This list is mostly just self indulgent. In compiling it, I didn’t quite go the route of listing the songs with the highest play counts in iTunes, since the work I put in during the earlier part of this year was lost due to my well documented hard drive crash. It is also unlike a usual best-of list in that I’ve listed songs that I came to enjoy during 2009, regardless of which year the songs may have been released in. These may not be the best songs but were all enjoyed at various points of my year. I tried to limit using the same band multiple times because I probably could have included, in their entirety, several of my top albums of the year. Alas, I’m sure I’ve forgotten multiple songs and this list would probably be completely different if I completed it any other time. Oh well, this has, as I said, been created mainly for my own selfish reasons. And I already wish I had ranked things differently.
Oh, and I’m not going to link to each album so if you want to get anything just go to Amazon
111. Micachu & The Shapes – Calculator
110. Elizabeth & The Catapult – Taller Children
109. Riverboat Gamblers – A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology
108. An Horse – Postcards
107. Jemina Pearl – Undesirable
106. Field – The More That I Do
105. Lily Allen – The Fear
104. Company Of Thieves – Oscar Wilde
103. Feist + Ben Gibbard – Train Song
102. Maxïmo Park – The Kids Are Sick Again
101. St. Vincent – The Party
100. The Sounds – No One Sleeps When I’m Awake
99. MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker
98. N.A.S.A. – Gifted (Feat. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li)
97. Major Lazer – Keep It Goin’ Louder (ft. Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze)
96. Metric – Help I’m Alive
95. M. Ward – Rave On (Featuring Zooey Deschanel)
94. Andrew Bird – Fitz and the Dizzyspells
93. Throw Me The Statue – Waving At The Shore
92. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
91. Grizzly Bear + Feist – Service Bell
90. Tegan & Sara – Hell
89. Wild Light – California On My Mind
88. Cymbals Eat Guitars – …And The Hazy Sea
87. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
86. The Dodos – Troll Nacht
85. Cass McCombs – You Saved My Life
84. Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
83. The xx – Infinity
82. The Veils – The Letter
81. Wilco – One Wing
80. White Denim – Regina Holding Hands
79. Wavves – Cool Jumper
78. Washed Out – Lately
77. Trailer Trash Tracy’s – Candy Girl
76. Silversun Pickups – Substitution
75. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Frank, AB
74. The Rest – Sheep In Wolves’ Clothing
73. Photons – Glory!
72. The Peekers – Your Morning Toast
71. Kid Cudi – Up Up & Away
70. Ganglians – Valient Brave
69. Grizzly Bear – Slow Life (Feat. Victoria Legrand)
68. Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
67. The Limousines – Very Busy People
