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1.

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Indietronica
Critic Score
92
35 reviews
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2.

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula
September 14, 2009
Critic Score
89
6 reviews
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3.

Shackleton - Three EPs
October 13, 2009
UK Bass, Dubstep, Electronic, Minimal Techno
Critic Score
87
5 reviews
Amazon

4.

Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
September 8, 2009
Experimental
Critic Score
87
7 reviews
Amazon

5.

Baroness - Blue Record
October 13, 2009
Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal
Critic Score
87
9 reviews
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6.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Psychedelic Folk, Indie Folk, Psychedelic Pop
Critic Score
86
35 reviews
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7.

Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
June 30, 2009
Country
Critic Score
86
8 reviews
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8.

Martyn - Great Lengths
April 20, 2009
Dubstep, Future Garage
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
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9.

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
Hip Hop
Critic Score
86
21 reviews
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10.

Owen - New Leaves
September 22, 2009
Acoustic Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
86
7 reviews
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11.

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
June 9, 2009
Indie Pop, Progressive Pop, Art Pop, Indie Rock
Critic Score
86
36 reviews
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12.

Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal, Drone
Critic Score
85
16 reviews
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13.

God Forbid - Earthsblood
February 24, 2009
Critic Score
85
5 reviews
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14.

Converge - Axe To Fall
October 20, 2009
Metalcore
Critic Score
85
11 reviews
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15.

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
August 18, 2009
Singer-Songwriter, Avant-Folk, Atmospheric Black Metal, Drone
Critic Score
85
10 reviews
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16.

The xx - xx
August 17, 2009
Indie Pop, Indietronica, Dream Pop
Critic Score
84
28 reviews
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17.

Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away... Now We Are Taking It Back
August 25, 2009
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
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18.

Fever Ray - Fever Ray
January 12, 2009
Synthpop, Art Pop, Electronic
Critic Score
84
22 reviews
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19.

Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
April 21, 2009
Jazz, Dixieland
Critic Score
83
6 reviews
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20.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts
November 16, 2009
Drone, Ambient
Critic Score
85
8 reviews
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21.

Evangelista - Prince of Truth
October 5, 2009
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
83
5 reviews
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22.

Céu - Vagarosa
July 7, 2009
MPB, Art Pop
Critic Score
83
7 reviews
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23.

Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
June 23, 2009
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
83
20 reviews
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24.

That Fucking Tank - Tanknology
July 13, 2009
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
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25.

Reigning Sound - Love and Curses
August 11, 2009
Garage Rock
Critic Score
82
8 reviews
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