Your Top 5 Albums of 2009

[Bobbyjames]

what are your top 5 favourite albums of 2009? for me, I'd have to say:

Frank Turner - Poetry of The Deed
Brand New - Daisy
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
Chuck Ragan - Gold Country
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

post your top 5!

[c4rlsson]

Set Your Goals – This Will Be The Death Of Us
New Found Glory – Not Without a Fight
Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Funeral For A Friend - Your History Is Mine
Skillet - Awake


something like that ;>

[samueeL]

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Anssi Kela - Aukio
Rödsögården - Rödsögården
Robbie Williams - Reality Killed Video Star
Muse - The Resistance

[Jeremy Kill]

Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Muse - The Resistance
Regina Spektor - Far

Honorable mentions:

Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

[Dylan]

Three Days Grace "Life Starts Now"
Wolfmother "Cosmic Egg"
Anti-Flag "The People or the Gun"
Alexisonfire "Old Crows/ Young Cardinals"
Billy Talent "III"

in no particular order.

[Jeremy Kill]

Holy shit, I totally forgot how many of these albums came out in 2009! It feels like the year flew by so quickly, but wow... totally forgot about Billy Talent's new album. I hardly listen to it, but still.

[Bobbyjames]

I got bored of the new BIlly Talent album pretty quickly.

[Jeremy Kill]

I got bored of the new BIlly Talent album pretty quickly.

Yeah, me too actually. It's always nice to hear new material from bands you know, but then when the songs sink in, it can be hit or miss. But I can easily listen to Frank Turner's Love Ire & Song album beginning to end no problem, though, that's not an '09 album.

[Bobbyjames]

yea, I got pretty excited for the new BT album, but once I gave it time to sink in, it just got boring. I didn't find anything exciting about it, nothing jumped out at me and grabbed my balls.

[Jon Nolan]

Thrice - Beggars
Brand New - Daisy
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Destry - It Goes On
Karen O and the Kids - Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack

[Hentaiman]

In no particular order:
Billy Talent - Billy Talent III
A Day to Remember - Homesick
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Megadeth - Endgame

Honorable mentions:
Europe - Last Look at Eden
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
AFI - Crash Love
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War


I thought Billy Talent's album was one of the greatest this year! It was amazing. I didn't really like it in the beggining, because it had more slower songs than their previous more aggressive abums, and as it seemed they became less heavy and less aggressive with each album, but this album grew on me and I still listen to it all the time.
Paramore and AFI just surprised me. I don't like these bands so much and don't listen to them much really but I could definitely say their albums this year were very professional and fresh, probably the best of each band.

[Bobbyjames]

I still havn't heard all of the new 30 Seconds To Mars album

[Hentaiman]

I still havn't heard all of the new 30 Seconds To Mars album

Its a very nice album, very atmospheric and slow moving but good overall. Good winter album, IMO.

[Dylan]

I wouldn't call BT3 absolutely amazing, but it was a great album and I think it's just the type of album they had to put out. The only "faster" songs were Turn Your Back and Definition of Destiny, but I think thry did great with the hard-rock-groovish-songs like Rusted, Devil(2) and Dead Cant Testify. I'm more impressed with the bsides though, they were awesome and I have no idea why they weren't on the album. BN+BH couldve been a great hard rock single and DNTP couldve been a good hit on the pop charts. I do hope that for IV they do some faster songs, though.

Ps I'm abreviating because I'm on my iPod and I'm trying to save time.

[Jake-41]

Nobody else thought "Rusted From The Rain" was fucking awesome?
Prolly my favorite song for about 2 months..

[Jeremy Kill]

Nobody else thought "Rusted From The Rain" was fucking awesome?
Prolly my favorite song for about 2 months..

It was okay. The main riff reminded me of Nirvana.

[Hentaiman]

I wouldn't call BT3 absolutely amazing, but it was a great album and I think it's just the type of album they had to put out. The only "faster" songs were Turn Your Back and Definition of Destiny, but I think thry did great with the hard-rock-groovish-songs like Rusted, Devil(2) and Dead Cant Testify. I'm more impressed with the bsides though, they were awesome and I have no idea why they weren't on the album. BN+BH couldve been a great hard rock single and DNTP couldve been a good hit on the pop charts. I do hope that for IV they do some faster songs, though.

Ps I'm abreviating because I'm on my iPod and I'm trying to save time.

Hmm I would consider Tears Into Wine and Saint Veronika as faster songs as well, even if not that heavy or anything, although I would say Saint Veronika is pretty heavy and with the screaming and all. Anyway, I agree about the B-sides, the two b-sides were simply amazing and considering there were only 11 tracks on the album, I think they should've added those two to the album and have 13 tracks on the album or whatever, or even replace Sudden Movements, its my least favorite track on the album and from what lots of guys here I remember and on the official BT boards say, its also the least favorite track of lots of people. Its just kinda slow and not really moving, kinda boring. I agree that Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts could be a cool rock-on single and Don't Need to Pretend could've been a good slow song single. In my opinion, it was an amazing album anyway, even though If I didn't like it in the beggining, cuz it lacked a lot of the energized heavy songs from previous albums, It grew on me and I like it anyway, I mean, some songs are kinda mellow and all, but still not like some mellow songs from the past like Worker Bees or Pins and Needles who were much slower IMO.

[Bass Cone]

1. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
2. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain
3. Atlas Sound - Logos
4. M. Ward - Hold Time
5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

In that order.

[Boni]

I've spent about 20 minutes thinking about this and these are my favorite albums (in order) of 2009

1. Awake - Skillet
2. Homesick - A Day To Remember
3. The Best In Town - The Blackout
4. Wrath - Lamb of God
5. With Roots Above and Branches Below - The Devil Wears Prada

[tomhoppus]

Well...

1. 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
2. Lines, Vines, Trying Times - Jonas Brothers
3. The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas
4. Rebirth - Lil Wayne
5. The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga