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мой топ-50 релизов, которые вышли и мне больше всего понравились в 2009 году, позиции произвольные, просто как вспоминал их

The Bride of Changes & Isaiah - 2009 - Split
Doctor! Doctor! - 2009 - Enigma
Lasting Traces - 2009 - Portraits
Raised Fist - 2009 - Veil Of Ignorance
Converge - 2009 - Axe To Fall
Poison the Well - 2009 - The Tropic Rot
Spinnerette - 2009 - Spinnerette
I.Witness - 2009 - st
My First Failure - 2009 - My First Failure
All For Nothing - 2009 - Miles & Memories
Hatebreed - 2009 - Hatebreed
HORSE the band - 2009 - Desperate Living
25 ta Life - 2009 - Strength Integrity Brotherhood
A Day to Remember - 2009 - Homesick
Bora - 2009 - Phantom Hunters
Death Before Dishonor - 2009 - Better Ways To Die
Earth Crisis - 2009 - To The Death
Evergreen Terrace - 2009 - Almost Home
Fall of Efrafa - 2009 - Inle
Faded Line - 2009 - War with Myself [EP]
Gumilinski - 2009 - st
Invisible Border - 2009 - Так свободы гасло солнце
iwrestledabearonce - 2009 - It's All Happening
Kingdom - 2009 - The Rage That Guides
Marschak - 2009 - Relict
NOFX - 2009 - Coaster
Ray - 2009 - Summer Tour EP
Reaching Hand - 2009 - Threshold [EP]
Reason to Care - 2009 - Farewell! I am longing for home
Sworn Enemy - 2009 - Total World Domination
Tall Ships - 2009 - Voyages
Woodward Corridor - 2009 - The Jamestown Massacre Process
Your Demise - 2009 - Ignorance Never Dies
mostomalta - 2009 - Arde La Tierra En Llamas
Dice & Desde Mi Dolor - 2009 - Split
Nine Eleven - 2009 - City Of Quartz
Lewd Acts - 2009 - Black Eye Blues
The Black Dahlia Murder - 2009 - Deflorate
Woundead - 2009 - Demo
Medic, Medic! - 2009 - Insight
Engage At Will - 2009 - Их правила
Gallows - 2009 - Grey Britain
The Chariot - 2009 - Wars and Rumors of Wars
The Number Twelve Looks Like You - 2009 - Worse Than Alone
Outbreak - 2009 - Outbreak
It Prevails - 2009 - Capture And Embrace
La Coka Nostra - 2009 - The Brand You Can Trust
Bedtime for Charlie - 2009 - It Aint About The Music
Danny Diablo - 2009 - International Hardcore Star
Try One's Luck - 2009 - Attitude

фуххх, вроде все вспомнил.... не добавил в топы деспайсов и август бернс ред, потому что альбомы вышли посредственные, арсонисы тож не особо понравились, остальные топовые альбомы или прошли мимо меня, или просто не дошли руки заценить, так как много в етом году всего понавыходило

notes:
* This is sorted by plays per song, as last.fm's method of sorting by total plays is hugely biased against EPs. My method is probably biased in favor of shorter albums, and as a result #1-7 are all EPs.
* This is biased in favor of albums that came out early in the year as I've had more time to listen to them.

1. Title Fight - The Last Thing You Forget
July
Run For Cover Records
median plays per track: 46 (I am only considering the new songs, not the re-released ones)
own: CD, pea soup green 7" with special screen-printed cover, black 7" with regular cover
I love Title Fight. Everything they have released is just so incredibly epic. There is a passion in it that you don't normally find in pop punk.
favorite songs: Symmetry, Western Haikus

2. Transit - Stay Home
January
Run For Cover Records
median plays per track: 42
own: CD (special album release show version)
more epic pop punk. I can't get enough of this band. The best parts are where they layer the vocals, for example the "keep running" part of "Stay Home."
favorite songs: Stay Home, Stays The Same

3. Such Gold - Demo 2009
March
self-released / tracks re-released on Stand Tall 7" on Mightier Than Sword Records
median plays per track: 33 (including plays of these same songs from Stand Tall)
Such Gold does the pop punk/melodic hardcore blend like Title Fight and Transit (noticing a pattern here?), but they are faster, more The Movielife inspired.
favorite song: Four Superbowls, No Rings

4. The Wonder Years - Distances
March
No Sleep Records
median plays per track: 31 (for TWY's tracks only)
own: 7" white vinyl (with very faint red and blue splatter)
With this release, particularly "It's All Over Now Baby Blue," an ode to a stolen bicycle, they have managed to sing about life and optimism and dealing with shit while still having some of the humor of their LP.
favorite songs would be silly as there are only 2

5. Agent - Awake In Their World
January
Run For Cover Records
median plays per track: 31.5
own: 7" red vinyl
this is something I sort of stumbled upon and really love. You can't understand a word they are saying (ok, maybe a few words), but you can feel the emotion in it.
favorite songs: Tough Lake Mr. Muenster, Current

6. Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water
this was originally self-released as a free download late in '08, but it was re-released by Panic Records in March '09
median plays per track: 26.5
own: black screen-printed vinyl
melodic punk/hardcore at it's finest. They capture the loud/soft dynamic really well, there are a few awesome moments where they start out quiet and then it just explodes.
favorite songs: Winter Wasteland, TL

7. VersaEmerge - VersaEmerge EP
February
Fueled By Ramen Records
median plays per track: 24
this album sort of caught me by surprise. I was expecting this to be another pathetic attempt by Fueled By Ramen to cash in on Paramore, I love Paramore but Hey Monday is just terrible. In reality, they don't sound like either of those bands, instead they compare themselves to Circa Survive (who needs to release another damn album already, or at least resume touring) There's this eerie, Tim Burton-esque vibe to their songs that is really cool.
favorite songs: Past Praying For, Whisperer

8. Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
March
Triple Crown Records / vinyl on Run For Cover Records
median plays per track: 21
own: blue vinyl
this album is pure pop-punk the way it should be, no frills and no bullshit.
favorite songs: Show Me Your Vanishing Act One More Time, I Support Same Sex Marriage

9. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death of Us
July
Epitaph Records
median plays per track: 19
own: blue vinyl
as many bands do, Set Your Goals has tried to expand their boundaries with their sophomore album. And I'll admit that when I first heard "Gaia Bleeds" my reaction was pretty much "what the fuck is this?," but now I love it. To be honest I don't like this album as much as Mutiny!, but it's still fucking great.
favorite songs: The Few That Remain, Summer Jam

10. A Loss For Words - The Kids Can't Lose
May
self-relesed / vinyl on Willow Tree Records
median plays per track: 18
own: clear vinyl
I was never a big fan of AL4W prior to this release, I loved "Half-Step Down," but nothing else really stuck with me. With this album they have definitely converted me.
favorite songs: A Half Step Down, Heavy Lies The Crown

honorable mentions:

11. New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight - 17 plays
NFG just keeps getting better, "Right Where We Left Off" is one of the best songs they've ever written.

12. Caleb Lionheart - Think Hardcore, Play Pop Punk - 17 plays
catchy stuff.

13. Latin For Truth - Eleven Eleven - 16 plays
LFT was my favorite local-ish band when I lived in Atlanta. They are on hiatus now or something...such bullshit.

14. A Day to Remember - Homesick - 15.5 plays
I love this way more than I should, they're kind of terrible and yet awesome at the same time.

15. Paramore - brand new eyes - 14 plays
this album is really surprisingly good and would be a lot higher if it hadn't come out so recently.

after being thouroughly disapointed by the critics choices in kerrang and rock sound i thought i'd share my own top 5 ablums of 2009 for anyone interested (i estimate about 2 people will read this)
so anyway

1) A Day To Remember
Homesick
yep, this is my album of the year. yes it's poppy and uses the same breakdown in just about every track but there is literally no album i've listened to as much in 09 as this beauty. just like thier last album it's so addictive and catchy and heavy enough to throw down to as well. unfortuanatley loads of little kids have tagged onto it though.

2) The Red Shore
Lost Verses
This is definately not for the little kids! I was blown away by how heavy and technical these auzzies are. they make suicide silence sound like briteny spears. Now they've signed to road runner hopefully TRS will get some of the recognition they deserve in 2010

3) The Ghost of a Thousand
New Hopes, New Demonstrations
One the critics seem to agree with me on, my home boys TGOAT have expanded their sound on release number 2 and it works! They are also one of the best live bands around so go see em, pick up a CD and have a chat to their frontman/ HMV employee/ all round nice bloke Tom

4) The Casino Brawl
shades; directions
UK metalcore crews 1st full lengh. i was a bit disapointed to hear they ditched the gothic synths of thier early work but they replaced them with some really catchy and well thought out songs so I can't really complain

5) Set Your Goals:
This Will Be The Death of Us
Though it's not quite as good as previous album Mutiny! its still a great slab of fast melodic punk, and how often do you hear that these days?

Runner up: Silverstein:
A Shipwreck In The Sand
A Day to RememberThe Red ShoreThe Ghost of a ThousandThe Casino BrawlSet Your GoalsSilverstein

Like absolutepunk.net I've compiled a list of my favourite albums, songs etc of the year. They can't be put completely in order, but this is just rough.


Top Albums of 2009

20) Converge - Axe To Fall
19) Anchor & Braille - Felt
18) Seven Ages - Memory, Sight & Expectation
17) Four Year Strong - Explains It All
16) Gallows - Grey Britain
15) Say Anything - Say Anything
14) Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone!
13) Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane
12) John Mayer - Battle Studies
11) All Time Low - Nothing Personal
10) Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
09) A Day to Remember - Homesick
08) Karnivool - Sound Awake
07) Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
06) Taking Back Sunday - New Again
05) New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
04) Passion Pit- Manners
03) Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death of Us
02) Paramore - brand new eyes
01) Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown



Top Tracks of 2009

20) John Mayer - Half of my Heart
19) Anchor & Braille - Sing Out
18) Paramore - All I Wanted
17) Karnivool - All I Know
16) Enter Shikari - Zzzonked
15) Paramore - Looking Up
14) Set Your Goals - The Few That Remain
13) Anchor & Braille - Sing Out
12) Death Cab for Cutie - Little Bribes
11) The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
10) Green Day - East Jesus Nowhere
09) New Found Glory - Tangled Up / Don't Let Her Pull You Down
08) Taking Back Sunday - Sink Into Me / Where My Mouth Is
07) VersaEmerge - Past Praying For
06) Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
05) Paramore - The Only Exception / Misguided Ghosts
04) A Day to Remember - The Downfall Of Us All
03) Set Your Goals - Look Closer
02) Green Day - American Eulogy
01) Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick



Best Vocals of 2009

03) Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day
02) John Mayer
01) Hayley Williams, Paramore (omg on in All I Wanted...)


Best Lyrics of 2009

03) John Mayer
02) Green Day
01) Paramore


Best Gigs of 2009


10) Taking Back Sunday @ Heaven, 04.08.09
09) Lostprophets @ The Forum, 22.10.09
08) Jack's Mannequin @ Reading Festival, 28.08.09
07) Set Your Goals @ Islington Academy, 16.12.09
06) New Found Glory @ Reading Festival, 28.08.09
05) Lostprophets @ Reading Festival, 30.08.09
04) Gallows @ Reading Festival, 30.08.09
03) Paramore @ Wembley Arena
02) Enter Shikari @ Reading Festival, 29.08.09
01) Green Day @ o2 Arena, 24.10.09


Worst Bands of 2009

03) 30h!3 (or however you write/spell it)
02) Metro Station...
01) Elliot Minor


Catchiest Songs of 2009 (Good)


03) All Time Low - Weightless
02) Taking Back Sunday - Sink Into Me
01) Set Your Goals - Look Closer


Catchiest/Most Annoying Song of 2009 (Bad)

03) JLS - Everybody In Love
02) Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
01) Jason Derulo - Watcha Say



Most Looking Forward to in 2010

05) Four Year Strong's New Album
04) Reading Festival 2010
03) The Gaslight Anthem's new album
02) Lost Season 6!!
01) Blink-182 UK Tour/New Album

Das neue Jahr naht in großen Schritten, Zeit für eine kleine Rückblende auf (mein persönliches) Musikjahr 2009. Im Folgenden liste ich ein paar spezielle Werke auf, die mir das Jahr versüßt, bzw. erträglicher gemacht haben xD.
The new year´s knocking at the door, time for a little flashback on (my personal) music year 2009. Here I show you some of the ceation which sweetend the past year, or made it a little bit less annoying xD.

Hier präsentiere ich euch meine persönlichen Album-Highlights des nun (fast) vergangenen Jahres 2009.
Here I present you a personal selection out of the best albums of 2009. Hope you like it!

• 1. August Burns Red - Constellations
  
• 2. Suicide Silence - No Time to Bleed
  
• 3. A Day To Remember - HOMESICK
  
• 4. Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
  
• 5. Despised Icon - Day of Mourning
  
• 6. Neaera - Omnicide - Creation Unleashed
  
• 7. 5Bugs - Best Off
  
• 8. Job For A Cowboy - Ruination
  
• 9. War From A Harlots Mouth - In Shoals
  
• 10. J.B.O. - I Don't Like Metal - I Love It!
  
• 11. Architects - Hollow Crown
  
• 12. Narziss - Echo
  
• 13. Papa Roach - Metamorphosis
  
• 14. Caliban - Say Hello To Tragedy
  
• 15. Threat Signal - Vigilance

Das beste Live-Album ist eindeutig:
The best Live-Album clearly is:

• Heaven Shall Burn - Bildersturm: Iconoclast II (The Audio Resistance)

Die 5 besten Live-Auftritte:
The 5 best live performances:

• August Burns Red ( special guest @Bring me the Horizon tour, Nürnberg Hirsch )
  
• Bring Me the Horizon ( Tour, Nürnberg Hirsch )
  
• A Day to Remember ( Bring Me The Horizon Tour, Nürnberg Hirsch )
  
• The Sorrow ( Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl )
  
• Slipknot ( Rock im Park, Nürnberg )

Das wars, ich wünsche euch einen guten Rutsch und ein sehr musikalisches Jahr 2010!
That´s it, i wish you a happy new year and a very musical 2010!

1 - The xx - xx
2 - Gallows - Grey Britain
3 - Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper
4 - Girls - Album
5 - Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
6 - Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
7 - Enter Shikari - Common Dread
8 - The Horrors - Primary Colours
9 - Brand New - Daisy
10 - Telegraphs - We Were Ghosts
11 - Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
12 - Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
13- doismileoito - doismileoito
14 - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
15 - Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals
16 - The Legendary Tiger Man - Femina
17 - Florence + The Machine - Lungs
18 - A Day to Remember - Homesick
19 - Muse - The Resistance
20 - Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

A list of songs in which I will always remember this amazing year when I listen to them <3

Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels
Promise Of Redemption - Remember the First Day
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
Mayday Parade - Miserable at Best
Valencia- Better be Prepared
Lightspeed Champion - the Flesh Failures
You Me At Six - Always Attract
Jack's Mannequin - Bruised
Hit the Lights - One Hundred Times
City & Colour - Sleeping Sickness
Brand New- Degausser
Paramore- That's What You Get
Metro Station - Kelsey
Valencia - Pennsylvannia Holiday
All Time Low - Walls
Stars - Your Ex Lover is Dead (Final Fantasy)
The Sound of Animals Fighting- the Heretic
A Day to Remember- U Had Me @ Hello
Sia- Breath Me
Frank Turner- The Road
Reuben - Dusk
Patrick Wolf- Damaris
All Time Low- Remembering Sunday
New Found Glory - All Downhill from Here
Nine Days - Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
Burial- Archangel
Set Your Goals - Summer Jam
Say Anything - Alive With the Glory of Love
Holiday Parade - Walking By

But, if I had to pick one song overall, it would definately be
Where Did You Go? by my current favourites, Valencia

A list of brilliant songs, if you've not heard any of these I suggest you check them out right now! :)