Best Albums of the Years: 2009

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Original Top 40

  1. Celer – Engaged Touches/Breeze of Roses/Poulaine/Brittle/Fountain Glider/In Escaping Lakes
  2. Peter Wright – Snow Blind
  3. Bass Communion – Chiaroscuro
  4. irr. app. (ext.) – Kreiselwelle
  5. Robert Henke – Indigo_Transform
  6. Steven Wilson – Insurgentes
  7. SoiSong – xAj3z
  8. Clouwbeck – Wolfrahm
  9. Richard Skelton – Landings
  10. Dragonette – Fixin To Thrill
  11. Hecq – Steeltongued
  12. David Sylvian – Manafon
  13. Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol. 2
  14. NQ – Like Styrofoam, Bleeding
  15. Nynke Laverman – Nomade
  16. Anduin + Jasper TX – The Bending Of Light
  17. Celer – Compositions for Cassette
  18. Tim Exile – Listening Tree
  19. Ambrose Field – Being Dufay
  20. Polly Scattergood – Polly Scattergood
  21. Venetian Snares – Filth
  22. Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – utp_
  23. Lustmord – [ B E Y O N D ]
  24. Operations – You & Atomic Warfare
  25. Celer – Close Proximity and the Unhindered Care-all
  26. Tor Lundvall – Sleeping and Hiding
  27. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
  28. Supersilent – 9
  29. Florence and the Machine – Lungs
  30. Asher – Miniatures
  31. Chubby Wolf – L’Histoire
  32. Carl Sagan’s Ghost – Behind Clouds
  33. Imogen Heap – Ellipse
  34. Oneohtrix Point Never – Rifts
  35. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Here Be Dragons
  36. Chihei Hatakeyama – The River
  37. Leyland Kirby – Sadly Future Is No Longer What It Was
  38. Daisy Chapman – The Green Eyed
  39. Röyksopp – Junior
  40. IAMX – Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction

Revised Top 30​

  1. Peter Wright – Snow Blind
  2. Robert Henke – Indigo_Transform
  3. Steven Wilson – Insurgentes
  4. irr. app. (ext.) – kreiselwelle
  5. Wixel – The End
  6. John Zorn – Femina
  7. Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol. 2
  8. maudlin of the Well – Part The Second
  9. Purity Device – The Hail
  10. Christopher McFall – All For The Terror That Sings Sweetly To You In The Night
  11. Unsuk Chin – Rocaná / Violin Concerto [Orchèstre symphonique de Montréal / Nagano]
  12. Monty Adkins – Five Panels
  13. Jean-Guihen Queyras – 21st Century Cello Concertos
  14. Dragonette – Fixin To Thrill
  15. David Sylvian – Manafon
  16. NQ – Like Styrofoam, Bleeding
  17. Polly Scattergood – Polly Scattergood
  18. Nynke Laverman – Nomade
  19. Kreng – L’Autopsie Phénoménale de Dieu
  20. Aidan Baker – Blue Figures
  21. Venetian Snares – Filth
  22. Bass Communion – Chiaroscuro
  23. Anduin & Jasper TX – The Bending Of Light
  24. Noveller – Paint on the Shadows
  25. Tim Exile – Listening Tree
  26. Tyler Bates – Watchmen (Original Motion Picture Score)
  27. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Here Be Dragons
  28. Ambrose Field – Being Dufay
  29. Operations – Sundevil
  30. Access to Arasaka – Oppidan