Lotus Flow3r and MPLSound are the only records I have enjoyed this far.

My favourite albums of the year so far are...

Kinny - 'The Idle Forest Of Chit Chat'
Alice Russell - 'Pot Of Gold'

Going to see Alice tonight - can't wait!

P.J. Harvey & John Parish, A Woman Walked By
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
Britney, Circus

The only 2009 albums I've heard so far are:

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Prince - Lotusflow3r
Prince - Mplsound

Of those, Neko Case is the best easily.

However, the album I've played the most this year is the Ladyhawke disc from 2008. I shouldn't have waited so long to pick it up.

Colin Munroe- The Unsung Hero
Daniel Merriweather- Love and War
Brandun Deshay- Volume Two For The Money
Prince- MPLSound

Princ3.

sextonseven said:

That album is a sleeper. She should be much bigger than she is!

As far as this year's albums..



Really loving this! It's better than Dance Hall at Louse Point. There's more variety and a wider range of emotional performances. Plus, the music's pretty kick-ass!

"A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go"



I loved their 2008 album Skeleton. This only builds upon that record. Their Stevie Nicks cover ain't half bad, either.

"Don't Lie" + "The Reaper"



Deadpan, diffident vocals atop beyond dreamy synths and heavily percussive drum tracks. Imagine two tomboys making their version of modern pop with a little 4AD thrown in for good measure.

"In Your Line" & "Can't Stand It"

Songs..

Animal Collective "My Girls"
Black Church "Clara"
Grizzly Bear "Cheerleader"
Kelly Clarkson "Whyyawannabringmedown"
Fever Ray "When I Grow Up"
Marissa Nadler "Mary Come Alive"
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sextonseven said:

I thought you already had It's Blitz

Have I even bought any 2009 albums yet, besides Lotusflow3r?!

I will have Bat for Lashes' and Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums by the end of the week though

Lily Allen It's Not Me It's You

sextonseven said:

It's great, isn't it?

So far I've only got 6 new albums this year.

Prince / MPLSound 9/10
Prince / LotusFlow3r 9/10
Bruce Springsteen / Working On A Dream 8/10
U2 / No Line On The Horizon 8/10
Empire Of The Sun / Walking On A Dream 7/10 (Only got a UK release this year)
Bria Valente / Elixer 7/10

Looking forward to the La Roux album, I love quicksand and In for the Kill.

oh, errant reminded me, i really do like that animal collective album. i haven't had a chance to listen to it very much, but what i heard i liked.

thekidsgirl said:

I do, but it hasn't found its way into my disc player yet. Same goes for PJ/John Parish. I'm slow.

For right now...

Pet Shop Boys YES. And the new single Love Etc is great!

I think my favorite album for this year is going to be Mika.

Moonbeam said:

Fantastic. The album would have easily made my top 10 of 2008 if I had gotten it last year.

And I got to see Ladyhawke live a few weeks ago too. The crowd was nuts. She said we were by far the most energetic crowd she's ever played to in the states. Imagine that, a blasé hipster crowd was energetic! Pics: http://www.brooklynvegan....heart.html

superspaceboy said:

Yeah, out of the new ones I like this the most.

But I discovered so many old albums this year, they are new to me!!

Relatively current is Sam Sparro's album, I like it.

OK let's start. From 2008 but released as a single in 2009.



elegant haunting song and video...cool lyrics too!

and a really nice cover:
http://hypem.com/#/track/...ri+Version

Right now (songs):

1) "Pole In My Basement"
2) "Dreamer" (Leno Version)
3) "Boom"

Favorite song: Dreamer, Prince
Favorite album: Lotusflow3r,Prince

U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Handsome Furs - Face Control

there's a lot of music i have piled up but haven't got to yet including neko case and the new pj harvey so they may make it to the (short) list as well. the two records listed, though, have pretty much been nonstop on my jPod, stereo, and office computer...

Moonbeam said:

I listened to this finally last night. I like it more than Fur and Gold. It's a close second behind Neko Case for my fave album of 2009 so far.

Vendetta1 said:

Oh I like that song too.

KWms31 said:

I like his remake of U're Gonna C Me more than the original. Prince did the damn thing with Lotusflow3r/MPLSound, my favorite CD's of the year so far.
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the knife marble house.

Songs:

The way it used to be by The Pet Shop Boys
Dreamer by Prince

Albums:

Pet Shop Boys´ Yes
Prince´s MPLSoUND

sextonseven said:

I really love it a lot. A contender for my favorite so far along with YYY.

so far only No Line On The Horizon by U2. i haven't heard anything i else loved yet

I'm listening to Chester French too

Definetely not anything by Prince. 'Fever Ray' by the artist of the same is a very unusual yet interesting album. It's by the singer from The Knife, Karin Dreijer Andersson. There's hints of Vangelis and African beats in the mix and is all together very good indeed.