Top 25 Albums of 2009 -- Alex Murphy    
   

      This is my opinion.
      These are my favorite albums of 2009.

25.
   hymn to the immortal wind
   MONO

24.
   see mystery lights
   YACHT

23.
   eskimo snow
   WHY?

22.
   open up finders, please
   AGE SIXTEEN

21.
   the fallen host
   BLUENECK

20.
   chez viking
   THE MERCURY PROGRAM

19.
   the bay of future passed
   MICROFILM

18.
   here be dragons
   KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ ENSEMBLE

17.
   sing along to songs you don't know
   MUM

16.
   it doesn't matter
   SAXON SHORE

15.
   untitled
   DEER GEAR

14.
   on little known frequencies
   FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES

13.
   from fathoms
   GIFTS FROM ENOLA

12.
   xx
   THE XX

11.
   an anxious object
   MOUSE ON THE KEYS

10.
   tertia
   CASPIAN

09.
   two dancers
   WILD BEASTS

08.
   shutter release
   LYMBYC SYSTYM

07.
   beacons of ancestorship
   TORTOISE

06.
   born like this
   MF DOOM

05.
   other truths
   DO MAKE SAY THINK

04.
   deep in the shallow end
   GRAY GHOST

03.
   signal morning
   CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

02.
   post-nothing
   JAPANDROIDS

01.
   sketch on glass / maybes
   MOUNT KIMBIE





Honorable mentions:   
goonies never say die - in a forest without trees
sgt. - capital of gravity
dead sea - self titled
sunwrae - autumn never fail
team teamwork - the ocarina of rhyme
wavves - wavvves
town of machine - selt titled
pelican - ephemeral/what we all come to need
soap&skin - lovetune for vacuum
converge - axe to fall
isis - wavering radiant
small black - self titled
black hat brigade - "fathers"
asobi seksu - hush
major lazer - guns don't kill people... lazers do
mount eerie - white stag/wind's poem
bell orchestre - as seen through windows
cougar - patriot
dirty projectors - bitte orca
four tet - much love to the plastic people
odd nosdam - t.i.m.e. soundtrack
aufgang - self titled
zu - carbiniferous
mountains - choral




25. mono - hymn to the immortal wind
24. yacht - see mystery lights
23. why - eskimo snow
22. age sixteen - open up finders, please
21. blueneck - the fallen host
20. mercury program - chez viking
19. microfilm - the bay of future passed
18. kilimanjaro darkjazz ensemble - here be dragons
17. mum - sing along to songs you don't know
16. saxon shore - it doesn't matter
15. deer gear - untitled
14. from monument to masses - on little known frequencies
13. gifts from enola - from fathoms
12. the xx - xx
11. mouse on the keys - an anxious object
10. caspian - tertia
09. wild beasts - two dancers
08. lymbyc systym - shutter release
07. tortoise - beacons of ancestorship
06. mf doom - born like this
05. do make say think - other truths
04. gray ghost - deep in the shallow end
03. circulatory system - signal morning
02. japandroids - post-nothing
01. mount kimbie - sketch on glass/maybes