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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

Decade

2000s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s

Genre

2000s

2007

2008

2009

1. Mirah - (a)spera

March 10, 2009

Folk

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2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

January 20, 2009

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3. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

May 15, 2009

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4. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park

October 6, 2009

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5. Alela Diane - To Be Still

February 17, 2009

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6. Daniel Johnston - Is and Always Was

October 6, 2009

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7. Castanets - Texas Rose, the Thaw, and the Beasts

September 22, 2009

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8. Morrissey - Years of Refusal

February 17, 2009

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9. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

March 24, 2009

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10. The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free

January 13, 2009

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11. The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future

January 27, 2009

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12. Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

April 7, 2009

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13. St. Vincent - Actor

May 5, 2009

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14. Clem Snide - Hungry Bird

February 24, 2009

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15. Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)

June 23, 2009

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16. Son Volt - American Central Dust

July 7, 2009

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17. Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun

June 2, 2009

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18. The Dutchess and the Duke - Sunset/Sunrise

October 6, 2009

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19. Built to Spill - There is No Enemy

October 6, 2009

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20. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence

October 20, 2009

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21. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

September 22, 2009

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22. Ramona Falls - Intuit

August 18, 2009

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23. Dent May - The Good Feeling Music Of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

February 3, 2009

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24. The Disciplines - Smoking Kills

April 28, 2009

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25. Joe Henry - Blood from Stars

August 18, 2009

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

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