Pitchfork, the 800 pound gorilla of indie music online, has published their choice of top 50 albums of the year.  Here’s their top ten.

  1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
  2. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
  3. The XX – The XX
  4. Flaming Lips – Embryonic
  5. Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx Pt II
  6. Grizzly Bears – Veckatimest
  7. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
  8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  9. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
  10. Girls – Album

Swinging around 180 degrees, Rolling Stone publishes their 25 best albums of the year.  Here’s their top ten.

  1. U2 – No Line on the Horizon
  2. Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream
  3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  4. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
  5. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
  6. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
  7. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
  8. The Dream – Love vs. Money
  9. The XX – The XX
  10. Sonic Youth – The Eternal

All Music Guide lists their favorite albums of 2009 in alphabetical order.  It’s a very long list.

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