Your top _ (insert number there) albums of 2009

[againtocarthage]

Whats your top albums of 2009?
The year is nearly over!

I hope this thread, since as a community we share the same interests (rxb), will inspire me to listen and check out some albums you guys think are awesome.

1. RXB
2. Them Crooked Vultures
3. Portugal The Man
4. Fun
5. Cobra Starship (HAHAHA, i know im gonna get shit for this, be that as it may, I enjoyed it.)

The rest.. I dont know...

Haven't really heard many stellar albums this year. INSPIRE ME!

[CodyOnAStick]

1. Rx Bandits - Mandala
2. Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground - Introducing Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground (I'm not sure if they plan on the actual album release being this year or not, but it's up on their MySpace)
3. fun. - Aim and Ignite
4. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
5. Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles

Other notable releases:
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain
Big D and the Kids Table - Fluent in Stroll
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious
Kiss Kiss - The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Project - Brooklyn
The Temper Trap - Conditions
Wingnut Dishwashers Union - Burn the Earth, Leave it Behind

[monzon]

1 and 2. PtM- The Satanic Satanist and Bomb the Music Industry!- Scrambles. these two switch a lot in my mind.
3. is RxB, but it would have won 2008 and probably be tied at the top for 2007.

[springsoldier]

ah #1 is a no brainer for me...

1) Rx Bandits - Mandala
2) Russian Circles - Geneva
3) Rubblebucket - s/t
4) Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland
5) This Town Needs Guns - Animals (even though it was technically released in '08, it was an '09 release for sargent house)

[CMANGTR]

Never too late for one of these, right?

Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain is a Mouth
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
The Mercury Program - Chez Viking
Nurses - Apple's Acres
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
RXB - Mandala
Westbound Train - Come and Get It

[earthvsralph]

1) Rx Bandits - Mandala
2) Say Anything - S/t
3) Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
4) Portugal the Man - the Satanic Satanist
5) Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
6) Dr Manhattan - Jam Dreams
7) So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pin points and gin joints
9) Fun - Aim and Ignite
10) Weatherbox - the Cosmic Drama[*]

honorable mentions: andrew jackston jihad, fake problems, etc