Best Albums of 2009
Listed below are the best albums of 2009 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
"A good gateway to hip-hop for those that aren't that into it" Reply
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"One of those albums thats nostalgic to a fault for me. Hysteric is my wedding song. Is it a 100? Maybe not, but for me it is. Every song sparks a magic in me that is undeniable. Listen to the extended version, so much beautiful music. Thank you YYY for letting this record exist." Reply
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micah88800 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Karin Dreijer Andersson is one of the greatest minds currently active in pop music. She can write a hook as well as anyone can but then masks it in this dark, almost Lynchian weirdness. Her vocals, manipulated and not, are always compelling even though somewhat alien and usually creepy. And her l..." [+] Reply
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"Mastodon kills it! The whole album rocks and the finale "The Last Baron" is 13 minutes of excellence! the thundering beast isnt dead" Reply
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"If you love Joy Division, there's no doubt in my mind, you'll love this as well. Weird Post-punk with shoegaze elements and creepy and eerie vocals/lyrics. Give it some time to grow on you." Reply
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PrinceMush | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"St. Vincent's "Actor" may be her most ambitious work to date. While "Strange Mercy" and "St. Vincent" developed her pop sense as well as built what has rapidly been recognized as her signature style, "Actor" lacked parameters for its songs and did little more (and perhaps less) than its predecess..." [+] Reply
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"This album is one ugly beast. I hated it when I first heard it. It's a heck of a lot darker than anything else The Flaming Lips have put out, but they pull it off SO WELL! Very krautrock/noise-rock influenced. It's also surprisingly their funniest lyrically." Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This album is really good, it starts with a bang with Underdog, WDATLG? and Fast Fuse, all fantastic songs. Take Aim, Thick as Thieves, Vlad the Impaler are all pretty good too, and of course Fire is the killer track. Some weak tracks like West Ryder Silver Bullet and Secret Alphabets, but other ..." [+] Reply
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"Most underrated album of 2009 next to Fantasies by Metric. Does this website or do the people on it have something against catchy modern alternative pop/rock music? Because this stuff is actually really good if you drop the preconceptions and just give it a chance. I don’t think there’s a single ..." [+] Reply
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"Huh. Seems like all the elitist rockists and prog obsessives deliberately come here to vote down a popular artist’s songs in bulk." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 2009 composition
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| Various Artists | 8 | 1% | |
| James Ferraro | 3 | 0% | |
| Animal Collective | 3 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 0% | |
| Kurt Vile | 2 | 0% | |
| John Zorn | 2 | 0% | |
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463 | 46% | |
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193 | 19% | |
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45 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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