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Pitchfork "Top 50 Albums":
Drowned in Sound's "Top 50 Albums of 2009":
Stereogum's "2009 Gummy for Best Album":
Tiny Mix Talpes "Favorite Albums of 2009":
The A.V. Club's "Top 25 Albums of 2009":
CokeMachineGlow's "Top 50 Albums 2009":
Spin's "40 Best Albums of 2009":
Obscure Sound "The Best Albums of 2009":
Time Magazine's "Top 10 Albums of 2009":
Billboard's "Best of 2009"
Rolling Stone's "25 Best Albums of 2009"
Paste Magazine's "25 Best Albums of 2009":
Last.fm "Best Artists of 2009":
Metacritic's "30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year"
All Song's Considered (NPR) "Year's Best Music":
NPR also has lists for every station pretty much.
AllMusic's "Favorite Albums of 2009 (Unranked)
Thanks to Nihilism for doing some of the typing.
Pitchfork "Top 50 Albums":
Code:
50. Woods - Songs of Shame
49. Cass McCombs - Catacombs
48. DOOM - Born Like This
47. Zomby - Where Were U in '92?
46. Dan Deacon - Bromst
45. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
44. tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs
43. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
42. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
41. Baroness - Blue Record
40. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
39. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
38. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People-- Lazers Do
37. The Antlers - Hospice
36. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
35. jj - jj n° 2
34. Passion Pit - Manners
33. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
32. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
31. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
30. Röyksopp - Junior
29. Yo La Tengo - Popular ongs
28. Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery
27. Various Artists - 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
26. Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
25. DJ Quik and Kurupt - BlaQKout
24. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
23. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
21. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
20. Real Estate - Real Estate
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
18. Atlas Sound - Logos
17. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
16. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
15. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
14. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
13. St. Vincent - Actor
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
10. Girls - Album
09. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
08. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
07. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
06. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
05. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx... Pt. II
04. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
03. The xx - xx
02. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionDrowned in Sound's "Top 50 Albums of 2009":
Code:
1) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2) St. Vincent - Actor
3) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
4) Maniac Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
5) Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
6) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
7) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
8) Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
9) Fever Ray - Fever Ray
10) Paramore - brand new eyes
11) Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
12) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
13) The Horrors - Primary Colours
14) PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman a Man Walked By
15) Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
16) Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
17) Metric - Fantasies
18) The Veils - Sun Gangs
19) The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
20) Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Pt. II
21) Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another
22) Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
23) Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
24) Idlewild - Post-Electric Blues
25) Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
26) HEALTH - Get Color
27) Mos Def - The Ecstatic
28) Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
29) Atlas - Sound Logos
30) Girls - Album
31) Muse - The Resistance
32) The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
33) The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
34) Sunn0))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
35) Moderat - Moderat
36) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
37) Vitalic - Flashmob
38) Emmy the Great - First Love
39) Gallows - Grey Britain
40) Annie - Don't Stop
41) Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
42) Dananananakroyd- Hey Everyone
43) Jamie T - Kings & Queens
44) Grammatics - Grammatics
45) Micachu - Jewellery
46) Mew - No More Stories...
47) My Latest Novel - Death and Entrances
48) Sufjan Stevens - the BQE
49) Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
50) the xx - the xxStereogum's "2009 Gummy for Best Album":
Code:
50. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
49. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
48. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
47. jj - n° 2
46. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
45. Regina Spektor - Far
44. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
43. Mastadon - Crack the Skye
42. The Dead Weather - Horehound
41. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
40. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
39. Brand New - Daisy
38. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
37. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
36. The Horrors - Primary Colours
35. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
34. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
33. Florence + The Machine - Lungs
32. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
31. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
30. Dan Deacon - Bromst
29. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
28. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
27. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For the Young
26. Metric - Fantasies
25. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
24. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
23. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
22. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
21. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
20. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
19. Atlas Sound - Logos
18. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
17. Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
16. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
15. Bat For Lashes - Two Sus
14. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
13. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
12. St. Vincent - Actor
11. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
10. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
09. Passion Pit - Manners
08. The Antlers - Hospice
07. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
06. Girls - Album
05. The xx - xx
04. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
03. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
02. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionTiny Mix Talpes "Favorite Albums of 2009":
Code:
50. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
49. Kevin Drumm - Imperial Horizon
48. The xx - xx
47. Baroness - Blue Record
46. Ducktails - Landscapes
45. HEALTH - Get Color
44. Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds
43. Caboladies - Crowded Out Memory
42. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
41. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
40. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
39. Leyland Kirby - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was
38. St. Vincent - Actor
37. Real Estate- Real Estate
36. Super Minerals - Clusters
35. Kreng - LAutopsie Phénoménale De Dieu
34. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
33. Social Junk - Born Into It
32. Flower-Corsano Duo - Four Aims
31. Matrix Metals - Flamingo Breeze
30. Black to Comm - Alphabet 1968
29. Jon Hopkins - Insides
28. John Wiese - Circle Snare
27. Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong
26. Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples - Circulations
25. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
24. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
23. Julian Lynch - Orange You Glad
22. Jim ORourke - The Visitor
21. DOOM - Born Like This
20. Broadcast and the Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
19. Girls - Album
18. Blues Control - Local Flavor
17. Omar Souleyman - Dabke 2020
16. The Antlers - Hospice
15. Dan Deacon - Bromst
14. Graham Lambkin - Softly Softly Copy Copy
13. Zu - Carboniferous
12. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
11. Emeralds - What Happened
10. Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
09. Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
08. Atlas Sound - Logos
07. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
06. Flaming Lips - Embryonic
05. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
04. Oneohtrix Point Never - Zones Without People
03. sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
02. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavillionThe A.V. Club's "Top 25 Albums of 2009":
Code:
25. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
24. Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying Light
23. White Rabbits - It's Frightening
22. Fall Out Boy - Folie À Deux
21. The Thermals - Now We Can See
20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
18. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
17. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
16. St. Vincent - Actor
15. Art Brut - Art Brut Vs. Satan
14. Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
13. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
12. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
11. The Antlers - Hospice
10. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
09. Brother Ali - Us
08. Converge - Axe to Fall
07. P.O.S. - Never Better
06. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
05. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
04. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
03. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
02. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
01. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixCokeMachineGlow's "Top 50 Albums 2009":
Code:
50. Cool Kids - Gone Fish' Mixtape
49. Way Out West - We Love Machine
48. Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
47. LSD March - Under Milk Wood
46. Mountains - Choral
45. HEALTH - Get Color
44. Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
43. Jermiside & DJ Lowkey - Die Jerm Die Mixtape
42. Black Mold - Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz
41. Nurses - Apple's Acre
40. Lokai - Transition
39. Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
38. G-Side - Huntsville International Mixtape
37. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
36. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
35. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
34. Zu - Carboniferous
33. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
32. Lee Fields & the Expressions - My World
31. Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
30. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
29. Blackout Beach - Skin of Evil
28. Humcrush - Rest at World's End
27. Lil' Wayne - No Ceilings Mixtape
26. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
25. Intelligence - Fake Surfers
24. Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
23. Flaming Lips - Embryonic
22. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
21. St. Vincent - Actor
20. Baroness - Blue Record
19. Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information 3
18. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
17. Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
16. The xx - xx
15. Circulatory System - Signal Morning
14. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Pains of Being Pure at Heart
13. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
12. Micachu & the Shapes - Jewellery
11. Emeralds - What Happened
10. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
09. OOIOO - Armonico Hewa
08. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
07. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
06. Burial + Four Tet - Moth/Wolf Cub Split 12"
05. Sunny Day In Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
04. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
03. DOOM - Born Like This
02. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
01. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx 2Spin's "40 Best Albums of 2009":
Code:
40 Kiss - Sonic Boom
39 Wilco - Wilco (Wilco The Album
38 Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
37 Gallows - Grey Britain
36 Brakesbrakesbrakes - Touchdown
35 Miike Snow - Miike Snow
34 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx
33 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
32 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
31 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
30 Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
29 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
28 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
27 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
26 The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come
25 The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love
24 Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
23 St. Vincent - Actor
22 Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
21 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
20 Paramore - Brand New Eyes
19 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
18 Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light
17 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
16 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
15 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
14 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
13 Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
12 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Summer Of Fear
10 The Dead Weather - Horehound
09 Drake - So Far Gone
08 Florence And The Machine - Lungs
07 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
06 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
05 Girls - Album
04 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
03 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
01 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionObscure Sound "The Best Albums of 2009":
Code:
50. God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl
49. King Midas Sound - Waiting for You
48. CFCF - Continent
47. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
46. Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
45. YACHT - See Mystery Lights
44. Wavves - Wavvves
43. Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold
42. Barzin - Notes to an Absent Lover
41. White Denim - Fits
40. The Leisure Society - The Sleeper
39. Atlas Sound - Logos
38. Cats on Fire - Our Temperance Movement
37. Klum - We Carlessly Turned Amazingly Into Nothing
36. The xx - xx
35. Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying Light
34. Foreign Born - Person to Person
33. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
32. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
31. Afternoon Naps - Parade
30. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
29. The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath
28. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
27. Julian Casablancas Phrazes for the Young
26. Marissa Nadler Little Hells
25. Cymbals Eat Guitars Why There Are Mountains
24. JJ JJ N° 2
23. Ramona Falls Intuit
22. Röyksopp Junior
21. Washed Out Life of Leisure / High Times
20. Volcano Choir Unmap
19. Brazos Phosphorescent Blues
18. Girls Album
17. Manic Street Preachers Journal for Plague Lovers
16. Richard Swift The Atlantic Ocean
15. Cass McCombs Catacombs
14. Fever Ray Fever Ray
13. Kinetic Stereokids Kid Moves
12. Junior Boys Begone Dull Care
11. The Antlers - Hospice
10. Super Furry Animals Dark Days/Light Years
09. Sunset Rubdown Dragonslayer
08. Salem Astronaut
07. St. Vincent Actor
06. The Veils Sun Gangs
05. Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca
04. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
03. Wild Beasts Two Dancers
02. The Flaming Lips Embryonic
01. Animal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionTime Magazine's "Top 10 Albums of 2009":
Code:
01. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
02. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
03. Mastadon - Crack the Skye
04. Miranda Lambert - Recolution
05. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
06. The-Dream - Love vs. Money
07. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
08. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
09. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
10. Lady Gaga - The Fame MonsterBillboard's "Best of 2009"
Code:
Critics Picks for 2009
01. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
02. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
03. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
04. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
05. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
06. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
07. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
08. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
09. Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
09. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
10. K'Naan - Troubadour
Readers Picks for 2009
01. Lady Gaga - The Fame
02. Michael Jackson - This is It
03. Britney Spears - Circus
04. Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment
05. Taylor Swift - Fearless
06. Beyonce - Sasha Fierce
07. Ashley Tisdale - Guilty Pleasure
08. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
09. Rhianna - Rated R
10. Pearl Jam - BackspacerRolling Stone's "25 Best Albums of 2009"
Code:
1 | U2: No Line on the Horizon
2 | Bruce Springsteen: Working on a Dream
3 | Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4 | Jay-Z: The Blueprint 3
5 | Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown
6 | Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
7 | Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
8 | The-Dream: Love vs Money
9 | The xx: The xx
10 | Sonic Youth: The Eternal
11 | Pearl Jam: Backspacer
12 | Mastodon: Crack the Skye
13 | Drake: So Far Gone Mixtape
14 | Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavillion
15 | Girls: Album
16 | Wilco: Wilco (The Album)
17 | Mos Def: The Ecstatic
18 | Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
19 | Bat For Lashes: Two Suns
20 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
21 | Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
22 | Franz Ferdinand: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
23 | Levon Helm: Electric Dirt
24 | Monsters of Folk: Monsters of Folk
25 | Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. IIPaste Magazine's "25 Best Albums of 2009":
Code:
25. Thomas Function In the Valley of Sickness
24. Various Artists Dark Was the Night
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Its Blitz!
22. Sufjan Stevens The BQE
21. Wilco Wilco (The Album)
20. Wild Light Adult Nights
19. Mastodon Crack the Skye
18. Flaming Lips Embryonic
17. The Antlers Hospice
16. Passion Pit Manners
15. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Know Better, Learn Faster
14. Dirty Projectors Bitte Orce
13. Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk
12. Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career
11. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
10. Frank Turner Poetry of the Deed
09. Neko Case Middle Cyclone
08. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
07. The Decemberists Hazards of Love
06. Brandi Carlile Give Up The Ghost
05. David Bazan Curse Your Branches
04. The Low Anthem Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
03. Elvis Perkins in Dearland Elvis Perkins In Dearland
02. Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
01. The Avett Brothers I And Love And YouLast.fm "Best Artists of 2009":
Code:
position artist plays
1 Lady GaGa 18487195
2 The Killers 12471571
3 Lily Allen 10522633
4 The Prodigy 8900264
5 Franz Ferdinand 8795186
6 Beyoncé 8642704
7 Animal Collective 7630636
8 Green Day 7607693
9 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 6885404
10 Kanye West 6615339
11 Britney Spears 6268504
12 Fall Out Boy 5954548
13 Taylor Swift 5512011
14 Muse 5362926
15 Black Eyed Peas 5280181
16 Phoenix 5083286
17 Paramore 5066577
18 Kelly Clarkson 4943886
19 Placebo 4883680
20 La Roux 4807418
21 Grizzly Bear 4792656
22 Arctic Monkeys 4765688
23 A Day to Remember 4671908
24 Röyksopp 4544025
25 Passion Pit 4375775
26 Bat for Lashes 4244287
27 The All-American Rejects4216897
28 Nickelback 4206021
29 Guns N' Roses 4186626
30 U2 4108271
31 Depeche Mode 4062690
32 Fever Ray 4007356
33 Eminem 3981558
34 The xx 3748059
35 Metric 3729669
36 The Fray 3589061
37 Regina Spektor 3174871
38 Kasabian 3159766
39 Florence + The Machine 3015277
40 Little Boots 2934935
41 Owl City 2847649
42 Mando Diao 2700082
43 The Decemberists 2606551
44 T.I. 2592578
45 Little Joy 2551781
46 Andrew Bird 2547785
47 Lamb of God 2525652
48 All Time Low 2517027
49 Enter Shikari 2392694
50 Carter Burwell 2384902Metacritic's "30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year"
Code:
01 Nirvanna - Live at Reading
02 Leonard Cohen - Live in London
03 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
04 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
05 Baroness - Blue Record
06 SunO))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
07 Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
08 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
09 The Antlers - Hospice
10 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
11 Maniac Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
12 Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
13 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
14 Miranda Lambert - Revolution
15 Converge - Axe to Fall
16 Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
17 The Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock
18 Levon Helm - Electric Dirt
19 Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions
20 Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
21 The xx - xx
22 DM Stith - Heavy Ghost
23 The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath
24 UGK - UGK 4 Life
25 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
26 Todd Snicker - The Excitement Plan
27 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
28 Brother Ali - Us
29 Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
30 Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head and the SkyAll Song's Considered (NPR) "Year's Best Music":
Code:
01. Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
03. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
04. Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
05. Andrew Bird: Noble Beast
06. The Decemberists: Hazards Of Love
07. Wilco: Wilco (The Album)
08. Bon Iver: Blood Bank
09. The Avett Brothers: I And Love And You
10. St. Vincent: Actor
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
12. Regina Spektor: Far
13. M. Ward: Hold Time
14. The Swell Season: Strict Joy
15. Monsters Of Folk: Monsters of Folk
16. The Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
17. Passion Pit: Manners
18. Various: Dark Was The Night
19. Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career
20. Metric: Fantasies
21. Beirut: March of the Zapotec
22. The xx: XX
23. Bat For Lashes: Two Suns
24. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Up From Below
25. Modest Mouse: No One's First, And You're Next
26. The Dead Weather: Horehound
27. U2: No Line On The Horizon
28. Norah Jones: The Fall
29. Pearl Jam: Back Spacer
30. Lily Allen: It's Not Me, It's You
31. The Low Anthem: Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
32. Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band: Outer South
33. Fever Ray: Fever Ray
34. The Antlers: Hospice
35. Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
36. Heartless Bastards: Mountain
37. Patrick Watson: Wooden Arms
38. Sonic Youth: The Eternal
39. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse: Dark Night Of The Soul
40. Girls: Album
41. Jay-Z: The Blueprint III
42. K'Naan: Troubadour
43. Silversun PIckups: Swoon
44. Antony and the Johnsons: Crying Light
45. Moby: Wait For Me
46. Mos Def: The Ecstatic
47. Franz Ferdinand: Tonight
48. Noah And The Whale: First Days Of Spring
49. Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid
50. Fanfarlo: ReservoirAllMusic's "Favorite Albums of 2009 (Unranked)
Thanks to Nihilism for doing some of the typing.
