Best 5, most anticipated 5, and most dissapoiting 5 albums of 2009

[jdr277]

Best 5
1. Manchester Orchestra - Means Everything to Nothing
2. Rx Bandits - Mandala
3. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
4. Set Your Goals - This wil be the Death of Us
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Open Door EP
Runners up:
Fun - Aim and Ignite
The Used - Artwork
Modest Mouse - No Ones First and Your Next

Most Anticipated 5
1. Brand New - And One Head Can Never Die
2. Say Anything - Say Anything
3. Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
4. Chronic Future - Untitled
5. 3rd Eye Blind - Ursa Major

Most Dissappointed 5
1. Why? - Eskimo Snow
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. MeWithoutYou - Its all...
4. Greenday - 21st Century Breakdown
5. Against Me! - The Original Cowboy
still listened to all of them just expected more

[FullCollaspe]

Okay, thanks for telling us. Also there is also a thing called a blog.

[jdr277]

I Don't blog im just curious to find other music and give and help others find good albums.

[SophGod]

Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness deserves to be on top 5 imo
Thrice - Beggars deserves to be on most anticipated
and Marilyn Manson - High End of Low was definitely the most disappointing album i heard all year.

[jdr277]

I want others to thread their opinions as well.

[jdr277]

I actually forgot to put thrice's new albums in the best group i heard it with the watermark and it is very good.

[amplifire]

Solid list. Green Day was disappointing, as was the new New Found Glory album.
Can't wait for Third Eye Blind though!

[MADSTA]

Sure, I'll participate.

My top 5 thus far:
1. The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life And Death
2. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
3. Grammatics - Grammatics
4. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
5. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms

I don't have any disappointments, because all of the albums I was anticipating turned out to be good.

[jdr277]

Portugal the man also put out a solid album.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Best 5:
1. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
2. Dear Landlord - Dream Homes
3. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
4. American Steel - Dear Friends And Gentle Hearts
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Anticipating:
1. Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
2. Alkaline Trio's new album
3. Strike Anywhere - Iron Front
4. AFI - Crash Love
5. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg

Disappointments:
1. Death By Stereo - Death Is My Only Friend
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
3. The Blackout Argument - Remedies
4. Two Tongues - self/titled
5. Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return

[ambiguous.dude]

top 5
1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
5. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
could also be included:
Mos Def - The Ecstatic, Doves - Kingdom of Rust, Mastodon - Crack The Sky & P.O.S. - Never Better

most-anticipated
1. Thrice - Beggars
2. Muse - The Resistance
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
5. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
(6. - Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind)

most disappointing.
Billy Talent III
Holiday Parade
meWithoutyou
Taking Back Sunday
U2

[SLoT]

most anticipated
between the buried and me
thrice
moneen
owen
oh, sleeper/muse/brand new all pretty excited about as well

disappointments
two tongues
lamb of god
nofx
green day
asher roth

best so far
mastodon

[oddwithoutend]

BEST
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle

I'll add to this later.

[imahoodlum]

Best 5
3. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
Really?!


Most Anticipated 5
1. Brand New - And One Head Can Never Die Name of the album is Daisy.


Most Dissappointed 5
1. Why? - Eskimo Snow This just leaked a couple of days ago. I definitely suggest giving it another listen.

[MADSTA]

Actually I have two disappointments:
Manchester Orchestra
Kevin Devine

[jdr277]

Taking Back Sunday is never gonna be TAYF again and this CD although very different from TBS style is quite a good listen.
You may be right on the daisy thing but i believe the name of the album keeps changing and i thought the one i put was the newest.
As for Why? It's still on my recent playlist and I continue to give it a shot but it is definately no Alopecia.

[SophGod]

i'll make an actual list
top 5
RX Bandits - Mandala
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Thursday - Common Existence
The Mars Volta - Octahedron

Top 5 anticipated
Brand New - Daisy
Thrice - Beggars
The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event
MCR new album
A Wilhelm Scream new EP

Most Disappointing
Marilyn Manson - High End of Low
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
havent been disappointed by any other albums.... so far

[ramomcferno]

Top 5
Thursday
Manchester Orchestra
Alexisonfire
Taking Back Sunday
Silverstein

Most Anticipated
Third Eye Blind
AFI
Thrice
Oh, Sleeper
Between the Buried and Me


No real disappointments some could have been better than others but I liked everything i have been anticipating so far.

[Bobby Tucker]

Top 5:
1) Alexander the Great- Faces Change
2) Silversun Pickups- Swoon
3) This Town Needs Guns- Animals
4) The Damnwells- One Last Century
5) Pilot Speed- Wooden Bones
(I haven't listened to fun. enough to judge it among these)
HMs: Mos Def, Phoenix, Kevin Devine, New Found Glory

Disappointing:
1) The Dangerous Summer- Reach for the Sun
2) Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
3) The Used- Artwork

Anticipating:
1) Person L- Initials
2) We Shot the Moon

[tommy's ghost]

Alright, I'll bite.

Best 5:

1. fun. - Aim & Ignite
2. RX Bandits - Mandala
3. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
4. Thrice - Beggars
5. A lot of bands could fit here: Portugal. The Man, Man Orch, Dinosaur Jr., Arctic Monkeys, Nightmare of You, The Dead Weather, etc. I'll have to think about it.

5 Most Anticipated:

1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Muse
5. The Fall of Troy

[Sic Transit Zeb]

Best 5
1. Manchester Orchestra - Means Everything to Nothing
2. Rx Bandits - Mandala
3. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
4. Set Your Goals - This wil be the Death of Us
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Open Door EP
Runners up:
Fun - Aim and Ignite
The Used - Artwork
Modest Mouse - No Ones First and Your Next

Most Anticipated 5
1. Brand New - And One Head Can Never Die
2. Say Anything - Say Anything
3. Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
4. Chronic Future - Untitled
5. 3rd Eye Blind - Ursa Major

Most Dissappointed 5
1. Why? - Eskimo Snow
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. MeWithoutYou - Its all...
4. Greenday - 21st Century Breakdown
5. Against Me! - The Original Cowboy
still listened to all of them just expected more

New Brand New album is called daisy......................

[Jordachejeans91]

Best 5
1- The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
2- Emery - ...In Shallow seas we sail
3- P.O.S - Never Better
4- Between The Trees - Spain
5- Eye Alaska - Genises Underground

Anticipating
1 - Anchor And Braille - Felt
2- Fun Aim & Ignite
3 Say Anything - say anything
4 Brand New - Daisy
5- Moneens - Cant think of the name...

Disappointing
1- Taking Back Sunday - new again
2- Two Tounges - two tounges
3- The auditon - Self titled
4- Nightmare Of You - Infomaniac
5- The Higher - Its only natural

[Sic Transit Zeb]

Top 5:
1) Alexander the Great- Faces Change
2) Silversun Pickups- Swoon
3) This Town Needs Guns- Animals
4) The Damnwells- One Last Century
5) Pilot Speed- Wooden Bones
(I haven't listened to fun. enough to judge it among these)
HMs: Mos Def, Phoenix, Kevin Devine, New Found Glory

Disappointing:
1) The Dangerous Summer- Reach for the Sun
2) Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
3) The Used- Artwork

Anticipating:
1) Person L- Initials
2) We Shot the Moon

Your disappointed sucks.

The Dangerous Summer's new album kicks ass. Idk how you can't like it.

The new MO is amazing.

And how were you disappointed by artwork? their last 2 albums prior sucked.

[jdr277]

New Brand New album is called daisy......................
Sorry about mislabeling Brand New either way its gonna be sick!

[GoWaitInTheCar]

Best 5
1. Manchester Orchestra - Means Everything to Nothing
2. Rx Bandits - Mandala
3. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
4. Set Your Goals - This wil be the Death of Us
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Open Door EP
Runners up:
Fun - Aim and Ignite
The Used - Artwork
Modest Mouse - No Ones First and Your Next

Most Anticipated 5
1. Brand New - And One Head Can Never Die
2. Say Anything - Say Anything
3. Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
4. Chronic Future - Untitled
5. 3rd Eye Blind - Ursa Major

Most Dissappointed 5
1. Why? - Eskimo Snow
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. MeWithoutYou - Its all...
4. Greenday - 21st Century Breakdown
5. Against Me! - The Original Cowboy
still listened to all of them just expected more



The Original Cowboy shouldn't be considered a record. Not sure why you even included that. It was just something Against Me! released because they had it lying around.

Eskimo Snow isn't what I wanted it to be either but it's still solid. Different doesn't mean bad.

No One's First.. is disappointing to me. It may be just b-sides but I'm not feeling it at all.

PS. All those other albums you mentioned are awful.

[DejaNew]

No Animal Collective or Thrice, and you listed mwY as being disappointing. Wow.

[deFobbed14yrs]

anticipated:

AFI
3eb
Say anything
MCS
Brand new

[abcdefghijake]

I don't understand how mewithoutYou is a dissappointment...

[nerdvglc]

Best
Ace Enders and a Million Different People- When I Hit the Ground
Dangerous Summer- Reach for the Sun
Barely Blind- My Life With a Giant
Rx Bandits- Mandala
Wilco- Wilco

Most Disappointing
Aiden- Knives
Duffy- Rockferry
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Lonely Road
Green Day- 21st Century Break down (I liked this album, but had hoped for more...)
Taking Back Sunday- New Again (obvious, i know. but it honestly made me sad and upset at how bad it was in comparison to what they used to be)

Most Anticipated
Say Anything- Say Anything
Mute Math- Armistice
Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground (mostly b/c it's produced by butch walker, but i like the band too)
Farewell- Run it Up the Flagpole
Brand New- Daisy

[donwagenblast]

Top 5, in no order at all
New Found Glory- Listen to Your Friends
All Time Low- Nothing Personal
Oceana- Birtheater
The Sleeping- What it Takes
Memphis May Fire- Sleepwalker

Disappointments:
Killswitch Engage- S/T
A Skylit Drive- Adelphia


Anticipated:
Brand New- (Whatever its called)
Circa Survive
Saosin
Mayday Parade

[weaz45]

My Best
Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing
A Day To Remember- Homesick
Gallows- Grey Britain
Set Your Goals- This Will Be The Death Of Us
Closure In Moscow- First Temple

My Most Dissapointing
A Skylit Drive- Adelphia
Dance Gavin Dance- Happiness
Taking Back Sunday- New Again
mewithoutYou- It's All

Most Anticipated
Saosin- In Search Of Solid Ground
Brand New- Daisy
Say Anything- Say Anything
Oh Sleeper- Son of the Morning
Circa Survive
Gwen Stacy

[myplanforescape]

Pygmy Lush- Split with Turboslut
Catalyst- Swallow Your Teeth
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
Comadre - A Wolf Ticket
Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shine on T.V.

Anticipated
Glassjaw
Ultra Dolphins

[Schmidty Says]

Best:
1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
2. Manchestor Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
3. Gallows - Grey Britain
4. Big D & the Kids Table - Fluent In Stroll
5. A Day To Remember - Homesick

Anticipating:
1. Say Anything
2. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life
4. Thrice - Beggars
5. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major

Disappointing:
1. Four Year Strong - Explains It All
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again (yes, I defended it cause I like it, but it was still a bit of a let down)
3. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
4. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
5. Against Me! - The Original Cowboy

[fishingthe_sky]

5 Best
P.O.S. - Never Better
Manchester Orchestra - Everything To Nothing
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Paper Route - Absence
The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha

I've also enjoyed Set Your Goals, Silversun Pickups, and Closure In Moscow

10 Most Anticipated
Thrice - Beggars
As Tall As Lions - Can't Take It With You
Imogen Heap - Eclipse
Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major/Minor
Glassjaw - Whatever it's going to be titled
Minus The Bear
Every Time I Die
Motion City Soundtrack
Mew

5 Disappointing
Two Tongues
All Time Low
Passion Pit (one of the most wrongly hyped bands I can think of right now.)
New Found Glory (it's a good cd, but never met the expectations I had for it)
Grizzly Bear (for being boring)

[xJesusFreakx]

Favorite:

1.) Bradley Hathaway - A Mouth Full of Dust
2.) Thrice - Beggars (may end up being AOTY, but they're my favorite band, so I need more time to give fair judgment)
3.) As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
4.) Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
5.) Regina Spektor - Far / Hands - Creator (too soon to really say)
(This list will likely shift around plenty before the year's end.

Most disappointing:

1.) mewithoutYou - it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright

Most anticipated:

1.) Brand New - Daisy
2.) David Crowder*Band - Church Music

[Machu505]

5 Best (No order):
Rx Bandits - Mandala
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Thursday - Common Existence

5 Most Anticipated (No Order):
Brand New - Daisy
Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
Thrice - Beggars
Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
Muse - The Resistance

4 Most Disappointing (No Order):
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy...
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Two Tongues - Two Tongues
Cobra Skulls - American Rubicon

[RecklessXRandy]

lol @ new again

[xJesusFreakx]

This thread does not have nearly enough Bradley Hathaway. A Mouth Full of Dust was excellent.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/43/l_d37c0387da0249fa990d7e1b2532ebfa. jpg

[micahistheballs]

This thread does not have nearly enough Bradley Hathaway. A Mouth Full of Dust was excellent.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/43/l_d37c0387da0249fa990d7e1b2532ebfa. jpg
:thumbup:

By far my AOTY.
Also, in Bradley Hathaway related news, he called me this morning (siqbrg, i know) and apparently he's recording a new album in December so get pumped.

[xJesusFreakx]

:thumbsup:

By far my AOTY.
Also, in Bradley Hathaway related news, he called me this morning (siqbrg, i know) and apparently he's recording a new album in December so get pumped.

Ha, I'm so jealous of your friendship with him. That's awesome. So, probably a new album sometime next year?

[Sic Transit Zeb]

Sorry about mislabeling Brand New either way its gonna be sick!

Oh it's quite all right. Just wanted to let you know.

And yes, it'll be ridiculous!

[Charles777]

Top 5
1. Closure In Moscow - First Temple
2. Rx Bandits - Mandala
3. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
4. fun. - Aim and Ignite
5. Single File - Common Struggles

Anticipated
1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. Circa Survive
3. Good Old War
4. MCR
5. P!ATD

I didn't really dig Common Existence as much as I though I would, so I guess I'm disappointed in that. That's the only one though.

[Ari Christos]

Top 5:

Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine
Mean Everything to Nothing - Manchester Orchestra
The Ecstatic - Mos Def
Swoon - Silversun Pickups
Hell or High Water - As Cities Burn

Disappointments:

When I hit the Ground - Ace Enders
New Again - Taking Back Sunday (even with all the negative press from this site, I couldn't help but still have a glimmer of hope for them).
Mama, I'm Swollen - Cursive

Most Anticipated:

Daisy - Brand New
Beggars - Thrice
Ursa Major - Third Eye Blind
The Resistance - Muse
Circa Survive
S/T - Say Anything
Panic! At the Disco

[ScarsThatSmile]

Best 5 (None of them are in order)

1) Silverstein - A Shipwreck In The Sand
2)Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3)Four Year Strong - Explains It All
4) All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5)Eminem - Relapse


Most Anticipated
1) Mayday Parade
2) Saosin
3) Brand New
4) Chiodos
5) Just Surrender


Most Dissapointed
1) The Used - Artwork
2) The Higher- Its only natural
3) Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future
4)

[micahistheballs]

Ha, I'm so jealous of your friendship with him. That's awesome. So, probably a new album sometime next year?
He said that he hopes for that one to come out more quickly than this one and that there's a slight chance of 2 albums next year.

Also, are you going to Purple Door this year?

[xJesusFreakx]

He said that he hopes for that one to come out more quickly than this one and that there's a slight chance of 2 albums next year.

Also, are you going to Purple Door this year?

2 albums!? That worries me because the quality might suffer, but it excites me more than worries me.

Yep. Are you?

[billy_yo]

5 best( not in order)
1. adtr-homesick
2. dance gavin dance- happiness
3. P.O.S- never better
4. set your goals-this will be...
5. four year strong-..explains it all
6. new found glory- not without a fight
7, hit the lights-coast to coast EP
8. cage- depart from me

Most Anticipated (not in order)
1. chiodos
2. thrid eye blind
3. glasJAw
4. good old war
5. tied: say anything/circa survive/ISHC

Most Disappointing
1. the used- artwork
2. bury your dead- bury your dead
3.


sorry i got a little carried away with my best and i couldn't think of anymore disappointments

[donwagenblast]

I know it gets picked apart by most everyone on this site, but A Day To Remember's Homesick was their best effort, and their fans go apeshit over it.

[micahistheballs]

2 albums!? That worries me because the quality might suffer, but it excites me more than worries me.

Yep. Are you?
Trust me, this guy's got a wealth of songs you wouldn't believe. I once glanced in his iTunes and was blown away. Some songs I've heard him play and love myself, he now dismisses as crap. He mentioned a few songs he was going to record and I knew them all and approve. One even solicited a heck yes out of me.

I may be going now. I need a partner.

[xJesusFreakx]

Trust me, this guy's got a wealth of songs you wouldn't believe. I once glanced in his iTunes and was blown away. Some songs I've heard him play and love myself, he now dismisses as crap. He mentioned a few songs he was going to record and I knew them all and approve. One even solicited a heck yes out of me.

I may be going now. I need a partner.

That makes me really excited. His first album felt like it was bogged down by a lot of filler, so the idea of two albums in a year seems iffy to me. I trust your opinion, though. I'm actually REALLY excited now. He'll probably release my top 2 AOTY next year, lol.

Yeah, you definitely should if you can. I'm going with my brother's youth group. He won two free tickets for designing a shirt for the festival, so I don't even have to pay. Oh, and I have two good friends who are leaving tomorrow to walk there. It'll be about 210 mi over the course of two weeks... We'll see how that goes.

[FueledByFrodo]

Alright, I'll bite.

Best 5:

1. fun. - Aim & Ignite
We have a winner.

[jtuoath10]

best 5

Manchester orchestra-mean everything to nothing
The devil wears prada-with roots above an branches below
I See Stars- 3-D
Kevin Devine-Brothers Blood
A Day to Remember-Homesick (gotta love my breakdowns)

dissapointing 5
Taking back dunday-new again
dance gavin dance-happiness
two tongues-two tongues
green day(except not anticapated for me cuz they are god awful) terrible cd terrible band
all time low (again just dont like the band) but still bad cd

ANTICIPATED 3
BRAND NEW
THRICE
SAY ANYTHING

[micahistheballs]

That makes me really excited. His first album felt like it was bogged down by a lot of filler, so the idea of two albums in a year seems iffy to me. I trust your opinion, though. I'm actually REALLY excited now. He'll probably release my top 2 AOTY next year, lol.

Yeah, you definitely should if you can. I'm going with my brother's youth group. He won two free tickets for designing a shirt for the festival, so I don't even have to pay. Oh, and I have two good friends who are leaving tomorrow to walk there. It'll be about 210 mi over the course of two weeks... We'll see how that goes.
I think I can work it out so I go for free, but like I said, I want someone to bear the 5 hour drive with me. Also, I only care a ton about Bradley and mewithoutYou, although Anberlin still is my guilty pleasure.

Walking 210 miles?! Hot damn.

[inuewiwedem]

Top 5:

5. Tides Of Man - Empire Theory
4. The Dangerous Summer - Reach for The Sun
3. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
2. Oceana - Birth Eater
1. Holding Onto Hope - Of The Sea

Runners Up:

5. In Fear And Faith - Your World On Fire
4. mewithoutYou - it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright!
3. Jeremy Enigk - OK Bear
2. Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
1. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist

5 Most Anticipated:

5. Say Anything - Say Anything
4. Jonny Craig - A Dream Is A Question You Don't Know How To Answer
3. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
2. Brand New - Daisy
1. Circa Survive - not yet titled

5 Biggest Disappointments:

5. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Lonely Road
4. The Used - Artwork
3. Broadway - Kingdoms
2. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
1. Taking Back Sunday - New Again

[xJesusFreakx]

I think I can work it out so I go for free, but like I said, I want someone to bear the 5 hour drive with me. Also, I only care a ton about Bradley and mewithoutYou, although Anberlin still is my guilty pleasure.

Walking 210 miles?! Hot damn.

Ha, guilty pleasures are silly. If you like it, you like it. Doesn't have to be the greatest music ever to be enjoyable.

Yeah. They have it planned out pretty well, but I think they've underestimated the pain their legs are going to be in. They aren't exactly that fit, and they're planning on walking 18 mi a day. That catches up on you pretty fast.

[secretsociety92]

Top 5 -

1. New Device - Takin' Over
2. Little Boots - Hands
3. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
4. VV Brown - Travelling Like The Light
5. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

Most anticipated -

Muse - The Resistance
Aerosmith (Might be out this year)
Kiss
Jet - Shaka Rock

[Mochem]

Best:

Trophy Scars - Bad Luck
Gavin Castleton - Home
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love
Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure


Most Anticipated:

Motion City Soundtrack (if it's this year)
Say Anything
Muse
...can't think of anything else that hasn't come out already


Most Disappointing (some of these were alright, just didn't live up to my expectations):

Eminem - Relapse
Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor (yes I listen to Cascada)
Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
Kiss Kiss - The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth

[J Me]

Anticipating:
1) Person L- The Positives
fixed

[GeeBee]

Best
Ace Enders and a Million Different People- When I Hit the Ground
Dangerous Summer- Reach for the Sun
Barely Blind- My Life With a Giant
Rx Bandits- Mandala
Wilco- Wilco

Most Disappointing
Aiden- Knives
Duffy- Rockferry
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Lonely Road
Green Day- 21st Century Break down (I liked this album, but had hoped for more...)
Taking Back Sunday- New Again (obvious, i know. but it honestly made me sad and upset at how bad it was in comparison to what they used to be)

Most Anticipated
Say Anything- Say Anything
Mute Math- Armistice
Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground (mostly b/c it's produced by butch walker, but i like the band too)
Farewell- Run it Up the Flagpole
Brand New- Daisy
If I'm not mistaken, I thought they scrapped all the stuff they did with Walker?...
Top 5
1. Closure In Moscow - First Temple
2. Rx Bandits - Mandala
3. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
4. fun. - Aim and Ignite
5. Single File - Common Struggles

Anticipated
1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. Circa Survive
3. Good Old War
4. MCR
5. P!ATD

I didn't really dig Common Existence as much as I though I would, so I guess I'm disappointed in that. That's the only one though.

Keep listening, it's a real grower. I didn't care for it at first, now it's one of my faves.

[tyramail]

5 best (not in order)
1. paper route - abscence
2. fun. - aim and ignite
3. all time low - nothing personal
4. a day to remember - homesick
5. mewithoutyou - it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright
5. little boots - hands

5 dissappointing
1. two tongues - s/t
2. taking back sunday - new again
3. dance gavin dance - happiness
4. four year strong - explains it all
5. a skylit drive - adelphia

5 anticipated
1. brand new - daisy
2. say anything - s/t
3. mayday parade - anywhere but here
4. jonny craig - a dream is a question you don't know how to answer
5. panic! at the disco

[xJesusFreakx]

If I'm not mistaken, I thought they scrapped all the stuff they did with Walker?...

Not that I know of. They worked with some other people, but I think the Butch Walker material will still be on the record.

[GeeBee]

Not that I know of. They worked with some other people, but I think the Butch Walker material will still be on the record.

Well, that renews a little of my hope for the new one. Not sure I dig Cove's new "vocal" style.

[xJesusFreakx]

Well, that renews a little of my hope for the new one. Not sure I dig Cove's new "vocal" style.

I didn't at first, but it's growing on me. The idea of him screaming on it doesn't appeal to me, though. Butch Walker is definitely the number one source of hope for this being a pretty good album.

[micahistheballs]

Ha, guilty pleasures are silly. If you like it, you like it. Doesn't have to be the greatest music ever to be enjoyable.

Yeah. They have it planned out pretty well, but I think they've underestimated the pain their legs are going to be in. They aren't exactly that fit, and they're planning on walking 18 mi a day. That catches up on you pretty fast.
It does when you're a hipster snob.

[GeeBee]

I didn't at first, but it's growing on me. The idea of him screaming on it doesn't appeal to me, though. Butch Walker is definitely the number one source of hope for this being a pretty good album.

I dunno. Butch does good with pop-rock. Not sure how his style will translate with their particular brand of post-hardcore. But I do agree, he's pretty much the last hope I have of this record being worth anything.

[xJesusFreakx]

It does when you're a hipster snob.

Ha, fair enough.

[xJesusFreakx]

I dunno. Butch does good with pop-rock. Not sure how his style will translate with their particular brand of post-hardcore. But I do agree, he's pretty much the last hope I have of this record being worth anything.

Their self-titled bordered on pop rock anyways, though, and those were some of the better moments of the album. I think he'll balance out their desire to become a "heavy" band again.

[kearn1tm]

Top 5 of the Year:

Bill Callahan -- Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
Blind Pilot -- Three Rounds and a Sound
Vieux Farka Touré -- Fondo (The Road)
Elvis Perkins -- Elvis Perkins in Dearland
The Thermals -- Now We Can See

[Carolina.Alex]

ill get back to you january 1st

[briewer]

This year has been kind of shitty thus far.

Top 5:
1. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
2. Dan Deacon- Bromst
3. Mos Def- The Ecstatic
4. St. Vincent- Actor
5. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Most Anticipated:
Mount Eerie- Wind's Poem
Clipse- Till The Casket Drops
Atlas Sound- Logos
Jay-Z- The Blueprint 3
Islands- Vapours

Most Disappointing:
The Fiery Furnaces- I'm Going Away
Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Field- Yesterday And Today
Deradoorian- Mind Raft

[trappedintime]

Best 5
1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
2. Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
3. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
6. House of Heroes - The End Is Not The End (even though it came out last year.)

Most Anticipated 6
1. Thrice - Beggars
2. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
5. Say Anything - Say Anything
6. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

Most Disappointing 5
1. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. mewithoutYou - It's all...
4. will edit later
5. will edit later

[thespearkid]

1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan

[Buscemi Knows Best]

Best:
Manchester Orchestra
Owl City
Mars Volta
Closure in Moscow
Franz Ferdinand

Most Anticipated:
Muse
Thrice
AFI
Say Anything
Motion City Soundtrack

Disappointing:
Taking Back Sunday
Green Day
Mewithoutyou
All Time Low (Don't like this band, but album was so hyped I had to listen, want that half hour of my life back)
The announced end of The Matches (Not an album, but the most disappointing music news I've gotten this year)

[xxxjessicaxx255]

Best :
New Found Glory- Listen to Your Friends
A Day to Remember- Homesick
The Dangerous Summer- Reach for the Sun
Hit the Lights-Coast to Coast
Between The Trees - Spain


Disappointments :
Two Tongues- Two Tongues
Four Year Strong- Explains it All
Taking Back Sunday- New Again
Green Day- 21st Century Break down
All Time Low- Nothing Personal


Anticipated:
Say Anything- Say Anything
Third Eye Blind- Ursa Major
Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground
Motion City Soundtrack- My Dinosaur Life
Relient K- Forget and Not Slow Down

[QuietThings430]

Top 5:
1. Fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Fake Problems - It's Great to Be Alive
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
5. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For the Sun

Anticipated:
Say Anything - Say Anything
Brand New - Daisy
Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
Lil Wayne - Rebirth (Curious to see how it turns out)

Disappointing -
Taking Back Sunday - New Again
Animal Collective - Merriwether Post Pavilion
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Enter Shikari - Common Dreads (Although I still like it a lot)
Two Tongues - Two Tongues

[SophGod]

upset to see not too many people anticipating the fall of troy release.

[moths wings]

5 best

1.) Metric - Fantasies
2.) Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
3.) As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
4.) Passion Pit - Manners
5.) Fun. - Aim and Ignite

[moths wings]

Wait shit, I choose 6.

Dear and the headlights - Drunk like bible times

[moths wings]

Best 5
1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
2. Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
3. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
6. House of Heroes - The End Is Not The End (even though it came out last year.)

Most Anticipated 6
1. Thrice - Beggars 2. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
5. Say Anything - Say Anything
6. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

Most Disappointing 5
1. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. mewithoutYou - It's all...
4. will edit later
5. will edit later
Im so shocked to see that you're the only person with ACB on your list.

HoHW is phenomenal.

[something.monic]

Taking Back Sunday - New Again could take all five spots in the top five most disappointing.

[wewascontenders]

so far

Teenage Cool Kids - Foreign Lands
My Heart to Joy - Seasons In Verse
Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions
Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye
Brainworms - II: Swear To Me
The Devil and The Lion - s/t

[MarkAndros]

let me think...

Favorites so far
-Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
-As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
-Pilot Speed - Wooden Bones
-Audrye Sessions - Audrye Sessions
-All The Day Holiday - The Things We've Grown To Love
-The Dear Hunter - Act III


Anticipated
-Thrice - Beggars
-Brand New - Daisy
-The Receiving End of Sirens - Live DVD
-Fun. - Aim and Ignite
-Anchor and Braille - Felt

Disappointments
-Taking Back Sunday - New Again
-mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream It's Alright
-Why? - Eskimo Snow

[Bobby Tucker]

Your disappointed sucks.

The Dangerous Summer's new album kicks ass. Idk how you can't like it.

The new MO is amazing.

And how were you disappointed by artwork? their last 2 albums prior sucked.

I was as excited for TDS and MO as anyone on this site, but...

The Dangerous Summer: The lyrics from song to song are sometimes repetitive ("I was just a kid" is in three different tracks) or self-contradicting ("I've found what I'm looking for" on Settle Down versus "I haven't found what I've been looking for yet" on Symmetry, which is three songs later). The production highlights the percussion and rhythm guitar parts too much, burying the lead guitar melodies required on a powerpop album of this kind. AJ has a solid voice quality-wise, but his range consists of the middle notes and screeching out higher notes. I was a fan of their effort on "If You Could Only Keep Me Alive" because it was well produced and diverse, but this record fell flat for me.

Manchester Orchestra: The first three tracks burst with energy and passion, but the later tracks slow and dull in a way that makes those first three songs feel like flukes rather than parts of a whole album. There's a lot of mimicry soundwise, borrowing from Nirvana (actually, the guitar line on "In My Teeth" is basically copied and pasted from "About A Girl"), Thursday, and The Dear Hunter, and lyrically, leaning heavily towards Thrice and Brand New. Andy Hull has a very distinctive voice on Manchester's first album and on The Bitter End's "Right Away, Great Captain!" but he falls into a systematic sing/scream pattern that tilts sometimes towards Weatherbox and at other times towards Thrice. I'd rather go listen to the efforts of these other bands, then, and not be lulled by the back half of "Mean Everything to Nothing".

And, in the case of The Used, they actually were one of the bands that got me into the scene in the earlier part of this decade. Their self-titled, along with "In Love and Death", The Starting Line's early work, and SoCo's two albums really got me into music in a way that I had never been before. I still hold a nostalgic love for "In Love and Death", and am probably unfit to judge it properly on the basis of quality as a result, but I've been hoping for something along the lines of their first two efforts since 2004. "Lies for the Liars" was a disappointment (no arguments there), but I will continue to have high hopes and expectations for this band, and will, as such, continue to be greatly disappointed by every effort that they put out that doesn't hold up against their first two albums.

[Bobby Tucker]

fixed

Ah. Thanks. I've done that about 5 dozen times since he announced the album...

[inuewiwedem]

Taking Back Sunday - New Again could take all five spots in the top five most disappointing.
This is true.

[Inaction]

Best
Fanfarlo - Reservoir
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Passion Pin - Manners (I hated this at first but it's grown on me)
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

Anticipated
Mew - No More Stories...
Jamie T - Kings & Queens
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Minus the Bear / Mute Math / Circa Survive / Good Old War / Muse

Disappointing
Peter Bjorn John - Living Thing
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

[gonfreaks]

No particular order for best, everything else is in order.

Best
1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. RX Bandits - Mandala
3. P.O.S. - Never Better
4. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
5. Fun - Aim & Ignite

Anticipated
1.Thrice - Beggars
2. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Say Anything - Say Anything
5. Mute Math - Armistice

Disappointing
1. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
4. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
5. Ace Enders and a Million Different People - When I Hit the Ground (the only work of his I'm not a huge fan of :-()

It was so tough to narrow down anticipated to five.

[Justin_stacy]

Best 5:
1. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
2. Dear Landlord - Dream Homes
3. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
4. American Steel - Dear Friends And Gentle Hearts
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Anticipating:
1. Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
2. Alkaline Trio's new album
3. Strike Anywhere - Iron Front
4. AFI - Crash Love
5. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg

Disappointments:
1. Death By Stereo - Death Is My Only Friend
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
3. The Blackout Argument - Remedies
4. Two Tongues - self/titled
5. Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return

thought you were a fan of that one?

[trappedintime]

Im so shocked to see that you're the only person with ACB on your list.

HoHW is phenomenal.

I think people forgot about it because they were thinking of other albums. But it has been real popular around AP lately.

[Hockeywall]

I can't really make a list until the end of the year, but here's some of the stuff i'm anticipating/anticipated

Best[so far, no order]-
Propagandhi- Supporting Caste
Set Your Goals- This Will Be The Death Of Us
RX Bandits- Mandala
Sight and Sounds- Monolith
Alexisonfire- Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Thursday- Common Existence

honorable mention: Enter Shikari- Common Dreads


Anticipated[just a few coming up]-
Brand New
Thrice
Motion City Soundtrack
The Swellers
Farewell
Everytime I Die
Saosin

Ones I was prior to release:
Billy Talent
SYG
Rancid
New Found Glory
A Day To Remember
All Time Low
Set Your Goals

Disappointed:
hmmm I gotta think long and hard about this.. Taking Back Sunday is on there though.

alot of good stuff that was not AMAZING but terrible for me so far... I gotta think further into this...

[CalRahhh]

This is of course only temporary, and could change at any moment.

Best 5
1. The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
2. Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals
3. A Day To Remember - Homesick
4. Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
5. Owl City - Ocean Eyes


Most Anticipated
1. Converge
2. Brand New
3. The Fall Of Troy
4. Paramore
5. Motion City Soundtrack


Most Disappointing 5
1. K'naan - Troubadour
2. Psy0pus - Odd Sense
3. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
4. Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade

[xxmannequin]

Top 5:
1. fun.'s Aim and Ignite
2. Regina Spektor's Far
3. Death Cab For Cutie's The Open Door (do EPs count?)
4. Ace Enders & A Million Different People's When I Hit The Ground
5. Telekinesis' Telekinesis!

[mymusicismylife]

Best:
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death
Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright. (It's different, but I love it.)
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
Apologies to: Manchester Orchestra, Set Your Goals, Thursday, Portugal. The Man, Dredg, Emery (which I have heard), and also to anything great I haven't listened to yet.

Most Disappointed:
I can't think of anything I've heard that really disappointed me.

Most Anticipated:
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aestethic
Thrice - Beggars
The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Say Anything - Say Anything
Circa Survive

[_thisisme*]

Top 5 Albums

Fun - Aim And Ignite
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
DNA - Passenger
Manchester Orchestra - Means Everything to Nothing
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life And Death

Top EP's

Amely - On My Own
October Nites - Follow Your Heart (not sure if its 2008 or 2009)
Take Cover - The Last Word


Anticipating:

The Rocket Summer
Say Anything
Lights
Cartel
Paramore
The Fall Of Troy
Imogen Heap

Dissapointing

Ace Enders & A Million Different People - When I Hit The Ground (Love the man... It has some great songs on it but I guess I expected more out of it.
Taking Back Sunday - New Again

[Regards]

This thread does not have nearly enough Bradley Hathaway. A Mouth Full of Dust was excellent.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/43/l_d37c0387da0249fa990d7e1b2532ebfa. jpg
<3 Did you know that Mr. Hathaway and Hands have done some pretty extensive touring together?
:thumbup:

By far my AOTY.
Also, in Bradley Hathaway related news, he called me this morning (siqbrg, i know) and apparently he's recording a new album in December so get pumped.
Tcha! That's exciting. Mouth Full Of Dust was great.


Anyways my top 5 so far:
1. Sleeping Giant - Sons Of Thunder
2. Bradley Hathaway - Mouth Full Of Dust
3. mewithoutYou - it's all crazy!
4. As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
5. Hands - Creator

Most Anticipated:
David Crowder* Band - Church Music
The Glorious Unseen - The Hope That Lies In You
Thrice - Beggars
Showbread - The Fear Of God
Haven't had a chance to listen to the new Thrice either, and mwY/ACB/Hands are interchangeable at this point. Its been a great year in music though.

[batmannj]

1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan
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[thehereaway]

Best 5
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life & Death
Grammatics - Grammatics
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
RX Bandits - Mandala

I had trouble deciding whether or not to include the new Castledoor and So Many Dynamos.

Most Anticipated 5
Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground - Introducing Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground
Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life(?)
Dr. Manhattan - Jam Dreams
The River Empires - TBA
The Matches - TBA (rarities album)

I would have included The Velvet Teen and Thunderbirds Are Now! but i've no idea if they will come out this year or not. Also really anticipating the Wild Orchid Children full length.

Most Disappointing 5
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Kiss Kiss - The Meek Shall Inherit Whats Left
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! Its Alright,

I can't think of a fifth right now, but will update it if i do.

[SwiftSilentDead]

thought you were a fan of that one?

I was really excited for it but goddamn, was I let down when I listened to it.

[dancelukedance]

Top 5 Thus far: (I think the first 3 will stay for the top 5 at the end of the year)

1. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
2. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
3. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
4. A Day To Remember - Homesick
5. The Word Alive - Empire EP

Anticipated:

1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. Jonny Craig - A dream is a question we dont know how to answer
3. Craig Owens - Solo EP
4. Saosin - In search of solid ground
5. Blessthefall - Witness

Disappointing

1. A Skylit Drive - Adelphia (Biggest disappointment)
2. The Blackout - The Best In Town
3. Two Tongues - Two Tongues (it was SOMEWHAT disappointing)
4.
5.

[xJesusFreakx]

<3 Did you know that Mr. Hathaway and Hands have done some pretty extensive touring together?

Tcha! That's exciting. Mouth Full Of Dust was great.


Anyways my top 5 so far:
1. Sleeping Giant - Sons Of Thunder
2. Bradley Hathaway - Mouth Full Of Dust
3. mewithoutYou - it's all crazy!
4. As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
5. Hands - Creator

Most Anticipated:
David Crowder* Band - Church Music
The Glorious Unseen - The Hope That Lies In You
Thrice - Beggars
Showbread - The Fear Of God
Haven't had a chance to listen to the new Thrice either, and mwY/ACB/Hands are interchangeable at this point. Its been a great year in music though.

Great list. I loved Sleeping Giant when I first heard it, but I actually may like Hands more. As disappointed as I was with mewithoutYou, they'll likely still end up in my top 15 at year's end.

Glad to see someone else looking forward to Showbread, though Beggars and the new Kevin Max come out that day, so not sure when I'll pick that up... We'll see what happens. The Glorious Unseen should be good. David Crowder comes out same day as Brand New; that will be a most excellent day for me.

[bobby runs]

Most disappointing:
Four Year Strong
Two Tongues
Fireworks
Ace Enders

Anticipated:
person L
Brand New
Cartel
Every Time I Die
Wale

Top of the year:
P.O.S.
Manchester Orchestra
Mos Def
New Found Glory (because it's just really fun and I am in love with the band).

[boxingwithstars]

Top 5:

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
3. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
4. Thrice - Beggars
5. Regina Spektor - Far

(Honorable Mentions:Manchester Orchestra, Metric, M. Ward, Phoenix, Paolo Nutini)

Most Anticipated:

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. 3EB - Ursa Major
3. Monsters Of Folk
4. Steel Train
5. Say Anything

Most Disappointing:

1. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
2. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
3. Two Tongues

i think Aim and Ignite is going to be my AOTY, but we'll wait and see after Daisy and Ursa Major drop.

[xxmannequin]

Top 5:

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
3. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
4. Thrice - Beggars
5. Regina Spektor - Far

(Honorable Mentions:Manchester Orchestra, Metric, M. Ward, Phoenix, Paolo Nutini)

Most Anticipated:

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. 3EB - Ursa Major
3. Monsters Of Folk
4. Steel Train
5. Say Anything

Most Disappointing:

1. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
2. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
3. Two Tongues

i think Aim and Ignite is going to be my AOTY, but we'll wait and see after Daisy and Ursa Major drop.
You like the best music. And reminded me that I'm anticipating MOF and Steel Train, I couldn't think of any before. And Outer South was kind of disappointing :-(

[boxingwithstars]

You like the best music. And reminded me that I'm anticipating MOF and Steel Train, I couldn't think of any before. And Outer South was kind of disappointing :-(

haha, thank you! i see you in the JM thread all the time so i know you like good music too :-)

yeah, Outer South was a major letdown, but the new MOF songs sound good and i can't wait for that!

[Until The Bombs]

LOLOLOLOL New Again. Wow, this thread got off to a great start.

[mymusicismylife]

Most Disappointing:
Seeing mewithoutYou on so many most disappointing lists. I get that it's an opinion and preference thing, but I love that album.

[shimmyshakes]

BEST:
1. As Cities Burn - Hell of High Water
2. Oceana - Birtheater
3. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
4. XO - Someday
5. Eye Alaska - Genesis Underground
6. Maylene - III
7. Consider the Thief - Signs and Wonders
8. Architects - Hollow Crown

ANTICIPATED:
1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
2. As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
3. Thrice - Beggers
4. The Dear Hunter - Act III
5. Jonny Craig -?

DISSAPOINTING:
1. MewithoutYou - It's All Crazy..

I'll thrown in another category, MOST SURPRISING:
1. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
2. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
3. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
4. This Providence - Who Are You Now?

[nerdvglc]

[quote=GeeBee;50109512]If I'm not mistaken, I thought they scrapped all the stuff they did with Walker?...quote]

meh... that makes me sad, i hadn't heard that.

[Justin_stacy]

quicky response

Best so far (no order):
1. The Real Deal - Fun
2. Trick Shot - Shadow of a Killing Time
3. Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
4. 3 Feet Smaller - 32nd of December
5. Time Again - Naked


Anticipated:
1. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
2. Strike Anywhere - Iron Front
3. The Takers - Taker Easy
4. The Swellers - FBR release
5. Queen City Station (http://www.myspace.com/queencitystation) - Debut (can't remember the title)


Disappointments:
1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us (biggest disappointment in a long time)
2. MXPX - On Cover II (did nothing for me)
3. Austin Lucus - Somebody Loves You (very repetitive)
4. The unfortunate fact Taking Back Sunday is still putting out records
5. No Gaslight Anthem/American Steel ep....yet.

[$eth]

Nothing Personal is definitely #1 on the disappointment list for me.

[Greg.Kushlan]

best so far:
1. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
2. Isis- Wavering Radiant
3. Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
4. Buried Inside- The Spoils of Failure
5. Alexisonfire- Old Crows/ Young Cardinals

Anticipating:
Crime In Stereo
Polar Bear Club- Chasing Hamburg
Between The Buried And Me- The Great Misdirect
Thrice- Beggars
Moneen

dissapointing:
The Used- Artwork
Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
Cursive- Mama, I'm Swollen
Darkest Hour- The Eternal Ruin

[Greg.Kushlan]

ANTICIPATED:
1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing


that's been out for like 5 months now...

[Genuma]

Best:
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
fun. - Aim and Ignite
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Builders and the Butchers - Salvation is a Deep Dark Well

Anticipated:
Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Brand New - Daisy
New lawrence Arms EP
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers

Disappointments:
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Cobra Skulls - American Rubicon
and I can't think of anything else right now.

[Liz_who?]

Disappointment: TBS- New Again :(

[warp]

No one has mentioned Owen as most anticipated?

[piglet]

Best
1. Thrice - Beggars
2. fun - Aim and Ignite
3. Thursday - Full Collapse
4. Touche Amore - To The Beat of a Dead Horse
5. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
(6. Showbread - The Fear of God)
(7. POS - Never Better)
(8. mewithoutYou - It's all...)

Worst
1. TBS - New Again
2. The Used - Artwork
3. Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
4. Manchester Orchestra - Whatever the new album is called

Anticipated
Circa Survive
Glassjaw
Say Anything

[AtlanticRadio]

Best-
1) Thrice - Beggars
2) The Dear Hunter - Act III Life and Death
3) POS - Never Better
4) As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
5) Audrye Sessions - S/T

Disappointing
1) mwY- It's all bad... think Weiss lost his damn mind.
2) Manchester Orchestra- Everything to Nothing (such a shame because I love this band)

Anticipating
1) Brand New - Daisy
2) Say Anything
3) I need rec's for anticipating.

[shimmyshakes]

that's been out for like 5 months now...

...it was still one of my most anticipated for 2009.

[xxmannequin]

...it was still one of my most anticipated for 2009.

For anticipated you're supposed to put the records you're anticipating as of right now.

[thehereaway]

Lol