Dicacy Top 50 Albums of 2009

I hate top 50 album lists. Hate 'em. I just don't see how you could make one and order it properly without some key omissions--hell, just look at some of the best of 2009 lists already. But, for an especially exciting year in music, it seems like a crime to choose fewer than fifty. Here's what I came up with:

50. Here We Go Magic – Here We Go Magic

49. Javelin – Jamz n Jemz

48. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar

47. Real Estate – Real Estate

46. Laura Gibson – Beast of Seasons

45. Japandroids – Post-Nothing

44.The Field – Yesterday and Today

43. Megafaun – Gather, Form, and Fly

42. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm

41. Pictureplane – Dark Rift

40. Destroyer – Bay of Pigs EP

39. Passion Pit – Manners

38. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue

37. Delorean – Ayrton Senna EP

36. Röyksopp – Junior

35. The-Dream – Love vs. Money

34. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs

33. Micachu and the Shapes – Jewellery

32. Girls - Album

31. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns

30. The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come

29. Moderat – Moderat

28. Vitalic - Flashmob

27. Volcano Choir - Unmap

26. Dan Deacon - Bromst

25. The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love

24. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

23. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

22. Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth

21. The xx - xx

20. Washed Out – Life of Leisure EP

19. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. 2

18. St. Vincent - Actor

17. Major Lazer – Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do

16. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

15. The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa

14. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers

13. Mos Def – The Ecstatic

12. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz!

11. Fever Ray – Fever Ray

10. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

9. Memory Tapes – Seek Magic

8. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport

7. Atlas Sound – Logos

6. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms

5. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

4. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest

3. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

2. Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer

1. The Antlers – Hospice

Guys who could've easily made the list (in no order): Ducktails – Landscapes, White Rabbits – It's Frightening, jj – jj n° 2, tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs, Woods – Songs of Shame

Best new artist: Neon Indian

What I'm most excited for in the new year: Class Actress, Suckers, Sleigh Bells

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