La revista SPIN ha decidido hacer una lista de los mejores 20 albums en lo que va del 2009.

  1. Ida Maria – Fortress Round My Heart
  2. Peter Bjorn And John – Living Thing
  3. Blk Jks – Mystery
  4. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
  5. Mastodon – Crack The Skye
  6. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali
  7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
  8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  9. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
  10. Regina Spektor – Far
  11. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
  12. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
  13. Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
  14. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
  15. Mavado – Mr. Brooks… A Better Tomorrow
  16. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
  17. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
  18. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
  19. Sa-Ra Creative Partners – The Age Of Love
  20. Antony And The Johnsons – The Crying Light

The 20 Best Albums of 2009… So Far