Top Music of 2009

It's time for my top albums of 2009.  I didn't have a whole lot of time to listen to full albums this year, so my second half of this post will be dedicated to singles I like.  It's not how I would prefer to listen to music but hey, it's an iTunes world and we're all just living in it. Albums that will stay in the rotation I'll still be listening to these albums in 10 years, so without further ado, alphabetically... Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue - Jerry Cantrell and company have done the unthinkable, pay worthy tribute without cheapening the legacy of the old days.  It's not their best work, but it's about as good as their self-titled 1995 album (with the three-legged dog on the cover) if you took off that album's best two songs. Nobody thought anything near that quality could come from Alice in Chains in 2009, that's for sure.  Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey; Cage the Ele...