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Highest Rated Albums of 2009
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Indietronica
Metal
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1.
Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead
June 23, 2009
Score
100
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2.
Goldie Lookin Chain - ASBO 4 Life'
April 6, 2009
Score
100
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3.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
March 17, 2009
Folk
Score
90
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4.
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
April 21, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
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5.
The Horrors - Primary Colours
May 5, 2009
Post-Punk
Score
90
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6.
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
April 14, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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7.
Bowerbirds - Upper Air
July 7, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
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8.
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
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9.
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
January 6, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
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10.
Girls - Album
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
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11.
The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
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12.
La Roux - La Roux
September 29, 2009
Electropop
Score
90
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13.
Noah and The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
October 6, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
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14.
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
May 5, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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15.
Brand New - Daisy
September 22, 2009
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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16.
Martyn - Great Lengths
April 20, 2009
Score
90
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17.
Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck
April 14, 2009
Score
80
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18.
Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
September 18, 2009
Hip Hop
Score
80
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19.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - A Stranger Here
April 7, 2009
Score
80
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20.
The Longcut - Open Hearts
October 5, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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21.
OOIOO - Armonico Hewa
August 5, 2009
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
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22.
Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time
September 21, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
80
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23.
Deastro - Moondagger
June 23, 2009
Synthpop
Score
80
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24.
Hauschka - Snowflakes and Carwrecks
February 23, 2009
Score
80
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25.
Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes
October 16, 2009
Score
80
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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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