George's Top 20 Albums of '09
1. Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Must Listen: This Joke Sport Severed, All Is Vanity, Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
2. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Must Listen: Fast Fuse, Where Did All The Love Go?, Happiness
3. The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant
Must Listen: Cheat On Me, We Were Aborted, Victim of Mass Production
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Must Listen: Zero, Heads Will Roll, Runaway
5. La Roux - La Roux
Must Listen: Bulletproof, As If By Magic, Cover My Eyes
6. Gin Wigmore - Holy Smoke
Must Listen: Too Late For Lovers, Mr Freakshow, Hey Ho
7. Jamie T - Kings & Queens
Must Listen: 368, Sticks And Stones, British Intelligence
8. The View - Which Bitch?
Must Listen: Double Yellow Lines, One Off Pretender, Glass Smash
9. Future of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another
Must Listen: Yin/Post Yin, That Damned Fly, Throwing Bricks At Trains
10. Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty
Must Listen: Obscene Queen Bee #2, Holy, Holy, Holy Moses, What Fun
11. Muse - The Resistance
Must Listen: The Resistance, Undisclosed Desires
12. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Must Listen: Ulysses, Live Alone
13. The Veils - Sun Gangs
Must Listen: Sit Down By The Fire, The Letter
14. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Must Listen: It's Nice To Know You Work Alone, Panic Switch
15. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
Must Listen: Out Of The Blue, 11th Dimension
16. Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Must Listen: Kingdom of Rust, Lifeline
17. Brakes - Touchdown
Must Listen: Don't Take Me To Space (Man), Worry About It Later
18. Oh Mercy - Privileged Woes
Must Listen: Get You Back, Astrid, No
19. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
Must Listen: No Kind Words, Love You Better
20. Metric - Fantasies
Must Listen: Sick Muse, Help I'm Alive