2009 | The Year in CDs
LET'S HEAR IT: The Globe's music critics pick their favorite 10 albums of the year and from each writer — a noteworthy surprise.
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James Reed
"Because I Was in Love" – the "spare and hypnotic debut" from Sharon Van Etten – makes this pop music critic's list. See what other albums made the cut.
Sarah Rodman
The Avett Brothers's "I and Love and You" had the best of everything according to this music critic. Find out why, and check out her other picks.
Joan Anderman
One of the ten albums that this arts writer has picked is Andrew Bird's "Noble Beast." "Fourteen slices of sublime chamber-pop," Anderman writes.
Julian Benbow
"Everything about this album was a push for the pop charts," Benbow writs about Jay-Z's "Blueprint 3. See which other hip hop albums made his list.
Steve Greenlee
Kat Edmonson's "Take to the Sky" makes Steve Greenlee's top 10 list because of her distinctive voice and inventive style. Check out his other picks.
Jeremy Eichler
"Shostakovich's brilliant satirical early opera finally gets the recording it deserves," writes Jeremy Eichler. See more of his classical music picks.
Siddhartha Mitter
"After Robots" from the Johannesburg foursome BLK JKS makes this critic's list of world music picks for its "textured, driving, psychedelic rock."
Scott Alarik
Caroline Herring's "Golden Apples of the Sun" made this critic's list of best folk albums of the year. Find out why, and check out his other picks.