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This is an ordered list of Slant Magazine's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
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Japandroids - Post-Nothing
April 28, 2009
Garage Rock
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100
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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
June 9, 2009
Indie Pop
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100
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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
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100
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Tony Allen - Secret Agent
June 9, 2009
Score
90
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Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
Hip Hop
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90
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Miranda Lambert - Revolution
September 29, 2009
Country
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90
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Rain Machine - Rain Machine
September 22, 2009
Experimental Rock
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90
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The xx - xx
August 17, 2009
Indie Pop
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90
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Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
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90
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Isis - Wavering Radiant
May 5, 2009
Post-Metal
Score
90
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Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
June 2, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
April 7, 2009
Art Pop
Score
90
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St. Vincent - Actor
May 5, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
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Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
March 24, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
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15
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Mastodon - Crack The Skye
March 24, 2009
Progressive Metal
Score
90
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
February 17, 2009
Country Rock
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90
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Joe Nichols - Old Things New
October 27, 2009
Score
80
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Psychic Ills - Mirror Eye
January 20, 2009
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
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Rosanne Cash - The List
October 6, 2009
Country
Score
80
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El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop
April 1, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
80
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Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones
March 10, 2009
Jazz
Score
80
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22
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Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly
July 21, 2009
Folk Rock
Score
80
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Vienna Teng - Inland Territory
April 7, 2009
Piano Rock
Score
80
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Lamb of God - Wrath
February 23, 2009
Groove Metal
Score
80
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Rihanna - Rated R
November 20, 2009
Pop
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80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Slant Magazine awarded albums throughout 2009.
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