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fauxfurnishings:

Hey everyone, it’s that time of year where I can justify spending all my free time listening to music by ranking it.  There were a lot of good albums that didn’t make the list.  (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever Ray, Boxer Rebellion, New Violators, Luke Haines, The Duckworth Lewis Method, The XX…) and a lot of disappointments (Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand…) but here’s my list of the 50 best albums of the year.  As an added bonus, I’ve included the top 50 albums of my best friend and band mate Grant Levy.  We share a lot of the same taste, as I’m sure you’ll notice.

1. Captain – Distraction

2. Jenny Wilson – Hardships!

3. Florence + The Machine – Lungs

4. Official Secrets Act – Understanding Electricity

5. Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor

6. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers

7. Chester French – Love the Future

8. Metric – Fantasies

9. Black Room – Pop Noir

10. Director – I’ll Wait For Sound

11. Antony & The Johnsons – The Crying Light

12. Miike Snow – Miike Snow

13. White Lies – To Lose My Life

14. Marmaduke Duke – Duke Pandemonium

15. Said The Whale – Islands Disappear

16. Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Pop Nonsense

17. The Cinematics – Love & Terror

18. Au Revoir Simone – Still Night, Still Light

19. Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health

20. Emmy The Great – First Love

21. Maccabees – Wall Of Arms

22. The Sounds – Crossing The Rubicon

23. Red Light Company – Fine Fascination

24. Editors – In This Light And On This Evening

25. The Bird & The Bee – Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future

26. Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate

27. Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young

28. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

29. The Temper Trap – Conditions

30. Antlers - Hospice

31. Kamera – Blank Expressions

32. La Roux – La Roux

33. Morrissey – Years Of Refusal

34. Passion Pit - Manners

35. Andy Prieboy – 2009 Collection

36. Loney, Dear – Dear John

37. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast

38. Placebo – Battle For The Sun

39. The Rumble Strips – Welcome To The Walk Alone

40. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

41. Music Go Music – Expressions

42. Ian Brown – My Way

43. Athlete – Black Swan

44. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns

45. Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose

46. Julian Penti - …Is Skyscraper

47. Broken Records – Until The Earth Fell Apart

48. Sea Wolf – White Water, White Bloom

49. JJ - jj n° 2

50. Lightning Seeds – Four Winds