Top10 Albums of 2009: #4

4.) Nothing Rhymes With Woman- Carbon Leaf

Best Song: N/A

Now this was a tough one to decide on and it almost didn’t make the list. But wait a second how can an album have the fate of either being number four or off the list? Well at first every thing before this was going to be up one and Weezer’s Raditude was going to be number 10. Then I started to think about what barely sat off the list at number 11 and started to think about Carbon Leaf. Carbon Leaf is consistent, one of the most consistent bands I have ever listened to with not a bad song in their catalogue something even the Beatles can’t claim. On the other hand this album didn’t wow me like even some of the ones lower in the list. Another thing is unlike all the below this is not the best Carbon Leaf has ever done, that is Indian Summer.

So why does it still make it? Because a good album is a good album; it didn’t wow me, not because it wasn’t wow worthy, but because I expected great. And since I got what I expected Nothing Rhymes With Woman has risen to number 4 while Raditude now sits off the list at number 11.

So what is it exactly you are looking for from this album? A catchy sing-a-long chorus? Don’t miss “Another Man’s Woman” which will have you singing along before you finish the song the first time. Southern Rock guitar? We have that all over the place like on “What Have You Learned?” Make sure you don’t miss the very Tom Petty-ish “Meltdown” which is one of the most rocking songs on here. There is not best song, and this isn’t like on Long Fall Back To Earth where my favorite just keeps changing. There just is no song that I like better then the others. “Another Man’s Woman” will probably most people’s favorite upon first listen but that is only because it is the most accessible. Once you start listening more and more to the album it will stop standing out; which, for once, isn’t a bad thing.