2009 in Review

Songs of the year

2009 Albums

Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	Phoenix	★★★★★	98	Rock	Indie Pop	Synthpop
Merriweather Post Pavilion	Animal Collective	★★★★½	93	Rock	Psychadelic Rock	Experimental
Primary Colours	The Horrors	★★★★½	90	Rock	Shoegaze	Post Punk
Sigh No More	Mumford & Sons	★★★★	81	Rock	Indie Pop	Indie Folk
It’s Blitz!	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	★★★½	77	Rock	Alternative Rock	Synthpop
The Ecstatic	Mos Def	★★★½	73	Hip-Hop
Brand New Eyes	Paramore	★★★½	72	Rock	Alternative Rock	Emo
xx	The XX	★★★½	70	Rock	Indie Pop	Dream Pop
So Far Gone	Drake	★★★	70	Hip-Hop
La Roux	La Roux	★★★	69	Pop	Electropop
Bitte Orca	Dirty Projectors	★★★	64	Rock	Indie Pop	Alternative R&B
The Fame Monster	Lady Gaga	★★★	64	Pop	Electropop
Inside	Jon Hopkins	★★★	64	Electronic	Ambient	Dubstep
Lungs	Florence + The Machine	★★★	63	Rock	Indie Pop	Chamber Pop
Logos	Atlas Sound	★★★	62	Rock	Dream Pop	Experimental
Man On The Moon: The End Of Day	Kid CuDi	★★★	62	Hip-Hop	Alternative Hip-Hop
No Line On The Horizon	U2	★★★	60	Rock	Alternative Rock
Humbug	Arctic Monkeys	★★½	58	Rock	Alternative Rock
Veckatimest	Grizzly Bear	★★½	56	Rock	Art Rock	Indie Rock
Deeper Than Rap	Rick Ross	★★½	56	Hip-Hop
Rated R	Rihanna	★★½	54	Pop	R&B
Conditions	The Temper Trap	★★½	53	Rock	Indie Pop	Indie Rock
Up From Below	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros	★★½	52	Rock	Indie Pop	Indie Folk
The Resistance	Muse	★★½	52	Rock	Alternative Rock
The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z	★★½	50	Hip-Hop
This is War	30 Seconds To Mars	★★	47	Rock	Alternative Rock	Electronic Rock
Save Me, San Francisco	Train	★★	47	Rock	Pop Rock	Adult Contemporary
The E.N.D.	The Black Eyed Peas	★★	43	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop
Relapse	Eminem	★★	42	Hip-Hop
Waking Up	OneRepublic	★★	41	Pop	Pop Rock
We Are Young Money	Young Money	★★	41	Hip-Hop
Rebirth	Lil Wayne	★	20	Hip-Hop	Pop Hip-Hop	Rap Rock

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2009 Albums

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