Comments on: Jonathan’s Top Ten Albums of 2009

By: David Brook

David Brook — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:20:56 +0000

I never got round to buying the latest Sunset Rubdown album, you’ve just reminded me to track it down. I love their last two; trippy, epic and strangely beautiful.

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:18:30 +0000

While both great albums, I thought Swoon improved on Carnavas in nearly every way (although Common Reactor may be my favorite song of theirs, if I could only pick one). They really matured as a band between albums, yet kept their sound that makes them so unique in the first place. Swoon is just so addictive. Easily my most listened to album of the year as well as my favorite.

By: Jandy

Jandy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:52:56 +0000

I remember you really liking the White Lies album when it came out and wondered if it would end up on your list. I liked it, but not ultimately enough to overcome my bias towards girl vocalists. Glad to see SSPU on the top of someone’s list, even if they didn’t make it onto mine. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Swoon, it was more that every time I felt like listening to SSPU I gravitated back toward Carnavas, which I like a lot more than Swoon, so the new album ended up suffering by virtue of competition with Carnavas more than with the other albums this year. A lot of Swoon just bored me a little by comparison.

By: Big Scott

Big Scott — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:53:19 +0000

I agree that this year was a nice year and lots to choose from. I had to whittle my list down from quite a few. I didn’t care for Muse, and I wasn’t nearly as high on SP as you were (but I did like it), That White Rabbits one is a must on any list and it was cool to see Wolfmother on here. I never got a chance to spend any time with Beirut but I see it on a few lists. Time to check it out. Great list!