Pop Pkwy's top 10+ of '09 (cont'd)

I'd say that I let my intern have the month off... but ain't got an intern in the first place...

Ok, so here we go, a follow-up blog with my favorite albums of 2009 - a top ten of sorts, another 15 honorable mentions, EPs and reissues/compilations... basically in order of broadcast:

Thermals 'Now We Can See' [Kill Rock Stars]
Superdrag 'Industry Giants' [Thirty Tigers]
Cheap Trick 'The Latest' [Cheap Trick Unlimited]
V/A 'War Child Presents Heroes: Vol. 1' [Astralwerks]
Eels 'Hombre Lobo' [Vagrant]
Black Crowes 'Before The Frost...' [Silver Arrow]
Rhett Miller 'Rhett Miller' [Shout! Factory/Sony BMG]
V/A '7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out' [Sony BMG]
Wilco 'Wilco (The Album)' [Nonesuch]
V/A 'Dark Was The Night' [4AD]
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Tripwires 'House To House' [Spark & Shine]
Weezer 'Raditude' [DGC/Interscope]
Dead Weather 'Horehound' [Third Man/Warner Bros.]
Brendan Benson 'My Old, Familiar Friend' [ATO]
Slender Means 'Adrift In The Cosmos' [Painless Life]
U2 'No Line On The Horizon' [Interscope]
Pearl Jam 'Backspacer' [Monkeywrench/Universal]
Andrew Bird 'Noble Beast' [Fat Possum]
V/A 'Sweetheart 2009: Love Songs' [Hear Music]
Norah Jones 'The Fall' [Blue Note/EMI]
Tinted Windows 'Tinted Windows' [S-Curve]
Visqueen 'Message To Garcia' [Local 638]
Neko Case 'Middle Cyclone' [Anti-]
A.C. Newman 'Get Guilty' [Matador]
Elvis Costello 'Secret, Profane & Sugarcane' [Specialty/Hear Music]
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Sloan 'Hit And Run [EP]' [Self-released]
Carousel 'Love And War [EP]' [Museum]
Sam Phillips 'Hypnotists In Paris [EP]' [Self-released]
Liam Finn & Eliza-Jane Barnes 'Champagne & Seashells [EP]' [Yep Roc]
Death Cab For Cutie 'The Open Door [EP]' [Barsuk/Atlantic]
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Devo 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'/'Freedom Of Choice' [Warner Bros.]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 'The Live Anthology' [Reprise]
Old 97's 'Wreck Your Life... And Then Some' [Bloodshot]
Nick Lowe 'Quiet Please: The New Best Of Nick Lowe' [Yep Roc]
Emitt Rhodes 'The Complete Recordings: 1969-1973' [Universal]
Nirvana 'Bleach [Deluxe Edition]' [Sub Pop]
Stone Roses 'Stone Roses' [Silvertone/Sony BMG]
Jayhawks 'Music From The North Country: Anthology' [American]
Big Star 'Keep An Eye On The Sky' [Ardent/Rhino]
Beatles 'Beatles In Mono' [Apple/Capitol/EMI]

Playing games with song titles on 1/29, a Who mini-tribute on 2/5 + more good music to come in '10 and then some! --Lon