PopMatters's Highest Rated Albums of 2009

2. Real Estate - Real Estate

MUST HEAR

Released: November 17th, 2009

Genre: Lo-Fi

Rating: 9

3. Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts

Released: November 16th, 2009

Genre: Drone

Rating: 9

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4. Sufjan Stevens - The BQE

Released: October 20th, 2009

Genre: Indie Folk

Rating: 9

5. Converge - Axe To Fall

Released: October 20th, 2009

Genre: Metalcore

Rating: 9

6. Me'Shell NdegeOcello - Devil's Halo

Released: October 6th, 2009

Genre: Soul

Rating: 9

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

Released: October 6th, 2009

Genre: Indie Rock

Rating: 9

8. The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath

Released: October 6th, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 9

9. Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate

Released: September 29th, 2009

Rating: 9

10. Circulatory System - Signal Morning

Released: September 8th, 2009

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Rating: 9

11. BLK JKS - After Robots

Released: September 8th, 2009

Genre: Experimental

Rating: 9

12. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

Released: August 18th, 2009

Genre: Indie Folk

Rating: 9

13. The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy

Released: August 18th, 2009

Genre: Folk

Rating: 9

14. Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night

Released: July 7th, 2009

Genre: Soul

Rating: 9

15. Florence + The Machine - Lungs

Released: July 6th, 2009

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 9

16. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

MUST HEAR

Released: June 23rd, 2009

Genre: Indie Rock

Rating: 9

17. Rhett Miller - Rhett Miller

Released: June 9th, 2009

Genre: Alt-Country

Rating: 9

18. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

Released: June 2nd, 2009

Genre: Experimental Rock

Rating: 9

19. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

MUST HEAR

Released: May 26th, 2009

Genre: Indie Folk

Rating: 9

20. Goran Bregovic - Alkohol

Released: May 19th, 2009

Rating: 9

21. Steve Earle - Townes

Released: May 12th, 2009

Genre: Country

Rating: 9

22. Akron/Family - Set Em Wild, Set Em Free

Released: May 5th, 2009

Genre: Folk

Rating: 9

23. Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi

Released: April 21st, 2009

Rating: 9

24. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information, Vol. 3

Released: April 14th, 2009

Genre: Jazz

Rating: 9

25. Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort

Released: March 24th, 2009

Genre: World

Rating: 9