Metacritic's Best Of 2009

The 10 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1 Live At Reading by Nirvana 2009 93
2 Live In London by Leonard Cohen 2009 91
3 Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective 2009 89
4 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II by Raekwon 2009 88
5 Blue Record by Baroness 2009 88
6 Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) 2009 88
7 American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley 2009 86
8 Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam 2009 86
9 Hospice by The Antlers 2009 86
10 Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear 2009 85

Yea or no? I wouldn’t think Animal Collective would be so popular, it’s quite out there. They’re now smothered to death by the press e.g. like Burial before it.