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This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
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Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
June 23, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
100
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2
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Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal
Score
100
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3
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Six Organs of Admittance - Luminous Night
August 18, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
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iTunes
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4
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Edan - Echo Party
November 23, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
5
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Shackleton - Three EPs
October 13, 2009
UK Bass
Score
90
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Amazon
6
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Sleeping States - In the Gardens of the North
August 17, 2009
Score
90
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Amazon
Spotify
7
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Years - Years
May 5, 2009
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
8
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Felix - You Are The One I Pick
November 23, 2009
Score
90
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9
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Beak> - Beak>
November 18, 2009
Krautrock
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
10
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Sparrow & the Workshop - Into the Wild
November 30, 2009
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
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11
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Magnetic Morning - A.M.
June 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
12
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Ramona Falls - Intuit
August 18, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
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13
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Nurses - Apple's Acre
August 4, 2009
Indie Rock
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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Emmy the Great - First Love
February 9, 2009
Indie Folk
Amazon
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15
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Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
Hip Hop
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
16
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Jamie T - Kings & Queens
October 6, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
17
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Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
August 25, 2009
Electronic
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
October 20, 2009
Experimental Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
October 20, 2009
Post-Rock
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
20
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Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
August 18, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
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The xx - xx
August 17, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
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Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
October 20, 2009
Electronic
Score
90
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
August 18, 2009
Noise Rock
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
October 6, 2009
Noise Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
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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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