Staff Lists -- Thom's Top 25 Albums of 2009

Well, without further ado, I unveil my top 25 album list. I have two metal albums in the top 10 (including the number 1 album!), which I thought was noteworthy. Suck it, other Koolthingzzz writers!


25. Girls - Album



Favorite Tracks: Lust For Life, Hellhole Ratrace


24. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm



Favorite Tracks: Pieces, Said The People


23. DOOM - Born Like This



Favorite Tracks: Angelz, Gazillion Ear


22. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns



Favorite Tracks: Daniel, Glass


21. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP



Favorite Tracks: What Would I Want? Sky, Graze


20. The xx - Self-Titled



Favorite Tracks: Crystalised, Islands


19. Them Crooked Vultures - Self-Titled



Favorite Tracks: New Fang, Bandoliers

18. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains



Favorite Tracks: Wind Phoenix (Proper Name), Cold Spring

17. White Rabbits - It's Frightening



Favorite Tracks: Percussion Gun, Rudie Fails

16. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Self-Titled



Favorite Tracks: Young Adult Friction, This Love Is Fucking Right


15. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer



Favorite Tracks: Idiot Heart, Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!

14. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand



Favorite Tracks: No You Girls, Send Him Away

13. Passion Pit - Manners



Favorite Tracks: Sleepyhead, Make Light

12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz



Favorite Tracks: Soft Shock, Dull Life

11. The Antlers - Hospice



Favorite Tracks: Two, Bear

10. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic



Favorite Tracks: Convinced Of The Hex, Watching The Planets


9. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms



Favorite Tracks: Deadbeat Summer, Should Have Taken Acid With You

8. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion



Favorite Tracks: My Girls, Daily Routine


7. Baroness - The Blue Record



Favorite Tracks: Swollen And Halo, A Horse Called Golgotha

6. St. Vincent - Actor



Favorite Tracks: Actor Out Of Work, The Neighbors

5. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II



Favorite Tracks: House Of Flying Daggers, New Wu

4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest



Favorite Tracks: Two Weeks, Fine For Now

3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix



Favorite Tracks: Lisztomania, Lasso

2. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca



Favorite Tracks: Cannibal Resource, Useful Chamber

1. Mastodon - Crack The Skye



Favorite Tracks: Divinations, Oblivion