Best Albums of 2009 Week 2

It started as a top twenty, expanded to forty and then to a top fifty albums of 2009. A very scientific approach was adopted. I spread the albums out on the floor and then put them into piles. Some were eliminated, some moved from one pile to the other. With the top twenty-five the order was shuffled many times and my number one changed a few times, until I settled on this line up.

Finally here they are. The order doesn't really matter but it was fun to go through the process.

Week Two (1-25)

todd snider	shock	1	excitement plan
jordie lane	vitamin	2	sleeping patterns
justin townes earle	bloodshot	3	midnight at the movies
phosphorescent	dead oceans	4	to willie
black crowes	silver arrow	5	before the frost
son volt	rounder	6	american central dust
wagons	croxton	7	rise and fall of goodtown
the duke and the king	shock	8	nothing gold can stay
bonnie prince billy	spunk	9	beware
steve earle	new west	10	townes
downhills home	self released	11	the wolves in the woods
corb lund	new west	12	losin lately gambler
wilco	nonesuch	13	wilco (the album)
buddy and julie miller	new west	14	written in chalk
dave rawlings machine	acony	15	a friend of a friend
wrinkle neck mules	lower 40	16	let the lead fly
eilen jewell	signature sounds	17	sea of tears
great lake swimmers	nettwerk	18	lost channels
cave singers	matador	19	welcome joy
mark olson & gary louris	new west	20	ready for the flood
richmond fontaine	non zero	21	we used to think the freeway sounded like a river
jason isbell & the 400 Unit	lightning rod	22	jason isbell & the 400 Unit
m ward	spunk	23	hold time
john doe and the sadies	yep roc	24	country club
monsters of folk	spunk	25	monsters of folk