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This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out
NME's Year End List
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1
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Goldie Lookin Chain - ASBO 4 Life'
April 6, 2009
Score
100
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2
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Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead
June 23, 2009
Score
100
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3
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Martyn - Great Lengths
April 20, 2009
Dubstep
Score
90
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4
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Brand New - Daisy
September 22, 2009
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5
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Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
May 5, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
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Noah and The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
October 6, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
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La Roux - La Roux
September 29, 2009
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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8
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The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
9
.
Girls - Album
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
.
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
January 6, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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Bowerbirds - Upper Air
July 7, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
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Silversun Pickups - Swoon
April 14, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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The Horrors - Primary Colours
May 5, 2009
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
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Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
April 21, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
March 17, 2009
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
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Joe Gideon & The Shark - Harum Scarum
March 16, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Anti-Flag - The People or the Gun
June 9, 2009
Punk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Fuckpony - Let The Love Flow
October 26, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
20
.
Cougar - Patriot
August 24, 2009
Post-Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Steve Bug - Collaboratory
June 5, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
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Stricken City - Songs About People I Know
November 3, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
23
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Jesse Rose - What Do You Do If You Don't?
March 1, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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DD/MM/YYYY - Black Square
March 17, 2009
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away
May 5, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
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 NME awarded albums throughout 2009.
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