Rather than have a strict top ten, I wanted to bring you my personal top twenty albums this year. Many have been nominated, but these just stuck with me this year strictly in the “power pop” genre. I look forward to the top ten lists of many other music blogs, so hopefully we’ll see many more before the year ends.
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr. “Catnip Dynamite” *
and Plasticsoul “Peacock Swagger” - Roger Klug “More Help For Your Nerves”
- Lamar Holley “Confessions of a College Student”
- Michael Carpenter “Redemption #39”
- The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder “Makes Your Ears Smile”
- The Webstirs “So Long”
- Jeff Litman “Postscript”
- Curtains For You “What A Lovely Surprise To Wake Up Here”
- L’Avventura “Your Star Was Shining”
- The Simple Carnival “Girls Aliens Food”
- The Shazam “Meteor”
- Dennis Diken with Bell Sound “Late Music”
- Jeff Larson “Heart Of The Valley”
- Bleu “A Watched Pot”
- The Secret Powers and The Electric Family Choir
- Chris Richards and The Subtractions “Sad Sounds of Summer”
- Thowback Suburbia “s/t”
- The Wigs “File Under: Pop Vocal”
- Valley Lodge “Semester at Sea”
- The Resonars “That Evil Drone”
Coming up next: My top EPs of 2009
Yes. Bobby Emmet was very close. in the top 30 for sure.
How close was Bobby Emmet to breaking your top 20? Pretty close, I hope!
No mention of Canadian Invasion or Golden Bloom? Shame. Nice list though.
Great list. The L'Avventura album and Star & Micey (not on your list) albums were two of my very faves of the year. Non-power po, and best of 2009 overall, IMO, Lucero-1372 Overton Park.
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