Here are my initial thoughts on my lists of best albums of the year and of the 00's. I'm probably forgetting a couple of important albums, and there's probably a bunch I just never heard or have forgotten about. Feel free to remind me...
2009
So I think the following albums are destined (if the year were to end right now) to make it into my top 10 of 2009. That leaves one spot that is up for grabs from a rather large list of albums I'm still considering. And there's still a month and a half left in the year, so things could change.
- Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
- Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
- Passion Pit - Manners
- Sonic Youth - The Eternal
- U2 - No Line on the Horizon
- Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
- M. Ward - Hold Time
- The xx - xx
The 2000s
- Blue Scholars - Bayani
- Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
- Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts
- Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs or The Photo Album
- Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man and American IV: The Man Comes Around
- Gorillaz - Gorillaz
- Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
- Jurrasic 5 - Quality Control
- Kevn Kinney - The Flower and the Knife
- Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
- Mos Def - The New Danger
- The National - Alligator
- Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
- Okkervil River - Stage Names or The Stand-Ins
- Pearl Jam - Riot Act
- The Postal Service - Give Up
- Radiohead - Kid A
- The Roots - Phrenology
- Smoosh - Free to Stay
- Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
- The Streets - Original Pirate Material
- Ken Stringfellow - Soft Commands
- Tricky - Knowle West Boy
- The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters
- Vast Capitol - What More Else...
- Jason Webley - Only Just Beginning or The Cost of Living
- Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
- Thom Yorke - The Eraser
