Let this be your guide :)
Source(s):
http://www.bestalbumsof2009.com/

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Jason Mraz We Sing, We Dance , We Steal things

Green Day 21st Century Breakdown

Matisyahu Light

The Beatles remastered box set
Source(s):
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keyw...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-key...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-key...

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There have been some good albums this year. Here are my favorites:

1. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (not as good as their last, but still awesome)
   
2. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (chill music, whistling)
   
3. Jack Johnson - En Concert (live album, predictably good)
   
4. Vetiver - Tight Knit (very catchy. Indie but still awesome)
   
5. The Union Line - The Union Line (two great songs: strangers and pearls)
   
6. The XX - XX (very indie but good)
   
7. Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky (more funny stuff from the NewZ duo)
8. Sparklehorse - Dark Night of The Soul (Dangermouse-ish)
   

Source(s):
http://ilikethissong.com

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I like a wide range of music, but these are the my most favorite ones that I thought of.

Matisyahu-Light (Jewish Reggae)
Sleepthief-Labyrinthine Heart Review (Electronica)
T.I.-Paper Trail (Hip Hop)
Cage the Elephant (Rock)
Pink-Funhouse (Rock)
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The XX - XX
The Antlers - Hospice
M Ward - Hold Time
Source(s):
My iTunes library

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Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Black Crowes - Before the Frost, Until the Freeze
U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7 - White Lies for Black Times
Drivin n' Cryin - The Great American Bubble Factory
Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - It's Blitz
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
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My Top 25 albums for 2009

1. The Unforgettable Fire by U2
2. Fearless by Taylor Swift
3. The Annie Lennox Collection by Annie Lennox
4.Congo Square by Teena Marie
5. Let The Dominoes Fall by Rancid
6. 21 Century Breakdown by Green Day
7. Hold Back My Heart by Michael Johns
8. Reckoning by R.e.m
9. Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
10. Who Sell Out by The Who
11.Keep It Hid by Dan Auerbach
12.Farm by Dinosaur Jr
13.School Out by Alice Cooper
14. The Incident by Porcupine Tree
15.Townes by Steve Earle
16.Wrath by Lamb Of GOD
17.Evisceration Plague by Cannibal Corpse
18.Strange Cousins From The West by Clutch
19.Fantasies by Metric
20.Fever Ray by Fever Ray
21.Two Suns by Bat For Lashes
22. Rio by Duran Duran
23. The Eternal by Sonic Youth
24.Church Music by David Crowder Band
25.Crack The Skye by Mastodon

http://music.toptenreviews.com/years/list_2009_2.htm
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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a dream
Rolling Stone (p.66) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Springsteen has mastered the key sounds of rock's golden age, and he deploys them at will on this album, diving deep into influences that he's only hinted at before on record."
Source(s):
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7803641
and my music taste...

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30h!3__________ Want
Kanye__________ 808s & Heartbreak
Shwayze________ Shwayze
Optimus Rhyme__ He Dies in Rocket School (obey the moderator -track)
Dual Core_______ Lost Reality (unplug -track)
JayZ___________ The Blueprint 3
Chamillionaire___ Mixtape Messiah 7 (internet thugs attack -track)

*honorable mention
Dale Chase_____Absodefilutely - That's So Meta track (first song I know to mention Mahalo.com...its also hip-hop..."I think you better ask Mahalo")

**some of these are late 2008 but you have to own these
Source(s):
www.amazon.com/music

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It Hugs Back | Inside Your Guitar
Doves | Kingdom of Rust
Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion
Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Wilco | Wilco (The Album)
Soulive | Up Here
Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest

And this cannot be stressed enough: Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Source(s):
iTunes Library

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1.) The Mountain Goats "The Life of the World to Come"
2.) Deep Sea Diver "New Caves EP"
3.) The xx "xx"
4.) They Might Be Giants "Here Comes Science"
5.) The Antlers "Hospice"
6.) Andrew Bird "Nobel Beast"
7.) Rodrigo y Gabriella "11:11"
8.) The Flaming Lips "Embryonic"
9.) Telefon Tel Aviv "Emolate Yourself"
10.) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart"
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Lots of interesting variety in the selections thus far. Here are mine, in no particular order:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, ''It's Blitz''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGxBTsmuRIk

St. Vincent, ''Actor''
MF Doom, ''Born Like This''
Grizzly Bear, ''Veckatimest''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ

Dinosaur Jr, ''Farm''
Built to Spill, ''There is No Enemy''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfQk7MOWQn8

Amanda Blank, ''I Love You''
Bob Dylan, ''Together Through Life''
The Fiery Furances, ''I'm Going Away''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQIvXptYD1k

White Rabbits, ''It's Frightening''
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Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Pearl Jam - The Fixer

Wilco - Wilco (the album)

Joe Purdy - Last Clock On The Wall

Iron and Wine - Norfolk (Live)
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All great albums
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Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
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Fever Ray: "Fever Ray"
Metric: "Fantasies"
Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Pains of Being Pure at Heart"
Harlem Shakes: "Technicolor Health"
The XX: "XX"
The Balconies: "The Balconies"
Nurses: "Apple's Acres"
Handsome Furs: "Face Control"
Joel Plaskett: "Three of Three"
Lightning Dust: "Infinite Light"
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Not in any particular order, but these were the top albums for me this year:

Phoenix - "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"
Grizzly Bear "Veckatimest"
Pearl Jam "Backspacer"
Alice In Chains "Black Gives Way To Blue"
Chickenfoot "Chickenfoot"

These get played over and over and I never tire of them.

One coming out in a couple of weeks that should be a great album is from Them Crooked Vultures. Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin and Jose Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age.

Honorable Mention:
If you like a harder metal sound, the latest release from Papa Roach "Metamorphosis" is really good.
Source(s):
Albums I've purchased on CD, from iTunes or Amazon.com

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Groan... I don't listen to "albums" per se...

I assemble play-lists which I let loop until I've got them memed into my brain like ear-worms and can play them back in my mind with new tracks of my own composition added, whereupon I build another list and do it again, but technically, they could be described as "custom albums", and for the last couple weeks it's been this:

--------------------------- week 3-4 Oct 2009 ------------------------------------------
i - http://tunes.digitalock.com/mahalo/jiraiya.mp3
ii - http://tunes.digitalock.com/mahalo/Damien_Robitaille-Metres_De_Mon_Etre.mp3
iii - http://tunes.digitalock.com/mahalo/overtherainbo.mp3
iv - http://tunes.digitalock.com/mahalo/OtisTaylorNastyLetter.mp3
v - http://tunes.digitalock.com/mahalo/Will.I.Am-AlexOnTheSpot.mp3
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If you want more I can go back and post the play lists I put together for each 2-3 week period through 2009.
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Lots of great albums this year for me.

Metric - Fantasies
Antlers - Hospice
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Bliss
Where the Wild Things Soundtrack
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Mountain Goats - Life of the World to Come
No Age - Losing Feeling
Islands - Vapours
Volcano Choir - Unmap
La Roux - La Roux
Mount Eerie - Winds Poem
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
St. Vincent - Actor
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
Dark Was The Night compilation

That's my list. Of all of these, I've probably listened to the Antlers and Grizzly Bear the most.
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For 2009, though, I’m hoping for a more memorable year and, judging from the list of albums coming up this year, it might just happen. Bellow, you can check out just a few of 2009’s albums that we’re dying to listen to.

1. Animal Collective - Merryweather Post Pavilion (January 13th)
2. John Frusciante - The Empyrian (January 20th)
3. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (January 27th)
4. Lily Allen - It’s Not Me, It’s You (February 9th)
5. Morrissey - Years of Refusal (February 16th)
6. U2 - No Line on the Horizon (March 3rd)
7. Mastodon - Crack The Skye (March ?)
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - TBA
9. Grizzly Bear - TBA (May ?)
10. No Doubt - TBA ( first half ‘09)
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Source(s):
http://www.zmemusic.com/feature/the-10-most-anticipated-new-albums-of-2009/

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There are a lot of popular albums this year but the only album I found myself able to listen to over and over again was Bob Dylan's newest album, Together Through Life. This man continues to produce truly original music, just a beautiful album, he is like a vintage wine, this album may have been overlooked by many but the critics all seem to have loved it. Kind of has a little Cajun flare mixed with folk and country
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Here are my favorites:

If you're at all into rap, Eminem-Relapse brings a breathe of fresh air into a genre where it seems like every song sounds the same. Strongly recommended.

I was also really impressed by Paramore's latest CD brand-new-eyes-paramore. It leans more to rock than to pop, which I think is a good thing. Great combination of fast songs, as well as a few slower ones.

Paper Route release their first LP this year, and their music sounds like no other contemporary group. Rolling Stone describes their music as "Melodic, emotional synth-rock that pulses with an ambient undercurrent reminiscent of vintage Boards of Canada or Aphex Twin."
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/29/breaking-paper-route/

If you're into pop, try out Weezer's new album "Raditude." It just came out this Tuesday, and it's got some really catchy songs! Truly a fun album.

The latest Kings of Leon album has been universally raved about. It's called "Only By The Night."

Muse's latest album, The Resistance, I've also heard great things about.
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JJ - JJ Nª2
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Bastards Motion Picture Soudtrack
The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Nayra Andrade - Storia, storia
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"That is it" - Michael Jackson.
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Been meaning to do a list for some time. Here it is in no particular order:

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
The Mountain Goats - Life of the World to Come
Vetiver - Tight Knit
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
Dark Was The Night - Compilation
Michael Jackson - This Is It
St Vincent - Actor
Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart
Bon Iver - Bloodbank
Morissey - Year's of Refusal
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Antony and the Jonhsons - The Crying Light
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Breakup
(500) Days of Summer - The Soundtrack
7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out
Source(s):
wikipedia.com
http://www.bestalbumsof2009.com/
spinner.com

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Thrice album: Beggars
As tall as lions album: You can't take it with you
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Grrr, only a side mention of Muse: The Resistance? This is an amazing album from front to back and is my pick for best of 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OOWcsFj0U
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Lamb of God's Wrath:



Black Eyed Peas' The End:


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10. Neon Indian - "Pyschic Chasms"
http://www.amazon.com/Psychic-Chasms/dp/B002RV97AY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1257446267&sr=8-1

9. Deer Tick - "War Elephant"
http://www.amazon.com/WarElephant/dp/B001J7ADGO/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1257446312&sr=301-1

8. Fnessnej - "Stay Fresh, Ey"
http://www.last.fm/music/fnessnej/stay+fresh%2C+ey301-1

7. Plaster - "First Aid Kit"
http://www.last.fm/music/Plaster/First+Aid+Kit

6. Miike Snow - "Animal"
http://www.last.fm/music/Miike+Snow/Animal

5. Atlas Sound - "Logos"
http://www.myspace.com/atlassound

4. Dan Deacon - "Bromst"
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.singleplaylist&friendid=5439084

3. Jack Penate - "Everything is New"
http://www.myspace.com/jackpenate

2. Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Eating Us"
http://www.myspace.com/blackmothsuperrainbow

1. Do Make Say Think - "Other Truths"
http://www.domakesaythink.com/
Source(s):
itunes library "Most Played & 2009"

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I am not listing these in any particular order, other then the fact that they are my favourite albums of 2009 (so far)

1. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
2. Seasick Steve - Man From Another Time
3. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
5. Eels - Hombre Lobo
6. Regina Spektor - Far
7. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
8. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
9. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
10. Reverend & The Makers - A French Kiss in the Chaos
11. Mavado - Mr. Brooks... A Better Tomorrow
12. Ida Maria - Fortress around my Heart
13. Peter Bjorn & John - Living Thing
14. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
15. Nirvana - Live at reading
16. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
17. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
18. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
19. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
20. Cage - Depart From Me

A few others i have left out, But these are definitley The best of the year for me so far.. Each band suits me in a different mood :-)
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Favorite Albums of 2009:

Dear Agony - Breaking Benjamin

The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas

Save Me, San Francisco - Train

Brand New Eyes - Paramore

Backspacer - Pearl Jam

Funhouse - Pink

Life Starts Now - Three Days Grace
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I'm going to have to say:

1. Black Eyed Peas - The End
2. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
3. Pink - Funhouse
4. LMFAO - Party Rock
5. Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce

The reason for these is the fact that there was multiple chart topping songs that I loved from all of these guys. I work in an entertainment complex and noticed songs from all these albums constantly playing! They are simply musical geniuses.
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Owl City- Ocean Eyes

3oh!3- Want

All Time Low- Nothing Personal

NeverShoutNever- The Summer Ep

Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack

Good Old War- Only Way To Be Alone

The Maine- Can't Stop Wont Stop

Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing

Muse- The Resistance

The Devil Wears Prada- With Roots Above and Branches Below

Um this is all I can really think of off the top of my head. It's basically just a list of what I listen to haha, but I hope you enjoy it, they really are a bunch of good albums.
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This would be my "mostly mainstream" best of the year list (so far), keeping in mind that there are still a few interesting albums coming out in the next month. As I'm Canadian, there are definitely a couple of bands/artists you may not know of, and I highly recommend checking them out.

k-os - Yes!
One of Canada's best hip-hop artists.
Notable tracks: "4 3 2 1" and "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman"

Muse - The Resistance
Easily one of my all-time favorite rock/alternative bands.
Notable tracks: "Uprising", "Unnatural Selection" and "Guiding Light"

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
A solid indie-rock album with serious synth-pop standards.
Notable tracks: "1901", "Lisztomania" and "Armistice"

Dinosaur Jr - Farm
The band that left their mark on the late 80s and early 90s return with a solid, absolutely powerful return-to-form.
Notable tracks: 
"I Want You to Know", "Over It" and "Ocean in the Way"

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
The phenomenal eighth album from one of alternative rock's best bands.
Notable tracks: "Before the Lobotomy", "Peacemaker" and "21st Century Breakdown"

Emm Gryner - Goddess
Powerful folk-pop from a great indie Canadian singer/songwriter.
Notable tracks: "Young as the Night", "Leftover Love" and "Goddess"

The Tragically Hip - We Are The Same
Canada's long-standing, mind-blowingly awesome, rock ensemble.
Notable tracks: "Love Is a First", "Country Day" and "The Last Recluse"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
New York's synthrock champions, with their third dance-inspired album.
Notable tracks: "Zero", "Heads Will Roll" and "Shame and Fortune"

Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Rootsy pop-rock from a seminal American alternative band.
Notable tracks: "You Never Know", "You and I" and "Wilco (The Song)"

Metric - Fantasies
Yet another example of Canada's powerhouse of music talent, Metric's fourth album is nothing short of genius.
Notable tracks: "Help I'm Alive", "Sick Muse" and "Gimme Sympathy"

Honourable Mention:
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
A gutsy pop album that deserves loads of respect, and is well worth a few listens.
Notable tracks: "My Life Would Suck Without You", "I Do Not Hook Up" and "Long Shot"


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I have a feeling the best album of 2009 will be - Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment but it doesn’t come out till November 23, 2009. I’m eagerly awaiting it!

My favs so far are as follows:

GLEE Soundtrack 1!

Lady Gaga The Fame

Pink The FunHouse

Taylor Swift Fearless

David Cook – album titled David Cook

Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D.

Carrie Underwood Play On (newest album)

Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted

Eminem Relapse

Beyonce Sasha Fierc

U2 No Line on the Horizon

Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

Green Day 21st Century Breakdown

Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz!

Black Crowes Before the Frost...Until the Freeze

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

Michael Jackson This Is It

http://www.acappellanews.com/images/glee.jpg
Source(s):
my ipod library

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