2009 was misschien geen opzienbarend muziekjaar, maar bracht wel een aantal hele mooie platen. Platen van oudgedienden (Bruce Springsteen en Leonard Cohen), platen van jonge honden (White Lies en The XX), platen die ik eerlijk gezegd niet meer had verwacht (Simple Mind, Dave Rawlings Machine), platen waarop we lang hebben moeten wachten (Broadcast, Hope Sandoval en Dinosaur Jr.), platen die niets nieuws brachten maar wel goed waren (Melody Gardot, Alela Diane, Joe Henry, Madeleine Peyroux), platen die juist wel iets nieuws brachten (Norah Jones, Kasabian, Richard Hawley, Lily Allen) en natuurlijk de platen die de boeken in kunnen als de ontdekkingen van 2009 (Fever Ray, Florence + The Machine, Isbells, Mumford & Sons, Ramona Falls, Taken By Trees, The Low Anthem, Soap & Skin.). Stapels platen die voor een deel snel vergeten zullen zijn, maar ook voor een deel zullen blijven hangen als een mooie herinnering aan het muziekjaar 2009.
Hieronder mijn lijstje met de 40 beste platen van 2009. In alfabetische volgorde, maar als ik er 1 moet kiezen, kies ik toch voor Lovetune For Vacuum van Soap & Skin; met afstand de meest donkere en indringende plaat van een zeker niet onaardig muziekjaar.
De complete lijst, inclusief links naar de recensies:
- Alele Diane - To Be Still (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/02/alela-diane-to-be-still.html)
- Arbouretum - Song Of The Pearl (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/arbouretum-song-of-pearl.html)
- Asobi Seksu - Hush (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/01/asobi-seksu-hush.html)
- Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/04/bat-for-lashes-two-suns.html)
- Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/bill-callahan-sometimes-i-wish-we-were.html)
- Broadcast & The Focus Group - Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/12/broadcast-focus-group-broadcast-focus.html)
- Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/01/bruce-springsteen-working-on-dream.html)
- Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend Of A Friend (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/11/dave-rawlings-machine-friend-of-friend.html)
- Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/06/dinosaur-jr-farm.html)
- Eilen Jewell - Sea Of Tears (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/04/eilen-jewell-sea-of-tears.html)
- Fever Ray - Fever Ray (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/fever-ray-fever-ray.html)
- Florence & The Machine - Lungs (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/07/florence-machine-lungs.html)
- Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Through The Devil Softly (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/09/hope-sandoval-warm-inventions-through.html)
- Howling Bells - Radio Wars (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/howling-bells-radio-wars.html)
- Isbells - Isbells (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/11/isbells-isbells.html)
- Joe Henry - Blood From Stars (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/08/joe-henry-blood-from-stars.html)
- Kasabian - The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/06/kasabian-west-ryder-pauper-lunatic.html)
- Leonard Cohen - Live In London (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/leonard-cohen-live-in-london.html)
- Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/02/lily-allen-its-not-me-its-you.html)
- Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/madeleine-peyroux-bare-bones.html)
- Matt Bauer - The Island Moved In The Storm (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/02/matt-bauer-island-moved-in-storm.html)
- Melody Gardot - My One And Only Thrill (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/04/melody-gardot-my-one-and-only-thrill.html)
- Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/12/mumford-sons-sigh-no-more.html)
- Norah Jones - The Fallm (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/11/norah-jones-fall.html)
- Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/06/phoenix-wolfgang-amadeus-phoenix.html)
- Rachael Yamagata - Elephants ... Teeth Sinking Into Heart (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/02/rachael-yamagata-elephants-teeth.html)
- Ramona Falls - Intuit (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/10/ramona-falls-intuit.html)
- Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/09/richard-hawley-trueloves-gutter.html)
- Richmond Fontaine - We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/08/richmond-fontaine-we-used-to-think.html)
- Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/05/simple-minds-graffiti-soul.html)
- Soap & Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/04/soap-skin-lovetune-for-vacuum.html)
- St. Vincent - Actor (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/05/st-vincent-actor.html)
- Taken By Trees - East Of Eden (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/09/taken-by-trees-east-of-eden.html)
- The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/04/felice-brothers-yonder-is-clock.html)
- The Low Anthem - O My God, Charlie Darwin (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/06/low-anthem-oh-my-god-charlie-darwin.html)
- The XX - xx (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/09/xx-xx.html)
- Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/08/tinariwen-imidiwan-companions.html)
- Tiny Vipers - Life On Earth (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/08/tiny-vipers-life-on-earth.html)
- White Denim - Fits (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-denim-fits.html)
- White Lies - To Lose My Life (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/01/white-lies-to-lose-my-life.html)
De beste reissues:
- Nirvana - Live At Reading (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/11/nirvana-live-at-reading.html)
- Leonard Cohen - Live At The Isle Of Wight, 1970 (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/10/leonard-cohen-live-at-isle-of-wight.html)
- The Beatles - Stereo Box Set (http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2009/09/beatles-beatles-stereo-box-set.html)