In what has become close to a yearly tradition for my blog (2007 and 2008), here are the 20 albums of 2009 I enjoyed this past year.


A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage


Barcelona - Absolutes


The Fray - The Fray


Jack Savoretti - Harder Than Easy


John Mayer - Battle Studies


Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted


Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence


Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You


Mat Kearney - City of Black & White


Metric - Fantasies


Miike Snow - Miike Snow


Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much


Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk


Norah Jones - The Fall


Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up


Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms


Regina Spektor - Far


The Swell Season - Strict Joy


Uninhabitable Mansions - Nature is a Taker


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Onward to the sounds of 2010! Have a happy new year.