Spin's 40 Best Albums of 2009

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LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 78

Based on 260 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Indie Pop (6), Alternative Rock (6), Indie Rock (5), Hip Hop (4), Garage Rock (2), Rock (2), Experimental (1), Indie Folk (1), Freak Folk (1), Alt-Country (1), Pop (1), Experimental Rock (1), Electropop (1), Progressive Metal (1), Folk (1), Hardcore Punk (1), World (1), Chamber Pop (1), Synthpop (1), Mariachi (1), Hard Rock (1)

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

MUST HEAR

Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 94

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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. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

MUST HEAR

Released: May 26th, 2009
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 89

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5. Girls - Album

MUST HEAR

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 84

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6. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

Released: Apr 7th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 76

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7. Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 79

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8. Florence + The Machine - Lungs

Released: Jul 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 79

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9. Drake - So Far Gone

Released: Sep 15th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 70

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10. The Dead Weather - Horehound

Released: Jul 14th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 72

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11. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Summer of Fear

Released: Oct 20th, 2009
Genre: Freak Folk

Overall Rating: 61

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12. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart

Released: Apr 14th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 64

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13. Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall

Released: Aug 18th, 2009
Genre: Garage Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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14. Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali

Released: Nov 17th, 2008
Genre: World

Overall Rating: 81

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15. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

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

Overall Rating: 81

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16. Japandroids - Post-Nothing

MUST HEAR

Released: Apr 28th, 2009
Genre: Garage Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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17. Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Released: Mar 24th, 2009
Genre: Progressive Metal

Overall Rating: 83

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18. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light

Released: Jan 20th, 2009
Genre: Chamber Pop

Overall Rating: 82

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

Released: Feb 10th, 2009
Genre: Pop

Overall Rating: 63

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20. Paramore - Brand New Eyes

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 76

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21. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

Released: Sep 8th, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 87

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22. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood

Released: Oct 27th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 67

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23. St. Vincent - Actor

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 82

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24. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

Released: Oct 26th, 2009
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 62

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25. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

Released: Sep 22nd, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 74

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26. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come

Released: Oct 6th, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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27. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications

Released: May 19th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 76

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28. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

Released: Oct 13th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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29. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

Released: Nov 17th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 64

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30. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

Released: Nov 3rd, 2009
Genre: Synthpop

Overall Rating: 65

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31. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 89

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32. U2 - No Line on the Horizon

Released: Mar 3rd, 2009
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 58

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33. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

Released: Sep 29th, 2009
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 68

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34. Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx

Released: Sep 1st, 2009
Genre: Mariachi

Overall Rating: 80

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35. Miike Snow - Miike Snow

Released: Jun 9th, 2009
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 63

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36. Brakes - Touchdown

Released: Apr 21st, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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37. Gallows - Grey Britain

Released: May 5th, 2009
Genre: Hardcore Punk

Overall Rating: 68

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38. Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap

Released: Apr 21st, 2009
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 80

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39. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

Released: Jun 30th, 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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40. KISS - Sonic Boom

Released: Oct 5th, 2009
Genre: Hard Rock

Overall Rating: 70

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