Thursday, November 05, 2009

Stuck On Repeat 2009: Best of lists

This, then, is where it starts: Our annual round-up of what other people are picking as their best of lists.

This post will expand as more people publish their lists
Last updated: 02-01-10

Amazon.com editor's top albums:
5. I And Love And You - Avett Brothers
4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
2. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1. Middle Cyclone - Neko Case

Associated Press entertainer of the year:
Taylor Swift

Martin Caballero of the Boston Herald's favourite album:
The Spirit Of Apollo - NASA

Broken TV's top song of the year:
Velvet - The Big Pink

Creative Review's sleeves of the year:
Further Complications - Jarvis
Logos - Atlas Sound
Around The Will - Iron And Wine
Yes - Pet Shop Boys
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan
Embryonic - Flaming Lips
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
Klang - The Rakes
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

David at It's Getting Boring By The Sea's top album:
XX - The XX

Greg Dulli's album of the year [via Filter]:
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

FACT magazine's albums of the year:
5. LP - Discovery
4. Love Comes Cold - Cold Cave
3. Fabric 45 - Omar B
2. Dancemother - Telepathe
1. XX - The XX

Faronheit's EP of the year:
Fall Be Kind - Animal Collective

Jed Gottleib of the Boston Herald's favourite album:
Get Guilty - AC Newman

Michael Gregoire's netlabels of the year:
Just Plain Sounds
Error-Broadcast
12rec.
aaahh-records
af-music

iTunes best sellers:
Album: Only by the Night - Kings Of Leon
Track: Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

Adam Lambert's album of the year [via MTV]:
The Fame - Lady GaGa

Le Corps Mince De Francoise's best live bands of 2009 [via Noize]:
"Passion Pit at Melt-festival and Health during our Germany-tour in October"

MTV man of the year:
Michael Jackson

Neilson most-played artist on British radio:
Take That

Netaudio's favourite Creative Commons albums:
Twilight Rainfalls - Anders Ilar
Depth Perceptions Vol 1 - Pronounce - Various
Netaudio Berlin Festival Sampler - Various
Elements - Mon0
Evolution Q - Various

Popjustice Reader's Poll:
Best single: Poker Face - Lady GaGa
Most annoying face: Danyl Johnson
Artwork fail: 3 Words - Cheryl Cole

Pyaramidd/Starfucker's favourite albums of 2009 [via Noize]:
Jewellery - Micachu And The Shapes
Psychic Chasms - Neon Indian
Logos - Atlas Sound - Logos
Two Suns - Bat for Lashes
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors

Rough Trade Shop's albums of the year:
5. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
4. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
3. Primary Colours - The Horrors
2. Oh My God, Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem
1. XX - The XX
Someone's turned the whole chart into a Spotify playlist

Said The Gramophone's top 75 tracks of 2009:
5. Best I Ever Had (Skeemix) - Drake featuring R Kelly
4. No Intention - Dirty Projectors
3. Two Weeks - Grizly Bear
2. Change Of Heart - El Perro Del Mar
1. Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

Bob Young of the Boston Herald's favourite album:
Musiquita - Martina Gomez

Lest we forget - previous year's best of lists
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004


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