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Traditions are made out of repetition, so here's another most played music of the year... 2009 edition. Yay!

Just like in past years, this chart is ordered by averaged plays - Averaged plays = Total Plays / Album Total tracks; And like journals past, this one is not without a small sob story of lost scrobbles. Aside from the usual mishaps there was also a computer breakdown halfway through the year that made the gap between my local library and the last.fm stats even greater for those albums that were released on the first half of the year. No need to cry much because I was able to update my library, so technically no stats were lost, just scrobbles. *sigh*

About 2009 I will say that there was just too much music to take in, especially on the second half of the year. This led to many albums not getting enough plays, even though I did enjoyed them, there was just not enough time for them to gain proper chart recognition. Yes, a list of most played albums is not an accurate thing.
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Top 23 Alben 2009

1. Beach House – Beach House (Wiederveröffentlichung)
Ich weiß, das Album wurde 2006 veröffentlicht. Dennoch meine persönliche Entdeckung des Jahres. Weil LastFM sagt, dass dieses Album zumindest in Deutschland 2009 wiederveröffentlicht wurde, schummle ich ein bisschen und mache es einfach zu meinem Nummer-1-Album 2009 - was ja auch irgendwie stimmt. :)

2. Antony and the Johnsons – The Crying Light
Einfach eine unwahrscheinlich schöne Scheibe. Gänsehautfaktor.

3. Sophie Hunger – Monday's Ghost
Ein von mir erst viel zu spät beachtetes Album.

4. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
Sehr berechtigt auf vielen Bestenlisten des Jahres.
Zu Beginn stellte ich mit einem Freund Vergleiche an, an wen mich die Songs gerade erinnern. Es fielen Namen wie Björk oder Cat Power. Sozusagen ein Best-of-Album all unserer Lieblingssängerinnen. Mittlerweile hört es sich für mich nach einem an: nach Bat For Lashes.

5. The Bird and The Bee – Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
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Since I joined last.fm, I've done a couple of end of the year most played albums journals. I intend on keeping a tradition of sorts, but in order to celebrate the "Best of 2009" last.fm countdown, and group, I've decided to make a preliminary list extended beyond my usual 15 releases and place them arbitrarily, by the way of guess-making, based on my current mood and recollection of enjoyment and satisfaction. It may very well change in one week... That's why I like to order these journals by play count!

Now these year end journals usually contain a lengthy rant about each release, but I'll save that for the most played recap.

25 Albums of 2009
Only full albums qualify
Tag: 2009

01. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
02. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
03. Ramona Falls - Intuit
04. The Horrors - Primary Colours
05. The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
06. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
07. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
08. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
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