Best Albums of 2009

Listed below are the best albums of 2009 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
Best albums by year or decade
Decade:
Year:
2009 year summaryThe best artists of 2009 were Animal Collective, The Antlers, The xx, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, Muse, Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Dirty Projectors and Mumford & Sons.
View chart at point in time
 Show this chart as it was on the following date
Share this chart
Collector's summary (top 1,000) Help The maximum rank used by the Collector's Summary is configurable from your profile (top 1,000 is currently selected). Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!
Sort Sort by
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
141
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
140
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
140
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"The evolution of Norah Jones as an artist really is incredible. She started in the jazz/singer-songwriter genre and has dabbled in a new genre with every album: folk, country, blues, indie, alternative rock, pop, and back to jazz again in that exact order. The Fall is perhaps her most interesting..."  [+]  Reply
- Seventiesfan | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
140
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"The only other comment is right! This album is fun as hell and jam packed with so many twists, turns, and subtle layers that it really holds up over sustained listens. Don't miss out on this one."  Reply
- saltysurprise | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
139
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Share your opinion and help others discover this album. The top-voted comments are showcased in our aggregate charts!
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
139
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
139
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Share your opinion and help others discover this album. The top-voted comments are showcased in our aggregate charts!
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
134
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Share your opinion and help others discover this album. The top-voted comments are showcased in our aggregate charts!
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
133
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"She's very consistent as far as pop artists go. She took a step back on the songwriting here because of how her last album went. Kind of sad, I think she is much better than most pop artists when she is working with the right person. Not too much of her and not too much of them. This album defini..."  [+]  Reply
- GawdIDontKnow | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
132
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 1,000. Page 16 of 100

Best Albums of 2009 composition

Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana