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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

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Source
Genre
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2009

1.

Zelienople - Hollywood
July 7, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Little Johnny England - Tournament of Shadows
November 2, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

Martin Rev - Stigmata
November 30, 2009
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

4.

Rameses III - I Could Not Love You More
September 28, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

A Broken Consort - Box of Birch
April 28, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

6.

Ian Hunter - Man Overboard
July 21, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify

7.

Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman
August 14, 2009
Rock Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo
February 17, 2009
Pop Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
April 28, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
March 17, 2009
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Ian McNabb - Great Things
September 27, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

14.

Peter Hammill - Thin Air
June 9, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

15.

The Proclaimers - Notes and Rhymes
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

16.

Tetuzi Akiyama + Toshimaru Nakamura - Semi-Impressionism
October 24, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

17.

Big Sexy Noise - Big Sexy Noise
November 23, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

18.

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

19.

Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
January 12, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Tom Russell - Blood and Candle Smoke
September 15, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

IQ - Frequency
October 20, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Carly Simon - Never Been Gone
October 27, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

The Durutti Column - Love in the Time of Recession
March 2, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Astra - The Weirding
May 25, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

25.

John Mayall - Tough
September 15, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Record Collector awarded albums throughout 2009.
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