here it is, roughly my official rankings for the albums i have that came out in this great year of music.
simply posting this here, because if you people are like me, you are constantly trying to expand your musical knowledge.

enjoy:

1. With Roots Above and Branches Below - The Devil Wears Prada
2. Homesick - A Day to Remember
3. Son of the Morning - Oh, Sleeper
4. New Junk Aesthetic - Every Time I Die
5. III - Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
6. Sleepwalking - Memphis May Fire
7. The Fear of God - Showbread
8. Beggars - Thrice
9. Hell or High Water - As Cities Burn
10. It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright - mewithoutYou
11. Wars and Rumors of Wars - The Chariot
12. Constellations - August Burns Red
13. The Resistance - Muse
14. Daisy - Brand New
15. Old Crows / Young Cardinals - Alexisonfire
16. ...In Shallow Seas We Sail - Emery
17. Common Existence - Thursday
18. No Time to Bleed - Suicide Silence
19. The Great Misdirect - Between the Buried and Me
20. A Higher Place - Born of Osiris
21. A Dialogue - Gwen Stacy
22. Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders
23. Axe to Fall - Converge
24. Your World on Fire - In Fear and Faith
25. Act III: Life and Death - The Dear Hunter
26. Hollow Crowns - Architects
27. It's All Happening - iwrestledabearonce!
28. Black Clouds and Silver Linings - Dream Theater
29. Common Dreads - Enter Shikari
30. The Tropic Rot - Poison the Well
31. Relentless - For the Fallen Dreams
32. In the Unlikely Event - The Fall of Troy
33. Sci-Fi Crimes - Chevelle
34. Felony - Emmure
35. It Hates You - He Is Legend
36. Hot Mess - Cobra Starship
37. Death to Analog - Julien-k

albums 19-32 i really haven't listened to that much.
everything after 32 i wouldn't bother wasting your time listening to.

*two thumbs way down*

even with ETID at #4?

Totally agreed..there were many, many, many better records this year than what you have. I'd have listed the Mars Volta, Conor Oberst and Porcupine Tree

i dont listen to them, so i dont know how good/bad they were.
again, the list is albums that i have personally listened to.

Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Muse - The Resistance
Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage

I didn't buy a whole lot of new music this year, obviously

ETID was a great choice, I'll give you that. But two of Veds options are pretty terrible. PT is great, but the other two, painfully overrated.

That is the most tedious and repetitive album I've ever heard. I fucking hate it sooooooooo much.

Anyways, here are my "finalists" for album of the year.

And yeah, I know DDG are shit. Shut up. And I'm sure the same can and will be said about Silverstein. Whatever. I have a massive hardon for concept albums of any kind.

crack the skye - mastodon

wavering radiant - isis

no more stories are told today i'm sorry they washed away no more stories the world is grey i'm tired let's wash away - mew

good albums on your list but crash love? i would say thats the worst album they have
must say i was suprised to see that i knew all the artist except for broadway

I guess that's an allllrriiigght list. I like a lot of those bands. But I don't see how cobra starship even belongs in this list... Amongst the devil wears prada... Just a little out of place

because Cobra is the one band from their genre i like. but the new album is complete trash. hence it being at the bottom of the rankings.

this

This new album really differs from the first two, but I dont agree 'tis complete trash! I love it.
Actually I didnt even expect you'd add them to this list.

wrong.
it's horrible. it's been all downhill for Cobra since "While the City Sleep..."

Opinions are like assholes...

rockah!

Not that much!
It'd have been wrong if they recorded another " While the City Sleeps..."

He's right about Conor Oberst at least. Guy is fucking obnoxious.

"hurrr i'm gonna get people to like me by crying everytime i play a song! i'm DEEEEP!"

Think of him what you want, I like him and think he is a great songwriter. This isn't supported by fact, just personal opinion.

I disagree with people who think Daisy is that good. I've found it to be a very mediocre album.

Brand New fucking suck now

I agree with that.

I loved Your Favorite Weapon and Deja Entendu, but the last two albums are fucking terrible.

Your Favorite Weapon is so emo and shitty.
love Deja though.
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is a damn good album too.

Your Favorite Weapon is what got me into the band and I really like but I absolutely love Deja Entedu. Devil and God grew on me but it isn't anything hugely amazing.

dredddgggggg

My thee favs this year were Crack the Skye by Mastadon, Endgame by Megadeth and Battle for the Sun by Placebo.

you're god damned emo dumbass, as proven by this quote

From 2009 I'd have to say I like
It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen
Fantasies - Metric
New Again - Taking Back Sunday
It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

so many good albums came out this year and no one has mentioned bromst or merryweather post pavilion yet?

everyone is slacking

yeah, fuck me for having an opinion on an album.

D & A - The Killers.
K´s & Q´s - 30stm

Ross, your opinion is fucking stupid, that's what makes yours different from mine.

So far...

The Agonist - Lullabies For the Dormant Mind
Epica - Design Your Universe
Bury Your Dead - It's Nothing Personal
Dethklok - Dethalbum II
ETID - New Junk Aesthetic
He Is Legend - It Hates You
Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life
Lamb of God - Wrath
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Megadeth - Endgame
Shadows Fall - Retribution

LOL I think that was a pwning statement right there.

Love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Theoretical Girl - Divided
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Little Boots - Hands
La Roux - La Roux
Richmond Fontaine - We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River
Sunset Rubdown - Dragon Slayer
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Lisa Mitchell - Wonder
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Wynton Marsalis - He & She
Roman Candle - Oh Tall Tree In The Ear
The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath
Dinosaur Jr - Farm
Regina Spektor - Far
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Bell X1 - Blue Lights On The Runway
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Anni Rossi - Rockwell
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
White Lies - To Lose My Life Or Lose My Love
It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar
Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
M Ward - Hold Time
Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself & Another
Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light
St. Vincent - Actor
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Broken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part
The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Working On A Dream
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers

you like that album?
i just can't seem to get into it.

good call on those


still need to listen to these

I am slacking. I rarely listen to new music anymore.

Geeze, you guys. So many posts and and I haven't seen anyone mention:

Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
As Tall As Lions - You Can't take it with you
MuteMath - Armistice
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Stomacher - Sentimental Education

I think everyone needs to listen to ATAL. You can't take it with you is just such a solid album.


dredg, muse, animall collective, and thrice all put out good records too.

I loved that album, definately one of my favourites from last year.

Damn, there's a whole bunch of bands I've never heard of in this thread. I should probably check some of them out.

Anyway, judging from the albums I've heard so far, these are probably my favorites:

As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Converge - Axe To Fall
dredg's new one
Eaststrikewest - w o l v v e s
Gavin Castleton - Home
Karnivool - Sound Awake
RX Bandits - Mandala
Survive Atlantica - I Woke The Devil
The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
The Dear Hunter - Act III
There Will Be Fireworks - S/T
Thrice - Beggars

Mae's new EPs have been impressing the shit out of me too.

this is correct.

Needs Dethklok The Dethablum II on that list.

My top 5 so far:

Muse - The Resistance
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (it's fun and I like it, even though they're pretentious French asses. lol)
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

Dredg's new one is close behind #5.

Ok got this amazing album for xmas. Insurgentes by Steven Wilson.
Anyone else have it? I know, I'm a bit late, it’s been out a while, but definitely my fav this year.

Some others I like..

Chrisette Michele - Epiphany
Joss Stone - Colour Me Free
Battle Circus - the half light symphony
Metric - Fantasies
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Muse - The Resistance
LIGHTS - the listening
TSTM – This Is War
Katatonia - Night is the New Day
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
MuteMath - Armistice
Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Shadows Fall - Retribution
Flyleaf - Memento Mori
EDITORS – In this light and on this evening
AC/DC – Backtracks
Mastodon - crack the skye
U2 - no line on the horizon
Chris Cornell - Scream
George Harrison – let it roll
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Placebo – battle for the sun
Neil Young - Fork in the Road
Lisa Mitchell – Wonder
Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted to Sin
Missy Higgins – more than this
Great Northern - remind me where the light is
Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom
PJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman a Man Walked By
Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear


Ha! Are they good live? I'm going to see them for the first time next month. I love the album.

My picks :

No more stories are told today I'm sorry they washed away no more stories the world is grey i'm tired let's wash away - Mew
The Resistance - Muse
This Is War - 30 Seconds to Mars
Battle for the Sun - Placebo
Crossing The Rubicon - The Sounds
Artwork - The Used
Back On the MF Street EP - Disco Ensemble
The Best In Town - The Blackout
Be Human - Fightstar
The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
Tonight - Franz Ferdinand
VersaEmerge - VersaEmerge
Brand New Eyes - Paramore
Explains It All - Four Year Strong
Billy Talent III - Billy Talent

at leat this ones.. No in the order.


And I was disappointed to

Crash Love - AFI ( even there are some kick ass songs like Where We Used to Play)
Wake Up The Sleepers - Kill Hannah ( New York City Speed's album version is kinda good but rest of album was kinda boring and not suprised me at all. I cant even describe how disappointed I was to this album)
Knives - Aiden ( Yeah this album also contains few good tracks like Scavengers Of The Damned and Black Market Hell, but no no, the album didnt catch me at all.)