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This is an ordered list of SPIN's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
SPIN's Year End List
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1
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Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
June 23, 2009
Neo-Soul
,
Psychedelic Soul
Score
90
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2
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Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
August 18, 2009
Power Pop
,
Pop Punk
Score
90
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3
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Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
June 30, 2009
Contemporary Country
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
April 20, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
March 31, 2009
New Rave
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Dance
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
March 3, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Miike Snow - Miike Snow
June 9, 2009
Electropop
,
Indietronica
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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ISIS - Wavering Radiant
May 5, 2009
Post-Metal
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Cracker - Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
May 9, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
March 31, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Sonic-Youth - The Eternal
June 9, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Alasdair Roberts - Spoils
May 5, 2009
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
13
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The Legends - Over and Over
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
April 7, 2009
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
July 21, 2009
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Mission of Burma - The Sound the Speed the Light
October 6, 2009
Post-Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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These United States - Everything Touches Everything
June 15, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Peter Doherty - Grace/Wastelands
March 24, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
,
Acoustic Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Massive Attack - Splitting The Atom EP
October 6, 2009
Trip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
20
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Stricken City - Songs About People I Know
November 3, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
21
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Kiss - Sonic Boom
October 5, 2009
Hard Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
22
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Prefab Sprout - Let's Change the World with Music
September 7, 2009
Sophisti-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Dead Prez & DJ Green Lantern - Turn Off the Radio, Vol. 3: Pulse of the People
June 23, 2009
Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away... Now We Are Taking It Back
August 25, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
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Os Mutantes - Haih... or Amortecedor...
September 8, 2009
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings SPIN awarded albums throughout 2009.
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