Vince: The Best of 2009 - Albums and EPs + Track of the Year

Yes. It is that time of year again. Most of our weekend was devoted to Christmas parties and completing our Best of 2009, end-of-year lists. Happy holiday's everyone! To be honest, this list was a extremely easy to put together! Didn't take me long, there weren't many edits and or deletions -- it happened organically and I think that is due to the pure volume of quality music released this year.

Here they are, in all their glory, the best albums (plus honorable mentions), EPs, and the reveal of the Best Track of 2009. See after the jump!

Top 25 Albums of 2009

1. JJ – jj n° 2

2. The Raveonette’s – In and Out of Control

3. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

4. Foreign Born – Person To Person

5. Sam Roberts – Love at the end of the World

6. Passion Pit – Manners

7. Holiday Shores – Columbus’d The Whim

8. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion

9. The Antlers – Hospice

10. The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa

11.. YACHT – See Mystery Lights

12. Dan Deacon – Bromst

13. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali

14. Taken By Trees – East of Eden

15. Girls – Album

16. Norah Jones – The Fall

17. Vetiver – Tight Knit

18. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream

19. The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You

20. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster

21. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career

22. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid

23. Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine

24. The Dodo’s – Time to Die

25. The Roadside Graves – My Son’s Home

(Honorable Mentions:)

Grizzly Bear – Veckameist

Bob Dylan – Christmas in the Heart

Atlas Sound – Logos

Bat For Lashes – Two Suns

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains

Lucero – 1372 Overton Park

Elvis Perkins In Dearland – S/T

Wilco – Wilco (The Album)

Bowerbirds – Upper Air

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South


The Best Track of 2009:

Atlas Sound – “Walkabout (w/Noah Lennox)” from Logos


EP’s of Note:

Delorean – Ayrton Senna

Diplo – Blow Your Head

Millionyoung - Sunndreamm

Of Montreal – Job Brion Remixes

The Deep Vibration - Veracruz