Albums of 2009, No 5: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

With eight albums behind them, it was the dizzying charm of Animal Collective's ninth that won the Baltimore quartet the acclaim they so richly deserveWhich other albums made our critics' poll 2009 list?When Animal Collective's ninth album was released at the start of January it was described – half-jokingly by some – as the album of the year. Well, 11 months later and little has surpassed it.From the point where opening track In the Flowers transforms from murky electronic dirge i...

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