Sunday, December 06, 2009

The AMSPX List of 200 Favorite Songs for 2009

Over the past couple of weeks I've been working to compile my list of favorite songs of 2009. Here's what I've come up with... It's comprised of 201 songs this year. It was a good year!

1. Rich Doors – New Villager
2. Poison Lips - Vitalic
3. Kandi (Eat More Cake Remix) – One eskimO
4. Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear
5. Robots – Dan Mangan
6. Fresh Blood – eels
7. Ulysses – Franz Ferdinand
8. Life Is Long – David Byrne and Brian Eno
9. Pulling on a Line – Great Lake Swimmers
10. Fire Escape – Fanfarlo
11. Satellite Skin – Modest Mouse
12. Feed Me to the Wolves – Logan Lynn
13. All of My Days and All of My Days Off – A.C. Newman
14. 40 Day Dream - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
15. Burning Your Glory – Logan Lynn
16. Sour Milk / Salt Water – Port O’Brien
17. My Propeller – Arctic Monkeys
18. Death – White Lies
19. Sometime Around Midnight – the Airborne Toxic Event
20. Sirens – the Whip

21. Brand New Day – Tim Myers with Lindsey Ray
22. Natural Disaster – Andrew Bird
23. Old Panda Days – Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
24. Black River Killer – Blitzen Trapper
25. Skin and Bones – Hello Dragon
26. Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
27. Stronger Than Jesus – A Camp
28. Grounds for Divorce – Elbow
29. Finish Line – Fanfarlo
30. No You Girls – Franz Ferdinand
31. St. Georges – Salim Nourallah
32. Shine On – the Kooks
33. Maglight – Wussy
34. Young Atlantis – A.C. Newman
35. Animals – Sara Lov
36. She’s Got Me Dancing – Tommy Sparks
37. Astronauts – One eskimO
38. The Ancient Commonsense of Things – Bishop Allen
39. Happy Up Here – Royksopp
40. Now We Can See – the Thermals

41. Ambulance Driver – Hello Dragon
42. It’s Not Enough – Salim Nourallah
43. Lisztomania – Phoenix
44. Kiss with a Fist – Florence + the Machine
45. Autumn Beds – Modest Mouse
46. Moth’s Wings – Passion Pit
47. Dominoes – the Big Pink
48. A Beautiful World – Tim Myers
49. While You Wait for the Others – Grizzly Bear
50. Kingdom of Rust – Doves
51. Okay – Venice Is Sinking
52. Crying Lightning – Arctic Monkeys
53. O Shot – the Gay Blades
54. The Look You Give That Guy – eels
55. To Lose My Life – White Lies
56. I’m Confused – Handsome Furs
57. I Hit Another Wall – Tim Williams
58. OKNO – Phonograph
59. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
60. Blue Skies – Noah and the Whale

61. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) – Florence + the Machine
62. Me No – Clem Snide
63. Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out with Me – Cracker
64. My Turn – Basement Jaxx feat. Lightspeed Champion
65. 1901 - Phoenix
66. Wicked Blood – Sea Wolf
67. Won’t Change My Mind – Liam Finn + Eliza Jane
68. Permanent Scar – O+S
69. While You Were Sleeping – Elvis Perkins
70. Jailbird – M. Ward
71. Song for No One – Miike Snow
72. My Unusual Friend – Fruit Bats
73. Bury You – the Beatings
74. Hi Fi Goon – Throw Me the Statue
75. How to Wait for a Very Long Time – Fanfarlo
76. Orange Shirt – Discovery
77. My Body Is a Cage – Sara Lov
78. End of the World – Matt Alber
79. Camp Out – An Horse
80. Fireflies – Owl City

81. Cheerleader – Grizzly Bear
82. You’ve Got the Love – Florence + the Machine
83. Yucatan Gold – Throw Me the Statue
84. The Collected Works – A.C. Newman
85. Just Impolite – Plushgun
86. Norman Bleik – I Was a King
87. Microphone – Coconut Records
88. Two Can Play – Eulogies
89. Coin Laundry – Lisa Mitchell
90. Kentucky Waltz – Manson Family Picnic
91. There Are No Goodbyes – Sophia
92. Something in the Water – Henry Clay People
93. Skip the Foreplay – Oh No! Oh My!
94. Ozone Street – Tim Williams
95. This Tornado Loves You – Neko Case
96. Heavy Cross – the Gossip
97. Eagles Don’t Sparkle – We Are Enfant Terrible
98. Robot High School – My Robot Friend
99. Sound the Alarms – Immaculate Machine
100. Fuzzy – Collective Soul

101. Lay It Down – Peter Bjorn and John
102. Today a Rainy Day – Arnoux
103. Fun That We Have – Julian Plenti
104. Got Nuffin’ – Spoon
105. Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix) – Air
106. Paralyzed – Starlight Mints
107. Summertime Clothes (Dam-Funk Remix) – Animal Collective
108. 107 – Hello Dragon
109. The Trapeze Swinger – Iron and Wine
110. The First Days of Spring – Noah and the Whale
111. Funeral Singers – Califone
112. Arsonist’s Blues – Good Night, States
113. Dark Neon - Wilco
114. Feather Bed – Fruit Bats
115. Everyday – Vetiver
116. Goodbye – Mutemath
117. Lemons, aka BigFishLittlePond - Amos The Transparent
118. Free Energy – Free Energy
119. A Happening – Hyperstory
120. When You Walk in the Room – Fyfe Dangerfield

121. Ambling Alp - Yeasayer
122. If It Is Growing – Fanfarlo
123. All We Want, Baby, Is Everything – Handsome Furs
124. Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
125. I and Love and You – Avett Brothers
126. If I Could (You Know I Would) – Keygrip
127. The Good Life – Tim Myers
128. Wilco (the Song) – Wilco
129. The Fixer – Pearl Jam
130. Backfire – Mutemath
131. Natural – Starlight Mints
132. Bulletproof – La Roux
133. Bourgeois Shangri-La – Miss Li
134. Love, Etc. – Pet Shop Boys
135. Left Handed Girl – James Yuill
136. Bring Out Your Dead – Bluebrain
137. Rats – the Black Heart Procession
138. All the Pretty Girls – fun.
139. Long Way to Go – Liam Finn and Eliza Jane
140. Black and Milds - Cataldo

141. The Sun Ain’t Shining No More – The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
142. Beginner’s Luck – eels
143. Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey – Cracker
144. Here Are Many Wild Animals – A Camp
145. Oslo Campfire – Port O’Brien
146. Watch the Waves – Taken by Trees
147. Pa Pa Power – Dead Man’s Bones
148. Murderous Air – Tim Williams
149. Two Shocks – Brakes
150. Life Magazine – Cold Cave
151. Lovesick Teenagers – Bear in Heaven
152. Get Going - Headlights
153. Highway Song – What Bird
154. Ballad on Third Avenue (Beautiful Losers) – Ed Hale
155. Uprising – Muse
156. Dog Days Are Over – Florence + the Machine
157. Thinking of You – Pete Yorn
158. Strictly Game – Harlem Shakes
159. Cut Me Out – Nakatomi Towers
160. Phones Don’t Feud – Holiday Shores

161. The Day I Died – John Oszajca
162. Thunder$troke – Beaten Awake
163. Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
164. People Got a Lotta Nerve – Neko Case
165. Nothing to Worry About – Peter Bjorn and John
166. Office Days – NYCO
167. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight – U2
168. Stars of Leo – M. Ward
169. Fangela – Here We Go Magic
170. Bodies - Robbie Williams
171. Lady Jesus – The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
172. Wrong – Depeche Mode
173. We Do What We Want To – O+S
174. Generator ^ Second Floor – Freelance Whales
175. Floating Vibes – Surfer Blood
176. (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer
177. Little Bribes – Death Cab for Cutie
178. Gravitate – Lou Barlow
179. I'll Fight - Wilco
180. No One Does It Like You – Department of Eagles

181. Concrete Heart – Great Lake Swimmers
182. Heavens to Purgatory – The Most Serene Republic
183. Robots Can F**k Your Sh*t Up – the Gay Blades
184. Tenuousness - Andrew Bird
185. Friends - Band of Skulls
186. Out in the Woods – Birds and Batteries
187. Social Development Dance – Pete Yorn
188. Meet Me on the Equinox – Death Cab for Cutie
189. In the Room Where You Sleep - Dead Man’s Bones
190. I’m Deaf and You’re Boring – You, You’re Awesome
191. The Violet Hour – Sea Wolf
192. I’m Not Likely To Change – Andrew Thompson
193. Be Calm - fun.
194. Love Vigilantes – Iron and Wine
195. Vapours – Islands
196. Walls of Jericho – Animal Kingdom
197. I Wonder Who We Are – the Clientele
198. The High Road – Broken Bells
199. Don't Haunt This Place - The Rural Alberta Advantage
200. Alone in This – The Shape of the Earth
201. I Love You But Goodbye – Langhorne Slim


Yeah! I made it to 201!

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