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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

Decade

2000s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alt-Country
  - Alternative Rock
  - Americana
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Pop
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - House
  - Indie Folk
- - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Jazz
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Synthpop
  - Vocal Jazz

2009

1. Céu - Vagarosa

July 7, 2009

MPB

Score

100

2. Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions

May 26, 2009

Drone Metal

Score

100

3. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

January 12, 2009

Electropop

Score

100

4. Girls - Album

September 22, 2009

Indie Pop

Score

100

5. The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan

September 22, 2009

Indie Pop

Score

100

6. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast

January 20, 2009

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

7. Amerie - In Love & War

November 3, 2009

Score

8. Jamie T - Kings & Queens

October 6, 2009

Score

9. Robert Glasper - Double Booked

August 25, 2009

Score

10. R.E.M. - Reckoning (Songs From The Olympia)

July 7, 2009

Score

Source →

Amazon

11. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

February 3, 2009

Score

12. Muse - The Resistance

September 15, 2009

Score

13. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

June 9, 2009

Score

14. K'Naan - Troubadour

February 24, 2009

Score

15. Terence Blanchard - Choices

August 18, 2009

Score

16. Kronos Quartet - Floodplain

May 19, 2009

Score

17. Gwilym Simcock - Blues Vignette

November 16, 2009

Score

18. The Temper Trap - Conditions

October 13, 2009

Score

19. Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper

August 4, 2009

Score

20. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

June 2, 2009

Score

21. Ciara - Fantasy Ride

May 3, 2009

Score

22. Tinchy Stryder - Catch 22

August 17, 2009

Score

Source →

Amazon

Spotify

23. The Lightning Seeds - Four Winds

May 18, 2009

Score

Source →

Amazon

24. Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones

March 10, 2009

Score

25. Editors - In This Light & On This Evening

October 12, 2009

Score

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Guardian awarded albums throughout 2009.

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