Top 100 Tracks of 2009
Albums, Honorable Mention - 25 excellent records that didn't make our Top 50
Top 50 Albums of 2009


Songs:
100. Darkstar "Aidy's Girl's a Computer"
99. Julianna Barwick "Bode"
98. Future of the Left "Arming Eritrea"
97. The Smith Westerns "Be My Girl"
96. Gucci Mane [ft. Plies] "Wasted"
95. The Thermals "Now We Can See"
94. Best Coast "Sun Was High (So Was I)"
93. Morrissey "Something is Squeezing My Skull"
92. Cam'ron "I Hate My Job"
91. HEALTH "Die Slow"
90. The-Dream "Rockin' That Shit"
89. No Age "You're a Target"
88. Passion Pit "Moth's Wings"
87. Here We Go Magic "Fangela"
86. Drake "Best I Ever Had"
85. Wavves "No Hope Kids"
84. Junior Boys "Parallel Lines"
83. Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"
82. DJ Kaos "Love the Nite Away (Tiedye remix)"
81. Bowerbirds "Northern Lights"
80. YACHT "Psychic City (Voodoo City)"
79. Pictureplane "Goth Star"
78. Charlotte Gainsbourg "IRM"
77. Frida Hyvönen "Jesus Was a Cross Maker"
76. The Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
75. Gold Panda "Quitter's Raga"
74. Neon Indian "Should Have Taken Acid With You"
73. Woods "Rain On"
72. Matt & Kim "Daylight"
71. A Sunny Day in Glasgow "Close Chorus"
70. Discovery "Orange Shirt"
69. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
68. Röyksopp [ft. Robyn] "The Girl and the Robot"
67. Arctic Monkeys "Cornerstone"
66. Julian Casablancas "11th Dimension"
65. The Tough Alliance "A New Chance (The Juan MacLean Remix)"
64. Annie "Songs Remind Me of You"
63. Real Estate "Fake Blues"
62. Volcano Choir "Island, IS"
61. Atlas Sound [ft. Lætitia Sadier] "Quick Canal"
60. Kurt Vile "Freeway"
59. tUnE-yArDs "Sunight"
58. Fever Ray "If I Had a Heart"
57. Sleigh Bells "Crown on the Ground"
56. John Talabot "Sunshine"
55. Bat For Lashes "Glass"
54. Joker & Ginz "Purple City"
53. The xx "Islands"
52. St. Vincent "Actor Out of Work"
51. Antony and the Johnsons "Aeon"
50. Matias Aguayo - "Rollerskate"
49. Yo La Tengo - "Here to Fall"
48. Destroyer - "Bay of Pigs"
47. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll"
46. Memory Tapes - "Bicycle"
45. The Flaming Lips [ft. Karen O] - "Watching the Planets"
44. Jay-Z [ft. Alicia Keys] - "Empire State of Mind"
43. Camera Obscura - "French Navy"
42. The Big Pink - "Velvet"
41. Major Lazer [ft. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze] - "Keep It Goin' Louder"
40. Bear in Heaven - "Lovesick Teenagers"
39. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
38. Dirty Projectors and David Byrne - "Knotty Pine"
37. Surfer Blood - "Swim"
36. Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up"
35. Micachu and the Shapes - "Golden Phone"
34. Atlas Sound [ft. Noah Lennox] - "Walkabout"
33. DJ Quik and Kurupt - "9x's Outta 10"
32. The Very Best [ft. Ezra Koenig] - "Warm Heart of Africa"
31. Lily Allen - "The Fear"
30. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Young Adult Friction"
29. jj - "Ecstasy"
28. Neko Case - "This Tornado Loves You"
27. Four Tet - "Love Cry"
26. Bon Iver - "Blood Bank"
25. Cass McCombs - "You Saved My Life"
24. Basement Jaxx - "Raindrops"
23. Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"
22. Delorean - "Seasun"
21. Raekwon [ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and Method Man] - "House of Flying Daggers"
20. Japandroids - "Young Hearts Spark Fire"
19. Joker - "Digidesgin"
18. The Big Pink - "Dominos"
17. Fuck Buttons - "Surf Solar"
16. The xx - "Crystalised"
15. Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace"
14. Joy Orbison - "Hyph Mngo"
13. Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer"
12. Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
11. Animal Collective - "What Would I Want? Sky"
10. Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"
9. Girls - "Lust for Life"
8. Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
7. Big Boi [ft. Gucci Mane] - "Shine Blockas"
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
5. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
4. Bat For Lashes - "Daniel"
3. Phoenix - "1901"
2. Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is the Move"
1. Animal Collective - "My Girls"


I'm a little unsure about what to do with these next ones, Pitchfork mentions that they're "not simply records #51-75 in our poll; rather, they're albums that we think deserve a bit more praise and notice". Up to you I guess, Henrik.

Honorable mentions
The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath
Converge - Axe to Fall
Delorean - Aryton Senna EP
The-Dream - Love vs. Money
Emeralds - What Happened
The Field - Yesterday & Today
Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold
Freddie Gibbs - The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs/ Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik
Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another
Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
Javelin - Jamz n Jemz
Julianna Barwick - Florine EP
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
Kurt Vile - God Is Saying This to You
Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas - II
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Omar-S - Fabric 45
Oneida - Rated O
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
The Smith Westerns - The Smith Westerns
Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
Washed Out - Life of Leisure EP

Albums:
50. Woods - Songs of Shame
49. Cass McCombs - Catacombs
48. DOOM - Born Like This
47. Zomby - Where Were U in '92?
46. Dan Deacon - Bromst
45. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
44. tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs
43. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
42. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
41. Baroness - Blue Record
40. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
39. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
38. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People-- Lazers Do
37. The Antlers - Hospice
36. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
35. jj - jj n° 2
34. Passion Pit - Manners
33. Bibio - The Apple and the Tooth
32. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
31. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
30. Röyksopp - Junior
29. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
28. Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery
27. Various Artists - 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
26. Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
25. DJ Quik and Kurupt - BlaQKout
24. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
23. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
21. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
20. Real Estate - Real Estate
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
18. Atlas Sound - Logos
17. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
16. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
15. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
14. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
13. St. Vincent - Actor
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
10. Girls - Album
9. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx… Pt. II
4. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
3. The xx - The xx
2. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

I usually am on board with them on the mainstream songs, but Taylor Swift? That song is awful in a 00's Disney kind of way. Papparazzi was ok though, not good but ok.

59. tUnE-yArDs "Sunight"

i saw these guys live, they opened for the Dirty Projectors. It's a great song.

I definitely prefer Fiya. And it's mostly just the 1 gal, not 'guys', right?

Here are the remaining 25 albums:

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
3. The xx - The xx
4. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
5. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx… Pt. II
6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
7. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
10. Girls - Album
11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
13. St. Vincent - Actor
14. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
15. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
16. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
17. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
18. Atlas Sound - Logos
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
20. Real Estate - Real Estate
21. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
23. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
24. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
25. DJ Quik and Kurupt - BlaQKout

It's nice to see Bat for Lashes doing well on some big lists lately.

Really good list, it's cool to see XX, Embryonic, and OB4CL2 ahead of predictable favorite Veckatimest. I would have expected to see Girls Album higher, but I think the albums in front of it (particularly Fever Ray) are deserving.