Pretty Much Amazing’s Best Albums of 2009

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2009 was an exceptional last year in an exceptional decade for music. In 2009 we were bombarded with solid release after great release after epic release throughout the entire year (upfront: I didn’t listen to every album released in 2009), so narrowing my picks for the best albums of the year was not easy. Nonetheless, I have here Pretty Much Amazing’s 25 best albums of the 2009.

At the end of this list, you will have the chance to enter the last PMA contest of 2009. I will be giving away — courtesy of my wallet, unless someone wants to sponsor ;) — a copy of every album on this list on vinyl (or CD, at winner’s request) in a Vinyl is Forever Tote Bag, along with a poster featuring one of the listed artists of their choice, and a custom one year subscription to Paste Magazine. More details on that at the end of the list.

I want give a big shout out to Brian Kuperman for designing this awesome artwork for our list. I also want to thank the wonderful contributors to this blog who reviewed most of these albums throughout the year for PMA and helped me share the music I love with all of you; and thank you for reading and coming back and subscribing to PMA in 2009. I look forward to starting 2010 with all of you, but before we do, here’s one last look at our favorite albums of the 2009 :

25. Fanfarlo - Reservoir
24. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
23. fun - Aim and Ignite
22. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
21. Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster
20. Florence + The Machine - Lungs
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
18. Music Go Music - Expressions
17. Passion Pit - Manners
16. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
15. Röyksopp - Junior
14. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
13. Discovery - LP
12. Dan Deacon - Bromst
11. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
10. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
09. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
08. jj - jj n° 2
07. The xx - xx
06. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
05. The Antlers - Hospice
04. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
03. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion