the final 15 of 2009

The last day of the year brings me to the final list of the best albums for me over the year 2009. I have to say it was a good year. I discovered some nice new bands which turned out to become live favourites soon afterwards. Also this final list contains a nice mixture of new releases and re-releases. Because 2009 turned out to be a great year of re-releases.

01. (01) Editors - In This Light And On This Evening (2009)
02. (02) White Lies - To Lose My Life... (2009)
03. (--) No-Man - Mixtaped (2009)
04. (09) Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (collector's edition) (2009)
05. (03) Muse - The Resistance (2009)
06. (--) Keane - Hopes And Fears (deluxe edition) (2009)
07. (10) Florence And The Machine - Lungs (2009)
08. (05) H2O - Faith (remastered) (2009)
09. (11) Ultravox - Lament (remastered definitive edition)(2009)
10. (--) A-Ha - Foot Of The Mountain (2009)
11. (04) Depeche Mode - Tour Of The Universe (Werchter) (2009)
12. (07) Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)
13. (--) Simple Minds - Graffiti Souls Tour (Amsterdam)(2009)
14. (14) Coldplay - LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009)
15. (15) IQ - Frequency (2009)

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