "deluxe" version from itunes, which
has 4 more tracks, so I didn't even realize it was a double disc. I
suppose that part of the reason I like it is that it is so diverse.
It's not quite Zaireeka, but I enjoy the experimentation. Silver
Trembling Hands through the end of the album is a great run.

abe

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