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, Grizzly Bear, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 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: 98 charts Rank in 2009: 1 Total Rank Score: 4,647 Rank in 2000s: 14 Overall Rank: 91 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: 57 Overall Rank: 273 Download / Buy The Resistance on MP3:
3.	xx	The xx
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 30 charts Rank in 2009: 3 Total Rank Score: 1,364 Rank in 2000s: 67 Overall Rank: 296 Download / Buy xx on MP3:
4.	Veckatimest	Grizzly Bear
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 29 charts Rank in 2009: 4 Total Rank Score: 1,213 Rank in 2000s: 79 Overall Rank: 327 Download / Buy Veckatimest on MP3:
5.	It's Blitz!	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 29 charts Rank in 2009: 5 Total Rank Score: 1,091 Rank in 2000s: 85 Overall Rank: 362 Download / Buy It's Blitz! 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: 385 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: 910 Rank in 2000s: 104 Overall Rank: 421 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: 512 Download / Buy West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum on MP3:
9.	Humbug	Arctic Monkeys
	Year of Release: 2009 Appears in: 15 charts Rank in 2009: 9 Total Rank Score: 662 Rank in 2000s: 134 Overall Rank: 570 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: 160 Overall Rank: 683 Download / Buy Tonight: Franz Ferdinand on MP3: