Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2009

I know you've all been waiting with baited breath for my end-of-the year favorite albums list. Both of you. And just why you've been sitting there munching away on worms while waiting, I'll never understand. (Get it? Baited? Worms? Bwah-ha-ha... oh, nevermind)

In no particular order:

• 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
• Secret, Profane and Sugarcane - Elvis Costello
• Before The Frost... ...Until The Freeze - The Black Crowes
• Backspacer - Pearl Jam
• Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen
• By A Thread - Gov't Mule
• Wilco (The Album) - Wilco
• Together Through Life - Bob Dylan
• Electric Dirt - Levon Helm (Yeah, I know. I'm shocked, too)
• No Line on the Horizon - U2

And, for fun, my favorite compilations, anthologies, and reissues, in particular order:

1. THE BEATLES!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING!!!!!! MONO & STEREO!!!!! (eat that, bitch!)
2. Live Anthology - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
3. The Complete Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
4. Archives, Volume 1 - Neil Young
5. Walking On A Wire - Richard Thompson
6. Keep An Eye On The Sky - Big Star
7. Sign of The Three-Eyed Men - 13th Floor Elevators
8. Woodstock: 40 Years On - Various Artists
9. Live At Madison Square Garden - Jethro Tull
10. You Never Can Tell - The Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966 - Chuck Berry

And, lastly, a few things I will never, ever, ever listen to again, I promise... unless I forget how bad they are:

• Get Lucky - Mark Knopfler
• Sunrise In The Land of Milk And Honey - Cracker
• Graffiti Soul - Simple Minds
• Sgt Pepper Live - Cheap Trick
• Christmas In The Heart - Bob Dylan

Everything else falls somewhere betwixt all these lists. (Even Los Lobos Goes Disney)