The Rolling Top Albums of 2009 Thread!!!

bort · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:54 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

What's up with no love for The Wooden Birds?

riyl?

OPA! · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:01 pm

bort Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

What's up with no love for The Wooden Birds?

riyl?

The American Analog Set

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:49 am

or a slightly softer Iron and Wine - Woman King
I would say it's more intimate than American Analog Set.

It's definitely a grower, but doesn't have that standout track that usually makes me want to put a disc in. It's a disc that sets the mood for mellow.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:50 pm

This is everything. EPs, 7"s, etc. are thrown in with "blank" (__.) numbers.

01. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
02. Dan Deacon - Bromst
03. Oneida - Rated O
04. Cryptacize - Mythomania
05. Thee Oh Sees - HELP
__. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
06. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
__. Times New Viking - Stay Awake EP
__. Abe Vigoda - Reviver EP
07. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
08. Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship
09. Ganglians - Monster Head Room
10. NOMO - Invisible Cities

11. Woods - Songs of Shame
12. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
13. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
14. Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
__. Ganglians - s/t EP
15. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
16. Tyvek - s/t
__. Suckers - s/t EP
17. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
__. Magnolia Electric Co. - It's Made Me Cry 7"
18. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
__. Crystal Stilts - Love Is a Wave 7"
19. Vetiver - Tight Knit
20. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

21. Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong
22. Lhasa - s/t
23. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
24. Condo Fucks - Fuckbook
25. DOOM - Born Like This
26. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
27. Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective
28. Busdriver - Jhelli Beam
29. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
30. Mi Ami - Watersports

31. Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
32. Blank Dogs - Under and Under
33. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
__. Spoon - Got Nuffin EP
34. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
35. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - s/t
__. Blank Dogs - The Fields EP
36. UUVVWWZ - s/t
37. Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa
38. Wavves - Wavvves
39. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
40. M. Ward - Hold Time

41. Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
42. Passion Pit - Manners
43. Themselves - theFREEhoudini Deluxe

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:59 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

What's up with no love for The Wooden Birds?

I'll probably give it another try. Some really good songs on it but overall, I found it boring.

Yeah, it never rises above "nice", and mostly stays grounded in "dull".

it's towards the end of my list. can't quite delete it yet, but can't bring myself to look into even a used copy for purchase either.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Probably something like this:

1. Caetano Veloso
2. Joe Bataan (a close second)
3. Son Volt
4. Joe Henry
5. Marcio Local
6. Ojos De Brujo
7. Rancid
8. Sonic Youth
9. Macaco
10. Trash Can Sinatras
11. Justin Townes Earle
12. Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
13. Randy Weeks
14. John Doe & the Sadies
15. Richard Shindell
16. Tim Easton

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:36 pm

didn't dig the trip-hop terry callier much, eh?

k · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:14 pm

1. William Fowler Collins- Perdition Hill Radio
2. Jim O'Rourke and Loren Connors-Two Nice Catholic Boys
3. Jasper TX- Singing Stones
4. Tomasz Bednarczyk- Painting Sky Together
5. Peter Broderick- Music for Falling From Trees
6. Rafael Anton Irisarri- Hopes and Past Desires
7. James Blackshaw- The Glass Bead Game
8. Six Organs of Admittance-RTZ
9. Tim Hecker-An Imaginary Country
10. Toshiya Tsunoda- Scenery of Decalcomania
11. Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion
12. Richard Youngs-Sleep Deprivation
13. Luperci- The Holy Mountain
14. Blues Control- Local Flavor
15. Max Richter- Herny May Long (score/OST)
16. Biosphere- Wireless-Live at Arnolfini Bristol
17. Sunburned Hand of the Man- A Grand Tour of Tunisia
18. Wooden Shjips- Dos
19. Crystal Antlers- Tentacles
20. 6majik9-A Solid Space
21. Temple Music-Incompleteness
22. Spiral Joy Band- Lullabies for Jeff Dean
23. Peter Broderick- Five Film Score Outtakes
24. Human Greed- Black Hill: Midnight at the Blighted Star
25. SunnO)))- Monoliths and Dimensions

Still a ton of stuff I need to hear; NOMO, Cryptacize, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Emeralds, Social Junk to name a few.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

e-stone Wrote:

didn't dig the trip-hop terry callier much, eh?

No but I never gave it much of a chance. I love Terry Callier though so there's a chance that on its on merits it could make the bottom of the list. I like just about every other Terry Callier album a lot more than it though so I didn't really see how I'd ever choose to listen to it over the others to give it many listens. He's a victim of his own success in that regard for me kind of like newish Neil Young, Bob Dylan, or Van Morrison. After a point, you just don't need more.

OPA! · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:02 pm

I'm only listing albums I purchase (most likely on CD as I don't purchase many mp3s anymore or download stuff.)

Best Of 2009

01. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

02. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue

03. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

04. Dan Deacon - Bromst

05. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

I haven't heard a great deal of new stuff, but something like this...

2009 records

1 - Nashville Pussy - To Hell With Texas
2 - The Fresh & Onlys - S/t
3 - Dinosaur Jr - Farm
4 - Hex Dispensers - Winchester Mystery House
5 - The Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
6 - Enrico Rava - New York Days
7 - Flipper - Love
8 - The Hunches - Exit Dreams
9 - MV & EE With The Golden Road - Drone Trailer
10- Wooden Shjips - Dos
11- Eileen Jewell - Sea Of tears
12- Left Lane Cruiser - All You Can Eat
13- The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
14- Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
15- Meat Puppets - Sewn Together

Need more listens:

Reigning sound
Thee Cruisers
Jon Fogarty and the blue ridge rangers-
Meth Teeth
Spinnerettes

A few records i couldn't stomach:

Von Bondies
Pissed Jeans
Thee Oh Sees

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

springsteen is good enough to list twice?

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

Damn i thought i'd got away with it.

tkyd · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:41 pm

OPA! Wrote:

I'm only listing albums I purchase (most likely on CD as I don't purchase many mp3s anymore or download stuff.)

Best Of 2009

01. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

Although I don't think it will be my number 1, this album has really grown on me.

OPA! · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:48 pm

tkyd Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

I'm only listing albums I purchase (most likely on CD as I don't purchase many mp3s anymore or download stuff.)

Best Of 2009

01. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

Although I don't think it will be my number 1, this album has really grown on me.

Yeah, on first listen, I kind of discarded it as nothing great. After a few listens, it hit me hard. That and the Bibio album are kicking my ass right now.

tentoze · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:21 pm

Right now, it's:

1) Joe Henry~ Blood From Stars

everything else.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

need to hear that

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:28 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

need to hear that

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:28 pm

tentoze Wrote:

Right now, it's:

1) Joe Henry~ Blood From Stars

everything else.

listening to this right now...maybe my 3rd or 4th spin. i'm kinda disappointed with it after loving civilians. there just seems to be a huge lull in the middle that really drags for me.

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:32 pm

I'm only listing albums I purchase (most likely on CD as I don't purchase many mp3s anymore or download stuff.)

Best Of 2009

01. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

02. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue

03. Deastro - Moondagger

04. Dan Deacon - Bromst

05. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

06. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

e-stone Wrote:

tentoze Wrote:

Right now, it's:

1) Joe Henry~ Blood From Stars

everything else.

listening to this right now...maybe my 3rd or 4th spin. i'm kinda disappointed with it after loving civilians. there just seems to be a huge lull in the middle that really drags for me.

I'm not ready to call it a disappointment yet but I agree there's a lull in the middle.

I thought about updating mine but I only have one thing to add:

which i like a lot.

tentoze · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:47 pm

billy g Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

tentoze Wrote:

Right now, it's:

1) Joe Henry~ Blood From Stars

everything else.

listening to this right now...maybe my 3rd or 4th spin. i'm kinda disappointed with it after loving civilians. there just seems to be a huge lull in the middle that really drags for me.

I'm not ready to call it a disappointment yet but I agree there's a lull in the middle.

I thought about updating mine but I only have one thing to add:

which i like a lot.

Fancy that- I'se swimming against the tide of Obnerian opinions once again. :wink:

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:01 pm

tentoze Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

tentoze Wrote:

Right now, it's:

1) Joe Henry~ Blood From Stars

everything else.

listening to this right now...maybe my 3rd or 4th spin. i'm kinda disappointed with it after loving civilians. there just seems to be a huge lull in the middle that really drags for me.

I'm not ready to call it a disappointment yet but I agree there's a lull in the middle.

Fancy that- I'se swimming against the tide of Obnerian opinions once again. :wink:

i don't dislike it, by any means. maybe disappointed is the wrong choice of words. i just really liked civilians. this one seems to be more of a mood record. i'll keep listening for sure, it's just that my mind starts to wander in the middle until "stars" hits -- which is such an awesome song it makes me wish everything else was up to that standard.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

e-stone Wrote:

tentoze Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

tentoze Wrote:

Right now, it's:

1) Joe Henry~ Blood From Stars

everything else.

listening to this right now...maybe my 3rd or 4th spin. i'm kinda disappointed with it after loving civilians. there just seems to be a huge lull in the middle that really drags for me.

I'm not ready to call it a disappointment yet but I agree there's a lull in the middle.

Fancy that- I'se swimming against the tide of Obnerian opinions once again. :wink:

i don't dislike it, by any means. maybe disappointed is the wrong choice of words. i just really liked civilians. this one seems to be more of a mood record. i'll keep listening for sure, it's just that my mind starts to wander in the middle until "stars" hits -- which is such an awesome song it makes me wish everything else was up to that standard.

I had it at 4 on my list right behind son volt last time i made a list. It certainly has room to grow on me as most of his albums do. I just agree that there's a bit of a lull in the middle.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:55 pm

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