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This is an ordered list of PopMatters's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
PopMatters's Year End List
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1
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Brother Ali - Us
September 22, 2009
Boom Bap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
100
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2
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Orphans & Vandals - I Am Alive and You Are Dead
April 27, 2009
Score
90
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3
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Guy Clark - Somedays the Song Writes You
September 22, 2009
Score
90
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Spotify
4
.
Brown Bird - The Devil Dancing
November 10, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Jogger - This Great Pressure
October 27, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Serengeti & Polyphonic - Terradactyl
June 23, 2009
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away... Now We Are Taking It Back
August 25, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
8
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Cobalt - Gin
March 17, 2009
Black Metal
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
9
.
Tony Allen - Secret Agent
June 9, 2009
Afrobeat
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Pyramids with Nadja - Pyramids with Nadja
November 23, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat
July 21, 2009
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
February 2, 2009
Glitch Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling
February 22, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Osso - Run Rabbit Run
October 6, 2009
Modern Classical
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Katatonia - Night Is the New Day
November 2, 2009
Alternative Metal
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Hildur Guðnadóttir - Without Sinking
March 30, 2009
Modern Classical
,
Ambient
,
Post-Minimalism
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Svarte Greiner - Kappe
March 3, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Hoots and Hellmouth - The Holy Open Secret
June 2, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
19
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Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes
October 16, 2009
Post-Punk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity
October 13, 2009
Post-Bop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away
March 3, 2009
Microhouse
,
Minimal Techno
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Kronos Quartet - Floodplain
May 19, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring
August 26, 2009
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
The Minus 5 - Killingsworth
July 7, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
2562 - Unbalance
October 12, 2009
Dubstep
,
Future Garage
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings PopMatters awarded albums throughout 2009.
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