Top 100 Albums, Compilations, Reissues & Mixes of 2009
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100. JOE GODDARD : Harvest Festival GRECOROMAN
99. MARKUS GUENTNER : Doppelgaenger SENDING ORBS 98. LUCIANO : Tribute To The Sun CADENZA 97. WHITE DENIM : Fits FULL TIME HOBBY 96. VARIOUS ARTISTS : Tumbele SOUNDWAY 95. WILD BEASTS : Two Dancers DOMINO 94. HERVE : Ghetto Bass CHEAP THRILLS 93. VARIOUS ARTISTS : Ghana Special SOUNDWAY 92. HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR : Without Sinking TOUCH 91. BLACKJOY : Edits Vol. II LUCIEN ENTERTAINMENT |
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90. SUPER VALUE : Super Soul Special Edits SUPER VALUE |
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80. TAMA SUMO : Panorama Bar 02 OSTGUT TON
79. MARCEL DETTMANN : Berghain 02 OSTGUT TON 78. SVEN WEISEMANN : Xine WANDERING 77. WILL SAUL : Balance 015 EQ RECORDINGS 76. NATURAL YOGURT BAND : Away with... NOW AGAIN 75. RADIO SLAVE : Fabric 48 FABRIC 74. JAY Z & RADIOHEAD : Jaydiohead MINTY FRESH BEATS 73. JAMES PANTS : The Electric Finger 2 LIGER VISION 72. VARIOUS : Five Years Of Hyperdub HYPERDUB 71. TOM TRAGO : Voyage Direct RUSH HOUR |
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70. QUANTIC : Tradition in Transition TRU THOUGHTS |
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60. MORITZ VON OSWALD : Vertical Ascent HONEST JONS
59. LAWRENCE : Until Then Goodbye MULE ELECTRONIQUE 58. WASHED OUT : Life Of Leisure MEXICAN SUMMER 57. WILLIAM BASINSKI : 92982 2062 56. SILKIE : City Limits Volume 1 DEEP MEDI MUSIK 55. PAUL WHITE : The Strange Dreams Of... ONE HANDED 54. RSD : Good Energy PUNCH DRUNK 53. SHACKLETON : Three EPs PERLON 52. DESIRE : II ITALIANS DO IT BETTER 51. BAT FOR LASHES : Two Suns EMI |
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50. THE VERY BEST : Warm heart of Africa MOSHI MOSHI |
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40. JORIS VOORN : Balance 014 EQ RECORDINGS
39. GREG WILSON : Credit to the Edit Volume 2 TIRK 38. JAMIE JONES : Don't You ... CROSSTOWN REBELS 37. DANIEL WANG : Balihu 1993 - 2008 RUSH HOUR 36. MODERAT : Moderat BPITCH CONTROL 35. HORSE MEAT DISCO : Horse Meat Disco STRUT 34. KINGS OF CONVENIENCE : Declaration of... SOURCE 33. SUBWAY : Subway II SOUL JAZZ 32. FUCK BUTTONS : Tarot Sport ATP RECORDS 31. MAJOR LAZER: Guns Don't Kill People... MAD DECENT |
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30. FEVER RAY : Fever Ray RABID |
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20. 3 CHAIRS : Spectrum 3 CHAIRS
19. GOLF CHANNEL : Try To Find Me Vol. 2 18. VARIOUS : LTJ In Bologna Dirty Old Music - Chapter 2 17. DJ SPRINKLES : Midtown 120 Blues MULE MUSIQ 16. 2562 : Unbalance TECTONIC 15. PORTICO QUARTET : Isla REAL WORLD 14. DIXON : Temporary Secretary INNERVISIONS 13. LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE : Real Life Is No Cool 12. BIBIO : Ambivalence Avenue WARP 11. LUSINE : A Certain Distance GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL |
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10 LINKWOOD : System A seriously special record. Previous releases for Firecracker and Prime Numbers already had us convinced and this album confirms the genius of Linkwood. |
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9 YAGYA : Rigning Fantastic dub techno abum from Iceland. We had this on permanent rotation in the shop for months after it was released. |
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8 ZOMBY : One Foot Ahead Of The Other High octane dubstep from one of the more interesting artists on the scene. 8 bit sounds combine with modern production sheen with a dollop of genuine groove. |
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7 OMAR S : Fabric 45 Omar S quickly managed to shrug off critics complaing that his Fabric mix was comprised entirley of his own records. One of the best house/techno albums of 2009. |
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6 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE : Merriweather Post Pavilion Released right at the beginning of 2009. With songs like "My Girls" and "Brother Sport" this might just be Animal Collective's best work to date. |
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5 ALEXANDER NUT : Rinse 08: Alexander Nut We've made an exception by including this non-artist album in the top 10 but with a selection this good and so well compiled we had little choice. |
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4 ANDRES : II Long awaited new material from the Detroit master Andres on Moodymann’s “other” label. Detroit House jams and gospel style vocal tracks that KDJ himself would be proud of. |
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3 TRUSME : In The Red After the brilliant first album, Trus'me returns with collaborators aplenty and makes something that's different but, dare we say it, even better. |
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2 We described this as on of our albums of the year back in the spring and here it is at No. 2 here's hoping that 2010 yields more excellent Martyn material. |
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1 THE XX : XX Probably at the top of everyone's end of year list. There's no getting away from the captivating brilliance of the songs on this album from the young London four (now three...) piece. |
