Okay, I originally planned on listing my Top 10 Albums of 2009, but frankly I couldn't make that final cut. Heck, getting it to 11 took some doing, so I decided a 10% bonus was perfectly okay. Without further adieu, here they are, in alphabetical order by artist:

• Adrian Belew - E
• Nels Cline - Coward
• Bill Frisell - Disfarmer
• Henry Kaiser - Where Endless Meets Disappearing
• Mike Keneally - Scambot 1
• Nguyen Le - Saiyuki
• Bill Nelson - Here Comes Mr. Mercury
• David Sylvian - Manafon
• Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
• Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
• Frank Zappa - Philly '76

It was a very good year! Congrats to each of these incredible artists for these spectacular releases.

Special mention goes out to the most fascinating project of the year; Shawn Farley's fitty-two-fawty. Shawn has released a new song each week this year, all available for free download. The 52nd song will be released on Monday the 28th, completing his Herculean effort. Give Shawn a listen, you won't regret it.