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: 6 hours ago).
"Fantastic album that rewards multiple listens. Be Calm is brilliant, I Wanna Be the One has an infectious hop in its step, Light a Roman Candle With Me is perfected love pop and The Gambler is an excellent use of gospel choirs" Reply
"This album seems to rest somewhere between Octavarium and Systematic Chaos. It's more mature than SC but not quite as soft and atmospheric as 8V; it still packs a punch. One thing that stands out on this album are the melodies, especially in songs like A Nightmare to Remember and The Best of Time..." [+] Reply
"Sadly it and "Avocado" fall into the "generic version of themselves" category that most artists end up doing during their career. Riot Act and Binaural are leagues better." Reply
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ExTeaSea | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Returning to lyrics of Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Preachers make this record their strongest in a long time, only The Holy Bible and Gold Against The Soul beat it." Reply
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"It's a poor man's Oracular Spectacular, which isn't as much of an insult as it sounds but the parallels are out there. Sleepyhead and The Reeling are catchy little pop tunes that will probably remind you of MGMT's Time to Pretend and Kids. Hopefully they'll get to stretch their legs a little more..." [+] Reply
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ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"Still need to think about this a little longer but yeah, I feel like this might be a 10. It's literally perfect from beginning to end. The production was spotless, not a single song was too long, and Mos's rhymes were just on another level. Music is supposed to move you right? Well this shit sent..." [+] Reply
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"This time around they come with crisper production and a few heightened gimmicks. Fortunately for them, all the gimmicks work, starting with the title track, "I and love and you", the love-song-by-addition which reflects the popular i-heart-NY t-shirt directed specifically at brooklyn. It's the b..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Great follow up to, limbo panto. Two dancers, is a slightly more reserved, if that's the right word, but in a good way. I'm probably trying to say that this album is a lot less bonkers than the first one. Still, two dancers, is great with strong cuts in, hooting and howling, and, this is our lot...." [+] Reply
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"I think this is Franz Ferdinand's best. I may be alone in that opinion, but that's okay: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think people who've fallen in love with the band's unpolished debut have every right to recoil from their change in sound; in fact, this and their debut are two very di..." [+] Reply
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sageamagoo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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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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193 | 19% | |
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45 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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