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Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2009 – With Torrents?
Topics: Music | 2 CommentsBy admin | December 20, 2009
Pitchfork’s annual list of the 50 best albums of the year is out, and we’ve summarized the list with torrent links, Amazon previews, and free downloads. Enjoy some of the best music you’ve never heard!
Christmas came a little early for me this year; I was just complaining recently that Pitchfork’s annual staff picks of the the 50 best albums of the year wouldn’t be out until almost 2010, and lo and behold, they posted the list last week! If you’re not familiar with Pitchfork’s list, check it out; their staff’s wide-ranging tastes and opinionated reviews will expose you to music you may never have heard of, or would have never thought of listening to if you had. As usual, they spread the list over five pages with no summary, so we’ve done the dirty work and summarized the list for you below. Last year we posted the 2008 list with both torrent and Amazon links, and we’ve done the same this year, but have a suggestion: We know some people torrent so they can preview music before buying, and last year that actually made some sense, because it was hard to track down a retail source for so many indy acts. Things are VERY DIFFERENT this year; bands and small labels are getting MUCH better at marketing and distribution, so EVERY act on the list is available on Amazon, and almost all of them with AUDIO PREVIEWS. Which pretty much negates the need to “borrow” the music via torrents. Several of them also have “Amazon Exclusive” releases, with material you won’t get anywhere else. At least legally. So in the interest of the bands making money, and in the interest of US making money (we get a small percentage if you buy through our links), we encourage you to do all the previewing through the handy Amazon links we’ve provided, rather than the torrents. Enjoy!
[UPDATE: Torrent links removed as courtesy to artists] As we said above, all of these direct Amazon links have audio previews, and some of them have exclusive Amazon-only free downloads, so there’s really no need to torrent. Have fun!
50. Woods – Songs of Shame
49. Cass McCombs – Catacombs
48. DOOM – Born Like This
47. Zomby – Where Were U in ’92?
46. Dan Deacon – Bromst
45. The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come
44. tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs
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43. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
42. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar
41. Baroness – Blue Record
40. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
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39. Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
38. Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do
37. The Antlers – Hospice
36. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
35. jj – jj n° 2
34. Passion Pit – Manners
33. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
32. Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
31. Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
30. Röyksopp – Junior
29. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
28. Micachu and the Shapes – Jewellery
27. Various Artists – 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
26. Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
25. DJ Quik and Kurupt – BlaQKout
24. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
23. Memory Tapes – Seek Magic
22. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
21. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
20. Real Estate – Real Estate
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19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
18. Atlas Sound – Logos
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17. The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa
16. Antony and the Johnsons – The Crying Light
15. Japandroids – Post Nothing
14. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms
13. St. Vincent – Actor
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
11. Fuck Buttons -Tarot Sport
10. Girls – Album
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9. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
8. Phoenix -Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
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7. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
6. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
5. Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx Part II
4. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
3. The XX – The XX
2. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
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