http://notmanyexperts.com/2009/12/not-many-experts-albums-of-2009-27-14.html Wed, 16 May 2012 21:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://notmanyexperts.com/2009/12/not-many-experts-albums-of-2009-27-14.html/comment-page-1#comment-1677 Not Many Experts’ Albums of 2009: The Entire Beast | Not Many Experts Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:34:58 +0000 http://notmanyexperts.com/2009/12/not-many-experts-albums-of-2009-27-14.html#comment-1677 [...] Now that the entire list has been written, posted and embarrassing spelling mistakes removed, leaving me genuinely sweating from writing and with a body of text that is, depressingly, longer than any essay I have ever done before, I thought that I would paste the whole thing together for the completist in everyone. Anyone who notes the correctiveness (irony?) of the possessive apostrophe in the title wins a prize for pedants everywhere. The honourary mentions can be found in the #27 - #14 list, here. [...] [...] Now that the entire list has been written, posted and embarrassing spelling mistakes removed, leaving me genuinely sweating from writing and with a body of text that is, depressingly, longer than any essay I have ever done before, I thought that I would paste the whole thing together for the completist in everyone. Anyone who notes the correctiveness (irony?) of the possessive apostrophe in the title wins a prize for pedants everywhere. The honourary mentions can be found in the #27 – #14 list, here. [...]

]]> http://notmanyexperts.com/2009/12/not-many-experts-albums-of-2009-27-14.html/comment-page-1#comment-1675 Not Many Experts’ Albums of 2009: #13 - #1 | Not Many Experts Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:56:31 +0000 http://notmanyexperts.com/2009/12/not-many-experts-albums-of-2009-27-14.html#comment-1675 [...] Most of all, though, we’re all guilty of using end of year lists as a sort of test. How many of my favourite albums are there? All I can ask is that you take into account that I am not saying that these are not the best albums of 2009. They are my favourite albums of 2009, nothing more. I’m sure you’ll disagree, and I’d love to hear your thoughts below. However, at the end of the day, I couldn’t allow myself to be anything less than 100% honest. These lists aren’t the place for posturing or flexing your musical muscles; the only question I asked myself when ordering these incredible albums was which one I liked more. At the end of the day, the whole compiling of end of year lists process is very time consuming and complicated, but it really shouldn’t be anything more complex than a question of which albums you liked the most. And that is all I intended this to be, so please let me hear your thoughts and which albums I missed that would be on your list, but all I can say is that I am absolutely, completely and unflinchingly correct, because these are the second 1/2 of my 27 favourite albums of 2009: (read choices #27-#14 here) [...] [...] Most of all, though, we’re all guilty of using end of year lists as a sort of test. How many of my favourite albums are there? All I can ask is that you take into account that I am not saying that these are not the best albums of 2009. They are my favourite albums of 2009, nothing more. I’m sure you’ll disagree, and I’d love to hear your thoughts below. However, at the end of the day, I couldn’t allow myself to be anything less than 100% honest. These lists aren’t the place for posturing or flexing your musical muscles; the only question I asked myself when ordering these incredible albums was which one I liked more. At the end of the day, the whole compiling of end of year lists process is very time consuming and complicated, but it really shouldn’t be anything more complex than a question of which albums you liked the most. And that is all I intended this to be, so please let me hear your thoughts and which albums I missed that would be on your list, but all I can say is that I am absolutely, completely and unflinchingly correct, because these are the second 1/2 of my 27 favourite albums of 2009: (read choices #27-#14 here) [...]

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