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1
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Nirvana - Live at Reading
November 3, 2009
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
89
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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The xx - xx
August 17, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Dream Pop
,
Alt-Pop
Critic Score
84
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Blur - Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
July 28, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
March 31, 2009
New Rave
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
80
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
November 3, 2009
Post-Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
,
Grunge
Critic Score
80
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
May 19, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
80
26
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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The Horrors - Primary Colours
May 5, 2009
Post-Punk
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
79
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
September 15, 2009
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
November 9, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
77
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Engineers - Three Fact Fader
July 7, 2009
Shoegaze
Critic Score
76
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
April 7, 2009
Post-Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
76
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
October 5, 2009
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Critic Score
76
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Soulsavers - Broken
August 17, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
76
8
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
14
.
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
February 17, 2009
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Critic Score
75
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
R.E.M. - Live at the Olympia
October 27, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door EP
March 31, 2009
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Metric - Fantasies
April 7, 2009
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
,
Synthpop
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
June 23, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Sonic-Youth - The Eternal
June 9, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
November 17, 2009
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
75
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
October 6, 2009
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
74
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Say Anything - Say Anything
November 3, 2009
Pop Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
74
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
September 29, 2009
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
Critic Score
74
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Various Artists - Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy
September 29, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
73
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
January 6, 2009
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
72
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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