As always, here are my top records of the year. I will be attempting to post a top 50 of the entire decade. It will be interesting to see how my tastes have changed in between the times I posted my favorites from any given year to now. I know there are some albums (Fevers and Mirrors, The Sunset Tree immediately come to mind) that really stuck with me since they came out, as well as records (The Cold Vein, Madvillainy, Hell Hath No Fury, basically any good rap record...) that I discovered long after they came out. But for now, here's 2009:

20 Yo La Tengo- Popular Songs
19 Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
18 Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
17 Real Estate- Real Estate
16 City Center- City Center
15 Cymbals Eat Guitars- Why There Are Mountains
14 Flaming Lips- Embryonic
13 The XX- The XX
12 Wild Beasts- Two Dancers
11 Atlas Sound- Logos
10 Sunset Rubdown- Dragonslayer
09 Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
08 Girls- Album
07 Bat For Lashes- Two Suns
06 Animal Collective- Fall Be Kind EP
05 Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
04 The Antlers- Hospice
03 Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
02 Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
01 Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion