Top Albums of 2009

October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

Yeah. I know it’s not far off from the end of 2010, but I don’t think I could really do a retrospective of a year’s albums from so close to them. It’s not really fair on the end of year stuff. Or the beginning of year stuff that I forgot. So here it is. My top 9, which I do agree with, according to some magic last.fm tool.

9. Fightstar – Be Human

Released 20/4/2009
If I’m honest, I only got this album because I was going to see Fightstar on Halloween and though I should at least take a cursory listen. It turned out to be pretty good.

8. Andrew W.K. – 55 Cadillac

Released 1/9/2009
Oh Mr W.K. He of the partying hard came out with an album that was kind of chilled and relaxing. So when you want to chillax hard with off the cuff piano-based meanderings, this is what you want really.

7. Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Released 8/6/2009
Kasabian are ace. They’re ace live. They have ace singles. They have ace videos. The entire album is ace. Highlight is probably Fire.

6. 30 Seconds to Mars – This Is War

Released 4/12/2009
Bizarrely, I got the first 30stm album because I was a vague My So Called Life fan and thought I might as well check it out and flirted briefly with the whole Echelon thing. Went off the radar for a few years and then this one got released and I thought "hey, this is pretty rockin’" So I listened to it a fair amount and went and saw them at Wembley Arena.

5. Florence + the Machine – Lungs

Released 6/7/2009
Pretty much every song has been released on this as a single, but it doesn’t make it any less filled with good songs.

4. Jamie T – Kings & Queens

Released 4/9/2009
Jamie T’s music almost gets me dancing. And that’s saying alot.

3. White Lies – To Lose My Life

Released 12/1/2009
"Let’s grow old together, and die at the same time." Is there any more romantic lyric in existence? No. End of.

2. Maxïmo Park – Quicken the Heart

Released 10/5/2009
I managed to blag somehow two tickets to see them from the radio and they were fab. This album turned out to be an incredible birthday present packed with songs that I find myself humming in the supermarket. Paul Smith has a magical voice and sings in his own regional accent which always appeals to me.

1. AFI – Crash Love

Released 28/9/2009
There wasn’t really going to be any other album at the top of the list was there? I love AFI. After drifting out of the full-on OMG OBSESSIVE fandom for a while, I dove back in after my dad died and I cannot begin to explain how excited I was about this album. I’m now at the age that AFI were when I first got into their music and I kind of get it better now, but I also love how their music has changed in pretty much exactly the same way my taste has changed. Win all round I think.

Created using OnDistantShores‘s Album Of The Year journal generator.

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Fenech-Soler @ Camden Barfly

October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

Tue 28 Sep â€“ Fenech-Soler

Just a mini-gig for various competitions winners for the album launch so started pretty early and finished pretty early but the songs were rockin’ and definitely convinced me to get the album.

Fenech-Soler do remind me a bit of Head Automatica – not just for the vocals but sort of generally too. Not in a bad way though as I love Head Automatica.

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The Phantom Wooer

October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

A lifeless love song: stargazer lily, bone dust, tomb mosses, buttonweed, moonflower, and honey myrtle.

Dry, floral and with an undercurrent of lemons. It’s light and fresh and I could probably wear this fairly often without getting sick of it. I had worried that there would be too much lily (and I have a thing about lilies) but this is ok – it’s barely there.

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October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

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October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

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October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

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October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

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October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

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October 21, 2010 herdivineshadow

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