CHARTattack Staff Top 10 Album Lists For 2009

Here are the top 10 (or five) album lists from individual CHARTattack staff members, contributing writers and photographers:

Edward Skira - CHARTattack Publisher
1. BRAKES Touchdown
2. KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES What Is?!
3. PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Outside Love
4. LOGH North
5. RICK WHITE ALBUM 137
6. LIGHTNING DUST Infinite Light
7. AC NEWMAN Get Guilty
8. YOUNG GALAXY Invisible Republic
9. DAN AUERBACH Keep It Hid
10. THE HIDDEN CAMERAS Origin:Orphan

Aaron Brophy - Managing Editor
1. GALLOWS Grey Britain
2. TIMBER TIMBRE Timber Timbre
3. ALELA DIANE To Be Still
4. K-DOT-O-DOT The Life And Times Of Lucha Lonely
5. D-SISIVE Let The Children Die
6. THE FLAMING LIPS Embryonic
7. LHASA Lhasa
8. THE VEILS Sun Gangs
9. DAN AUERBACH Keep It Hid
10. BAT FOR LASHES Two Suns

Chris Burland - Charts Editor
1. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
2. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. THE CLEAN Mister Pop
4. VIC CHESNUTT At The Cut
5. THE PARLOUR STEPS The Hidden Names
6. CUT OFF YOUR HANDS You & I
7. CAMERA OBSCURA My Maudlin Career
8. THE CLIENTELE Bonfires On The Heath
9. THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE Hometowns
10. FRUIT BATS The Ruminant Band

Kate Harper - Associate Editor
1. TEGAN AND SARA Sainthood
2. BRUCE PENINSULA A Mountain Is A Mouth
3. BAT FOR LASHES Two Suns
4. GENTLEMAN REG Jet Black
5. THE HIDDEN CAMERAS Origin:Orphan
6. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
7. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
8. JASON BAJADA Loveshit
9. JENN GRANT Echoes
10. DAN MANGAN Nice, Nice, Very Nice

Richard Beland - Contributing Photographer
1. THEM CROOKED VULTURES Them Crooked Vultures
2. THE TRAGICALLY HIP We Are The Same
3. NEIL YOUNG The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972
4. U2 No Line On The Horizon
5. PEARL JAM Backspacer
6. GOV'T MULE By A Thread
7. BLACK CROWES Before The Frost/Until The Freeze
8. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
9. TOM WAITS Glitter And Doom Live
10. MORRISSEY Swords

Scott Bryson - Contributing Writer
1. THE DECEMBERISTS The Hazards Of Love
2. BAND OF SKULLS Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
3. IMMACULATE MACHINE High On Jackson Hill
4. DOG DAY Concentration
5. NOAH AND THE WHALE The First Days Of Spring
6. THE ANTLERS Hospice
7. THE PHANTOM BAND Checkmate Savage
8. THE AVETT BROTHERS I And Love And You
9. JULIE DOIRON I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
10. THE DANKS Are You Afraid Of The Danks

Keith Carman - Contributing Writer
1. SACRIFICE The Ones I Condemn
2. SLAYER World Painted Blood
3. CONVERGE Axe To Fall
4. NAPALM DEATH Smear Campaign
5. BARONESS Blue Record
6. VOIVOD Infini
7. MASTODON Crack The Skye
8. KREATOR Hordes Of Chaos
9. MUNICIPAL WASTE Massive Aggressive
10. COALESCE Ox

Shawn Despres - Contributing Writer
1. JAPANDROIDS Post-Nothing
2. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
3. MOS DEF The Ecstatic
4. GIRLS Album
5. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavillion
6. LIMITED EXPRESS (HAS GONE?) LTD
7. APOLLO 18 [0]/ The Blue Album
8. THE PLASTIC DAY 30 Seconds Between The Dreamer And The Realist
9. LULLABYE ARKESTRA Threats/Worship
10. WAX MANNEQUIN Saxon

Cameron Gordon - Contributing Writer
1. JAPANDROIDS Post-Nothing
2. THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
3. LILY ALLEN It's Not Me, It's You
4. DINOSAUR JR Farm
5. JAY REATARD Watch Me Fall
6. CAMERA OBSCURA My Maudlin Career
7. DIZZEE RASCAL Tongue N' Cheek
8. JARVIS COCKER Further Complications
9. RICK ROSS Deeper Than Rap
10. PISSED JEANS King Of Jeans

Ian Gormely - Contributing Writer
1. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
2. PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Outside Love
3. CONVERGE Axe To Fall
4. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
5. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavillion
6. JAPANDROIDS Post-Nothing
7. FLAMING LIPS Embryonic
8. THE LYTICS The Lytics
9. SAID THE WHALE Islands Disappear
10. GALLOWS Grey Britain

Shehzaad Jiwani - Contributing Writer
1. GREAT BLOOMERS Speak Of Trouble
2. BRUCE PENINSULA A Mountain Is A Mouth
3. CAVE IN Planets Of Old
4. SO MANY DYNAMOS The Loud Wars
5. PISSED JEANS King Of Jeans
6. ISIS Wavering Radiant
7. FUTURE OF THE LEFT Travels With Myself And Another
8. DINOSAUR JR. Farm
9. POLVO In Prism
10. NEKO CASE Middle Cyclone

Stephanie Joudrey - Contributing Writer
1. BRAND NEW Daisy
2, ALEXISONFIRE Old Crows/Young Cardinals
3. GREEN DAY 21st Century Breakdown
4. K'NAAN Troubador
5. CLASSIFIED Self-Explanatory

Graham Kennedy - Contributing Photographer
1. BOB WISEMAN In Her Dream (re-release)
2. IAN BLURTON Happy Endings
3. BY DIVINE RIGHT Mutant Message
4. THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA Hymns Of Love And Spirits
5. KEVIN HEARN Havana Winter
6. KARYN ELLIS Even Though The Sky Was Falling
7. ZEUS Sounds Like Zeus
8. BIDINIBAND The Land Is Wild
9. VITAMINSFORYOU He Closed His Wyes So He Dance With You
10. THE AVETT BROTHERS I And Love And You

Sarah Kurchak - Contributing Writer
1. GALLOWS Grey Britain
2. TIMBER TIMBRE Timber Timbre
3. D-SISIVE Let The Children Die
4. THE VEILS Sun Gangs
5. LEONARD COHEN Live In London
6. DEAD MAN'S BONES Dead Man's Bones
7. LIGHTS The Listening
8. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster
9. DIE MANNEQUIN Fino + Bleed
10. K-OS Yes!

Erik Leijon - Contributing Writer
1. LATE OF THE PIER Fantasy Black Channel
2. THINK ABOUT LIFE Family
3. PATRICK WATSON Wooden Arms
4. SILVERSUN PICKUPS Swoon
5. TUNE-YARDS Bird-Brains
6. DIZZEE RASCAL Tongue N' Cheek
7. MODERAT Moderat
8. KASABIAN West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
9. GUCCI MANE The State Vs. Radric Davis
10. BIKE FOR THREE! More Heart Than Brains

Jessica Lewis - Contributing Writer
1. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
2. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
3. BENT BY ELEPHANTS Bent By Elephants EP
4. IMOGEN HEAP Ellipse
5. SWELL SEASON Strict Joy
6. GOSSIP Music For Men
7. THE XX The XX
8. RUBIK Dada Bandits
9. YOUNG GALAXY Invisible Republic
10. SPIRAL BEACH The Only Really Thing

Matt Littlefair - Contributing Writer
1. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
2. ATLAS SOUND Logos
3. HANDSOME FURS Face Control
4. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
5. JULIAN CASABLANCAS Phrazes For The Young
6. THE XX The XX
7. SUNSET RUBDOWN Dragonslayer
8. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavillion
10. GIRLS Album

Noah Love - Contributing Writer
1. ATLAS SOUND Logos
2. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
3. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
5. The XX The XX
6. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
7. HANDSOME FURS Face Control
8. FEVER RAY Fever Ray
9. FLAMING LIPS Embryonic
10. THE HORRORS Primary Colours

Sheena Lyonnais - Contributing Writer
1. WHITE LIES To Lose My Life
2. THRICE Beggars
3. THURSDAY Common Existence
4. METRIC Fantasies
5. JET Shaka Rock
6. DIE MANNEQUIN Fino + Bleed
7. THE WOODEN SKY If I Don't Come Home
8. BRAND NEW Daisy
9. LEEROY STAGGER Everything Is Real
10. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!

Bianca Adriana Marcus - Contributing Writer
1. BAND OF SKULLS Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
2. BUTCH WALKER Here Comes The... EP
3. REGINA SPEKTOR Far
4. AMBER RUBARTH Good Mystery
5. HOLLERADO Record In A Bag
6. GIRLS Album
7. METRIC Fantasies
8. THE FRAY The Fray
9. TEGAN AND SARA Sainthood
10. VON BONDIES Love, Hate, And Then There's You

Ciara McCann - Contributing Writer
1. BAND OF SKULLS Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
2. ALEXISONFIRE Old Crows/Young Cardinals
3. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
4. TWO HOURS TRAFFIC Territory
5. METRIC Fantasies

Steve McLean - Contributing Writer
1. MIKE HERRERA'S TUMBLEDOWN Tumbledown
2. CARBON/SILICON The Carbon Bubble
3. CHUCK PROPHET Let Freedom Ring!
4. DANKS Are You Afraid Of The Danks
5. DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE A Friend Of A Friend
6. RAYGUN COWBOYS Raygun Cowboys
7. BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE Fluent In Stroll
8. NEKO CASE Middle Cyclone
9. MADNESS The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
10. YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS I Think This Is

Andre Mihsin - Contributing Writer
1. MASTODON Crack The Skye
2. BEHEMOTH Evangelion
3. SACRIFICE The Ones I Condemn
4. D-SISIVE Let The Children Die
5. PRIESTESS Prior To The Fire
6. CLUTCH Strange Cousins From The West
7. GOATWHORE Carving Out The Eyes Of God
8. BARONESS Blue Record
9. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Black Cascade
10. ALICE IN CHAINS Black Gives Way To Blue

Erik Missio - Contributing Writer
1. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
2. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Lungs
3. MANIC STREET PREACHERS Journal For Plague Lovers
4. BLACK DIAMOND BAY Calm Awaits
5. ROBBIE WILLIAMS Reality Killed The Video Star

Trevor Morelli - Contributing Writer
1. PEARL JAM Backspacer
2. THEM CROOKED VULTURES Them Crooked Vultures
3. THE DUDES Blood. Guts. Bruises. Cuts
4. JAY-Z The Blueprint 3
5. ALEXISONFIRE Old Crows/Young Cardinals
6. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
7. BUILT TO SPILL There Is No Enemy
8. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
9. BRAND NEW Daisy
10. THE SWELL SEASON Strict Joy

Carrie Musgrave - Contributing Photographer
1. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
2. METRIC Fantasies
3. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. K'NAAN Troubadour
5. BON IVER Blood Bank

Alyssa Noel - Contributing Writer
1. THE ANTLERS Hospice
2. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavillion
3. JOEL PLASKETT Three
4. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS Lost Channels
5. DAN MANGAN Nice, Nice, Very Nice
6. EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS Up From Below
7. PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Outside Love
8. K'NAAN Troubadour
9. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
10. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Quinn Omori - Contributing Writer
1. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
2. JAPANDROIDS Post-Nothing
3. PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Outside Love
4. RAEKWON Only Built For Cuban Linx II
5. HANDSOME FURS Face Control
6. CALIFONE All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
7. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8. MANIC STREET PREACHERS Journal For Plague Lovers
9. FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport
10. WILCO Wilco (The Album)

Siobhan Ozege - Contributing Writer
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. OHBIJOU Beacons
3. THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE Hometowns
4. TEGAN AND SARA Sainthood
5. VARIOUS ARTISTS Dark Was The Night
6. PASSION PIT Manners
7. TWO HOURS TRAFFIC Territory
8. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster
9. NEKO CASE Middle Cyclone
10. JAY-Z The Blueprint 3

Travis Persaud - Contributing Writer
1. WILCO Wilco (The Album)
2. BRAND NEW Daisy
3. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
4. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS Monolith
5. THRICE Beggars
6. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavillion
7. MOVING MOUNTAINS Forward
8. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
9. VOLCANO CHOIR Unmap
10. MONEEN The World I Want To Leave Behind

John Papamarko - Contributing Writer
1. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. GIRLS Album
3. DOVES Kingdom Of Rust
4. K'NAAN Troubador
5. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
6. DOOM Born Like This
7. THINK ABOUT LIFE Family
8. DAN DEACON Bromst
9. PETER BJORN AND JOHN Living Things
10. THE XX The XX

Brian Pascual - Contributing Writer
1. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
3. GIRLS Album
4. THE XX The XX
5. VIVIAN GIRLS Everything Goes Wrong
6. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW Ashes Grammar
7. REAL ESTATE Real Estate
8. THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE Hometowns
9. SLOW CLUB Yeah So
10. AFTERNOON NAPS Parade

Pete Richards - Contributing Writer
1. SLAYER World Painted Blood
2. AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE Double Brutal
3. RAEKWON Only Built For Cuban Linx II
4. KRS ONE & BUCKSHOT Survival Skills
5. DEATH THREAT Lost At Sea
6. MERAUDER God Is I
7. YOUR DEMISE Ignorance Never Dies
8. MASTA ACE & EDO G Arts And Entertainment
9. MUNICIPAL WASTE Massive Aggressive
10. CANNIBAL CORPSE Evisceration Plague

Mark Teo - Contributing Writer
1. OHBIJOU Beacons
2. DAN MANGAN Nice, Nice, Very Nice
3. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
4. WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE Animals In The Dark
5. YORK REDOUBT York Redoubt
6. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Midnight At The Movies
7. THE DIVORCEES Last Of The Free Men
8. CONVERGE Axe To Fall
9. THE GOT TO GET GOT Sahalee
10. RUSSIAN CIRCLES Geneva

Phil Villeneuve - Contributing Writer
1. LA ROUX La Roux
2. The XX The XX
3. TIMBER TIMBRE Timber Timbre
4. K'NAAN Troubadour
5. GOSSIP Music For Men
6. CAMERA OBSCURA My Maudlin Career
7. PIERRE LAPOINTE Sentiments Humain
8. HIDDEN CAMERAS Origin:Orphan
9. LILY ALLEN It's Not Me, It's You
10. TWO FINGERS Two Fingers

Josh Visser - Contributing Writer
1. MASTODON Crack The Skye
2. SUNSET RUBDOWN Dragonslayer
3. JOEL PLASKETT Three
4. ISIS Wavering Radiant
5. FUTURE OF THE LEFT Travels With Myself And Another
6. THUNDERHEIST Thunderheist
7. BARONESS Blue Record
8. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. FEVER RAY Fever Ray
10. HANDSOME FURS Face Control

Zack Vitiello - Contributing Writer
1. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. PASSION PIT Manners
3. GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest
4. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
5. THE XX The XX
6. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
7. JAPANDROIDS Post-Nothing
8. MIKE SNOW Miike Snow
9. HANDSOME FURS Face Control
10. TIMBER TIMBRE Timber Timbre

Jen Zoratti - Contributing Writer
1. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz!
2. WILCO Wilco (The Album)
3. NEKO CASE Middle Cyclone
4. THE THERMALS Now We Can See
5. NO AGE Losing Feeling EP
6. METRIC Fantasies
7. YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE XXXX
8. JULIAN CASABLANCAS Phrazes For The Young
9. ST. VINCENT Actor
10.PASSION PIT Manners