2009 (AC)

Animal Collective

Albums 09

Album of the Year – Entertainment Weekly

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20326356_20333365_10,00.html

#1 Album – Associated Press

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFoQpdi-ejofJ3OTjMD2NgtPl7KAD9CHBGVG0

#1 Album – SPIN Magazine

http://www.spin.com/gallery/40-best-albums-2009?page=40#main

#1 Album – Mojo Magazine

#1 Album – MTV (Ran on VH1 also)

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1628330/20091215/index.jhtml

http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1628330/20091215/paramore.jhtml?rsspartner=rssFeedOnFeeds

#1 Album – Pitchfork Media

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/5/

#1 Album – Tiny Mixtapes

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/2009-Favorite-50-Albums-of-2009-10

#1 Album – Popmatters

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117680-best-60-albums-of-2009/P5/

#1 Album – Exclaim!

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=139&csid2=864&fid1=42693

#1 Psych Album – Popmatters

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117451-best-psych-albums-of-2009/P1/

#1 Album – Stereogum

http://stereogum.com/gummys/2009/best-album-2009.html

#1 Album – Free Williamsburg

http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2009/12/best-music-of-2009.html

#1 Album – Faster Times

http://thefastertimes.com/venturecapital/2009/12/26/merriweather-post-pavilions-animal-collective-and-other-great-2009-albums/

#1 Album – Filter Magazine

http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/filters_top_10_albums_of_2009

#1 Album – Pretty Much Amazing

http://prettymuchamazing.com/music/pretty-much-amazings-best-albums-of-2009/2

#1 Album – Baltimore City Paper

http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=19445

#1 Album – Georgetown Voice

http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2009/12/03/the-best-of-2009-movies-and-music/

#1 Album – Agit Reader

http://www.agitreader.com/2009/09albums_01-10.html

#1 Album – Red Eye

#1 Album – Baltimore City Paper

#1 Album – Slant Magazine

http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/2009yearinmusic.asp

#1 Album – Lumino Magazine

http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/2888/1

#1 Album – Stark Magazine

https://www.colectivolaika.com/2009/12/andrews-best-albums-of-2009.html

#2 Album – NY Times – Jon Pareles

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/arts/music/20pareles.html?scp=1&sq=jon%20pareles%20best%20of&st=cse

#2 Album – Under the Radar Magazine

#2 Album – Paste

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/12/the-25-best-albums-of-2009.html?p=5

#2 Listeners Pick Album – NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121103815&sc=nl&cc=mn-20091209

#2 Album – Prefix Readers Poll

http://www.prefixmag.com/lists/all-votes/2/

#2 Album – Relevant Magazine

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/music/features/19374-relevants-best-albums-of-2009

#2 Album – The Epoch Times

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/26640/

#2 Album – Stereo Subversion

http://www.stereosubversion.com/features/ssvs-top-11-albums-of-2009-12-03-2009/

#2 Album – Metromix (Matt Rodbard)

http://orlando.metromix.com/music/article/best-albums-of-2009/1657989/content

#2 Album – 7×7 Magazine

http://www.7×7.com/blogs/clamour/our-picks-10-best-albums-2009

#2 Album – The Morning News

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/albums_of_the_year/the_top_10_albums_of_2009.php

#3 Album – Time Out NY – Colin St. John

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/music/81522/best-and-worst-music-of-2009

#3 Album – Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121705153.html

#3 Album – SF Station – Lynne Angel

http://www.sfstation.com/the-best-albums-of-2009-a25391

#3 Album – Cleveland Scene – Michael Toth

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-top-ten-lists-music/Content?oid=1808767

#3 Best Reviewed Album Metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2009.shtml

#3 Album – Urban Outfitters

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/urban_outfitters_best_of_music_09

#3 Album – Alive! Magazine (OH)

#3 Album – Onion

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-top-25-albums-of-2009,35918/2/

#3 Album – Indie Rock Reviews

http://www.indierockreviews.com/tag/best-of-lists/

#3 Rock Artist – URB Readers Poll

http://www.urb.com/2010/01/04/2009-urb-readers-poll-winners

#4 Album – Gorilla Vs. Bear

https://www.colectivolaika.com/2009/12/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2009.html

#4 Album – SomaFM

http://somafm.com/liveblog/

#5 Album – Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/critics-poll-2009

#5 Album – Long Island Press

http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/12/23/sonic-boom-the-10-best-albums-of-2009/

#5 Album – American Songwriter – Dustin Allen

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/12/best-albums-of-2009-staff-picks/

#5 Album – Daily Egyptian

http://www.siude.com/pulse/the-best-albums-of-2009-1.2116488

#6 Album – Buffalo News

http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/story/889819.html

#6 Album – Chicago Sun Time – Jim Derogatis

http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/12/the_best_albums_of_2009.html

#6 Album – SU Spectator

http://blog.su-spectator.com/2009/12/the-year-in-records-the-top-10-albums-of-2009/

#7 Album – Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/01/cds-shine-in-a-lackluster-music-year/

#7 Album – Amazon.com Editors

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_1000448191_pglink_next?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000448191&plpage=1

#7 Album – American Songwriter – Matthew Shearon

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/12/best-albums-of-2009-staff-picks/

#8 Album – Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-sweeney/everyones-a-critic-the-to_b_406047.html

#8 Album – San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_14049933?nclick_check=1

#8 Album – Stark Magazine

https://www.colectivolaika.com/2009/12/matts-top-30-of-year.html

#10 Album – Daily Cardinal

http://www.dailycardinal.com/arts/10-animal-collective-1.946519

#14 Album – Alt Ohio

http://www.altohio.com/top-50-albums-20-11.htm

#14 Album – Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31421097/the_25_best_albums_of_2009/11

#14 Album – Chicago Tribune – Greg Kot

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-tc-arts-best-rock-

recordingsdec13,0,1473185.story

#17 Album – New Haven Register

#34 Album – Blurt

http://www.blurt-online.com/features/view/526

Top Albums – Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20091220/ENT04/912200336/1039/Ent04/A-changing-landscape-in-pop-music

Top Album – San Diego City Beat

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/identity_crisis/8804/

Top Albums – Flagpole

http://flagpole.com/Weekly/Features/OurFavoriteNationalReleases-23Dec09

Top Albums – Idaho Statesman

Top Albums – Connecticut Post

Top Albums – Metropulse

http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/dec/22/year-music/

#17 Artist of the Year – Impose Magazine

http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/best-new-music-of-2009

Albums of the Decade

Onion

#22 Album ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-the-decade,35540/2/

Pitchfork –

#14 Album ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/

#55 album ‘Feels’

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7708-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-100-51/5/

#27 album ‘Sung Tongs’

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7709-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-50-21/3/

Stereogum –

#15 – Album ‘Feels’

#19 – Album of the Decade ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’

#43 – Album of Decade ‘Strawberry Jam’

#49 – Album ‘Sung Tongs’

http://stereogum.com/gummys/2009/best-album-of-the-decade.html

Under the Radar –

#25 Album – ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’

#109 Album – ‘Strawberry Jam’

Examiner – Top 50 Albums of the Decade ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’

http://www.examiner.com/x-6505-Baltimore-Music-Reviews-Examiner~y2009m12d1-Top-50-albums-of-the-decade-part-one

Musician/Celebrity Lists

No Age (Dean Spunt) Top Albums

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/

OK GO (Dan Kanopka) #1 Album

http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/filters_top_10_of_2009_dan_konopka_and_tim_nordwind_of_ok_go

Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph) – #1 Album

http://brettg.posterous.com/top-ten-albums-2009

Grizzly Bear (Chris Taylor) – #3 Album

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/urban_outfitters_best_of_music_09

Cotton Jones – #3 Album

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/urban_outfitters_best_of_music_09

Lindstrøm – #4 Album

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/3/

Saint Vincent (Annie Clark) – #5 Album

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/urban_outfitters_best_of_music_09

Cave Singers – #2 Album

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/urban_outfitters_best_of_music_09

Aziz Ansari – #1 Album

http://stereogum.com/gummys/2009/celebrity-ballots-2009.html

Dennis Cooper – #4 Album

https://www.colectivolaika.com/2009/06/mine-for-yours-mid-year-round-up-of.html

Wild Beasts (Tom Fleming) – Top Albums

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/2/

Arcade Fire (Jeremy Gara) – Top Albums

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/2/

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/4/

Wavves – Top Albums

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/4/

Wye Oak – Top Albums

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/4/

Singles

Spin Magazine

#4 Single ‘My Girls’

http://www.spin.com/articles/20-best-songs-2009?page=0%2C3

Pitchfork

#1 Single ‘My Girls’

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/10/

#11 Single ‘What Would I Want Sky’

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/9/

#23 Single ‘Brother Sport’

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/8/

PopMatters –

#21 single ‘Brother Sport’

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117124-popmatters-best-singles-of-2009/P2/

#1 Single ‘My Girls’

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117124-popmatters-best-singles-of-2009/P4/

#3 Single – ‘Brother Sport’ – Times Herald Record

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091229/ENTERTAIN/912299987

#8 Single ‘My Girls’ – RollingStone.com Readers Poll

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31347137/the_yearend_readers_poll

#10 Single – ‘My Girls’

http://consequenceofsound.net/cos-year-end-report-the-top-50-songs-of-09-25-1/

Amazon.com Editors

#2 Single ‘My Girls’

#16 Single ‘Summertime Clothes’ NoiseVox

Treblezine

#2 Single – ‘My Girls’

http://treblezine.com/features/218.html&page=5

#23 single ‘Brothersport’

http://treblezine.com/features/218.html&page=3

#45 Song ‘What Would I Want Sky’

http://treblezine.com/features/218.html

#14 Single ‘Summertime Clothes’ – Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/79053792.html

#21 Single ‘My Girls’ – Spinner –

http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/25/top-2009-songs/

#28 Single ‘My Girls’ – Esquire –

http://www.esquire.com/features/music/best-new-songs-0409

#29 Single ‘My Girls’ – Metromix

http://orlando.metromix.com/music/article/best-songs-of-2009/1662360/content

Video

#4 Best Video ‘My Girls’ Stereogum

http://stereogum.com/gummys/2009/best-music-video-2009.html