2009 --The Best In Music.

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The music industry has continued to slowly adapt to this new digital-era of music which has presented itself to be a challenge both to the record labels as well as the artists themselves. Despite this, it's still has been a good year for music. Musicians everywhere have relied on the word-of-mouth bloggesphere to create enough buzz that will land them on some listener's iPod next time they decide to take a break from watching Mad Men or playing guitar hero. This is the times we live in. With bands such as The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart having plenty of buzz at the start of this year while other bands like XX ended the year with plenty of buzz of their own. Established artists saw the release of new albums while other bands took breaks from their own collective groups to create what is now becoming a new trend in these new so-called "super-groups". As far as the decade goes, the way I see it, it began with Kid A and ended with Merriweather Post Pavilion, two key albums that will forever be linked to the 00s. In looking forward to next year and into the next decade, one can only imagine what directions music will take and what steps the music industry will need to take in oder to continue to make profits from legitimate and talented artists and not have to rely so much on just another manufactured one-hit wonder "rock band". With that being said, here are the lists of favorite albums and songs of the year, albums of the decade and even a favorite MJ songs list as a way of paying tribute to the man's legacy.In hoping Nickelback finally goes away in the coming decade, happy new year everybody!-SSAY2K9 ALBUMS:[50] Passion Pitt - MannersKey tracks: "Little Secrets" & "The Reeling"[49] Peter Bjorn & John - Living ThingKey tracks: "If It Don't Move Me" & "Nothing To Worry About"[48] Handsome Furs - Face ControlKey tracks: "Legal Tender" & "I'm Confused"[47] jj - n° 2Key tracks: "Things Will Never Be The Same Again" & "Ecstasy"[46] Sonic Youth - The EternalKey tracks: "Antenna" & "Sacred Trickster"[45] Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague LoversKey tracks: "Peeled Apples" & "Journal For Plague Lovers"[44] Islands - VapoursKey tracks: "Switched On" & "Vapours"[43] M. Ward - Hold TimeKey tracks: "For Beginners" & "Rave On"[42] Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz FerdinandKey tracks: "Ulysses" & "No You Girls"[41] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic ZerosKey tracks: "Carries On" & "Home"[40] The Flaming Lips - EmbryonicKey Tracks: "Convinced Of The Hex" & "I Can Be A Frog"[39] Mastodon - Crack The SkyKey tracks: "Oblivion" & "Quintessence"[38] Camera Obscura - The Maudlin CarreerKey tracks: "French Navy" & "Honey In The Sun"[37] Dan Auerbach - Keep It HidKey tracks: "Trouble Weighs A Ton" & "I Want Some More"[36] Dinosaur Jr. - FarmKey tracks: "I Want To Know" & "Pieces"[35] Volcano Choir - UnmapKey tracks: "Island, Is" & "Husks & Shells"[34] Bob Dylan - Together Through LifeKey tracks: "Life Is Hard" & "I Feel A Change Coming On"[33] Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy"Hindsight" & "Oh Yeah"[32] Doves - Kingdom Of RustKey tracks: "Winter Hill" & "Kingdom Of Rust"[31] Arctic Monkeys - HumbugKey tracks: "Crying Lightning" & "Cornerstone"[30] Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's BlitzKey tracks: "Heads Will Roll" & "Zero"[29] Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt. IIKey tracks: "House Of Flying Daggers" & "Pyrex Vision"[28] Japandroids - Post-NothingKey tracks: "The Boys Are Leaving Town" & "Young Hearts Spark FIre"[27] The XX - XX (Album)Key tracks: "Crystalised" & "Basic Space"[26] Andrew Bird - Noble BeastKey tracks: "Oh No" & "Effigy"[25] Phoenix - Wolfgang AmadeusKey tracks: "1901" & "Lisztomania"[24] Bat For Lashes - Two SunsKey tracks: "Daniel" & "Pearl's Dream"[23] The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartKey tracks: "Young Adult Friction" & "Contender"[22] Wilco - Wilco (The Album)Key tracks: "One Wing" & "You And I"[21] Tiny Vipers - Life On EarthKey tracks: "Eyes Like Ours" & "Slow Motion"[20] Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying LightKey tracks: "Aeon" & "Another World"[19] The Horrors - Primary ColoursKey tracks: "Who Can Say" & "Sea Within A Sea"[18] Neko Case - Middle CycloneKey tracks: "People Got A Lotta Nerve" & "This Tornado Loves You"[17] Mount Erie - Wind's PoemKey tracks: "Through The Trees" & "Wind Speaks"[16] Sunset Rubdown - DragonslayerKey tracks: "Silver Moons" & "Black Swan"[15] Girls - AlbumKey tracks: "Lust For Life" & "Laura"[14] Real Estate - Real EstateKey tracks: "Pool Swimmers" & "Suburban Beverage"[13] Cymbal Eat Guitars - Why There Are MountainsKey tracks: "And The Hazy Sea" & "Some Trees (Merritt Moon)"[12] The Antlers - HospiceKey tracks: "Bear" & "Atrophy"[11] Dirty Projectors - Bitte OrcaKey tracks: "Cannibal Resource" & "Stillness Is The Move"[10] Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To MaliKey tracks: "Sabali" & "Masiteladi"[09] Isis - Wavering RadiantKey tracks: "Ghost Key" & "Hand Of The Host"[08] Sun O)) - Monoliths And DimensionsKey tracks: "Alice"[07] Lightning Dust - Infinite LightKey tracks: "Antonia Jane" & "Dreamer"[06] Atlas Sound - LogosKey tracks: "The Light That Failed" & "Walkabout"[05] Wild Beasts - Two DancersKey tracks: "Hooting & Howling" & "This Is Our Lot"[04] St. Vincent - ActorKey tracks: "Black Rainbow" & "The Party"[03] Fever Ray - Fever RayKey tracks: "If I Had A Heart" & "When I Grow Up"[02] Grizzly Bear - VeckatimestKey tracks: "Two Weeks" & "Ready Able"[01] Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavillionKey tracks: "In The Flowers" & "My Girls"Y2K9 SONGS:[20] "People Got A Lotta Nerve" by Neko Case[19] "Daniel" by Bat For Lashes[18] "One Wing" by Wilco[17] "Contender" by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart[16] "Dominos" by The Big Pink[15] "Hold The Line" by Major Lazer[14] "1901" by Phoenix[13] "Zero" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs[12] "The Reeling" by Passion Pit[11] "Percussion Gun" by White Rabbits[10] "Cheerleader" by Grizzly Bear[09] "Home" by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros[08] "Some Trees" by Cymbals Eat Guitars[07] "The Party" by St. Vincent[06] "These Are My Twisted Words" by Radiohead[05] "Stillness Is The Move" by Dirty Projectors[04] "My Girls" by Animal Collective[03] "When I Grow Up" by Fever Ray[02] "Ready, Able" by Grizzly Bear[01] "A Thousand Eyes" by Crystal AntlersTHE 00s BEST ALBUMS:[20] Sleater Kineey - The Woods[19] M.I.A. - Kala[18] Liars - Drum's Not Dead[17] Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker[16] The White Stripes - White Blood Cells[15] Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R[14] Ambulance Ltd - Ambulance Ltd[13] Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun[12] Jay Z - The Blueprint[11] TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain[10] Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes[09] Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Fever To Tell[08] Sufjan Stevens - Illinois[07] …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes[06] The Strokes - Is This It[05] The Libertines - Up The Bracket[04] Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion[03] Arcade Fire - Funeral[02] Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot[01] Radiohead - Kid ABONUS LIST: Michael Jackson's FAVORITE SONGS:[20] Remember The Time[19] Heaven Can Wait[18] Smooth Criminal[17] Butterflies[16] Black Or White[15] Just Good Friends[14] Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough[13] The Way You Make Me Feel[12] Wanna Be Startin' Somethin[11] Dirty Diana[10] Human Nature[09] Man In The Mirror[08] Stranger In Moscow[07] Rock With You[06] In The Closet[05] You And I (Jackson 5)[04] Beat It[03] P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)[02] I Just Can't Stop Loving You[01] Thriller