Amazon Editors' Top 50 Albums of 2009

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LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 75

Based on 316 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Indie Pop (9), Folk (7), Indie Rock (4), Alternative Rock (3), World (3), Hip Hop (3), Electronic (2), Indie Folk (2), Rock (2), Alt-Country (1), Country (1), Progressive Metal (1), Electropop (1), Experimental Rock (1), Comedy (1), Experimental (1), Bluegrass (1), Punk Rock (1), Pop (1), Singer-Songwriter (1), Chamber Pop (1), Soul (1)

1. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Released: Mar 3rd, 2009
Genre: Alt-Country

Overall Rating: 81

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2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Released: Mar 31st, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 85

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4. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Released: Feb 3rd, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 76

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5. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 68

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6. Girls - Album

MUST HEAR

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 84

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7. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

MUST HEAR

Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 94

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8. K'Naan - Troubadour

Released: Feb 24th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 73

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9. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 60

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10. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Released: Apr 21st, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 83

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11. Metric - Fantasies

Released: Apr 7th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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12. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

Released: Jun 30th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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13. Passion Pit - Manners

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 76

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14. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

MUST HEAR

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 89

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15. The Swell Season - Strict Joy

Released: Oct 27th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 71

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16. Steve Earle - Townes

Released: May 12th, 2009
Genre: Country

Overall Rating: 66

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17. Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head

Released: Jun 16th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 75

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18. Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali

Released: Nov 17th, 2008
Genre: World

Overall Rating: 81

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19. Leonard Cohen - Live in London

Released: Mar 31st, 2009
Genre: Singer-Songwriter

Overall Rating: 84

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20. The Horrors - Primary Colours

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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21. Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Released: Mar 24th, 2009
Genre: Progressive Metal

Overall Rating: 83

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22. Iron & Wine - Around The Well

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 73

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23. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night

Released: Feb 17th, 2009

Overall Rating: 78

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24. The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future

Released: Jan 27th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 57

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25. Steve Martin - The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Bluegrass

Overall Rating: 80

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26. Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky

Released: Sep 15th, 2009
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 70

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27. Yusuf - Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)

Released: May 5th, 2009

Overall Rating: 74

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28. La Roux - La Roux

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 77

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29. The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy

Released: Aug 18th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 63

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30. Imogen Heap - Ellipse

Released: Aug 25th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 70

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31. U2 - No Line on the Horizon

Released: Mar 3rd, 2009
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 58

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32. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty

Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 76

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33. Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper

Released: Aug 4th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 63

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34. Iggy Pop - Preliminaires

Released: Jun 2nd, 2009
Genre: Punk Rock

Overall Rating: 59

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35. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light

Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Chamber Pop

Overall Rating: 82

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36. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

Released: Apr 28th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 65

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37. Cass McCombs - Catacombs

Released: Jun 2nd, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 77

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38. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Released: Apr 14th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 59

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39. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 89

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40. St. Vincent - Actor

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 82

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41. Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: World

Overall Rating: 85

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42. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You

Released: Feb 10th, 2009
Genre: Pop

Overall Rating: 63

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43. Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque

Released: Aug 4th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 65

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44. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware

Released: Mar 17th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 62

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45. DOOM - Born Like This

Released: Mar 24th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 74

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46. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts

Released: Apr 20th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 71

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47. Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Soul

Overall Rating: 73

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48. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster

Released: Oct 13th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 74

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49. Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: World

Overall Rating: 77

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50. The Lonely Island - Incredibad

Released: Feb 10th, 2009
Genre: Comedy

Overall Rating: 71

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