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Highest Rated Albums of 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. Goldie Lookin Chain - ASBO 4 Life'

April 6, 2009

Score

100

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3. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware

March 17, 2009

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4. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

April 21, 2009

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5. The Horrors - Primary Colours

May 5, 2009

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6. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

April 14, 2009

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7. Bowerbirds - Upper Air

July 7, 2009

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8. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

September 8, 2009

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9. Glasvegas - Glasvegas

January 6, 2009

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10. Girls - Album

September 22, 2009

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11. The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan

September 22, 2009

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12. La Roux - La Roux

September 29, 2009

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

October 6, 2009

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14. Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms

May 5, 2009

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15. Brand New - Daisy

September 22, 2009

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16. Martyn - Great Lengths

April 20, 2009

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17. Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck

April 14, 2009

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18. Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy

September 18, 2009

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19. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - A Stranger Here

April 7, 2009

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20. The Longcut - Open Hearts

October 5, 2009

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21. OOIOO - Armonico Hewa

August 5, 2009

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22. Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time

September 21, 2009

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23. Deastro - Moondagger

June 23, 2009

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24. Hauschka - Snowflakes and Carwrecks

February 23, 2009

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25. Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes

October 16, 2009

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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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