Best Albums of 2009 (According to Other Sources)

Lists are hard to make which is why I haven't made one yet.  I will though.  Until then, here is a list of lists of BEST ALBUMS OF 2009...so far

NPR Music (listeners vote) with favorite tracks
1.  Grizzly Bear - Veckatemist - "Two Weeks"
2.  Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - "My Girls"
3.  Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
4.  Neko Case - Middle Cyclone - "This Tornado Loves You"
5.  Andrew Bird - Noble Beast - "Oh No"
6.  The Decemberists - Hazards of Love - "The Rake's Song"
7.  Wilco - Wilco (the album) - "Wilco (the song)"
8.  Bon Iver - Blood Bank - "Blood Bank"
9.  The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - "I and Love and You"
10.  St. Vincent - Actor - "The Strangers"
View full list here.

NME Magazine (current readers vote)
1.  Kasabien - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
2.  White Lies - To Lose My Life
3.  Muse - The Resistance
4.  The Horrors - Primary Colours
5.  Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
6.  Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
7.  Fever Ray - Fever Ray
8.  Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9.  Florence and the Machine - Lungs
10.  Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
View full list here.

Spin Magazine
1.  Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2.  Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
3.  Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4.  Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5.  Girls - Album
6.  Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
7.  Mos Def - The Ecstatic
8.  Florence and the Machine - Lungs
9.  Drake - So Far Gone
10.  The Dead Weather - Horehound
View full list here.

Time Magazine
1.  Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
2.  The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
3.  Mastadon - Crack the Skye
4.  Miranda Lambert - Revolution
5.  Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
View full list here.

Pretty Much Amazing (readers voted for their favs- album choices picked by PMA)
1.  Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (33%)
2.  Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (20%)
3.  Passion Pit - Manners (17%)
4.  The xx - xx (11%)
5.  Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (8%)
6.  The Antlers - Hospice (4%)
7.  The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (3%)
8.  Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2%)
9.  Japandroids - Post-Nothing (1%)
10.  Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers (<1%)
View full post here.

Of course, several albums appear repeatedly.  Merriweather Post Pavilion gets a ton of attention, but is also highly criticized for being overly hyped.  Also, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is on every list but is never voted #1.  Look out for my own personal "Best of 2009" lists to be published soon.