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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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1.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
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2.

Drummer - Feel Good Together
September 29, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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3.

Robert Glasper - Double Booked
August 25, 2009
Score
80
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4.

Apse - Climb Up
November 10, 2009
Score
80
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5.

Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
August 4, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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6.

Viva Voce - Rose City
May 26, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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7.

The Breeders - Fate to Fatal
April 21, 2009
Score
80
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8.

Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
February 24, 2009
Experimental
Score
80
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9.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
December 7, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
80
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10.

Bibio - The Apple and the Tooth
November 10, 2009
Electronic
Score
80
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11.

Jack Peñate - Everything Is New
August 18, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
80
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12.

The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
June 9, 2009
Folk
Score
80
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13.

Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
December 15, 2009
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
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14.

Mission of Burma - The Sound the Speed the Light
October 6, 2009
Post-Punk
Score
80
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15.

Atlas Sound - Logos
October 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
Score
80
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16.

Florence + The Machine - Lungs
July 6, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
80
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17.

White Rabbits - It's Frightening
May 19, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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18.

Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
April 7, 2009
Art Pop
Score
80
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19.

Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years
April 13, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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20.

The Antlers - Hospice
March 3, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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21.

Röyksopp - Junior
March 23, 2009
Electropop
Score
80
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22.

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
January 20, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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23.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
March 31, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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24.

Dan Deacon - Bromst
March 24, 2009
Indietronica
Score
80
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25.

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
February 10, 2009
Pop
Score
80
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