Best Japanese Albums of 2009

Commenter ramenfreak was asking whether or not I'd be posting a write up of my picks for Best Albums of 2009. Well, in a way I have, but it wasn't written out. Of course you should already know about my pick for album of the year. I also produced two Japanator Radio shows a while back that highlighted my picks for the second half of the year. You can listen to both of those shows here and here.

Before that I did write up two posts covering my best album picks for the first half of the year. Those appeared both here on the A-Z and over on Japanator.

For a quick look at all 33 (Top 10? Ha!) of my picks, see below. But if you want to learn a bit more about them, make sure to read the full posts and listen to the shows!

Oh, and hey, what do you think is missing? All of these are just my own personal opinion. Please feel free to comment in any of these post (this one included) and let me and everyone else know what you love!

8bit Project - Spicy Innovator vs Superior Marionette [BUY it at HearJapan]
Art School - 14SOULS [BUY]
Avengers in Sci-fi - Hyper Space Music - Jupiter Jupiter [BUY]
Ayumi Hamasaki - Next Level [BUY]
Boom Boom Satellites - Back on My Feet [BUY]
Buck-Tick - Memento Mori [BUY]
FLOPPY - Kami Hikouki - Deus Ex Machina [BUY at JapanFiles and HearJapan]
Hosome - Jakamashi Jazz [BUY at HearJapan]
iLL - Force [BUY]
Kanon Wakeshima - Shinshoku Dolce [BUY]
Karen - Sunday Girl in Silence [BUY]
Lillies and Remains - Part of Grace [BUY]
Ling Tosite Sigure - Telecastic Fake Show - Just A Moment [BUY]
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - World is Yours [BUY it at HearJapan]
Matryoshka - Coctura [BUY]
Molice - Doctor Ray [BUY]
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind [BUY it at HearJapan]
Nirgilis - RGB [BUY]
Ogre You Asshole - Fog Lamp - Fog Lamp [BUY]
OMODAKA - Plum Song - Plum Song EP [BUY at HearJapan]
People in the Box - Tuesday / Sora Shitsu - Ghost Apple [BUY]
Plasticzooms - The Sonnets - Charm [BUY]
Polysics - Fire Bison - Absolute POLYSICS [BUY]
Qomolangma Tomato - Camouflage [BUY it at HearJapan]
sgt. - Capital of Gravity [BUY at JapanFiles and HearJapan]
Shiho Fujisawa - Funky Girl [BUY]
Straightener - Nexus [BUY]
Susumu Hirasawa - Tenko Suru Wakusei [BUY]
Various - 8bit Prophet [BUY it at HearJapan]
Viridian - Sangenshoku [BUY]
Vola & the Oriental Machine - Dead or Dance!! - Sa-Ka-Na Electric Device [BUY]
Winnie - Headquarter [BUY]
YMCK - Family Cooking [BUY]