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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

Decade
Source
Genre
2000s
2008
2009

1.

Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
March 3, 2009
Folk
Score
100
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Spotify

2.

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
August 25, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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Spotify

3.

Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
October 27, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
100
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4.

Ben Frost - By The Throat
November 10, 2009
Dark Ambient
Score
100
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Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

5.

Cutaways - Earth and Earthly Things
July 6, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

6.

MARINA - The Crown Jewels EP
June 1, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

7.

Lissy Trullie - Self-Taught Learner
June 23, 2009
Score
100
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iTunes
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Spotify

8.

Cinnamon Chasers - A Million Miles from Home
June 16, 2009
Score
95
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Spotify

9.

Owen Tromans & The Elders - The Fall of Acre
October 26, 2009
Score
95
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Sara Lov - Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming
March 19, 2009
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Dan Deacon - Bromst
March 24, 2009
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
April 7, 2009
Art Pop
Score
90
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Japandroids - Post-Nothing
April 28, 2009
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Passion Pit - Manners
May 19, 2009
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
August 18, 2009
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
October 6, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
September 1, 2009
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
October 6, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Beirut - March of the Zapotec/Holland EP
February 17, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

22.

Vitalic - Flashmob
November 3, 2009
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Double Dagger - More
January 1, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Owen - New Leaves
September 22, 2009
Acoustic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Hockey - Mind Chaos
August 25, 2009
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The 405 awarded albums throughout 2009.
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