It's getting close to the end of the year, and almost all the major releases are already out. Time to start looking back at the year that was.

Here's My list:


My Favorite 20 Albums of 2009:


20. Tonight - Franz Ferdinand
19. Years of Refusal - Morrissey
18. I Look To You - Whitney Houston
17. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
16. The Resistance - Muse
15. Backspacer - Pearl Jam
14. Yes - Pet Shop Boys
13. Foot of the Mountain - a-Ha
12. Wind of Change - Sound of the Blue Heart
11. Stockholm Syndrome - Derek Webb
10. Together Through Life - Bob Dylan
9. No Line on the Horizon - U2
8. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band
7. Lotusflow3r/MPLSound - Prince
6. The Eternal - Sonic Youth
5. Embryonic - Flaming Lips
4. In This Light and On This Evening - Editors
3. Swoon - Silversun Pickups
2. Abnormally Attracted to Sin / Midwinter Graces - Tori Amos
1. Fantasies - Metric


My Favorite 25 tracks of 2009
(one per artist):

25. Sexy Bitch - David Guetta/Akon
24. Black Hearted Love - PJ Harvey & John Parish
23. Laughing With - Regina Spektor
22. These Are My Twisted Words - Radiohead
21. Wrong - Depeche Mode
20. Porcelain Doll - Chrisette Michelle
19. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - U2
18. Uprising - Muse
17. I Didn't Know My Own Strength - Whitney Houston
16. Time Bomb - Dave Matthews Band
15. This Used To Be The Future - Pet Shop Boys
14. What Matters More - Derek Webb
13. Best I Ever Had - Drake
12. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11. Dance 4 Me - Prince
10. Wind of Change - Sound of the Blue Heart
9. Nothing Is Keeping You Here - a-Ha
8. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
7. Daniel - Bat for Lashes
6. The Strangers - St. Vincent
5. Panic Switch - Silversun Pickups
4. Papillion - Editors
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Bob Dylan
2. Curtain Call - Tori Amos
1. Gimme Sympathy - Metric