b3science counts down our choice top 20 albums of 2009! the top 40 tracks of the year drop tomorrow. dr. oz is straight PSYCHED!!
1. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Mos Def – History (Feat. Talib Kweli)
Mos Def on b3sci
buy the The Ecstatic LP
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
Yeah Yeah Yeahs on b3sci
buy the It’s Blitz! LP
3. Electric Wire Hustle – Every Waking Hour
Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser
Electric Wire Hustle on b3sci
buy the Every Waking Hour LP
4. A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
A Place to Bury Strangers – In Your Heart
A Place to Bury Strangers on b3sci
buy the Exploding Head LP
5. The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control
The Raveonettes – Gone Forever
The Raveonettes on b3sci
buy the In and Out of Control LP
6. Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kasabian – Vlad The Impaler
Kasabian on b3sci
buy the West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum LP
7. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Kid Cudi – Hyyerr (Feat. Chip Tha Ripper)
Kid Cudi on b3sci
buy the Man on the Moon: The End of Day LP
8. Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Florence and the Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins (demo)
Florence and the Machine on b3sci
buy the Lungs LP
9. The xx – The xx
The xx – Night Time
buy the The xx LP
10. The Temper Trap – Conditions
The Temper Trap – Fader
The Temper Trap on b3sci
buy the Conditions LP
11. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
Raekwon – Ason Jones
Raekwon on b3sci
buy the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II LP
12. Moby – Wait for Me
Moby – A Seated Night
Moby on b3sci
buy the Wait for Me LP
13. Jack Penate – Everything is New
Jack Penate – Everything is New
Jack Penate on b3sci
buy the Everything is New LP
14. Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe
Depeche Mode – In Sympathy
Depeche Mode on b3sci
buy the Sounds of the Universe LP
15. The Obits – I Blame You
The Obits – Pine On
The Obits on b3sci
buy the I Blame You LP
16. The Cribs – Ignore the Ignorant
The Cribs – We Share the Same Skies
The Cribs on b3sci
buy the Ignore the Ignorant EP
17. Gliss – Devotion Implosion
Gliss – Beauty
Gliss on b3sci
buy the Devotion Implosion
18. Mayer Hawthorne – A Strange Arrangment
Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’
Mayer Hawthorne on b3sci
buy the A Strange Arrangement LP
19. The Maccabees – Wall of Arms
The Maccabees – Love You Better
The Maccabees on bsci
buy the Wall of Arms LP
20. The Kid Daytona – Come Fly With Me
The Kid Daytona – The Engine
The Kid Daytona on b3sci
download the Come Fly With Me LP for free
honorable mentions:
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
K-os – Yes!
J Dilla – Jay Stay Paid
Reigning Sound – Love and Curses
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
14kt – Nowalataz
Muse – The Resistance
Brittany Bosco – Spectrum
Gucci Mane – The State vs. Radric Davis
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
U2 – No Line On The Horizon
Horrors – Primary Colours
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians – Life and Death
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Ashes Grammar