2009 Albums

My Top 20s of 2009

The Antlers
Hospice

Tracks: Sylvia, Kettering, Two

saddest album of the year!

The Big Pink
A Brief History Of Love
Tracks: Crystal Visions, Too Young To Love, Dominos, Velvet

the band is hyped
nevertheless, the album is good
and got some awesome tracks
Camera Obscura 
My Maudlin Career
Tracks: French Navy, The Sweetest Thing, My Maudlin Career

this is also a sentimental album
bitterness lurking in the sweet melodies
Doves 
Kingdom of Rust
Tracks: Jetstream, Kingdom Of Rust, Winter Hill

this album just flows....
through the sound of electronics and guitars
simply great!
Emmy The Great 
First Love
Tracks: We Almost Had A Baby, The Easter Parade, MIA, City Song

this is a personal favourite
i really love the album!

Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Tracks: If I Had A Heart, When I Grow Up, Keep The Streets Empty For Me

for few months i constantly listen to this album when i'm out on the bus or walking, especially at night

God Help The Girl  
God Help The Girl
Tracks: Come Monday Night, God Help The Girl, A Down And Dusky Blonde

her voice is beautiful
the songs are so twee
how could i not love it?
jj  
jj n° 2
Tracks: things will never be the same again, from africa to málaga, masterplan

best indie pop album of the year!
Julie Doiron 
I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Tracks: Consolation Prize, Spill Yer Lungs, Nice to Come Home, Glad to Be Alive

i'm glad to be alive because i have music

Kings of Convenience 
Declaration of Dependence
Tracks: Boat Behind

this album is not as good as the ones before, however still enjoying the harmony of two soft voices and the beautiful guitar sounds
Lake Heartbeat 
Trust In Numbers
Tracks: Mystery, Pipedream, Southbound, Blue Planet

perfect pop sound for summer!

Morrissey 
Years Of Refusal
Tracks: It's Not Your Birthday Anymore, That's How People Grow Up

this is a depressing album
many songs really make sense to me during my time of depression

The Legends 
Over And Over
Tracks: You Won, Seconds Away, Recife, Always The Same

fuzzy and noisy
this is my thing, noise
if the album has a theme, it'll be a much greater album

The Mary Onettes
Islands
Tracks: Puzzles, Dare, Whatever Saves Me

a very good follow-up
still drown in the darkness of 80s sound
still writes excellent pop songs

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Tracks: Contender, Young Adult Friction, The Tenure Itch, Stay Alive

best shoegaze album of the year!

Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Tracks: 1901, Lisztomania, Fences, Girlfriend

like YYYs, they've added some electronic sound which is cool
overall album is not as good as the last one, to me at least

Röyksopp
Junior
Tracks: The Girl And The Robot, Vision One, This Must Be It

they're not chill-out anymore
they're now dancefloor superstars
but i still love them

The xx  
xx
Tracks: Intro, VCR, Crystalised, Islands, Shelter

i like the simplicity and modesty
most of all, i love their addictive sound
i found myself listening to them almost all the time

Yeah Yeah Yeahs 
It's Blitz!
Tracks: Zero, Soft Shell, Hysteric, Little Shadow, Runaway

i like the acoustic versions a lot
this is really a mature album
and heaps of great songs~

VA - Dark Was The Night
Tracks: Train Song, Deep Blue Sea, So Far Around The Bend, With A Girl Like You, Gentle Hour, Another Saturday, Lua
easily the best compilation of the year!


Others

A Shoreline Dream - Recollections Of Memory

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar

Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets

Alaska Halloween - Champagne Downtown

Asobi Seksu - Acoustic at Olympic Studios

Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear

Balmorhea - All is Wild All is Silent

Bat for Lashes - Two Suns

CFCF - Continent

Cold Cave - Love Comes Close

Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe

Epic45 - In All The Empty Houses

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Gliss - Devotion Implosion

Golden Silvers - True Romance

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Through The Devil Softly

The Horrors - Primary Colours

Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

M. Ward - Hold Time

Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up

Piano Magic - Ovations

Project:KOMAKINO - The Struggle For Utopia

The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control

Regina Spektor - Far

Ryan Driver - Feeler Of Pure Joy

The Sleepover Disaster - Hover

Sonic Youth - The Eternal

The Sounds - Crossing The Rubicon

Sugarplum Fairies - Chinese Leftovers

Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

The Temper Trap - Conditions

The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead

VA - Kitsune Tabloid By Phoenix

VA - (500) Days Of Summer OST

VA - Adventureland OST

VA - The Boat That Rocked OST

VA - Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!

White Lies - To Lose My Life

The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules

Wry - She Science

Zee Avi - Zee Avi

2 comments:

nic wu said...

你真的很喜歡朗朗上口曲子

Fuse said...

是啊!
I love pop music!