The Paste Interns' 50 Favorite Albums of 2009

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The fall interns at Paste have a lot of duties, and we get the chance to write and read a ton about music every day. So when the editors told us we’d have the chance to make our own best of 2009 list, we were happy to oblige. Here are the top 10 albums as chosen by each of the fall 2009 editorial interns:

Gage Henry:

This year in music was a distracting one for me, especially since my time here at Paste. Making this list was difficult with all the music floating around the office. As soon as I listened and liked one band, I hardly took the time to settle in with them before I moved onto the next. It made this task something like a memory game, but I came out with the albums that, somehow, surfaced above the rest this past year.

1. Fanfarlo – Reservoir
2. Passion Pit – Manners
3. Sondre Lerche – Heartbeat Radio
4. The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
5. Kings of Convenience – Declaration of Dependence
6. Susan Enan – Plainsong
7. fun. – Aim and Ignite
8. Mindy Smith – Stupid Love
9. M. Ward – Hold Time
10. Alberta Cross – Broken Side of Time