Using my album formula, here are my favorite albums from 2009:

1. Curtis Harvey’s Box of Stones (Fat Cat Records) – 9.599

2.  Vacations’ I was Bikini /But Ran Afraid (Self Released) – 9.544

3. Real Estate’s Self Titled (Woodist) – 9.429

4.  Owen’s Seaside (Polyvinyl) – 9.346

5. Andrew Jackson Jihad’s Can’t Maintain (Asian Man) – 9.336

 6. Bombadil’s Tarpits & Canyonlands (Ramseur) – 9.256

7.  Israel Darling’s Dinosaur Bones & Mechanical Hands (Engine Room) – 9.185

8.  Matt & Kim’s Grand (Nettwerk) – 9.166

9. Modest Mouse’s No One’s First And You’re Next (Epic) – 9.095

10. Cheap Girls’ My Roaring 20s (Paper + Plastic) – 9.018