These lists are from young Andy, who you will find working nights and weekends.  That’s his cartoon over there (we just unveiled it, he’s kind of a scruffy character, eh?).  It should have been drawn sooner (sorry, pal).

He did a great job, and provided lists from 2009, as well as every year of the decade.  As you will see from his “top sixes” and that sort of thing – it’s exactly like I described it in the Top Ten Lists are Fun blog: Not exactly what you asked for… but full of real music lovin’ passion.

C’mon down to the store, and you will hear this passion in action.  The kid is a wealth of knowledge way beyond his years, and he’ll be more than happy to take a good recommendation from you.

And now, Andy’s lists (plenty of good stuff on these… at least in my book).

Andy the Hoodlums’ Top Ten lists

Top 10 from 2009

1. Ben Kweller – Changing Horses
2. John Mayer – Battle Studies
3. NOFX – Coaster
4. Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
5.  Lucero – 1372 Overton Park
6. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
7.  fun. – Aim & Ignite
8.  P.O.S. – Never Better
9. Tinted Windows – Tinted Windows
10. Brand New – Daisy

Most Listened to in ‘09

1. Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St
2. Good Old War – Only Way To Be Alone
3. Less Than Jake – Anthem
4.  Midtown – Living Well Is The Best Revenge
5.  John Mayer – Battle Studies
6. Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else
7.  NOFX – Pump Up The Valuum
8. Fall Out Boy – Folie A Deux
9.  Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
10. Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline

Albums I Probably Overplayed In-Store in ‘09

Obits – I Blame You, Cake
Cannonball Adderley ¬-  Somethin’ Else
Nat Adderley – Work Song
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses – Roadhouse Sun
Lucero – 1372 Overton Park

Albums To Ride My Bike To in ‘09

Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Good Old War – Only Way To Be Alone
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle
Matt Pond PA – Several Arrows Later
Records that rarely left my car in  ‘09
The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
Less Than Jake – Anthem
Lucero -  1372 Overton Park
Osker – Idle Will Kill
Moonshine Matinee – 219

Older Albums Discovered in ‘09

Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.,  Sticky Fingers
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Bad Religion – Suffer
NOFX – So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
Millencolin – Life On A Plate
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
The Band -  Music From Big Pink
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Grateful Dead – Europe ‘72
Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else
Sam Cooke – Night Beat
Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline
Tom Petty – Hard Promises

Records Found Used At Hoodlums in ‘09

1. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
2. Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
3. M. Ward – Transfiguration Of Vincent
4. Nas – Illmatic
5.  Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
6.  Grateful Dead – Europe ‘72
7. Otis Redding – In Person At The Whisky A Go Go
8. The Band – Music From Big Pink
9. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
10.   The Offspring – The Offspring

Records I Bought Late Night Online And May Have Overspent On, But Don’t Really Care

1. The Movielife – Forty Hour Train Back To Penn
2. Alkaline Trio – Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
3. Less Than Jake – Hello Rockview (Picture Disc)
4. NOFX – The Decline
5. Nada Surf – Lucky

2008 Albums I Missed Last Year, But Overplayed This Year.

1. Good Old War – Only Way To Be Alone
2. Old Crow Medicine Show – Tennessee Pusher
3. Valencia – We All Need Reason To Believe
4.  Fall Out Boy – Folie A Deux
5. Street Dogs – State Of Grace

Movies Found in ‘09

The Hammer
Trailer Park Boys – The Movie
Fanboys
Inglourious Basterds
The Hangover

Favorite TV Shows of ‘09

How I Met Your Mother
The League
Bored To Death
Community
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Most Anticipated Albums For 2010

Good Old War
Alkaline Trio
Josh Ritter
Jimmy Eat World
Josh Rouse
The Gaslight Anthem
Blink 182
Matt Skiba

Concerts I Went To In ‘09

Bruce Springsteen in April at Glendale.
Bob Dylan at the Fair
Blink 182 in Tempe
Jimmy Eat World – Clarity Tour in Tempe
Jim Adkins at Modified
Yonder Mountain String Band in Flagstaff
Less Than Jake/NOFX/Bad Religion at Warped
Gaslight Anthem in Tempe
Less Than Jake in Tempe
Good Old War/Rx Bandits in Tucson

My Albums of the Decade (according to me in Dec. 09)

Top 5 from 2000
1. Midtown – Save The World, Lose The Girl
2. Alkaline Trio – Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
3. The Movielife -  This Time Next Year
4. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
5.  The Wallflowers – Breach

Top 10 from 2001

1. Osker – Idle Will Kill
2. The Benjamins – The Art of Disappointment
3. Rx Bandits – Progress
4. Alkaline Trio – From Here To Infirmary
5. Brand New -  Your Favorite Weapon
6. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American
7. Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life
8. The Dog & Everything – Bandshell
9. Pete Yorn – Music For The Morning After
10. Ryan Adams – Gold

Top 5 of 2002
1. Midtown – Living Well Is The Best Revenge
2. Allister – Last Stop Suburbia
3. Millencolin – Home From Home
4. Counting Crows – Hard Candy
5.  Tom Petty – The Last DJ

Top 10 of 2003

1. Less Than Jake – Anthem
2. Limbeck – Hi, Everything’s Great
3. Ray LaMontagne – Trouble
4. Alkaline Trio – Good Mourning
5.  Rise Against – Revolutions Per Minute
6.  The Movielife – Forty Hour Train Back To Penn
7. Brand New – Deja Entendu
8. The Format – Interventions & Lullabies
9. Guster – Keep It Together
10. The Jayhawks – Rainy Day Music

Top 6 of 2004

1.  Midtown – Forget What You Know
2. Jimmy Eat World – Futures
3. Bad Religion – The Empire Strikes First
4. Hanson – Underneath
5. Reubens Accomplice – The Bull, The Balloon, and The Family
6. Old Crow Medicine Show – OCMS

Top 10 of 2005

1. The Wallflowers – Rebel, Sweetheart
2. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cold Roses
3. The Academy Is… – Almost Here
4. Limbeck – Let Me Come Home
5. Nada Surf – The Weight Is A Gift
6. Anberlin – Never Take Friendship Personal
7. Jack’s Mannequin – Everything In Transit
8. Park West – Aside The Winding Creek
9. Steel Train – Twilight Tales From The Prairies Of The Sun
10. Death Cab For Cutie – Plans

Top 10 of 2006

1. John Mayer – Continuum
2. Dorian Minor – Alarm Me
3. Ben Kweller – Ben Kweller
4. Old Crow Medicine Show – Big Iron World
5. Rocky Votolato – Makers
6. NOFX – Wolves In Wolves’ Clothing
7. The Format – Dog Problems
8. Albert Hammond Jr. – Everything In Transit
9. Bruce Springsteen – Seeger Sessions
10. The Killers – Sam’s Town

Top 10 from 2007

1. Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests Of…
2. Against Me! – New Wave
3. House Of Fools – Live & Learn
4. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Lifeline
5. Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
6. Limbeck – Limbeck
7. Rocky Votolato – The Brag & Cuss
8. Galactic – From The Corner To The Block
9. Steve Earle – Washington Square Serenade
10. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky

Top 10 from 2008

1. Less Than Jake – GNV FLA
2. The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound
3. Good Old War – Only Way To Be Alone
4. Old Crow Medicine Show – Tennessee Pusher
5. Jakob Dylan – Seeing Things
6. Fall Out Boy – Folie A Deux
7. Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch
8. Nada Surf – Lucky
9. Millencolin – Machine 15
10. Alkaline Trio – Agony & Irony

Top 10 from 2009

1.  Ben Kweller – Changing Horses
2. John Mayer – Battle Studies
3. NOFX – Coaster
4. Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
5.  Lucero – 1372 Overton Park
6. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
7.  fun. – Aim & Ignite
8.  P.O.S. – Never Better
9. Tinted Windows – Tinted Windows
10. Brand New – Daisy

Top 20 of The Decade

1. Osker – Idle Will Kill
2. Less Than Jake – Anthem
3. Midtown – Save The World, Lose The Girl
4. Limbeck – Hi, Everything’s Great
5. Midtown – Forget What You Know
6. The Wallflowers – Rebel, Sweetheart
7. Alkaline Trio – Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
8. The Benjamins – The Art Of Disappointment
9. John Mayer – Continuum
10. The Movielife – This Time Next Year
11. Rx Bandits – Progress
12. Midtown – Living Well Is The Best Revenge
13. Brand  New – Your Favorite Weapon
14. Jimmy Eat World – Futures
15. NOFX – Pump Up The Valuum
16. Less Than Jake – GNV FLA
17. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cold Roses
18. The Academy Is… – Almost Here
19. The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound
20. Good Old War – Only Way To Be Alone

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