50 albums that grabbed my attention in 2009.

1-20 (unordered):

Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
HEALTH – Get Color
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
Fever Ray – Self-titled
Amadou en Mariam – Welcome to Mali
The XX – XX
The Twilight Sad – Forget the Night Ahead
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
John Doe & The Sadies – Country Club
Hanggai – Introducing Hanggai
Max Richter – Memoryhouse (reissue)
Harmonic 313 – When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
James Blackshaw – The Glass Bead Game
Zelienople – Give It Up
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
The Phantom Band – Checkmate Savage
Blakroc – Self-titled