Amazon's Best Albums Of 2009
2009-11-04 by Dave de Sylvia STAFF | 42 Replies | 2016 Views

Amazon's editors have posted their list of the 2009 best albums of 2009, with Neko Case's Middle Cyclones ruling the roost ahead of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

The 100 top-selling Amazon MP3 albums so far this year can also been seen - U2's No Line On The Horizon topped that list.






Amazon's Top 20 Albums of 2009:

1. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
2. It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
5. I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
6. Album by Girls
7. Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective
8. Troubadour by k'naan
9. The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
10. My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
11. Fantasies by Metric
12. Wilco [The Album] by Wilco
13. Manners by Passion Pit
14. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
15. Strict Joy by The Swell Season
16. Townes by Steve Earle
17. Song Up In Her Head by Sarah Jarosz
18. Welcome to Mali by Amadou & Mariam
19. Live In London by Leonard Cohen
20. Primary Colours by The Horrors


Full list: http://tinyurl.com/yegkpfp

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Comments: 106
11.04.09


I love Amazon. Best site for buying albums IMO.

Digging: Protest the Hero - Fortress

kingsoby1
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 1630
11.04.09


that k'naan record was outright terrible, and BP3 has no business being on any top of anything lists. otherwise, this seems fine i guess.

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theacademy


Comments: 2045
11.04.09


list is incredibly crappy except for 11

Digging: And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar

mutatedfreek


Comments: 2990
11.04.09

Album Rating: 2.5

...and 7.

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Deviant1769


Comments: 1007
11.04.09


There's some alright stuff on here, agree with kingsoby on BP3

Digging: DevilDriver - Pray for Villains

FreePizzaDay


Comments: 341
11.04.09


I've bought albums on Amazon for eighty two cents. They can give Aiden AotY and I wouldn't care.

Digging: Thrice - Identity Crisis

hykudos


Comments: 150
11.04.09


not. even. close.

Digging: Oh, Sleeper - When I Am God

mvdu


Comments: 297
11.04.09


Having Fantasties so high is a big plus in my book.

Fort23


Comments: 1789
11.04.09


nice to see girl's love.

Digging: Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3

shermanator


Comments: 96
11.04.09


I love Amazon also. I buy most of my cds from Amazon. I've been able to get two cds before for a penny each.

Digging: Minus The Bear - Into The Mirror EP

CradleofMILF


Comments: 153
11.04.09


Wow this list makes me want to stop listening to music altogether. (yeah right)

PietroCrespi


Comments: 74
11.04.09


I'm glad to see The Pains of Being Pure at Heart getting some love outside of hipster lists. Such a grade-A album in my opinion.

Digging: Vandaveer - Grace & Speed

Ghostechoes


Comments: 113
11.04.09


Some albums in the list are decent, but Girls and Passion Pit are perfect examples of mediocre, extremely overestimated bands. Thanks Pitchfork!

Digging: The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead

StreetlightRock
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 2363
11.04.09


List ain't half bad, I'm surprised Middle Cyclone took first though, it's good, but it ain't that good.

And Passion Pit was doing the hype train long before Pitchfork - in fact Manners didn't even make their best new music section. Girls though... ek.

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tripleb2k


Comments: 148
11.04.09


best of lists already?...

oh yeah, this list sucks

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Ghostechoes


Comments: 113
11.04.09


Yeah, I guess the whole music-related blogsphere can be more influential than any particular website.

tomr4


Comments: 45
11.04.09


garbage.

jcfiasco


Comments: 64
11.04.09


lol kingsoby you said exactly what I was thinking. BP3 doesn't even make top 20 hip-hop cds of 09 let alone all albums.

How the hell did they not put Cudi on there?

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Bfhurricane


Comments: 5519
11.04.09


I haven't listened to any of these... I feel like I've let this year's new releases slip right by.

Digging: Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

fromtheinside


Comments: 2529
11.04.09


do people think they still get cred for putting Jay-Z albums in their list?

Digging: Modern Life Is War - Witness

Satellite


Comments: 773
11.05.09


Not good by any means, but I was expecting far worse.

Digging: The Lawrence Arms - Buttsweat and Tears

Unskathed123


Comments: 178
11.05.09


No The Dear Hunter
No Converge
No Strung Out
All fail.

Digging: Advent - Naked And Cold

klap4music
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 1062
11.05.09


fuck you guys middle cyclone is fucking awesome. although not #1 awesome

Digging: Annie - Don't Stop

XulOnerom


Comments: 710
11.05.09


I love the list since it doesn't have either Converge or BTBAM

Digging: Tiamat - A Deeper Kind of Slumber

TakeWarning


Comments: 21
11.05.09


The Pains of Being Pure At Heart's album is great

Jayright


Comments: 48
11.05.09


about 90% trash.

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AggravatedYeti


Comments: 1075
11.05.09


pretty good.

Digging: A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Ashes Grammar

TheAbstruseMeaning


Comments: 25
11.05.09


eh the list is crap but I buy almost all my music on amazon. Just got a cd for a penny. It depends on the band but there are usually great deals to be had there.

Digging: Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail

Titan50


Comments: 2610
11.05.09


The 100 top-selling Amazon MP3 albums so far this year can also been seen - U2's No Line On The Horizon topped that list.


STILL NOT SELLING ENOUGH

Digging: Pixies - Surfer Rosa

Swingfinger


Comments: 27
11.05.09


This list has a lot of great music but as a best of isn't accurate.

AtomicWaste


Comments: 107
11.05.09


Least metal Death album ever.

Digging: fordirelifesake - Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend

SatoIsNotPlace


Comments: 63
11.05.09


This (actually) isn't an awful list..

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musicaddiction101


Comments: 654
11.05.09


This list kind of takes the big one. But whatever.

Digging: This Is Your Captain Speaking - Storyboard

witchxrapist


Comments: 366
11.05.09


I like Passion Pit, but this list is pretty lame. Oh wait its by a major company, no wonder.

Digging: Loma Prieta - Dark Mountain

Wizard


Comments: 9840
11.05.09


These lists make no sense. It's not even December for fucks sake. List is void.

Digging: Ulcerate - Of Fracture and Failure

Regulator


Comments: 176
11.05.09


steve earle is about the only person i like on that list.

Digging: The Crown - Deathrace King

klap4music
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 1062
11.05.09


lol a major company? the majority of the artists on this list are hardly what i would call mainstream acts, so i'm not sure what the correlation is between amazon being a major corporation and these artists

kingsoby1
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 1630
11.05.09


yeah amazon editors know what they're talking about for the most part.

witchxrapist


Comments: 366
11.06.09


lol a major company? the majority of the artists on this list are hardly what i would call mainstream acts, so i'm not sure what the correlation is between amazon being a major corporation and these artists


because fuck capitalism

StreetlightRock
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 2363
11.06.09


Yea they fit the whole collage mainstream-indie blogger type, they're into their music.

klap4music
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 1062
11.06.09


that doesn't make any sense witch

Countorus


Comments: 3218
11.06.09


cool metric luv

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