Itunes Europe have announced their best albums and singles of 2009. A read of these might convince you of two things a) this isn’t a most pooular list and 2) that if nothing else those whose job it is to play in music all day have somewhat eclectic tastes…

The iTunes editors’ choices for Best Album of 2009 are:
Empire Of The Sun – ‘Empire Of The Sun’
Florence & The Machine – ‘Lungs’
Kasabian – ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’
La Roux – ‘La Roux’
Major Lazer – ‘Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do’
Paolo Nutini – ‘Sunny Side Up”
The Horrors – ‘Primary Colours’
The Invisible – ‘The Invisible’
The Temper Trap – ‘Conditions’
The xx – ‘The xx’

The iTunes editors’ Best Song of 2009 shortlist is:
Animal Collective – ‘My Girls’
Biffy Clyro – ‘That Golden Rule’
Black Eyed Peas – ‘Boom Boom Pow’
Dizzee Rascal – ‘Bonkers’
Gossip – ‘Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)’
Jack Penate – ‘Tonight’s Today’
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – ‘Empire State Of Mind’
Kings Of Leon – ‘Use Somebody’
La Roux – ‘In For The Kill’
Phoenix – ’1901′

I can’t say I either agree or disagree, hits me as being a case of personal opinion, though the songs is closer to my taste than the albums.