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1
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Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
June 30, 2009
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
86
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
April 14, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
,
Americana
Critic Score
80
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul II
September 29, 2009
Bluegrass
,
Country
Critic Score
79
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Miranda Lambert - Revolution
September 29, 2009
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
March 3, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Steve Earle - Townes
May 12, 2009
Country
Critic Score
78
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
October 6, 2009
Alt-Country
Critic Score
76
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
The Handsome Family - Honey Moon
April 14, 2009
Alt-Country
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
June 30, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)
June 23, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Roots Rock
Critic Score
74
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Rosanne Cash - The List
October 6, 2009
Country
Critic Score
74
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
March 17, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Americana
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
74
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Phosphorescent - To Willie
February 3, 2009
Contemporary Folk
,
Country
Critic Score
74
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
September 29, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Americana
Critic Score
74
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
February 17, 2009
Americana
,
Country Rock
Critic Score
73
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
October 2, 2009
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
,
Bluegrass
Critic Score
72
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun
June 2, 2009
Americana
,
Alt-Country
Critic Score
71
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Rhett Miller - Rhett Miller
June 9, 2009
Alt-Country
Critic Score
69
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
June 2, 2009
Rock
,
Americana
,
Bluegrass
Critic Score
68
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Son Volt - American Central Dust
July 7, 2009
Alt-Country
Critic Score
67
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Clem Snide - Hungry Bird
February 24, 2009
Alt-Country
Critic Score
66
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
May 5, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
,
Country Rock
Critic Score
64
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Keith Urban - Defying Gravity
March 31, 2009
Country Rock
,
Country Pop
Critic Score
63
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Dierks Bentley - Feel That Fire
February 3, 2009
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
62
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Neil Young - Fork In The Road
April 7, 2009
Country Rock
Critic Score
58
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
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