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The 2009 hyper-scientific indie rock album chart 2008
| Rank | Album | Artist | Released | Reviews | Last Review | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reservoir | Fanfarlo | September 29 | 1 listen | 01/15/10 | |
| 2 | The Ruminant Band | Fruit Bats | August 4 | 1 listen | 10/03/09 | |
| 3 | Album | Girls | September 22 | 1 listen | 11/11/09 | |
| 4 | Merriweather Post Pavillion | Animal Collective | January 20 | 1 listen | 02/21/09 | |
| 5 | Hold Time | M. Ward | February 17 | 1 listen | 03/05/09 | |
| 6 | Face Control | Handsome Furs | March 10 | 1 listen | 05/02/09 | |
| 7 | Now We Can See | The Thermals | April 7 | 1 listen | 06/13/09 | |
| 8 | Telekinesis | Telekinesis! | April 7 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 9 | Score! 20 Years of Merge Records | Various Artists | April 7 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 10 | Why There Are Mountains | Cymbals Eat Guitars | January 25 | 1 listen | 11/02/09 | |
| 11 | Creaturesque | Throw Me the Statue | August 4 | 1 listen | 10/03/09 | |
| 12 | Everything Touches Everything | These United States | September 1 | 1 listen | 11/10/09 | |
| 13 | Wavves | Wavves | March 17 | 1 listen | 11/11/09 | |
| 14 | In and Out of Control | The Raveonettes | October 6 | 1 listen | 11/16/09 | |
| 15 | Mo Beauty | Alec Ounsworth | October 20 | 1 listen | 11/15/09 | |
| 16 | Vapours | Islands | September 22 | 1 listen | 11/15/09 | |
| 17 | Sainthood | Tegan and Sara | October 27 | 1 listen | 11/15/09 | |
| 18 | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Phoenix | May 26 | 1 listen | 01/15/10 | |
| 19 | Noble Beast | Andrew Bird | January 20 | 1 listen | 02/07/09 | |
| 20 | March of the Zapotec / Holland | Beirut / Realpeople | February 17 | 1 listen | 03/05/09 | |
| 21 | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | February 3 | 1 listen | 03/05/09 | |
| 22 | Labyrinths | Malajube | March 31 | 1 listen | 05/02/09 | |
| 23 | Fuckbook | Condo Fucks | March 24 | 1 listen | 05/02/09 | |
| 24 | The Love Language | The Love Language | February 10 | 1 listen | 05/02/09 | |
| 25 | My Maudlin Career | Camera Obscura | April 21 | 1 listen | 07/25/09 | |
| 26 | Hombe Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire | eels | June 2 | 1 listen | 06/06/09 | |
| 27 | It's Frightening | White Rabbits | May 19 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 28 | Actor | St. Vincent | May 5 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 29 | God Help the Girl | God Help the Girl | June 23 | 1 listen | 11/02/09 | |
| 30 | These Four Walls | We Were Promised Jetpacks | July 7 | 1 listen | 10/03/09 | |
| 31 | Con Law | Generationals | July 21 | 1 listen | 11/03/09 | |
| 32 | Julian Plenti is Skyscraper | Julian Plenti | August 4 | 1 listen | 11/04/09 | |
| 33 | Monsters of Folk | Monsters of Folk | September 22 | 1 listen | 11/09/09 | |
| 34 | On My Way | Tap Tap | September 29 | 1 listen | 11/09/09 | |
| 35 | Colonial Drones | Hallelujah the Hills | September 22 | 1 listen | 11/11/09 | |
| 36 | Grey-Eyed Girls | The Fresh and Onlys | September 15 | 1 listen | 11/12/09 | |
| 37 | Know Better Learn Faster | Thao and the Get Down Stay Down | October 13 | 1 listen | 11/16/09 | |
| 38 | Declaration of Dependence | Kings of Convenience | October 20 | 1 listen | 11/14/09 | |
| 39 | Get Guilty | A.C. Newman | January 20 | 1 listen | 02/07/09 | |
| 40 | Dear John | Loney, Dear | January 27 | 1 listen | 02/07/09 | |
| 41 | The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele | Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele | February 3 | 1 listen | 03/05/09 | |
| 42 | Dark Was the Night | Various Artists | February 17 | 1 listen | 03/07/09 | |
| 43 | Enemy Mine | Swan Lake | March 24 | 1 listen | 05/02/09 | |
| 44 | Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | March 10 | 1 listen | 07/25/09 | |
| 45 | The Hazards of Love | The Decemberists | March 24 | 1 listen | 07/25/09 | |
| 46 | It's Blitz | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | March 10 | 1 listen | 05/02/09 | |
| 47 | Fantasies | Metric | April 14 | 1 listen | 06/06/09 | |
| 48 | Colonia | A Camp | April 28 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 49 | Change Remains | Starlight Mints | June 9 | 1 listen | 06/13/09 | |
| 50 | Post-Nothing | Japandroids | August 4 | 1 listen | 10/24/09 | |
| 51 | Dragonslayer | Sunset Rubdown | June 23 | 1 listen | 10/24/09 | |
| 52 | Last Choice (EP) | Love is All | June 23 | 1 listen | 10/24/09 | |
| 53 | Time to Die | Dodos | September 15 | 1 listen | 11/03/09 | |
| 54 | Apple's Acre | Nurses | August 4 | 1 listen | 11/04/09 | |
| 55 | The Knot | Wye Oak | July 21 | 1 listen | 11/08/09 | |
| 56 | Smith Westerns | Smith Westerns | July 7 | 1 listen | 11/04/09 | |
| 57 | Popular Songs | Yo La Tengo | September 8 | 1 listen | 11/10/09 | |
| 58 | xx | The xx | August 18 | 1 listen | 11/10/09 | |
| 59 | New Leaves | Owen | September 22 | 1 listen | 11/11/09 | |
| 60 | Dog Poison | Thee Oh Sees | October 13 | 1 listen | 11/12/09 | |
| 61 | Summetime! | Drums | September 11 | 1 listen | 11/15/09 | |
| 62 | Fall Be Kind | Animal Collective | December 8 | 1 listen | 12/05/09 | |
| 63 | Beast Rest Forth Mouth | Bear in Heaven | October 20 | 1 listen | 12/05/09 | |
| 64 | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | January 27 | 1 listen | 03/01/09 | |
| 65 | The Mountain | Heartless Bastards | February 3 | 1 listen | 03/05/09 | |
| 66 | Rose City | Viva Voce | May 26 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 67 | Hey Everyone | Dananananaykroyd | April 7 | 1 listen | 06/06/09 | |
| 68 | HELP | Thee Oh Sees | April 28 | 1 listen | 06/13/09 | |
| 69 | Bitte Orca | Dirty Projectors | June 9 | 1 listen | 10/24/09 | |
| 70 | Lemons | Ty Segall | June 14 | 1 listen | 11/03/09 | |
| 71 | Hometowns | The Rural Alberta Advantage | July 7 | 1 listen | 11/04/09 | |
| 72 | Art Brut vs. Satan | Art Brut | April 21 | 1 listen | 08/15/09 | |
| 73 | Swoon | Silversun Pickups | April 14 | 1 listen | 10/03/09 | |
| 74 | Still Night, Still Light | Au Revior Simone | May 19 | 1 listen | 11/02/09 | |
| 75 | Spit in the Face of People Who Don't Want to Be Cool | The Beets | March 31 | 1 listen | 11/10/09 | |
| 76 | The Guilty Office | The Bats | June 23 | 1 listen | 11/11/09 | |
| 77 | Origins | Black Whales | September 15 | 1 listen | 11/10/09 | |
| 78 | Psychic Chasms | Neon Indian | October 13 | 1 listen | 11/16/09 | |
| 79 | II | Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas | May 26 | 1 listen | 11/02/09 | |
| 80 | JJ N° 2 | JJ | July 1 | 1 listen | 11/03/09 | |
| 81 | The Bachelor | Patrick Wolf | June 2 | 1 listen | 11/03/09 | |
| 82 | Love is Not Pop | El Perro Del Mar | October 20 | 1 listen | 11/16/09 | |
| 83 | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | January 6 | 1 listen | 02/28/09 | |
| 84 | Me & You Cherry Red / Cuz It's a Beach Funeral | Vampire Hands | March 17 | 1 listen | 07/25/09 | |
| 85 | Backspacer | Pearl Jam | September 20 | 1 listen | 11/09/09 | |
| 86 | Bromst | Dan Deacon | March 24 | 1 listen | 07/25/09 | |
| 87 | Embryonic | The Flaming Lips | October 13 | 1 listen | 11/14/09 | |
| 88 | Midnight Soul Serenade | Heavy Trash | October 26 | 0 listens | ||
| 89 | This Story Is Old, I Know, But it Goes On | The Minor Leagues | November 10 | 0 listens | ||
| 90 | Watch Me Fall | Jay Reatard | August 18 | 0 listens | ||
| 91 | Received Pronunciation | Pants Yell! | November 10 | 0 listens | ||
| 92 | Real Estate | Real Estate | November 17 | 0 listens | ||
| 93 | Invisible Girl | The King Khan and BBQ Show | November 3 | 0 listens | ||
| 94 | Buddha Electrostorm | Thee American Revolution | November 10 | 0 listens | ||
| 95 | I'm Going Away | The Fiery Furnaces | July 21 | 0 listens | ||
| 96 | Jewellery | Micachu and the Shapes | April 7 | 0 listens | ||
| 97 | BiRd-BrAiNs | tUnE-yArDs | June 9 | 0 listens | ||
| 98 | Tarot Sport | Fuck Buttons | October 20 | 0 listens | ||
| 99 | Aim and Ignite | fun. | August 25 | 0 listens | ||
| 100 | Mazes | Mazes | March 17 | 0 listens | ||
| 101 | As Seen Through Windows | Bell Orchestre | March 10 | 0 listens | ||
| 102 | I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose | Bombay Bicycle Club | August 11 | 0 listens | ||
| 103 | Fits | White Denim | October 20 | 0 listens | ||
| 104 | Middle Cyclone | Neko Case | March 3 | 0 listens | ||
| 105 | Doolittle Live @ The Aragon 11.21.09 | Pixies | November 21 | 0 listens | ||
| 106 | Ashes Grammar | A Sunny Day in Glasgow | September 15 | 0 listens | ||
| 107 | The Fresh & Onlys | The Fresh and Onlys | July 14 | 0 listens | ||
| 108 | Bad Veins | Bad Veins | July 21 | 0 listens | ||
| 109 | Cocoon of Love | Princeton | September 29 | 0 listens | ||
| 110 | Youth Culture Index | King Kong Ding Dong | October 6 | 0 listens | ||
| * denotes compilation of previously released material |
