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The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/music

Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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Source
Genre
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2009

1.

Courtney Pine - Transition in Tradition (En hommage à Sidney Bechet)
February 23, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Céu - Vagarosa
July 7, 2009
MPB
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

4.

Girls - Album
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

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

6.

Fever Ray - Fever Ray
January 12, 2009
Electropop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
January 20, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Julie Fowlis - Uam (From Me)
October 26, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

9.

Gabby Young & Other Animals - We're All In This Together
November 2, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

The Lightning Seeds - Four Winds
May 18, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

11.

Gwilym Simcock - Blues Vignette
November 16, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

John McCusker - Under One Sky
January 12, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Mummers - Tale to Tell
April 16, 2009
Baroque Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Get The Blessing - Bugs in Amber
April 22, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Harper Simon - Harper Simon
October 13, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Oumou Sangaré - Seya
February 26, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Prefab Sprout - Let's Change the World with Music
September 7, 2009
Sophisti-Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In the Street
February 10, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Robert Glasper - Double Booked
August 25, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Terence Blanchard - Choices
August 18, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Rickie Lee Jones - Balm in Gilead
November 3, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

AGF/Delay - Symptoms
February 1, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Yonlu - A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre
April 14, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

24.

Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
February 9, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

R.E.M. - Reckoning (Songs From The Olympia)
July 7, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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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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