Best Albums

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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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1. Mirah - (a)spera

March 10, 2009

Folk

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

September 22, 2009

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3. Daniel Johnston - Is and Always Was

October 6, 2009

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4. Alela Diane - To Be Still

February 17, 2009

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5. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park

October 6, 2009

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6. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

May 15, 2009

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7. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

January 20, 2009

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8. Harper Simon - Harper Simon

October 13, 2009

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9. A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage

August 28, 2009

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10. The Slits - Trapped Animal

October 20, 2009

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11. Kris Kristofferson - Closer to the Bone

September 29, 2009

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12. Grant-Lee Phillips - Little Moon

October 13, 2009

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13. Joe Henry - Blood from Stars

August 18, 2009

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14. The Disciplines - Smoking Kills

April 28, 2009

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

February 3, 2009

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16. Ramona Falls - Intuit

August 18, 2009

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17. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

September 22, 2009

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18. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence

October 20, 2009

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19. Built to Spill - There is No Enemy

October 6, 2009

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20. Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band

August 4, 2009

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21. The Dutchess and the Duke - Sunset/Sunrise

October 6, 2009

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22. Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun

June 2, 2009

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23. Son Volt - American Central Dust

July 7, 2009

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

June 23, 2009

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25. Clem Snide - Hungry Bird

February 24, 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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