Top Albums of 2009
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
A Place to Bury Strangers Exploding Head Noise Rock, Post-Punk, Shoegaze
A Sunny Day in Glasgow Ashes Grammar Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Alela Diane To Be Still Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue Alternative Metal, Grunge
Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi Jazz, New Orleans R&B
And So I Watch You from Afar And So I Watch You From Afar Math Rock, Post-Rock
Andrew Bird Noble Beast Chamber Pop, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
1
211
 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
23
1916
 Antony and The Johnsons The Crying Light Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
20
1799
 Arctic Monkeys Humbug Indie Rock
38
2856
 Atlas Sound Logos Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Baroness Blue Record Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba I Speak Fula Mande Music
18
1770
 Bat for Lashes Two Suns Art Pop
Ben Frost By The Throat Dark Ambient, Electronic, Industrial
15
1394
 Benjamin Biolay La Superbe Chamber Pop, Nouvelle chanson française
Bibio Ambivalence Avenue Folktronica, Indietronica
Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions Alternative Rock
9
1043
 Bill Callahan Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Bob Dylan Together Through Life Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Brand New Daisy Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
Broadcast and The Focus Group Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age Musique concrète, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop, Sound Collage
Brother Ali Us Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream Heartland Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Built to Spill There Is No Enemy Indie Rock
Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career Twee Pop
Cass McCombs Catacombs Alt-Country, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Charlotte Gainsbourg IRM Art Pop, Indie Pop
Circulatory System Signal Morning Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Cobalt Gin Black Metal
Cold Cave Love Comes Close Synthpop
Converge Axe to Fall Metalcore
Cymbals Eat Guitars Why There Are Mountains Indie Rock
Dâm-Funk Toeachizown Electro, Synth Funk
Dan Auerbach Keep It Hid Blues, Blues Rock
Dan Deacon Bromst Indietronica, Neo-Psychedelia
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Dark Night Of The Soul Indie Rock
David Bazan Curse Your Branches Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
David Sylvian Manafon EAI, Reductionism, Singer/Songwriter
Dead Man's Bones Dead Man's Bones Indie Pop, Psychedelic Folk
Dinosaur Jr. Farm Indie Rock
4
598
 Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca Art Pop, Indie Pop, Progressive Pop
DM Stith Heavy Ghost Chamber Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Dominique A. La Musique/La Matière Nouvelle chanson française
Doom Born Like This Abstract Hip Hop
Doves Kingdom Of Rust Dream Pop
Drake So Far Gone Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
Editors In This Light and On This Evening Post-Punk Revival
Eels Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire Alternative Rock, Indie Pop
Elvis Perkins Elvis Perkins In Dearland Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock
Fanfarlo Reservoir Indie Pop
6
712
 Fever Ray Fever Ray Art Pop, Electropop, Synthpop
19
1772
 Florence + The Machine Lungs Art Pop, Indie Pop
Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Indie Rock
10
1059
 Fuck Buttons Tarot Sport Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia
Future of the Left Travels with Myself and Another Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore
Gallows Grey Britain Hardcore Punk
16
1423
 Girls Album Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Gossip Music for Men Dance-Punk
Green Day 21st Century Breakdown Pop Punk
3
485
 Grizzly Bear Veckatimest Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop
HEALTH Get Color Experimental Rock, Noise Rock
Isis Wavering Radiant Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal
Jamie T Kings & Queens Indie Pop, Indie Rock
32
2531
 Japandroids Post-Nothing Indie Rock, Noise Rock
Jarvis Cocker Further Complications Indie Rock
Jay Reatard Watch Me Fall Pop Punk, Power Pop
Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 Hip Hop
Jim O'Rourke The Visitor Chamber Folk
jj n°2 Balearic Beat, Indie Pop
Julian Casablancas Phrazes For The Young Alternative Dance
Junior Boys Begone Dull Care Electropop, Synthpop
Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day Pop Rap
Kings of Convenience Declaration Of Dependence Indie Folk
Kurt Vile Childish Prodigy Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Kylesa Static Tensions Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal
La Bien Querida Romancero Chamber Pop
La Roux La Roux Electropop, Synthpop
17
1744
 Lady Gaga The Fame Monster Dance-Pop, Electropop
Lady Gaga The Fame Dance-Pop, Electropop
Lee Fields & the Expressions My World Soul
Leonard Cohen Live in London Singer/Songwriter
Leyland Kirby Sadly, the Future Is No Longer What It Was Dark Ambient
Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You Synthpop
Lindstrøm & Christabelle Real Life is No Cool Electropop, Nu-Disco
Local Natives Gorilla Manor Indie Rock
M. Ward Hold Time Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Madness The Liberty of Norton Folgate Pop Rock, Ska
Major Lazer Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do Dancehall
Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing Indie Rock
27
2059
 Manic Street Preachers Journal for Plague Lovers Alternative Rock
26
2038
 Mastodon Crack the Skye Progressive Metal
35
2800
 Maxwell BLACKsummers'night Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
Mayer Hawthorne A Strange Arrangement Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
Melody Gardot My One and Only Thrill Vocal Jazz
Memory Tapes Seek Magic Chillwave
Metric Fantasies Post-Punk Revival
Mew No More Stories… Indie Pop, Progressive Pop
Micachu Jewellery Art Pop, Indie Pop, Noise Pop
Miike Snow Miike Snow Electropop, Indietronica
Miranda Lambert Revolution Contemporary Country
Moderat Moderat IDM
Mono Hymn to the Immortal Wind Post-Rock
Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk Folk Rock, Indie Folk
Morrissey Years of Refusal Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
25
2001
 Mos Def The Ecstatic Hip Hop
Mount Eerie Wind's Poem Avant-Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Mountains Choral Ambient
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics Inspiration Information Ethio-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
37
2833
 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More Folk Pop, Indie Folk
Muse The Resistance Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
29
2211
 Neko Case Middle Cyclone Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Neon Indian Psychic Chasms Chillwave, Synthpop
Nirvana Live at Reading Grunge
Noah and the Whale The First Days of Spring Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Paramore Brand New Eyes Alternative Rock
33
2582
 Passion Pit Manners Indie Pop, Indietronica
Patrick Wolf The Bachelor Folktronica, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Pearl Jam Backspacer Alternative Rock
Pet Shop Boys Yes Synthpop
30
2220
 Peter Doherty Grace/Wastelands Acoustic Rock, Singer/Songwriter
5
636
 Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Indie Pop
Pissed Jeans King Of Jeans Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman A Man Walked By Alternative Rock, Art Rock
Prefab Sprout Let's Change The World With Music Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop
13
1177
 Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II Hardcore Hip Hop
Real Estate Real Estate Indie Rock
Regina Spektor Far Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
31
2474
 Richard Hawley Truelove's Gutter Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Röyksopp “Junior“ Electropop
Shackleton Three EPs Dubstep, UK Bass
Silversun Pickups Swoon Indie Rock
Soap&Skin Lovetune For Vacuum Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Sonic Youth The Eternal Alternative Rock
Speech Debelle Speech Therapy Jazz Rap, UK Hip Hop
21
1814
 St. Vincent Actor Indie Pop
Staff Benda Bilili Très très fort Soukous
28
2152
 Sunn O))) Monoliths And Dimensions Drone, Drone Metal
Sunset Rubdown Dragonslayer Indie Rock
Super Furry Animals Dark Days/Light Years Indie Rock, Progressive Pop
14
1207
 The Antlers Hospice Indie Rock
The Avett Brothers I and Love and You Alt-Country, Americana, Folk Pop
The Big Pink A Brief History of Love Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
The Dead Weather Horehound Blues Rock, Garage Rock Revival
The Decemberists The Hazards of Love Indie Rock
The Duckworth Lewis Method The Duckworth Lewis Method Baroque Pop
The Field Yesterday and Today Minimal Techno
11
1166
 The Flaming Lips Embryonic Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop
7
877
 The Horrors Primary Colours Post-Punk Revival, Shoegaze
The Leisure Society The Sleeper Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Indie Pop
The Low Anthem Oh My God, Charlie Darwin Contemporary Folk
The Maccabees Wall Of Arms Indie Rock
The Mountain Goats The Life of the World to Come Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
22
1899
 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Twee Pop
The Prodigy Invaders Must Die Big Beat
The Raveonettes In And Out Of Control Indie Pop, Noise Pop
The Sa-Ra Creative Partners Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Synth Funk
The Swell Season Strict Joy Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Thermals Now We Can See Indie Rock, Punk Rock
The Twilight Sad Forget The Night Ahead Indie Rock, Post-Punk
The Very Best Warm Heart of Africa East African Music
2
246
 The xx xx Dream Pop, Indie Pop
The-Dream Love vs Money Contemporary R&B
36
2805
 Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
Tim Hecker An Imaginary Country Ambient, Drone
Timber Timbre Timber Timbre Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
34
2650
 Tinariwen Imidiwan: Companions Tishoumaren
Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live Blues Rock, Singer/Songwriter
U2 No Line on the Horizon Pop Rock
Various Artists Dark Was The Night Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Indie Rock
Vic Chesnutt At the Cut Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore
White Denim Fits Psychedelic Rock
White Lies To Lose My Life… Post-Punk Revival
24
1997
 Wilco Wilco (The Album) Indie Pop, Indie Rock
12
1167
 Wild Beasts Two Dancers Art Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Wolfmother Cosmic Egg Hard Rock
YACHT See Mystery Lights Funktronica, Indietronica, Nu-Disco
8
943
 Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz! Alternative Dance, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Yo La Tengo Popular Songs Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Zu Carboniferous Avant-Garde Metal, Math Rock, Noise Rock