Amber Friesen (Year End & Decade)

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2009 albums
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1. Riceboy Sleeps -- Jonsi & Alex
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
3. Middle Cyclone -- Neko Case
4. The XX - XX
5. Lungs – Florence + The Machine
6. My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
7. Walking on a Dream – Empire of the Sun
8. Beacons -- Ohbijou
9. Two Suns -- Bat for Lashes
10. Found Songs -- Olafur Arnalds

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2009 Songs
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1. 24-25 – Kings of Convenience
2. My Girls – Animal Collective
3. Foreground – Grizzly Bear
4. Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
5. Sabali – Amadou & Mariam
6. Moths Wings – Passion Pit
7. Tightrope – Yeasear
8. Last Dance – The Ravonettes
9. 1901 – Pheonix
10. Shampoo – Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johanson

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Most (personally) influential musicians of the decade (with favorite
album noted)
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1. Sigur Ros ("Takk...")
2. Kings of Convenience ("Riot on an Empty Street")
3. The Shins ("Wincing the Night Away")
4. Neko Case ("Fox Confessor Brings the Flood")
5. Iron & Wine ("Our Endless Numbered Days")
6. The New Pornographers ("Challengers")
7. Jose Gonzalez ("Veneer")
8. Radiohead ("In Rainbows")
9. Arcade Fire ("Funeral")
10. The Postal Service ("Give Up")