It’s time for my final and favorite list of the entire year! Lots of great stuff as usual this year. Really hard to rank some and leave others off, but it wouldn’t be a top anything if I listed every single good album I listened to in the last 12 months. These are the cream of the crop, in order.

Darren’s Top 15 Favorite Albums of 2009

1. 
   The Sounds – Crossing The Rubicon
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2. 
   Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
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3. 
   Perfume – Triangle
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4. 
   Paramore – Brand New Eyes
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5. 
   Hikaru Utada – This Is The One
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6. 
   Gackt – RE:BORN
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7. 
   Dredg – The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
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8. 
   Shiny Toy Guns – Season of Poison
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9. 
   AFI – Crash Love
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10. 
    Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
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11. 
    Muse – The Resistance
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12. 
    Eminem – Relapse
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13. 
    Leona Lewis – Echo
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14. 
    Buck-Tick – Memento Mori
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15. 
    Rurutia – Seirios

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Placebo – Battle for the Sun
• D’espairsRay – Redeemer
• Echo & The Bunnymen – The Fountain
• Atreyu – Congregation of the Damned
• Andrew W.K. – Gundam Rock