Best albums of 2009

Top 20:
the xx - xx (saw live)
animal collective - mpp + fall be kind ep
dirty projectors - bitte orca
atlas sound - logos
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz
circulatory system - signal morning
dan deacon - bromst (saw in concert)
grizzly bear - veckatimest (saw last summer)
dark was the night (compilation)
high places - high places
mos def - the ecstatic
mf doom as doom - born like this
neon indian - psychic chasms
fever ray - fever ray
wavves - wavves
st vincent - actor
handsome furs - face control
bat for lashes - two suns
the antlers - hospice
sun O))) - monoliths & dimensions

Notable releases:
andrew bird - noble beast / useless creatures
sparklehorse and danger mouse - dark night of the soul (collab)
yacht - see mystery lights
nomo - invisible cities (saw live)
matt & kim - grand
miike snow - miike snow
wild beasts - two dancers
big pink - brief history of love
bonnie 'prince' billy
real estate - real estate
jj - jj2
generationals - con law
the pains of being pure at heart - [self-titled] (saw last summer)

Let-downs: wilco - wilco (the album), the dodos - time to die

I liked Tiny Mix Tapes' list.