After much vote taking, here are recordstore's albums of 2009 as voted for by you....our lovely customers:
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (Polydor) >>>
You Said: "two sides to this record one wants to get its groove on the other wants to swoon you."
2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp) >>>
You Said: "It's 2009's most perfect sound and harmonies"
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino) >>>
You Said: "euphoric widescreen harmonic intensity"
4. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions (14th Floor) >>>
You Said: "Packed full of anthems"
You Said: "Sonic bliss!"
6. The Horrors - Primary Colours (XL) >>>
You Said: "butterfly-like transformation from scrawny clotheshorses into pastiche perfection"
7. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (Columbia) >>>
You Said: "Every tune a belter!"
8. Florence And The Machine - Lungs (Island) >>>
You Said: "Really powerful vocals with good melodic songs"
9. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Parlophone) >>>
You Said: "Fantastically and hauntingly different. My copy is already wearing out"
10. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers (Columbia) >>>
You Said: "Great tunes, and finally Richie's lyrics get realised"
11. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (Domino) >>>
You Said: "it's smooth, soft and quiet. and amazing"
12. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (V2) >>>
You Said: "Their best in a long time with killer singles"
13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (Domino) >>>
You Said: "of course it's not as good as the other albums...but they're changing, not standing still (Oasis, Kaisers etc....) A real grower"
14. White Lies - To Lose My Life (Fiction) >>>
You Said: "A return to the 80's....a poppy mix of Furniture and Jesus and Mary Chain"
15. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (Rabid) >>>
You Said: "Awesome electronic pop layered with superb other-worldly vocals"
16. Morrissey - Years Of Refusal (Decca) >>>
You Said: "return to form" (scarily this is as articulate as Morrissey fans have got about their hero....)
17. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (ATP) >>>
You Said: "truly extraordinary filled with diversity and utter originality. It sounds like something from another world."
18. Pet Shop Boys - Yes (Parlophone) >>>
You Said: "Return to form after so many dull years!"
19. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms (Fiction) >>>
You Said: "like that feeling you get when you fall in love, they've matured so much from the first album"
20. Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another (4AD) >>>
You Said: "how are these guys not the biggest band in the UK?"
