Beats Per Minute's Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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2. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

MUST HEAR

Released: January 20th, 2009

Genre: Indie Rock

Rating: 92

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3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Released: March 31st, 2009

Genre: Indie Rock

Rating: 91

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4. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor

Released: September 8th, 2009

Genre: Experimental

Rating: 90

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5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

MUST HEAR

Released: January 20th, 2009

Genre: Experimental

Rating: 90

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

Released: September 8th, 2009

Genre: Hip Hop

Rating: 88

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7. The Antlers - Hospice

Released: March 3rd, 2009

Genre: Indie Rock

Rating: 88

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8. Atlas Sound - Logos

MUST HEAR

Released: October 20th, 2009

Genre: Experimental

Rating: 86

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

Released: February 3rd, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 86

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10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

MUST HEAR

Released: May 26th, 2009

Genre: Indie Folk

Rating: 85

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11. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light

Released: January 20th, 2009

Genre: Chamber Pop

Rating: 83

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12. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

Released: October 13th, 2009

Genre: Chillwave

Rating: 82

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13. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Released: May 26th, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 82

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14. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Released: March 3rd, 2009

Genre: Alt-Country

Rating: 81

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15. The xx - xx

MUST HEAR

Released: October 6th, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 80

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16. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

Released: October 13th, 2009

Genre: Alternative Rock

Rating: 79

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17. Real Estate - Real Estate

MUST HEAR

Released: November 17th, 2009

Genre: Lo-Fi

Rating: 78

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18. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Released: June 23rd, 2009

Genre: Alternative Rock

Rating: 78

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19. Wale - Attention Deficit

Released: November 10th, 2009

Genre: Hip Hop

Rating: 75

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20. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Released: June 9th, 2009

Genre: Experimental Rock

Rating: 70

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21. Girls - Album

MUST HEAR

Released: September 22nd, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 68

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22. Clipse - Til the Casket Drops

Released: December 8th, 2009

Genre: Hip Hop

Rating: 61

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23. Múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know

Released: September 22nd, 2009

Genre: Electronic

Rating: 61

24. Islands - Vapours

Released: September 22nd, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 55

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25. Lotus Plaza - Floodlight Collective

Released: March 24th, 2009

Genre: Shoegaze

Rating: 40