My Top 25 Albums of 2009

25. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
24. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
23. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
22. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
21. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
20. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
19. Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
18. Royksopp - Junior
17. Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
16. The xx - The xx
15. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
14. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
12. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
11. The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
10. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
9. Metric - Fantasies
8. Emmy the Great - First Love
7. Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
4. Asobi Seksu - Hush
3. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
1. St. Vincent - Actor