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God Is in the TV
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Pop
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This is an ordered list of No Ripcord's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
No Ripcord's Year End List
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1
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Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
April 7, 2009
Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
100
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2
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The Horrors - Primary Colours
May 5, 2009
Post-Punk
,
Shoegaze
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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The Thermals - Now We Can See
April 7, 2009
Indie Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 6, 2009
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Six Organs of Admittance - RTZ
January 20, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
6
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Stricken City - Songs About People I Know
November 3, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
7
.
worriedaboutsatan - Arrivals
May 26, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
8
.
Owen - New Leaves
September 22, 2009
Acoustic Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Volcano Choir - Unmap
September 22, 2009
Experimental
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Foreign Born - Person to Person
June 23, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
ISIS - Wavering Radiant
May 5, 2009
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Metric - Fantasies
April 7, 2009
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
,
Synthpop
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
14
.
The xx - xx
August 17, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Dream Pop
,
Alt-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
June 22, 2009
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal
,
Drone
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
July 21, 2009
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
April 28, 2009
Noise Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
June 9, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Math Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years
March 16, 2009
Indie Rock
,
Progressive Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
,
Indie Folk
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
February 3, 2009
Noise Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
March 3, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Loves - Three
May 11, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings No Ripcord awarded albums throughout 2009.
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