the spirit of 2009 {listomania}

lists first. all official-like:

The Mincetapes Top 40 Favorite Albums of 2009
1. Warm Heart of Africa / The Very Best
2. En Hand i Himelen / Jonathan Johansson
3. A Strange Arrangement / Mayer Hawthorne
4. JJ No. 2 / JJ
5. Adiam Dymott
6. Black Diamond / Buraka Som Sistema [2008 Europe]
7. My Maudlin Career / Camera Obscura
8. La Roux
9. Pram Town / Darren Hayman
10. The Law of the Playground / The Boy Least Likely To

11. Pattern of Saturn / Birdie Busch
12. Fever Ray
13. Beauties Never Die / Sissy Wish [2007 Norway]
14. 'Em Are I / Jeffrey Lewis
15. Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future / The Bird and the Bee
16. Ciao / Tiga
17. The Life of the World to Come / The Mountain Goats
18. Seek Magic / Memory Tapes
19. Kitty Daisy & Lewis
20. We Gave It All Away, Now We Are Taking It Back / The Mungolian Jet Set
21. Real Estate
22. Don't Stop / Annie
23. Colonia / A Camp [2008 Sweden]
24. Welcome to Mali / Amadou et Mariam [2008 Europe]
25. Hands / Little Boots [2010 US]
26. Tarot Sport / Fuck Buttons
27. Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do / Major Lazer
28. Fool's Gold
29. Leaving On A Mayday / Anna Ternheim [2008 Sweden]
30. In Love and War / Amerie
31. What Have You Done, My Brother? / Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
32. Phrazes for the Young / Julian Casablancas
33. It's Not Me It's You / Lily Allen
34. Revolution / Miranda Lambert
35. Middle Cyclone / Neko Case
36. Love is Not Pop / El Perro Del Mar
37. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix / Phoenix
38. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
39. Red Light Fever / Hot Leg
40. Meriweather Post Pavilion / Animal Collective

[see Best of 2009 sidebar for 41-60]

The Mincetapes Top 50 Favorite Songs of 2009
1. The Very Best ft. Ezra Koenig - "Warm Heart of Africa"
2. La Roux - "Bulletproof"
3. Beyonce - "Ego"
4. The Boy Least Likely To - "When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade"
5. Adiam Dymott - "Pizza"
6. Das Racist - "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)"
7. The Sound of Arrows - "M.A.G.I.C."
8. John Mayer - "Who Says"
9. The Bird and the Bee - "My Love"
10. Jill Sobule - "Palm Springs"

11. Animal Collective - "My Girls"
12. JJ - "From Africa to Málaga"
13. A Camp - "Stronger Than Jesus"
14. Camera Obscura - "French Navy"
15. Birdie Busch - "Bordertown (Song For Gabino)"
16. Jeffrey Lewis - "Bugs & Flowers"
17. Ryan Leslie - "I.R.I.N.A."
18. Kelly Clarkson - "My Life Would Suck Without You"
19. The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain- "I'm On A Boat"
20. Lily Allen - "The Fear"
21. Rye Rye ft. M.I.A. - "Bang"
22. Regina Spektor - "The Calculation"
23. La Roux - "In For The Kill"
24. Fool's Gold - "Surprise Hotel"
25. Neko Case - "This Tornado Loves You"
26. New Boyz - "You're A Jerk"
27. Buraka Som Sistema - "IC19"
28. Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
29. Mayer Hawthorne - "Make Her Mine"
30. Yo La Tengo - "Periodically Double or Triple"
31. Annie - "My Love Is Better"
32. Amerie - "Why R U"
33. Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up"
34. Emiliana Torrini - "Jungle Drum"
35. Jonathan Johansson - "Alla Vill Ha Hela Världen"
36. Maino ft. Swizz Beatz - "Million Bucks"
37. Darren Hayman - "Compilation Cassette"
38. Cash Cash - "Party in Your Bedroom"
39. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them vs. Mungolian Jet Set - "Moon Song" (The Gospel According To Mung/2012 Live at the Hacienda Version)
40. Alphabeat - "What is Happening"
41. Meanderthals - "Kunst Or Ars"
42. Baby Teeth - "Big Schools"
43. Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
44. The Boy Least Likely To - "Every Goliath Has His David"
45. Miranda Lambert - "Me & Your Cigarettes"
46. Sissy Wish - "Beauties Never Die"
47. Zomby - "The Lie"
48. Miley Cyrus - "Party in the USA"
49. Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension"
50. The BPA (ft. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal) - "Toejam"

[see sidebar for however many more i can think of]

coming soon: commentary, mixes, and album art ratings