As we approach the end of 2009, I wanted to go ahead and get some thoughts out there around the best music that was released this year. I do reserve the right to revise this list as we finish out the year as I still have a few things queued up on my iPod.
Here we go (The gaps that show up between numbers are where Greatest Hits albums slotted on overall ranking. They'll have their own list later):
| Rank | Artist | Album | Rating | Release | Genre |
| 1 | Banner Pilot | Collapser | 4.58 | 20090901 | Punk |
| 2 | Superchunk | Leaves In The Gutter [EP] | 4.20 | 0 | Indie |
| 3 | Taking Back Sunday | New Again | 4.00 | 0 | Rock |
| 4 | Tinted Windows | Tinted Windows | 4.00 | 0 | Rock |
| 5 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | 3.94 | 20090515 | Punk |
| 6 | New Found Glory | Not Without A Fight | 3.92 | 20090310 | Punk |
| 7 | All Time Low | Nothing Personal | 3.92 | 20090709 | Punk |
| 8 | A Rocket To The Moon | On Your Side | 3.92 | 20091012 | Alternative |
| 9 | Lucero | 1372 Overton Park | 3.92 | 20091006 | Rock |
| 10 | Every Avenue | Picture Perfect | 3.91 | 20091102 | Alternative |
| 11 | Charlie Robison | Beautiful Day | 3.90 | 20090623 | Texas Country |
| 12 | The Friday Night Boys | Off The Deep End | 3.83 | 20090609 | Rock |
| 13 | Cage The Elephant | Cage The Elephant | 3.82 | 20090324 | Rock |
| 14 | Single File | Common Struggles | 3.82 | 20090407 | Rock |
| 15 | Green River Ordinance | Out Of My Hands | 3.82 | 20090424 | Rock |
| 16 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | 3.80 | 20090512 | Rock |
| 17 | The Leftovers | Eager To Please | 3.79 | 20090609 | Punk |
| 18 | Mat Kearney | City Of Black And White | 3.75 | 20090519 | Folk |
| 19 | Superdrag | Industry Giants | 3.75 | 20090317 | Alternative |
| 20 | Jet | Shaka Rock | 3.75 | 20090825 | Rock |
| 21 | Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses | Roadhouse Sun | 3.75 | 20090602 | Texas Country |
| 22 | Pearl Jam | Backspacer | 3.73 | 20090920 | Rock |
| 23 | Cartel | Cycles | 3.73 | 20091020 | Alternative |
| 24 | Keith Urban | Defying Gravity | 3.73 | 20090331 | Country |
| 25 | Pete Yorn | Back & Fourth | 3.70 | 20090616 | Alternative |
| 26 | Carrie Underwood | Play On | 3.69 | 20091103 | Country |
| 27 | Automatic Loveletter | Automatic Loveletter [EP] | 3.67 | 20090203 | Alternative |
| 28 | Daughtry | Leave This Town | 3.67 | 20090714 | Rock |
| 29 | Angel Taylor | Love Travels | 3.67 | 20090331 | Pop |
| 30 | Kelly Clarkson | All I Ever Wanted | 3.64 | 20090310 | Pop |
| 31 | Mayday Parade | Anywhere But Here | 3.64 | 20091005 | Alternative |
| 32 | Boys Like Girls | Love Drunk | 3.64 | 20090908 | Punk |
| 33 | The Thermals | Now We Can See | 3.64 | 0 | Alternative |
| 34 | Jason Aldean | Wide Open | 3.64 | 20090407 | Country |
| 35 | Pat Green | What I'm For | 3.60 | 20090123 | Texas Country |
| 36 | Count Your Blessings | Like Gum In Your Hair | 3.60 | 20090120 | Punk |
| 37 | The Audition | Self-Titled Album | 3.60 | 20090428 | Rock |
| 38 | Forever The Sickest Kids | The Weekend: Friday | 3.57 | 20091117 | Alternative |
| 39 | Josh Freese | Since 1972 | 3.55 | 20090414 | Rock |
| 40 | Paramore | Brand New Eyes | 3.54 | 20090929 | Rock |
| 41 | Jemina Pearl | Break It Up | 3.54 | 20091006 | Alternative |
| 42 | Rancid | Let The Dominoes Fall | 3.53 | 20090602 | Punk |
| 43 | Crash Kings | Crash Kings | 3.50 | 20090526 | Rock |
| 44 | Rakes | Klang | 3.50 | 20090323 | Alternative |
| 45 | Bob Mould | Life And Times | 3.50 | 20090407 | Alternative |
| 46 | The Von Bondies | Love, Hate And Then There's You | 3.50 | 0 | Alternative |
| 47 | Weezer | Raditude [Japanese Edition] | 3.50 | 20091103 | Rock |
| 48 | Set Your Goals | This Will Be the Death of Us | 3.50 | 20090721 | Punk |
| 49 | K'naan | Troubadour | 3.50 | 20090224 | Hip-Hop |
| 50 | Miranda Lambert | Revolution | 3.47 | 20090929 | Country |
Note the Lucero and Banner Pilot ratings are higher than they were in my original reviews. Upon repeated listens to these albums, they've continued to grow on me, so the ratings have gone up!
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