The end of the year means list season in music land. Everywhere you see top-somethings of artists, albums and songs. Some are complete nonsense. Like the annually recurring Top 2000. For ten years, the same artists have been in the top five. They only flip a coin each year to decide who gets which spot, but otherwise it is always Queen, Boudewijn de Groot, The Eagles, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.
I also put together a few lists this year. Not necessarily based on albums released in 2009, but on music that gave me the best feeling this year. Music I have the best memories of. The best performances of the year, and a list of the biggest disappointments of the year.
Album Top 25
Many of these albums are from 2008, but I still played them a lot this year.
- Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
- Thriving Ivory - Thriving Ivory
- Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
- You Me At Six - Take Off Your Colours
- Milow - Coming of Age
- Gossip - Music for Men
- Muse - The Resistance
- Paramore - Riot
- Chris Cornell - Scream
- The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound
- The Midway State - Holes
- James Morrison - Songs for You, Truths for Me
- 30 Seconds to Mars - This is War
- Sparks the Rescue - Eyes to the Sun
- OneRepublic - Waking Up
- Jasper Erkens - The Brighter Story
- All Time Low - Nothing Personal
- Fakkel Brigade - Colucci Era
- White Lies - To Lose My Life
- The Fray - The Fray
- Metric - Fantasies
- Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux
- Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
- David Guetta - One Love
- Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Top 15 Songs
A selection of songs that will always give me good memories.
- Thriving Ivory - Angels On The Moon
- Green Day - Know Your Enemy
- Snow Patrol - Take Back The City
- Milow - Ayo Technology
- You Me At Six - Nasty Habits
- Krezip - Sweet Goodbyes
- The Gaslight Anthem - Old White Lincoln
- The Midway State - Never Again
- Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
- Gossip - Heavy Cross
- David Guetta - Sexy Bitch
- The Fray - Where The Story Begins (piano version)
- James Morrison - Please Don’t Stop The Rain
- White Lies - Death
- Fall Out Boy - Beat It (ft. John Mayer)
Top 5 Best Performances
I saw an incredible number of bands and artists live this year, but these were definitely the best performances of the year.
- Green Day, October 16, Ahoy Rotterdam
- Snow Patrol, Pinkpop 2009
- You Me At Six, June 3, Melkweg Amsterdam
- Milow, May 5, Bevrijdingsfestival Vlissingen
- The Fray, October 17, 013 Tilburg
The Biggest Disappointments Of 2009
It cannot all be equally good.
- Editors - In This Light and On This Evening
- Paramore - Brand New Eyes
- Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
- Eminem - Relapse