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UNCUT BEST ALBUMS 2009
1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
3. The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
4. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
5. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
6. The XX - The XX
7. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
8. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
10. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
11. Bill Callaham - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
12. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
13. White Denim - Fits
14. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
15. Bassekou Kouyate And Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula
16. Florence And The Machine - Lungs
17. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
18. Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
19. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
20. The Horrors - Primary Colours
21. The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (Uncut Deliberate Error Charlie Brown Hahhaha)
22. Alela Diane - To Be Still
23. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
24. Micachu And The Shapes - Jewellery
25. Sunn 0))) - Monoliths And Dimensions
26. The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming
27. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
28. Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
29. Pj Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By
30. Jim O' Rourke - The Visitor
31. The Dead Weather - Horehound
32. Iggy Pop - Preliminaries
33. The Duke And The King - Nothing Gold Can Stay
34. Trembling Bells - Carberth
35. Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions
36. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
37. Dinosaur Jr - Farm
38. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
39. Cornershop - Judy Sucks On A Lemon For Breakfast
40. The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock
41. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl
42. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
43. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
44. Reigning Sound - Love And Curses
45. Richmond Fontaine - We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River
46. Broadcast & The Focus Group - …Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
47. Alasdair Roberts - Spoils
48. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
49. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
50. Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
Q BEST ALBUMS 2009
50 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
49 Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
48 Ian Brown - My Way
47 Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
46 Golden Silvers - True Romance
45 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
44 The View - Which Bitch?
43 Tinariwen - Imidiwen Companions
42 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx
41 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
40 Cheryl Cole - 3 Words
39 The Horrors - Primary Colours
38. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
37 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
36 Sonic Youth - The Eternal
35 Pearl Jam - Backspacer
34 White Lies - To Lose My Life
33 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
32 Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
31 Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
30 La Roux - La Roux
29 Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
28 Bruce Springsteen - Walking On A Dream
27 The Dead Weather - Horehound
26 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
25 Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
24 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
23 The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
22 The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
21 Jamie T - Kings & Queens
20 Fever Ray - Fever Ray
19 Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
18 Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much
17 Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
16 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
15 Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N' Cheek
14 Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
13 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
12 Jack Penate - Everything Is New
11 Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
10 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
09 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
08 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
07 Muse - The Resistance
06 Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
05 Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
04 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
02 Florence And The Machine - Lungs
01 Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
MOJO Magazine - Top 50 Albums of 2009
50. Max Richter - Waltz With Bashir OST
49. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II
48. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
47. Bruce Springsteen - Working On a Dream
46. The Black Crowes - Before the Frost…
45. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My
44. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Informaton
43. Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
42. Doug Paisley - Doug Paisley
41. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
40. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
39. Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head and the Sky
38. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
37. BLK JKS - After Robots
36. White Denim - Fits
35. Portico Quartet - Isla
34. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
33. Leonard Cohen - Live in London
32. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
31. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have You Done, My Brother?
30. Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort
29. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
28. Vetiver - Tight Knit
27. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula
26. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
25. Alasdair Roberts - Spoils
24. Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo
23. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
22. The XX - XX
21. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
20. Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
19. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Diamonds
18. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
17. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
16. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
15. Kasabian - The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum
14. Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement
13. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
12. The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
11. The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
09. Madness - The Liberty of Nolton Folgate
08. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
07. Florence & the Machine - Lungs
06. Bob Dylan - Together Through Time
05. Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions
04. The Horrors - Primary Colours
03. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
02. Bill Calahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
promo guy // 03/12/2009
PS: Uskoro kreće i godišnji terapijski izbor naj- u 2009 "glas naroda" u kojem osim glasanja sretnike očekuju u bogate nagrade...