Hall of Awesome: The Top 10 Albums of 2009

10

Bon Iver

Blood Bank EP (tie)

10

Animal Collective

Fall Be Kind EP (tie)

9

Loney, Dear

Dear John

8

Various Artists

Dark Was the Night

7

Blakroc

Blakroc

6

Neko Case

Middle Cyclone

5

M. Ward

Hold Time

4

Mos Def

The Ecstatic

3

The Flaming Lips

Embryonic

2

Grizzly Bear

Veckatimest

1

The Decemberists

The Hazards of Love

Click on the album titles to stream them, courtesy of La La.

Honorable Mentions:
Andrew Bird, Noble Beast
Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
Basement Jaxx, Scars
Cursive, Mama, I'm Swollen
Discovery, LP
Helado Negro, Awe Owe
StreightAngular, After and Before
Wilco, Wilco (The Album)
Yo La Tengo, Popular Songs