Q's 50 Best Albums of 2009

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LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 74

Based on 306 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Alternative Rock (11), Indie Rock (6), Indie Pop (5), Folk (5), Electronic (4), Pop (3), Indie Folk (2), Singer-Songwriter (2), Rock (2), Punk Rock (1), Electropop (1), World (1), Ska (1), Experimental Rock (1), Experimental (1), Grime (1), Hip Hop (1), Alternative Pop (1), Mariachi (1)

1. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 55

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2. Florence + The Machine - Lungs

Released: Jul 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 79

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3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Released: Mar 31st, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

MUST HEAR

Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 94

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5. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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6. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

Released: Aug 25th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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7. Muse - The Resistance

Released: Sep 15th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 62

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

Released: Feb 10th, 2009
Genre: Pop

Overall Rating: 63

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9. U2 - No Line on the Horizon

Released: Mar 3rd, 2009
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 58

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10. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 85

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11. Doves - Kingdom of Rust

Released: Apr 7th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 76

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12. Jack Penate - Everything Is New

Released: Aug 18th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 75

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13. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

MUST HEAR

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 89

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14. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be

Released: Oct 27th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 59

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15. Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N' Cheek

Released: Sep 21st, 2009
Genre: Grime

Overall Rating: 70

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16. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

Released: Apr 21st, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 64

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17. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

Released: May 15th, 2009
Genre: Punk Rock

Overall Rating: 57

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18. Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Pop

Overall Rating: 70

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19. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 65

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20. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

MUST HEAR

Released: Jan 13th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 82

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21. Jamie T - Kings & Queens

Released: Oct 6th, 2009
Genre: Singer-Songwriter

Overall Rating: 74

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22. The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 80

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23. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

Released: Mar 3rd, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 62

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24. Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 79

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25. Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring

Released: Oct 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 65

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26. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

Released: Apr 7th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 76

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27. The Dead Weather - Horehound

Released: Jul 14th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 72

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28. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream

Released: Jan 27th, 2009
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 62

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29. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

Released: Jun 30th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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30. La Roux - La Roux

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 77

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31. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

Released: Nov 9th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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32. Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up

Released: Jun 2nd, 2009
Genre: Singer-Songwriter

Overall Rating: 65

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33. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 89

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34. White Lies - To Lose My Life

Released: Mar 17th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 53

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35. Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 65

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36. Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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37. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport

Released: Oct 20th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 86

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38. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Alternative Pop

Overall Rating: 75

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39. The Horrors - Primary Colours

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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40. Cheryl Cole - 3 Words

Released: Oct 23rd, 2009
Genre: Pop

Overall Rating: 40

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41. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 87

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42. Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx

Released: Sep 1st, 2009
Genre: Mariachi

Overall Rating: 80

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43. Tinariwen - Imidiwan

Released: Jun 29th, 2009
Genre: World

Overall Rating: 77

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44. The View - Which Bitch?

Released: Feb 2nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 40

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45. Conor Oberst - Outer South

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 65

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46. Golden Silvers - True Romance

Released: May 4th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 70

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47. Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Ska

Overall Rating: 81

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48. Ian Brown - My Way

Released: Sep 28th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 75

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49. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

Released: Apr 28th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 65

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50. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 76

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