1. Hell / Teufelswerk
Hell has always been great, but this double-album epic takes him to a whole other level. This record is a masterpiece, pure and simple. Not only is it the best electronic album of the year, but it’s the best electronic album of the decade. There hasn’t been an electronic album as cohesive and flawless as this since The Orb’s heyday in the early ’90s.

2. Royksopp / Junior
“The Girl and the Robot” is such an amazing track that this album could have just been that song and then 70 minutes of silence and it still would have ended up as number two on this list. The opener “Happy Up Here” is right, I’m happy up here with these deliciously fun songs, and I never want to come down.

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs/ It’s Blitz
It’s a dance album for me! Who knew these punks had it in them? But they did, somehow transforming themselves into a dance-pop group with an album that has one four-minute masterpiece “Zero” after another “Heads Will Roll.” It’s enough to make me proclaim punk dead – if that hadn’t already happen 20 plus years ago.

4. The Prodigy /Invaders Must Die
Thank god. After achieving “epic fail” status with Always Outnumbed, Never Outgunned, Liam Howlett went back to basics (and his old singers) for this great return to form, which features some of the most powerful and oppressive d’n'b of the year.

5. Sally Shapiro / My Guilty Pleasure
If you’re rocking out to Lykke Li and Annie, then be sure to add this sophomore album by Sally Shapiro (which is both the stage name of the singer and the “band”). You’ll be hard pressed to find a more romantic dance song than “Looking To The Stars” and “Save Your Love” is a cheesy masterpiece, somehow 2009’s answer to Stacy Q’s “Two Of Hearts.”

6. Dan Deacon / Bromst
It would be impossible for Deacon to top his 2007 masterpiece Spider-Man of The Rings, but Bromst sure comes close. What it lacks in the pure insanity of his previous album it makes up in raw beauty.

7. Bloody Beetroots / Romborama
These Venom-masked freaks are Italy’s answer to Justice, an answer that apparently involves taking Italo-disco and churning it through an electro-house grinder. Very insane and over-the-top with more peaks than the Swiss alps.

8. INF / The Go Round
It’s not often that a breaks album has mainstream appeal, but this debut record by Dutch producer INF should. Big-beat loops and haunting vocals are paired up with funky rhythms and groovy horns samples, creating a funky feeling that sounds like it came right out of the late-’60s but still modern at the same time.

9. King Cannibal / Let The Night Roar
One of the first spoken lines on this record is the whispered request “I wanna slice your face.” From there things get creepy. An excellent excursion into creepy darkstep by a guy whose name fits his sound to a tee. If he asks you out to eat say no.

10. CB Lyon / French Kiss
It’s a mix, but it’s a damn good one. This is the definitive collection of electro-house for 2009, and is full of artists to watch out for in the coming decade. And it has a song that sample Ozzy’s “Mr. Crowley” (SDOB’s “Keyz To The Church) and how awesome is that?