Artist: The Soundtrack of Our LivesAlbum: Communion
Date Released: March 3, 2009
Genre: indie rock, neo-psychedelia
Rating: 7.6
Review: Surprising return to form from a veteran band.
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Best Albums of 2009
This is your source for rankings and reviews of the most critically acclaimed and eclectic albums of 2009. Your search for the best albums of the year ends here. Genres include alt-rock, indie-rock, post-rock, metal, hip-hop, rap, country, folk and much more.
Understanding the rankings:
9.0 to 10.0: Exemplary, a future classic
8.0 to 8.9: Excellent, not to be missed
7.0 to 7.9: Very good
Understanding the rankings:
9.0 to 10.0: Exemplary, a future classic
8.0 to 8.9: Excellent, not to be missed
7.0 to 7.9: Very good
The best of 2009
- [9.2] Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
- [9.1] And So I Watch You From Afar: And So I Watch You From Afar
- [9.0] Japandroids: Post Nothing
- [8.9] The Antlers: Hospice
- [8.9] Atlas Sound: Logos
- [8.8] Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
- [8.8] Isis: Wavering Radiant
- [8.8] Fever Ray: Fever Ray
- [8.7] Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
- [8.7] Tortoise: Beacons of Ancestorship
- [8.7] Russian Circles: Geneva
- [8.7] Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. II
- [8.7] Metric: Fantasies
- [8.7] Mastodon: Crack the Skye
- [8.7] Cymbals Eat Guitars: Why There Are Mountains
- [8.6] Various: Dark Was the Night
- [8.6] The Veils: Sun Gangs
- [8.6] Sun O))): Monoliths and Dimensions
- [8.6] Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
- [8.5] PJ Harvey and John Parish: A Woman a Man Walked By
- [8.5] maudlin of the Well: Part the Second
- [8.5] Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
- [8.5] Converge: Axe to Fall
- [8.5] Bill Callahan: Sometimes I Wish We Were Eagles
- [8.5] Bibio: Ambivalance Avenue
- [8.5] Baroness: Blue Record
- [8.5] Art Brut: Art Brus Vs. Satan
- [8.5] Absu: Absu
- [8.4] The Very Best: Warm Heart of Africa
- [8.4] Pyramids: Pyramids with Nadja
- [8.4] Mew: No More Stories Are Told Today...
- [8.4] jj: jj n° 2
- [8.4] Heartless Bastards: The Mountain
- [8.4] Dinosaur Jr.: Farm
- [8.4] Dan Deacon: Bromst
- [8.4] Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy
- [8.4] Bat for Lashes: Two Suns
- [8.3] YACHT: See Mystery Lights
- [8.3] The Horrors: Primary Colours
- [8.3] Pelican: What We All Come to Need
- [8.3] Obituary: The Darkest Day
- [8.3] Mos Def: The Ecstatic
- [8.3] Girls: Album
- [8.3] Caspian: Tertia
- [8.3] Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career
- [8.3] Bloodhorse: Horizoner
- [8.3] Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light
- [8.2] The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
- [8.2] Sonic Youth: The Eternal
- [8.2] Modest Mouse: No One's First and You're Next
- [8.2] Kylesa: Static Tensions
- [8.2] Handsome Furs: Face Control
- [8.2] Black Crowes: Before the Frost/Until the Freeze
- [8.1] Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
- [8.1] Tombs: Winterhours
- [8.1] Morrissey: Years of Refusal
- [8.1] Manic Street Preachers: Journal for Plague Lovers
- [8.1] Lightning Dust: Infinite Light
- [8.1] DOOM: Born Like This
- [8.1] DM Stith: Heavy Ghost
- [8.1] And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Century of Self
- [8.0] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- [8.0] Loney, Dear: Dear John
- [8.0] Katatonia: Night is the New Day
- [8.0] Alice in Chains: Black Gives Way to Blue
- [7.9] The xx: The xx
- [7.9] Röyksopp: Junior
- [7.9] Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms
- [7.9] Dananananaykroyd: Hey Everyone
- [7.9] Bear in Heaven: Beast Rest Forth Mouth
- [7.9] Andrew Bird: Noble Beast
- [7.8] The Phantom Band: Checkmate Savage
- [7.8] The Dead Weather: Horehound
- [7.8] Swan Lake: Enemy Mine
- [7.8] St. Vincent: Actor
- [7.8] M. Ward: Hold Time
- [7.8] Jonsi and Alex: Riceboy Sleeps
- [7.8] Future of the Left: Travels With Myself and Another
- [7.8] Doves: Kingdom of Rust
- [7.8] Arctic Monkeys: Humbug
- [7.7] Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures
- [7.7] The Derek Trucks Band: Already Free
- [7.7] The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
- [7.7] Slayer: World Painted Blood
- [7.7] Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
- [7.7] Monsters of Folk: Monsters of Folk
- [7.6] The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Communion
- [7.6] The Mars Volta: Octahedron
- [7.6] Soap&Skin: Lovetune for Vacuum
- [7.6] Patrick Watson: Wooden Arms
- [7.6] Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: Old Money
- [7.6] Irepress: Sol Eye See I
- [7.6 The Arusha Accord: The Echo Verses
- [7.5] The Most Serene Republic: ...And the Ever Expanding Universe
- [7.5] Nile: Those Whom the Gods Detest
- [7.5] Duncan Sheik: Whisper House
- [7.5] Cursive: Mama, I'm Swollen
- [7.4] The Fiery Furnaces: I'm Going Away
- [7.4] Sufjan Stevens: The BQE
- [7.4] Porcupine Tree: The Incident
- [7.4] Passion Pit: Manners
- [7.4] Papercuts: You Can Have What You Want
- [7.4] Au Revoir Simone: Still Night, Still Light
- [7.4] A Storm of Light/Nadja: Primitive North
- [7.3] Wavves: Wavves
- [7.3] Sian Alice Group: Troubled, Shaken, Etc.
- [7.3] Múm: Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
- [7.3] Moderat: Moderat
- [7.3] Great Lake Swimmers: Lost Channels
- [7.3] Behemoth: Evangelion
- [7.2] White Rabbits: It's Frightening
- [7.2] My Dying Bride: The Lies I Sire
- [7.2] Mirah: (A)spera
- [7.2] Matt & Kim: Grand
- [7.2] If These Trees Could Talk: Above the Earth, Below the Sky
- [7.2] Every Time I Die: New Junk Aesthetic
- [7.1] Om: God is Good
- [7.1] Health: Get Color
- [7.1] Bon Iver: Bloodbank [EP]
- [7.0] The Black Dahlia Murder: Deflorate
- [7.0] A.C. Newman: Get Guilty
Genres
- acid folk
- adult alt-rock
- adult alternative
- African traditions
- Afro-beat
- alt-country
- alt-pop
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- alternative folk
- alternative metal
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- Brit pop
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- classical
- classical crossover
- club/dance
- contemporary singer-songwriter
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- death metal
- deathcore
- doom metal
- downbeat
- dream pop
- east coast rap
- electo-techno
- electronica
- euro-dance
- experimental
- experimental rock
- experimental rock/metal
- experimental techno
- folk-pop
- gangsta rap
- garage punk
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- goth metal
- grunge
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- indie folk
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- international
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- new wave/post-punk revival
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- sadcore
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