Pitchfork’s Top Albums 2009

12 Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II CoverYeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
11 Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
10 Girls – Album
09 Fever Ray – Fever Ray
08 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
07 Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
06 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
05 Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx… Pt. II
04 The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
03 The xx – The xx
02 Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
01 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

The full list

Pitchfork’s 20 Best Albums of this Decade

  • 20 Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights [Matador, 2002]
  • 19 Spoon – Kill The Moonlight [Merge, 2002]
  • 18 Kanye West – Late Registration [Roc-A-Fella, 2002]
  • 17 LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver [EMI/DFA, 2007]
  • 16 Sufjan Stevens – Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty, 2005]
  • 15 The Knife – Silent Shout [Mute/Rabid, 2006]
  • 14 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion [Domino, 2009]
  • 13 OutKast – Stankonia [La Face, 2000]
  • 12 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells [Sympathy For The Record Industry, 2001]
  • 11 Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele [Sony, 2000]
  • 10 The Avalanches – Since I Left You [Modular/Interscope, 2000]
  • 09 Panda Bear – Person Pitch [Paw Tracks, 2007]
  • 08 Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun [Smekkleysa; 2000]
  • 07 The Strokes – Is This It [RCA, 2001]
  • 06 Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica [Epic, 2000]
  • 05 Jay-Z – The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella, 2001]
  • 04 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch, 2002]
  • 03 Daft Punk – Discovery [Virgin, 2001]
  • 02 Arcade Fire – Funeral [Merge, 2004]
  • 01 Radiohead – Kid A [Capitol, 2000]

It seems like they got the artist right, just not the album. Then again I find myself thinking about an album pre 2000. Outkast’s Speakkkerboxx may beat out Stankonia and Blueprint 2 (and possibly 3) are better than the first one. Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm (their only good album) is missing from the list. In Rainbows should be there as well. Where is Aha Shake Heartbreak? That’s Kings of Leon at their finest. Eminem’s Slim Shady LP is MIA.

They did get one thing correct….

Arcade Fire’s Funeral is for sure one of — if not — the best album of the decade!