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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out Drowned in Sound's Year End List.

1.

Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
June 23, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Six Organs of Admittance - Luminous Night
August 18, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

4.

Edan - Echo Party
November 23, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

5.

Shackleton - Three EPs
October 13, 2009
UK Bass
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

6.

Sleeping States - In the Gardens of the North
August 17, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

7.

Years - Years
May 5, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

8.

Felix - You Are The One I Pick
November 23, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Beak> - Beak>
November 18, 2009
Krautrock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

Sparrow & the Workshop - Into the Wild
November 30, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Magnetic Morning - A.M.
June 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

12.

Ramona Falls - Intuit
August 18, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Nurses - Apple's Acre
August 4, 2009
Indie Rock
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Emmy the Great - First Love
February 9, 2009
Indie Folk
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

16.

Jamie T - Kings & Queens
October 6, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
August 25, 2009
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
October 20, 2009
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
October 20, 2009
Post-Rock
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
August 18, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

The xx - xx
October 6, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
October 20, 2009
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
August 18, 2009
Noise Rock
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

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

25.

A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
October 6, 2009
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Drowned in Sound awarded albums throughout 2009.
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