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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
Critic Score
92
29
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Baroness - Blue Record
October 13, 2009
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
88
5
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3.
Shackleton - Three EPs
October 13, 2009
UK Bass
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
4.
Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
September 8, 2009
Experimental
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
5.
Owen - New Leaves
September 22, 2009
Acoustic Rock
Critic Score
87
6
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6.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
September 8, 2009
Hip Hop
Critic Score
87
19
reviews
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
Critic Score
86
30
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8.
Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
June 30, 2009
Country
Critic Score
86
8
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9.
Martyn - Great Lengths
April 20, 2009
Critic Score
86
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Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal
Critic Score
86
13
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Converge - Axe To Fall
October 20, 2009
Metalcore
Critic Score
86
8
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12.
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
August 18, 2009
Indie Folk
Critic Score
86
9
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13.
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
June 9, 2009
Indie Pop
Critic Score
85
32
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14.
The xx - xx
October 6, 2009
Indie Pop
Critic Score
85
23
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15.
Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away... Now We Are Taking It Back
August 25, 2009
Critic Score
84
6
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16.
Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
April 21, 2009
Jazz
Critic Score
83
6
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17.
Evangelista - Prince of Truth
October 5, 2009
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
83
5
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Fever Ray - Fever Ray
January 12, 2009
Electropop
Critic Score
83
19
reviews
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19.
Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts
November 16, 2009
Drone
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
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20.
King Midas Sound - Waiting For You
December 8, 2009
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
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21.
Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
June 23, 2009
Noise Rock
Critic Score
82
18
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22.
Reigning Sound - Love and Curses
August 11, 2009
Critic Score
82
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23.
Elegi - Varde
January 20, 2009
Dark Ambient
Critic Score
82
5
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24.
Grammatics - Grammatics
March 23, 2009
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
6
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25.
Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut
September 21, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
7
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