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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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2009

This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out Paste's Year End List.

1. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

September 29, 2009

Americana, Alt-Country

Score

96

2. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do

Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do

June 16, 2009

Score

93

3. Elvis Perkins - Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Elvis Perkins - Elvis Perkins in Dearland

March 10, 2009

Folk Rock, Folk

Score

93

4. Passion Pit - Manners

Passion Pit - Manners

May 19, 2009

Indietronica, Indie Pop

Score

92

5. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight At The Movies

Justin Townes Earle - Midnight At The Movies

March 3, 2009

Folk, Singer-Songwriter

Score

92

6. Alela Diane - To Be Still

Alela Diane - To Be Still

February 17, 2009

Folk, Singer-Songwriter

Score

92

7. Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway

Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway

February 20, 2009

Alternative Rock

Score

91

8. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

April 21, 2009

Score

91

9. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

October 2, 2009

Indie Folk, Bluegrass, Folk Pop

Score

91

10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

May 26, 2009

Psychedelic Folk, Indie Folk, Psychedelic Pop

Score

91

11. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

January 20, 2009

Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Indietronica

Score

91

12. Rosanne Cash - The List

Rosanne Cash - The List

October 6, 2009

Score

90

13. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

April 14, 2009

Score

90

14. Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost

Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost

October 6, 2009

Singer-Songwriter, Pop Rock, Folk Rock

Score

90

15. The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

June 9, 2009

Score

90

16. Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

March 24, 2009

Progressive Metal

Score

90

17. Moby - wait for me.

Moby - wait for me.

June 30, 2009

Score

90

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

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

June 2, 2009

Experimental Rock

Score

90

19. Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi

Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi

April 21, 2009

Jazz, Dixieland

Score

89

20. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

April 21, 2009

Score

89

21. Circulatory System - Signal Morning

Circulatory System - Signal Morning

September 8, 2009

Psychedelic Rock

Score

89

22. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches

David Bazan - Curse Your Branches

September 1, 2009

Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Score

89

23. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

August 25, 2009

Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Stoner Rock, Post-Punk Revival, Psychedelic Rock

Score

89

24. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

June 9, 2009

Indie Pop, Progressive Pop, Art Pop, Indie Rock

Score

89

25. The Dead Weather - Horehound

The Dead Weather - Horehound

July 14, 2009

Garage Rock, Blues Rock

Score

88

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2009.

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