top ten albums of 2009

i've been a little out of it with music this year. but i did manage to scrape together a top ten.

so here goes.

1. veckatimest - grizzly bear



--> two weeks <--

2. wolfgang amedeus phoenix - phoenix



--> girlfriend <--

3. grace/wastelands - peter doherty



--> new love grows on trees <--

4. adventureland ost - various artists



--> don't change - inxs <--

5. new moon ost - various artists



--> possibility - lykke li <--

6. american saturday night - brad paisley



--> american saturday night <--

7. further complications - jarvis cocker



--> caucasian blues <--

8. star trek ost / up ost - michael giacchino



--> labor of love <-- / --> married life <--

9. working on a dream - bruce springsteen



--> the wrestler <--

10. around the well - iron & wine



--> the trapeze swinger <--

movie soundtracks 2k8

i love movie soundtracks. i wasn't so on top of them this year as in pervious years. i do want to discuss three of them; one score that i love, one soundtrack that i love and one soundtrack that is terrible but has one absolutely amazing song on it.

firstly, my love for hans zimmer knows no bounds. his score for frost/nixon is so beautiful.



---> the numbers - hans zimmer <---

the good soundtrack is tropic thunder. it is amazing and chock full of songs i've always loved, and some guilty pleasures too. it also has a few songs i've never heard before that are wonderful.



---> the name of the game (the crystal method's big a** t.t. mix) - the crystal method <---

and now the soundtrack that is terrible: twilight. (we won't get into the movie itself. haha. i may have loved it but i'll never tellll). the soundtrack, which made bank, is filled with mediocre rock songs. actually, it's the kind of stuff i would have liked in high school (for shame) so i guess i can see how it made so much money. it does, however, have one shinning light, namely iron & wine.



---> flightless bird, american mouth - iron & wine <---

how the music producers convinced sam beam to put his song on this shitty soundtrack i will never understand.

www.hans-zimmer.com/
www.thecrystalmethod.com/
www.ironandwine.com/