NME's 50 Best Albums of 2009

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LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 77

Based on 336 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Indie Rock (10), Indie Pop (7), Alternative Rock (6), Electronic (4), Experimental (3), Experimental Rock (3), Noise Rock (3), Indie Folk (2), Garage Rock (1), Pop (1), Singer-Songwriter (1), Hardcore Punk (1), Alternative Pop (1), Hip Hop (1), Electropop (1), New Wave (1), Alt-Country (1), Noise Pop (1), Synthpop (1), Folk (1)

1. The Horrors - Primary Colours

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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2. The xx - xx

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Released: Oct 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 89

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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. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 87

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5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

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Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 94

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6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

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Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 89

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7. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 74

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8. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport

Released: Oct 20th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 86

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9. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

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Released: Jan 13th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 82

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10. Jamie T - Kings & Queens

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

Overall Rating: 74

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11. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 55

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12. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

Released: Aug 25th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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13. La Roux - La Roux

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 77

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14. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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15. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The Stars EP

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 75

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16. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Released: Feb 16th, 2010
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 60

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17. Girls - Album

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Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 84

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18. Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another

Released: Jun 23rd, 2009
Genre: Noise Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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19. The Maccabees - Wall of Arms

Released: May 4th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 74

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20. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 89

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21. HEALTH - Get Color

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Noise Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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22. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

Released: Apr 7th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 76

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23. Doves - Kingdom of Rust

Released: Apr 7th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 76

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24. Cold Cave - Love Comes Close

Released: Nov 3rd, 2009
Genre: New Wave

Overall Rating: 72

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

Released: Feb 10th, 2009
Genre: Pop

Overall Rating: 63

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26. Florence + The Machine - Lungs

Released: Jul 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 79

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27. PJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By

Released: Mar 31st, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 74

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28. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Released: Apr 21st, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 83

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29. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

Released: Nov 3rd, 2009
Genre: Synthpop

Overall Rating: 65

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30. The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 67

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31. Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery

Released: Mar 9th, 2009
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 80

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

Released: Oct 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 65

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33. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 60

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34. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 85

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35. Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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36. The Drums - Summertime!

Released: Sep 11th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 70

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37. Passion Pit - Manners

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 76

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38. Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Released: Aug 18th, 2009
Genre: Noise Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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39. Japandroids - Post-Nothing

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Released: Apr 28th, 2009
Genre: Garage Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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40. Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night

Released: Oct 28th, 2008
Genre: Noise Pop

Overall Rating: 74

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41. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

Released: Nov 9th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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42. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

Released: Apr 21st, 2009
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 64

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43. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Released: Jan 27th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 68

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44. Oneida - Rated O

Released: Jul 7th, 2009
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 70

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45. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Alternative Pop

Overall Rating: 75

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46. Gallows - Grey Britain

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Hardcore Punk

Overall Rating: 68

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47. Telepathe - Dance Mother

Released: Apr 14th, 2009
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 72

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48. Atlas Sound - Logos

MUST HEAR

Released: Oct 20th, 2009
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 80

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49. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

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

Overall Rating: 81

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50. Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

Released: Jul 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 55

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