Hooray for decades! Hooray for music! Hooray for lists!
Three lists, in fact: favorite albums of the decade, favorite albums of the year, and favorite songs of the year.
Here we go!
10 favorite albums of the decade
1. Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
3. Radiohead – Kid A
4. Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
5. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
6. Beck – Sea Change
7. David Crowder*Band – A Collision
8. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
9. Jars Of Clay – Good Monsters
10. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
10 favorite albums of the year (2009)
1. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
2. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
3. St. Vincent – Actor
4. Elvis Perkins In Dearland – Self-titled
5. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
6. Passion Pit – Manners
7. U2 – No Line On The Horizon
8. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE
9. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
10. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Favorite songs of the year (2009) (in alphabetical order, by artist)
Alela Diane – Lady Divine
Andrew Bird – Souverian
Animal Collective – Bluish
The Avett Brothers – Laundry Room
Bob Dylan – I Feel A Change Comin’ On
David Crowder*Band – God Almighty, None Compares
The Dead Weather – Bone House
Derek Webb – American Flag Umbrella
Elvis Perkins In Dearland – Chains, Chains, Chains
Fiction Family – Look For Me Baby
Jars Of Clay – Scenic Route
Joe Henry – Death To The Storm
Joshua James – Pitchfork
Major Lazer – Anything Goes
Manchester Orchestra – The River
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
St. Vincent – Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood
Sufjan Stevens – Movement I: In The Countenance Of Kings
Switchfoot – Always
U2 – Cedars Of Lebanon
Wilco – Bull Black Nova
These songs are all on iTunes, so have fun!