Your top albums of 2009?

[bucksfan07]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

1. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus (Great indie pop)
2. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion (Hated at first but it grew on me)
3. Rodrigo y Gabriella- 11:11 (great acoustic guitar)
4. Dave Matthews Band- Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
5. The Black Crowes- Before The Frost...Until The Freeze

[savoie2006]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

No love for Them Crooked Vultures? Surprises me a bit, I thought you were a Josh Homme fan. Didn't care for it or just haven't gotten around to it yet?

Them Crooked Vultures was a solid cd, but to me it sounded too much like Queens Of The Stone Age under a different name, rather than a side project/super group. Both Grohl and Jones are exceptional musicians and I wish there would have been more of their influence in it all. It seems basically like Homme ran the show. Unlike Eagles Of Death Metal, Them Crooked Vultures don't sound like Homme is stepping outside his cozy QOTSA box.

[55]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Slayer - World Painted Blood

These guys still shred as hard as they did twenty years ago.

Man, that riff at 0:59 is classic Slayer all the way.
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[Bornindamecca]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

^^^That's a good song. Gotta check that album out.

In no particular order

Between the Buried and Me:The Great Misdirect
The Black Dahlia Murder: Deflorate
Dream Theater: Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Lonely Island: Incredibad(not new, but new to me)
Cryptopsy: Unspoken King (technically 08)
Lupe Fiasco:Enemy of the State; a love story

[roadman]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Them Crooked Vultures was a solid cd, but to me it sounded too much like Queens Of The Stone Age under a different name, rather than a side project/super group. Both Grohl and Jones are exceptional musicians and I wish there would have been more of their influence in it all. It seems basically like Homme ran the show. Unlike Eagles Of Death Metal, Them Crooked Vultures don't sound like Homme is stepping outside his cozy QOTSA box.

There are some Zep influences in some of those songs as well. I thought for sure one song started out in a continuous Zep riff. Grohl and Homme are big time Zep fans. Also, I liked Grohl's drumming on this disc. Homme offered Grohl to be lead singer and he refused and said, I'm the drummer.

[injunwal]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

1. Mastadon - Crack the Skye
2. Between the Buried and Me - the Great Misdirect
3. Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood
4. Katatonia - Night is the New Day
5. Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimension
6. Baroness - The Blue album

[aukevin]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now
Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Halestorm - Halestorm

[techhokies]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the young
Weezer - Ratitude
Vampire Weekend - Vampire weekend (don't know if it came out this year, I just discovered it this year though)

Dave matthews band - Big whiskey and the Groogrux king
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
Regina Spektor - Far

[Bornindamecca]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

1. Mastadon - Crack the Skye
2. Between the Buried and Me - the Great Misdirect
3. Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood
4. Katatonia - Night is the New Day
5. Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimension
6. Baroness - The Blue album

Holy Crap! I didn't even know that there was a new Scar Symmetry out! Good news for me!

[Misfit]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

1. Mastadon - Crack the Skye
2. Between the Buried and Me - the Great Misdirect
3. Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood
4. Katatonia - Night is the New Day
5. Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimension
6. Baroness - The Blue album

I've heard good things about the new Katatonia but haven't had a chance to check it out yet. Even Mikael Akerfeldt was pimping it a couple of months ago.

[Bornindamecca]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Ohhhhh wowwww that Scar Symmetry is ridiculous. LOVE that album. I won't do any of my favorite bands the disservice of comparing their releases, but I'm SHOCKED at how much I love Dark matter Dimensions, and this is coming from a guy that listened to Holographic Universe on loop.

In DMD, they almost did every single thing I ever wanted to do in a metal album. Now I gotta think of new **** to do.

[Admiral50]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Mine are just on my personal tastes alone and how much playtime they got.

- Timbaland: Shock Value 2
- Swollen Members: Armed to the Teeth
- Tech N9ne - K.O.D.
- Utada: This is the One

[X*Cell]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Skyzoo's "The Salvation" & Wale's "Attention Deficit"

[Bornindamecca]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

Skyzoo's "The Salvation" & Wale's "Attention Deficit"

I enjoyed Wale's Attention Deficit, but a friend told me that he was as good as Lupe. I strongly disagree.

[BlueNGold]

Re: Your top albums of 2009?

I enjoyed Wale's Attention Deficit, but a friend told me that he was as good as Lupe. I strongly disagree.

Yeah Wale isn't on Lupe's level or at least not yet but AD was a solid, solid album.