FACT Magazine's 40 Best Albums of 2009

FACT Magazine's 40 Best Albums of 2009

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40.

May 5, 2009
Critic Score
79
28 reviews

Primary Colours falls harder than it deserves and the Horrors remain a pretentious, vacuous proposition: landfill indie rock with some synth burbles. Big fuckin’ whoop.

39.

Subway - Subway II
June 7, 2009
Critic Score
80
1 review

37.

September 22, 2009
Critic Score
80
25 reviews

One of the year’s most special albums, and one packed with far too much hurt to be digested in one listen.

36.

June 16, 2009
Critic Score
74
22 reviews

Generally Guns Don’t Kill Peeople bubbles along nicely.

35.

William Basinski - 92982
January 1, 2009
Critic Score
81
3 reviews

30.

Hudson Mohawke - Butter
October 26, 2009
Critic Score
77
15 reviews

28.

Silk Flowers - Silk Flowers
July 7, 2009
Critic Score
66
4 reviews

27.

October 12, 2009
Critic Score
80
7 reviews

26.

City Center - City Center
May 26, 2009
Critic Score
67
8 reviews
City Centre transcends any notions of irritating American Apparel endorsed hippy hype and stands out in its own, charming, merits.

25.

SND - Atavism
May 12, 2009
Critic Score
78
5 reviews

24.

October 20, 2009
Critic Score
78
26 reviews

For much of the album Cox manages the great alchemy of pairing inventiveness with a far-reaching pop sensibility and the result is richly rewarding. In short, when Logos hits its stride it’s nothing short of brilliant.

23.

RSD - Good Energy (A Singles Collection)
September 1, 2009
Critic Score
85
1 review

22.

October 20, 2009
Critic Score
81
5 reviews

18.

June 9, 2009
Critic Score
86
38 reviews

Bitte Orca’s a record that continues to give, and represents a career best for a band who’ve previously compelled but frustrated, but have now found the stars aligning, their dynamic clicking into place, and are on top of their game.

17.

August 9, 2008
Critic Score
90
7 reviews
Few people are able to deliver the social commentary dance music so desperately needs quite so elegantly as DJ Sprinkles.

16.

October 13, 2009
Critic Score
87
5 reviews

15.

Blank Dogs - Under and Under
May 25, 2009
Critic Score
71
9 reviews

14.

Desire - II
June 0, 2009
Critic Score
60
1 review

12.

April 20, 2009
Critic Score
86
5 reviews

10.

March 9, 2009
Critic Score
79
18 reviews

9.

September 8, 2009
Critic Score
81
10 reviews

8.

April 7, 2009
Critic Score
79
34 reviews

5.

July 7, 2009
Critic Score
60
19 reviews

4.

November 3, 2009
Critic Score
71
12 reviews

3.

Omar S - Fabric 45
March 16, 2009
Critic Score
76
7 reviews

2.

April 14, 2009
Critic Score
70
21 reviews

1.

August 17, 2009
Critic Score
84
28 reviews

Listening to The xx’s debut album, it’s impossible not to be overcome by the sort of sublime sadness that feels like a rheumatoid ache in the heart area.

Original Source: http://www.factmag.com/2009/12/09/40-best-albums-of-2009/
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