It’s always hard to choose favorite albums. I want to rank albums by wholeness, by their ability to move seamlessly from track to track, by the order they were perfectly decided on. Mostly, the only way to come close to those things is to have almost every track just be so catchy I can’t help but play them all, separate or together.

Top 10 Albums of 2009

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Zoot Woman: Things are What They Used to Be (self-released)




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Miike Snow: Miike Snow (Downtown)




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The Whitest Boy Alive: Rules (Bubbles)




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Major Lazer: Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do (Mad Decent/Downtown)




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The Juan Maclean: The Future Will Come (DFA)




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DJ Vadim: U Can’t Lurn Imaginashun (BBE)




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Candy Claws: In the Dream of the Sea Life (Indiecater)




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Deastro: Moondagger (Ghostly International)




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Pugs Atomz: Roof Top (SoFlo)




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Nosaj Thing: Drift (Alpha Pup)




Best Comeback
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GusGus: 24/7 (Kompakt)




Best Show
Diplo @ the Gargoyle & basement afterparty & ride back to hotel