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Chad’s Top Albums of 2009

by Chad

Silversun Pickups - Swoon 1. Silversun Pickups – Swoon

Highlights:

  • The Royal We
  • Growing Old is Getting Old
  • Catch & Release
Themselves - Crownsdown 2. Themselves – Crownsdown

Highlights:

  • Oversleeping
  • Gangster of Disbelief
  • Skinning the Drum
The Raveonettes - In and Out of Control 3. The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control

Highlights:

  • Gone Forever
  • Heart of Stone
  • Break Up Girls!
Bike for Three! - More Heart Than Brains 4. Bike for Three! – More Hearts than Brain

Highlights:

  • Lazarus Phenomenon
  • There Is Only One of Us
My Jerusalem - Without Feathers [EP] 5. My Jerusalem – Without Feathers*

Highlights:

  • Sweet Chariot
  • Under Your Skin
  • Turtledove
WHY? - Eskimo Snow 6. WHY? – Eskimo Snow

Highlights:

  • Against Me
  • One Rose
  • Eskimo Snow
Soulsavers - Broken 7. Soulsavers – Broken

Highlights:

  • Unbalanced Pieces
  • Some Misunderstanding
  • Praying Ground
The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead 8. The Twilight Sad – Forget the Night Ahead

Highlights:

  • I Became a Prostitute
  • That Room
  • Interrupted
The Black Ryder - Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride 9. The Black Ryder – Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Highlights:

  • Grass
  • The Greatest Fall
  • Burn and Fade
Florence + The Machine - Lungs 10. Florence + the Machine – Lungs

Highlights:

  • Drumming Song
  • Cosmic Love
  • Girl With One Eye
Doves - Kingdom of Rust 11. Doves – Kingdom of Rust

Highlights:

  • Winter Hill
  • The Greatest Denier
  • The Outsiders
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below 12. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below

Highlights:

  • Janglia
  • 40 Day Dream
  • Kisses Over Babylon
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing 13. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing

Highlights:

  • Pride
  • I Can Feel a Hot One
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz 14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!

Highlights:

  • It’s a Dull Life
  • Skeletons
  • Hysteric
Röyksopp - Junior 15. Röyksopp – Junior

Highlights:

  • This Must Be It
  • Röyksopp Forever
  • Tricky Tricky

*Denotes EP