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: 5 hours ago).
"My mother is a large Depeche Mode, Joy Division, etc fan and I made her a burned CD of more modern music she may like. The first song was My Girls by Animal Collective and the five minutes that that song played I think was the most in sync musical connection my mother and I have other have. It wa..." [+] Reply
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2009
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"I listened to this a few times and thought it was pretty good, but didn't fully understand all the high praise. Then I listened to it and read along with the lyrics. Understood." Reply
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pearljammer13 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (14 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"i want to like this but after the first couple of songs it just seems like the band are repeating themselves and are too afraid to go out of their comfort zone. Crystalised is a great song but I'm struggling to connect with the rest of the album." Reply
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"This album is totally exuberant; pitting together Baroque, Psych Folk and Chamber Pop to create something of complete beauty. It took me awhile to come around on it but now I'm obsessed with it." Reply
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Komorebi-D | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A landmark album for my change in taste of music, and for that maybe it gets more credit in my book. I hate comparing anyone to anyone, but I like to think of Phoenix as what Of Montreal would sound like if they actually sounded good. Following It's Never Been Like That, this album shows how Phoe..." [+] Reply
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"I pick this more because of the message, than it being their best album, if that makes any sense. The lyrics to this album are what sold it to me to be better than Absolution. 1-7 are great, 8 kinda sucks, but the symphony at the end makes up for it. What band has a self produced album with a sym..." [+] Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"There are a couple of tracks in particular that actually stand out but in general its not that special, her voice is her absolute treasure and lets hope that in the future she is able to work her music better in that sense." Reply
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covecove | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2009
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"I love this album, hated it at first but as each song unravelled in my mind I began to love it. Firmly my favourite Monkeys album now." Reply
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andy_hunter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I find it very interesting when people accuse a band of recording purposefully obtuse music, or accuse a person of purposefully listening to obtuse music, in order to promote some image. Just because you don't enjoy an album doesn't mean everyone else isn't going to enjoy it, and it certainly doe..." [+] Reply
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"Everything about this band irritates me. That includes their faux "organic family greengrocers" name, the shameless plundering of Shakespeare quotes, Marcus Mumford's pathetic hangdog vocal delivery, the faux hand-me-down caps and waistcoats look, the use of the word "heart" in every other line, ..." [+] Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2009 composition
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| Various Artists | 8 | 1% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| James Ferraro | 3 | 0% | |
| Mount Eerie | 3 | 0% | |
| Animal Collective | 3 | 0% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 0% | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2 | 0% | |
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463 | 46% | |
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193 | 19% | |
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45 | 5% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 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 | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. The Cure | |
| 20. Pixies |
