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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

Year

2009
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This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2009. Check out NME's Year End List.

1. Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead

June 23, 2009

Score

100

2. Noah and The Whale - The First Days Of Spring

October 6, 2009

Score

3. La Roux - La Roux

September 29, 2009

Score

4. Girls - Album

September 22, 2009

Score

5. The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan

September 22, 2009

Score

6. Brand New - Daisy

September 22, 2009

Score

7. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

September 8, 2009

Score

8. Bowerbirds - Upper Air

July 7, 2009

Score

9. The Horrors - Primary Colours

May 5, 2009

Score

10. Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms

May 5, 2009

Score

11. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

April 21, 2009

Score

12. Martyn - Great Lengths

April 20, 2009

Score

13. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

April 14, 2009

Score

14. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware

March 17, 2009

Score

15. Glasvegas - Glasvegas

January 6, 2009

Score

16. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind

December 15, 2009

Score

17. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

November 23, 2009

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18. Annie - Don't Stop

November 17, 2009

19. Ben Frost - By The Throat

November 10, 2009

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20. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

November 9, 2009

Score

21. Stricken City - Songs About People I Know

November 3, 2009

Score

Source →

Amazon

Spotify

22. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

November 3, 2009

Score

23. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My

October 27, 2009

Score

24. Fuckpony - Let The Love Flow

October 26, 2009

Score

Source →

Amazon

25. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport

October 20, 2009

Score

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2009.

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