 | Wall of Arms by The Maccabees
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £15.65 Such progress since their debut it's almost like another band. Superb throughout
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 | Primary Colours by The Horrors
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.48 What indie used to sound like. Sea within a sea is one of the outstanding tracks of the year
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 | To Lose My Life ... by White Lies
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.24 80s references but with a modern confident sound. Excellent
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 | Turning The Mind by Maps
Buy new: £8.48 Maps go trance - manages to supass even his debut
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 | Union by The Boxer Rebellion
Buy new: £7.68 / Used from: £5.75 Blistering and heartfelt throughout
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 | Kingdom of Rust by Doves
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.49 Up there with their very best
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 | XX by THE XX
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £18.24 Absolutely sensational. The Cure meets the Cocteau Twin and Portishead
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 | Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.49 The freshest most important dance record of 2009
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 | Horehound by The Dead Weather
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.38 Jack White's best band yet
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 | The First Days of Spring by Noah and the Whale
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.99 A massive departure from their debut and absolutely beautiful
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 | Conditions by Temper Trap
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £7.30 Proof that they're more than a one-track band
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 | I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose by Bombay Bicycle Club
Buy new: £6.98 Majestic indie that surpasses their tender years
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 | Manners by Passion Pit
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.67 Funky 80s electro, simply brill
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 | Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.00 Musicianship at its best. Never lets up
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 | A Brief History Of Love by The Big Pink
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.40 A very significant record with a diversity of sounds and styles
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 | Sounds Of The Universe by Depeche Mode
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £5.92 Only Violator betters this
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 | Monsters of Folk by Monsters of Folk
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.39 Beautifully crafted folk rock
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 | In This Light And On This Evening by Editors
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.60 21st century Joy Division
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 | The Resistance by Muse
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.97 The best closing 3 tracks on any 2009 album, and the best they've produced
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 | It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.18 Cracking opening and their best album
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 | Seek Magic by Memory Tapes
Buy new: £8.58 Songs as you've never heard them
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 | Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Buy new: £8.68 / Used from: £6.50 Far from conventional but always compelling
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 | Riceboy Sleeps by Jonsi & Alex
Buy new: £10.38 / Used from: £36.38 Sometimes less is more - haunting
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 | Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.90 The Smiths go soporano
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 | Speech Therapy by Speech Debelle
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.40 A worthy winner of the Mercury
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