The time has come, Mixers: After perusing EW’s Year-End Best list and the some 7 trillion other lists published by every publication, website, blogger, and Facebook friend in the world, you finally get the chance to ring in. Who topped your lists in 2009?
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Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much is definitely my favorite album of the year!
ohh it was so good. he is living proof that you can do bubble gum pop and still make it amazing!
How true! Mika is the future of pop music!
I like Green Day
I second that!
I’m sad to see that his album isn’t making many of the “Best of 2009″ lists. It’s fantastic!
Great selection! His music is so joyously manic and creative. He’s obviously been influenced by Queen and one of the very few acts who can do that influence justice. I’d like to add Moby’s “Wait For Me”, the emotional opposite of Mika with its forlorn landscapes and waves of melancholy.
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand was one of the most overlooked albums of the year. Yeah, I said it.
1.Yeah Yeah Yeahs-It’s Blitz
2.Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3.St. Vincent-Actor
4.Sonic Youth-The Eternal
5.Lily Allen-It’s Not Me, It’s you
6.Dirty Projectors-Bitte Orca
7.Lady GaGa-The Fame/The Fame Monster
8.Florence and the Machine-Lungs
9.Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest
10.YACHT-See Mystery Lights
forgot to put my top singles
10.Kid Cudi-”Pursuit of Hapiness”
9.Depeche Mode-”Wrong”
8.Grizzly Bear-”Two Weeks”
7.Sonic Youth-”Sacred Trickster”
6.St.Vincent-”Marrow”
5.Passion Pit-”The Reeling”
4.Lily Allen-”Not Fair”
3.Dirty Projectors-”Stillness is the Move”
2.Phoenix-”Rome”
1.Yeah Yeah Yeahs-”Zero”
Great list! Your top five are tremendous and I am currently listening to Zero, if that tells you how big of a Yeah Yeah Yeahs lover I am. I would have thrown in Florence + the Machine, Dark Was the Night, and maybe a little Metric? But all in all, I would agree.
OH my! then your gonna love my 11-15 singles list!
11.Bat For Lashes-”Daniel”
12.Florence + the Machine-”Rabbit Heart(Raise it up)”
13.Metric-”Help, Im Alive”
14.The Noisettes-”Never Forget You”
15.Lady GaGa-”Bad Romance”
Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors was pretty darn good, so was Stillness is the Move by them. Lady Gaga, pretty much everything she did this year!!!! The Fame, Poker Face, and Paparazzi were all amazing. Lastly, Major Lazer!!!!!!
I don’t think I bought 10 albums this whole entire year, but I can think of my favorite 10 songs of the year….
10. Depeche Mode – “Wrong”
9. Matt & Kim – “Good O’ Fashion Nightmare”
8. Franz Ferdinand – “Ulysses”
7. The Thermals – “Now We Can See”
6. Pearl Jam – “Just Breathe”
5. Cage The Elephant – “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”
4. Phoenix – “1901″
3. Silversun Pickups – “Panic Switch”
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll”
1. Muse – “Uprising”
i may be in love with you. your list is seriously one of the best i’ve seen! the only changes i would make would be to switch out metric-help i’m alive for depeche mode and mute math-electrify for pearl jam
i may be in love with you. your list is seriously one of the best i’ve seen. the only changes i would make would be to switch out metric-help i’m alive for depeche mode and mute math-electrify for pearl jam
“Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” is fan-freakin-tastic. Forgot it on my singles top 10.
back off Leia, they’re mine! P.S. i LOVE your list
U r my musical other half
OneRepublic- Waking Up, Paramore- Brand New Eyes, The New Moon Soundtrack, Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King- DMD, and Kris Allen- Kris Allen
Aw man, don’t even get me started on how underrated OneRepublic is. Waking Up might be my favorite album of all time.
The New Moon soundtrack? Are you deaf? That was a horrible CD, there was like two songs on the entire thing that were any good. I had to listen to the Twilight soundtrack again just to remind myself how awesome it was. The New Moon soundtrack was just…no.
The “New Moon” soundtrack was fantastic, much better than “Twilight’s”.
Albums:
1. Annie, Don’t Stop
2. XX, XX
3. Bat for Lashes, Two Suns
4. Rihanna, Rated R
5. Brandi Carlile, Give Up the Ghost
6. Miranda Lambert, Revolution
7. A Camp, Colonia
8. Fever Ray, Fever Ray
9. Karen O and the Kids, Where the Wild Things Are
10. Kid Sister, Ultra Violet
Singles
1. Stillness is the Move, Solange
2. Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus
3. Rude Boy, Rihanna
4. Beat Me Up, Allison Iraheta
5. Like a Star, Corrine Bailey Rae
6. Bad Romance, Lady Gaga
7. White Liar, Miranda Lambert
8. Pretty Wings, Maxwell
9. You’ve Got the Love, Florence + the Machine
10. 3, Britney Spears
For singles 5 should read, I’ll Do it All Again, Corinne Bailey Rae … I have to stop drinking … maybe.
YES I literally just stood up and cheered when I saw Brandi Carlile on your list. Haha! I love her and the new album was fantastic!
Yay, a Brandi fan! I love this woman. She’s never released a bad album. She deserves so much more exposure.
yes! rihanna…i feel like people are blowing off her new sound, but it’s really great. thanks for recognizing it
Miley Cyrus? With that, the rest of your list loses all credibility…lol
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. The Antlers – Hospice
3. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar
4. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
5. Memory Tapes – Seek Magic
6. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
8. Dan Deacon – Bromst
9. The Field – Yesterday & Today
10. The Dodos – Time to Die
Top 10 songs of 2009
Last Parade – Matthew Good
Lose My Life – White Lies
Breaking Ties – Oceanlab
New Divide – Linkin Park
Love Story – Nadia Ali
Infushi – Super8 & Tab
Bad Romance – Lady GaGa
One By One – Javah ft Tiff Lacey
Already Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Knock You Out – Tiesto ft Emily Haines
SINGLES
1. Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
2. The Gossip – Heavy Cross
3. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
4. Kris Allen – Live Like We’re Dying
5. Jack Peñate – Pull My Heart Away
6. Anoraak – Nightdrive With You
7. Miike Snow – Black and Blue
8. James Morrison & Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings
9. Josiah Leming – Over and Over
10. Passion Pit – The Reeling
Not sure I can do 10, so I’m going with my top 3:
Albums:
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
Kevin Rudolf, In the City
Girls, Album
Singles:
Eric Hutchinson, You Don’t Have to Believe Me
Muse, Uprising
Pitbull, I Know You Want Me
Yeah! Eric Hutchinson! I think he gets overlooked, but he’s fantastic.
empire state of mind????
1.”Cosmic Love” Florence+the Machine
2.”The Fear” Lily Allen
3.”Scumbag Blues” Them Crooked Vultures
4.”I don’t Know” Lisa Hannigan
5.”Brick By Brick” Paramore
6.”Two Weeks” Grizzly Bear
7.”1901″ Phoenix
8.”Pretty Wings” Maxwell
9. “Mowgli’s Road” Marina and the Diamonds
10.”Please Don’t Leave Me” Pink
A W E S O M E call out on Cosmic Love.
My favorite album was 21st Century Breakdown by Greenday. It wasnt American Idiot, but any Greenday is the best.
My favorite single was Hot and Cold by Katie Perry. I cant get that song out of my head.
This year was bad for music.
10.LP – Discovery
9. Grand – Matt & Kim
8. Conditions – Temper Trap
7. Lungs – Florence and the Machine
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Pheonix
5. It’s Blitz – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Strict Joy – The Swell Season
3. La Roux – La Roux
2. Davy – Coconut Records
1. Manners – Passion Pit
Thank you for including Coconut Records!! I don’t think it deserves #2, but it does deserve some credit.
i only gave it number two because its my go-to album when i don’t know what i feel like. its a personal #2…but i think you are right– i don’t think in the universe of music it deserves that spot necessarily
This is one of the better lists I’ve seen. And here are mine:
Singles:
10. Pursuit of Happiness, Kid Cudi and MGMT
9. Brandy of the Damned (Mark Ronson Remix), Nikel Eye and WALE
8. Tonight’s Today, Jack Penate
7. Use Somebody, Kings of Leon
6. Psychic City, YACHT
5. Day N Nite (Crookers Remix), Kid Cudi
4. Daylight, Matt & Kim
3. Two Weeks, Grizzly Bear
2. 1901, Phoenix
1. Animal, Miike Snow
LP’s:
10. (500) Days of Summer, Various Artists
9. The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
8. Manners, Passion Pit
7. Everything Is New, Jack Penate
6. LP, Discovery
5. Grand, Matt & Kim
4. Man on the Moon: The End of Day, Kid Cudi
3. Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear
2. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
I LOVE Discovery! So catchy and fun!
LOVE La Roux. Good pick.