2009 Album of the Year

The Podcast
[Parental Advisory]

1. Animal Collective
    Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. KiD CuDi
    Man on the Moon: The End of Day
3. The Swell Season
    Strict Joy
4. Maxwell
    BLACKsummer'snight
5. The Decemberists
    The Hazards of Love
6. Passion Pit
    Manners
7. Amadou & Mariam
    Welcome To Mali
8. The Flaming Lips
    Embryonic
9. Jay-Z
    Blueprint 3
10. Mission of Burma
     The Sound, The Speed, The Light

Honorable Mention:
Califone, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers | The Dodos, Time to Die | Skyzoo, The Salvation

Note: Ultimately, I decided not to include The Dodos' 2008 album Visiter on my 2009 list, even though it may have been the best recording I heard this past year.

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