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1
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Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
June 2, 2009
Post-Hardcore
,
Alternative Rock
,
Emo-Pop
Score
100
Source →
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2
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Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
May 13, 2009
Americana
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
3
.
Miserere Luminis - Miserere Luminis
November 9, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Gallows - Grey Britain
May 5, 2009
Hardcore Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
5
.
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - What It Takes to Move Forward
September 29, 2009
Emo
,
Midwest Emo
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
Music
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6
.
Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire
April 7, 2009
Death Metal
,
Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
.
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away
August 25, 2009
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
Tigers on Trains - Grandfather
September 1, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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9
.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
10
.
Selena Gomez & The Scene - Kiss & Tell
September 29, 2009
Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Teen Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Taking Back Sunday - New Again
June 1, 2009
Pop Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
.
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indietronica
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
.
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
May 26, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
.
Brand New - Daisy
September 22, 2009
Post-Hardcore
,
Indie Rock
,
Emo
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
.
Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
June 23, 2009
Post-Hardcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
.
The Brave Little Abacus - Masked Dancers: Concern in So Many Things You Forget Where You Are
August 1, 2009
Math Rock
,
Midwest Emo
Score
96
Source →
Amazon
17
.
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
March 24, 2009
Progressive Metal
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Ape Uprising!
May 8, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
19
.
Twenty One Pilots - Twenty One Pilots
December 29, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Piano Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
Dope - No Regrets
March 10, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
21
.
Miike Snow - Miike Snow
June 9, 2009
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Coalesce - Ox
June 9, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
.
Maybeshewill - Sing the Word Hope in Four-Part Harmony
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
24
.
HEALTH - Get Color
September 8, 2009
Noise Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
October 16, 2009
Industrial Metal
,
Neue Deutsche Härte
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Sputnikmusic awarded albums throughout 2009.
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