Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
Reviews
Lists
Perfect Scores
Rolling Stone
Follow
www.rollingstone.com
Highest Rated Albums of 2009
Decade
2000s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
Source
Rolling Stone
All
A.V. Club
AllMusic
Alternative Press
American Songwriter
Angry Metal Guy
Beats Per Minute
Billboard
Blabbermouth.net
Clash
Coke Machine Glow
Consequence of Sound
DIY
Drowned in Sound
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
FACT Magazine
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
MetalSucks
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Pretty Much Amazing
Q Magazine
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
SPIN
Sputnikmusic
The 405
The Fly
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
Time Out London
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut
Under the Radar
XLR8R
XXL
Genre
All
All
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary R&B
Country
Dance
Dance-Pop
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Folk Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Pop
Pop Rap
Pop Rock
Psychedelia
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
This is an ordered list of Rolling Stone's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
Rolling Stone's Year End List
.
1
.
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
January 27, 2009
Pop Rock
,
Heartland Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
U2 - No Line on the Horizon
March 3, 2009
Pop Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
The-Dream - Love vs Money
March 10, 2009
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
May 15, 2009
Pop Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
September 22, 2009
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
October 26, 2009
Hard Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
March 31, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Mason Jennings - Blood of Man
September 15, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Gossip - Music For Men
June 23, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Regina Spektor - Far
June 23, 2009
Chamber Pop
,
Baroque Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Piano Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Living Colour - The Chair In The Doorway
September 15, 2009
Hard Rock
,
Funk Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies
March 3, 2009
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City
September 29, 2009
Contemporary R&B
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
14
.
Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel - Willie and the Wheel
February 3, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk
March 3, 2009
Americana
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
July 7, 2009
Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
,
Soul Jazz
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Miranda Lambert - Revolution
September 29, 2009
Contemporary Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
La Roux - La Roux
September 29, 2009
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Todd Snider - The Excitement Plan
June 9, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
September 14, 2009
Progressive Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Passion Pit - Manners
May 19, 2009
Indietronica
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Sonic-Youth - The Eternal
June 9, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
May 26, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
March 3, 2009
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Eminem - Relapse
May 15, 2009
Horrorcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
3
4
...
12
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 2009.
You May Also Like
Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2009
NME's Highest Rated Albums of 2009
AllMusic's Highest Rated Albums of 2009
Consequence of Sound's Highest Rated Albums of 2009
The Guardian's Highest Rated Albums of 2009
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement
New Album Releases
NR
Yung Lean
Psykos
79
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
79
Four Tet
Three
77
Tierra Whack
WORLD WIDE WHACK
49
Justin Timberlake
Everything I Thought It Was
More Releases