Peter Hinchley

Frank Zappa once said: remember, information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is the best. And for the best of the best, let me unfold for you my top 50 songs of 2009.

The typical rules apply: two tracks from the same artist, or the same album, are not permitted.

1. Song: While You Wait For The Others
   Artist: Grizzly Bear
   Album: Veckatimest
2. Song: Leave It
   Artist: The Field
   Album: Yesterday and Today
3. Song: All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
   Artist: Handsome Furs
   Album: Face Control
4. Song: Daylight
   Artist: Matt & Kim
   Album: Grand
5. Song: The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
   Artist: The Decemberists
   Album: The Hazards Of Love
6. Song: Bricks And Mortar
   Artist: Editors
   Album: In This Light And On This Evening
7. Song: Waitin' For A Superman
   Artist: Iron & Wine
   Album: Around The Well
8. Song: No Line On The Horizon
   Artist: U2
   Album: No Line On The Horizon
9. Song: So Far Around The Bend
   Artist: The National
   Album: Dark Was The Night
10. Song: Wait it Out
    Artist: Imogen Heap
    Album: Ellipse
11. Song: Gimme Sympathy
    Artist: Metric
    Album: Fantasies
12. Song: Running To Stand Still
    Artist: Elbow
    Album: War Child Presents Heroes
13. Song: Skeletons
    Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Album: It's Blitz!
14. Song: Coin Laundry
    Artist: Lisa Mitchell
    Album: Wonder
15. Song: Lisztomania
    Artist: Phoenix
    Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
16. Song: One Wing
    Artist: Wilco
    Album: Wilco (The Album)
17. Song: Pulling On A Line
    Artist: Great Lake Swimmers
    Album: Lost Channels
18. Song: Can't Stop Partying
    Artist: Weezer
    Album: Raditude
19. Song: This Must Be It
    Artist: Royksopp
    Album: Junior
20. Song: Her Eyes are Underneath the Ground
    Artist: Antony And The Johnsons
    Album: The Crying Light
21. Song: People Got a Lotta Nerve
    Artist: Neko Case
    Album: Middle Cyclone
22. Song: The Party
    Artist: St. Vincent
    Album: Actor
23. Song: Brand New Sun
    Artist: Jason Lytle
    Album: Yours Truly the Commuter
24. Song: Oh, Lonesome Me
    Artist: M. Ward
    Album: Hold Time
25. Song: Heavy Cross
    Artist: The Gossip
    Album: Music For Men
26. Song: Black Hearted Love
    Artist: PJ Harvey & John Parish
    Album: A Woman A Man Walked By
27. Song: My Girls
    Artist: Animal Collective
    Album: Merriweather Post Pavilion
28. Song: Study War
    Artist: Moby
    Album: Wait For Me
29. Song: Swans
    Artist: Camera Obscura
    Album: My Maudlin Career
30. Song: New Terrain
    Artist: Mew
    Album: No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away
31. Song: Just The Past
    Artist: Peter Bjorn And John
    Album: Living Thing
32. Song: Time Bomb
    Artist: Dave Matthews Band
    Album: Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King
33. Song: Crystalised
    Artist: The xx
    Album: xx
34. Song: Russian Roulette
    Artist: Rihanna
    Album: Rated R
35. Song: Ramona Was A Waitress
    Artist: Paul Dempsey
    Album: Everything Is True
36. Song: I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
    Artist: Ida Maria
    Album: Fortress Round My Heart
37. Song: Lucid Dreams
    Artist: Franz Ferdinand
    Album: Tonight Franz Ferdinand
38. Song: All I Want
    Artist: Sarah Blasko
    Album: As Day Follows Night
39. Song: Two Birds
    Artist: Regina Spektor
    Album: Far
40. Song: The Rain
    Artist: The Swell Season
    Album: Strict Joy
41. Song: That Look You Give That Guy
    Artist: Eels
    Album: Hombre Lobo (12 Songs Of Desire)
42. Song: Amongst The Waves
    Artist: Pearl Jam
    Album: Backspacer
43. Song: Wear And Tear
    Artist: Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson
    Album: Breakup
44. Song: Chinese
    Artist: Lily Allen
    Album: It's Not Me, It's You
45. Song: Someone So Much
    Artist: Bob Evans
    Album: Goodnight, Bull Creek!
46. Song: Kingdom Of Rust
    Artist: Doves
    Album: Kingdom Of Rust
47. Song: 21 Guns
    Artist: Green Day
    Album: 21st Century Breakdown
48. Song: His Master's Voice
    Artist: Monsters Of Folk
    Album: Monsters of Folk
49. Song: I Got the Reason
    Artist: Conor Oberst
    Album: Outer South
50. Song: Malibu Gas Station
    Artist: Sonic Youth
    Album: The Eternal

The videos of all 50 tracks are available via the following Youtube playlist.

You can also download all of the tracks using the links below, but remember, if you like it, buy it.

Tracks 1 to 10 (90.3 MB). Track 11 to 20 (73.1 MB). Tracks 21 to 30 (66.1 MB). Tracks 31 to 40 (71.5 MB). Tracks 41 to 50 (74.3 MB).

Also check out my top albums of 2009.