It's a lengthy list so I decided to break it up into two parts, with a little analysis at the the end of each post. The bottom half of the list is being published today, and you can come back next Monday for the top 50.
And now, on to the list of runners-up:
51. Stars [+12]
52. David Bowie [no change]
53. Lucinda Williams [-8]
54. The Police [-4]
55. The Decemberists [-2]
56. Arcade Fire [+19]
57. Coldplay [-1]
58. The New Pornographers [-21]
59. Peter Gabriel [-21]
60. Cornershop [-9]
61. Beirut [+33]
62. Manic Street Preachers [+11]
63. Billy Bragg [-14]
64. The Airborne Toxic Event [NEW]
65. Talking Heads [-5]
66. Paul Simon [+97]
67. Death Cab For Cutie [-2]
68. Ben Harper [-1]
69. The Dandy Warhols [-5]
70. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club [-24]
71. Joy Division [+16]
72. Tom Waits [+19]
73. The Pretenders [+5]
74. Caribou [-20]
75. Hard-Fi [-27]
76. The Raconteurs [+3]
77. 54-40 [-27]
78. Prince [+8]
79. The Ramones [+5]
80. Matthew Sweet [-8]
81. The Beach Boys [-20]
82. Soundgarden [-11]
83. James [+21]
84. Fleet Foxes [+372]
85. LCD Soundsystem [+31]
86. The Cult [+17]
87. Little Man Tate [+10]
88. Hooverphonic [+20]
89. Bauhaus [-34]
90. Black Mountain [+6]
91. Morphine [-32]
92. Pearl Jam [+69]
93. Violent Femmes [+22]
94. MGMT [+28]
95. Neil Young [+182]
96. Southern Culture On The Skids [-16]
97. The Jam [+30]
98. Iggy Pop [+39]
99. Interpol [+68]
100. Camera Obscura [+30]
The first thing that leaps out is The Airborne Toxic Event, who had the year's highest debut at #64. The next highest debut was School Of Seven Bells at #135 followed by Martha Wainright at #191.
Fleet Foxes also made huge strides this year, jumping 372 spots to #84. Only a handful of artists climbed higher than Fleet Foxes in 2009, but one who did was Cold War Kids who jumped a whopping 437 spots to rank just off the list at #101.
Artists like The New Pornographers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Bauhaus who had new albums in heavy rotation in 2008 experienced predictable drops in 2009, but I can't for the life of me explain why Morphine dropped 32 places to #91. If anything, I feel like I should be playing them a lot more often.
The huge leaps by Paul Simon and Neil Young are proof that I spent less time in 2009 searching for the next big thing and more time focusing on the classics, where good dynamics are more likely to be found. Or maybe it just means I'm getting old.
Assuming I don't drop dead from some illness that only affects the elderly, I'll be posting the top 50 artists next Monday, January 11th, and the week after that will be time to release the 2009 Dynammy Award nominees, so check back soon for that.
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