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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.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
January 20, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

M. Ward - Hold Time
February 17, 2009
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
March 3, 2009
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
April 21, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
March 10, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

The Horrors - Primary Colours
May 5, 2009
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
May 26, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
May 19, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
June 23, 2009
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
October 6, 2009
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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