Listed below are the greatest albums of 2009 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 1,800 greatest album charts.

The best bands of 2009 were Animal Collective, Muse, The xx, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, U2, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand.

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Rank	Album	Band
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Animal Collective
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 99 charts Rank in 2009: 1 Total Rank Score: 4,706 Rank in 2000s: 11 Overall Rank: 84 Download / Buy Merriweather Post Pavilion on MP3:
2.	The Resistance	Muse
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 26 charts Rank in 2009: 2 Total Rank Score: 1,466 Rank in 2000s: 56 Overall Rank: 271 Download / Buy The Resistance on MP3:
3.	xx	The xx
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 28 charts Rank in 2009: 3 Total Rank Score: 1,289 Rank in 2000s: 73 Overall Rank: 312 Download / Buy xx on MP3:
4.	It's Blitz!	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 28 charts Rank in 2009: 4 Total Rank Score: 1,081 Rank in 2000s: 84 Overall Rank: 362 Download / Buy It's Blitz! on MP3:
5.	Veckatimest	Grizzly Bear
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 29 charts Rank in 2009: 5 Total Rank Score: 1,067 Rank in 2000s: 87 Overall Rank: 365 Download / Buy Veckatimest on MP3:
6.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	Phoenix
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 26 charts Rank in 2009: 6 Total Rank Score: 1,024 Rank in 2000s: 91 Overall Rank: 384 Download / Buy Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix on MP3:
7.	No Line On The Horizon	U2
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 15 charts Rank in 2009: 7 Total Rank Score: 920 Rank in 2000s: 101 Overall Rank: 412 Download / Buy No Line On The Horizon on MP3:
8.	West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum	Kasabian
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 14 charts Rank in 2009: 8 Total Rank Score: 736 Rank in 2000s: 123 Overall Rank: 510 Download / Buy West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum on MP3:
9.	Humbug	Arctic Monkeys
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 14 charts Rank in 2009: 9 Total Rank Score: 654 Rank in 2000s: 134 Overall Rank: 573 Download / Buy Humbug on MP3:
10.	Tonight: Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 9 charts Rank in 2009: 10 Total Rank Score: 550 Rank in 2000s: 159 Overall Rank: 680 Download / Buy Tonight: Franz Ferdinand on MP3: