{"id":1667,"date":"2009-12-21T22:30:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T03:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2010-01-05T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T03:06:12","slug":"favorite-music-of-09-and-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/favorite-music-of-09-and-the-decade","title":{"rendered":"Favorite music of &#8217;09, and the DECADE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hooray for decades! Hooray for music! Hooray for lists!<\/p>\n<p>Three lists, in fact: favorite albums of the decade, favorite albums of the year, and favorite songs of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 favorite albums of the decade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Arcade Fire &#8211; Funeral<\/p>\n<p>2. Wilco &#8211; A Ghost Is Born<\/p>\n<p>3. Radiohead &#8211; Kid A<\/p>\n<p>4. Sufjan Stevens &#8211; Michigan<\/p>\n<p>5. Bob Dylan &#8211; Love And Theft<\/p>\n<p>6. Beck &#8211; Sea Change<\/p>\n<p>7. David Crowder*Band &#8211; A Collision<\/p>\n<p>8. Andrew Bird &#8211; Armchair Apocrypha<\/p>\n<p>9. Jars Of Clay &#8211; Good Monsters<\/p>\n<p>10. U2 &#8211; All That You Can&#8217;t Leave Behind<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 favorite albums of the year (2009)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The Avett Brothers &#8211; I And Love And You<\/p>\n<p>2. Wilco &#8211; Wilco (The Album)<\/p>\n<p>3. St. Vincent &#8211; Actor<\/p>\n<p>4. Elvis Perkins In Dearland &#8211; Self-titled<\/p>\n<p>5. Manchester Orchestra &#8211; Mean Everything To Nothing<\/p>\n<p>6. Passion Pit &#8211; Manners<\/p>\n<p>7. U2 &#8211; No Line On The Horizon<\/p>\n<p>8. Sufjan Stevens &#8211; The BQE<\/p>\n<p>9. Andrew Bird &#8211; Noble Beast<\/p>\n<p>10. Animal Collective &#8211; Merriweather Post Pavilion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite songs of the year (2009) (in alphabetical order, by artist)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alela Diane &#8211; Lady Divine<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Bird &#8211; Souverian<\/p>\n<p>Animal Collective &#8211; Bluish<\/p>\n<p>The Avett Brothers &#8211; Laundry Room<\/p>\n<p>Bob Dylan &#8211; I Feel A Change Comin&#8217; On<\/p>\n<p>David Crowder*Band &#8211; God Almighty, None Compares<\/p>\n<p>The Dead Weather &#8211; Bone House<\/p>\n<p>Derek Webb &#8211; American Flag Umbrella<\/p>\n<p>Elvis Perkins In Dearland &#8211; Chains, Chains, Chains<\/p>\n<p>Fiction Family &#8211; Look For Me Baby<\/p>\n<p>Jars Of Clay &#8211; Scenic Route<\/p>\n<p>Joe Henry &#8211; Death To The Storm<\/p>\n<p>Joshua James &#8211; Pitchfork<\/p>\n<p>Major Lazer &#8211; Anything Goes<\/p>\n<p>Manchester Orchestra &#8211; The River<\/p>\n<p>Passion Pit &#8211; Sleepyhead<\/p>\n<p>St. Vincent &#8211; Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood<\/p>\n<p>Sufjan Stevens &#8211; Movement I: In The Countenance Of Kings<\/p>\n<p>Switchfoot &#8211; Always<\/p>\n<p>U2 &#8211; Cedars Of Lebanon<\/p>\n<p>Wilco &#8211; Bull Black Nova<\/p>\n<p>These songs are all on iTunes, so have fun!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/Users\/Joel\/Library\/Caches\/TemporaryItems\/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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