Here is the shortlist for "Best Album of 2009" and "Best Debut Album of 2009" - You can decide which album impressed you the most by sending your Top 3 in each category to us at: info@aapa.nl

The closing date is Monday 21st December. Winners should be announced in time for Christmas ...



THE WINNERS CAN NOW BE FOUND BELOW ...

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2009

DEPECHE MODE - Sounds Of The Universe
DOVES - Kingdom Of Rust
MORRISSEY - Years Of Refusal
FRANZ FERDINAND - Tonight ...
WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life
PASSION PIT - Manners
MAPS - Turning The Mind
LA ROUX - La Roux
MUSE - The Resistance
BAT FOR LASHES - Two Suns
ARCTIC MONKEYS - Humbug
BROKEN RECORDS - Until The Earth Begins To Part
BAD LIEUTENANT - Never Cry Another Tear
PALOMA FAITH - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
PURESSENCE - Sharpen Up The Knives
MADNESS - The Liberty of Norton Folgate
TINARIWEN - Imidiwan: Companions
SHE KEEPS BEES - Nests
THE HORRORS - Primary Colours

A.A.P.A. - “TOP 10 ALBUMS” of 2009:

1 - BAT FOR LASHES - Two Suns
2 – DOVES - Kingdom Of Rust
3 – ARCTIC MONKEYS – Humbug
4 - BROKEN RECORDS - Until The Earth Begins To Part
5 – LA ROUX - La Roux
6 - DEPECHE MODE - Sounds Of The Universe
7 - MORRISSEY - Years Of Refusal
8 – WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life
9 - FRANZ FERDINAND - Tonight ...
10 - MUSE - The Resistance

A.A.P.A – Best Debut Album of the Year 2009

THE NOMINATIONS (20x - in no particular order):

RED LIGHT COMPANY - Fine Fascination
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT - Understanding Electricity
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - Alpinisms
BAD LIEUTENANT - Never Cry Another Tear
KiD BRiTiSH - It Was This Or Football
WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life
BROKEN RECORDS - Until The Earth Begins To Part
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - Lungs
SKY LARKIN - The Golden Spike
KARIMA FRANCIS - The Author
THE MUMMERS - Tale To Tell
LITTLE BOOTS - Hands
PASSION PIT - Manners
LA ROUX - La Roux
SLOW CLUB - Yeah So
WILD BEASTS - Two Dancers
MAGIC ARM - Make Lists, Do Something
PALOMA FAITH - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
THE ANSWERING MACHINE - Another City, Another Sorry

A.A.P.A. - “TOP 10 DEBUT ALBUMS” of 2009:

1 - BROKEN RECORDS - Until The Earth Begins To Part
2 - LA ROUX - La Roux
3 – WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life
4 – BAD LIEUTENANT - Never Cry Another Tear
5 - PALOMA FAITH - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful
6 - THE MUMMERS - Tale To Tell
7 - MAGIC ARM - Make Lists, Do Something
8 – PASSION PIT - Manners
9 - SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - Alpinisms
9 - THE ANSWERING MACHINE - Another City, Another Sorry
9 - OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT - Understanding Electricity

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2008
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2007
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2006
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2005
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