Best Rock Albums Of 2009

Feature Photo: : Sterling Munksgard / Shutterstock.com

Our Best Rock Albums of 2009 list presents a year of rock albums that saw the premier of Chickenfoot and a stunning debut by singer Diane Birch. Coming out of nowhere, singer and songwriter Diane Birch released an album of songs that echoed the sound and spirit of 1960s r&b classics with the heart of an early 70s singer-songwriter. And speaking of singer-songwriters, Bruce Springsteen continued his string of amazing 21st-century albums with the release of his stunning Working On A Dream album. Standing right beside him was Bob Dylan proving that there was no stopping him from continuing to release album after album of new classics. Also on board was another killer album by Ireland’s famed U2 band.

One of our favorite albums of the year was released by New York’s own Willie Nile with his exhilarating House Of A Thousand Guitars record. New albums were also released by more of the old guard with Neil Young releasing his yearly new album alongside new records by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick and John Fogerty. Classic rock artists just kept on rocking!

# 50 – Crack the Skye – Mastodon

# 49 – Shallow Life – Lacuna Coil

# 48 – The Latest – Cheap Trick

# 47 – Metamorphosis – Papa Roach

# 46 – The Chair in the Doorway – Living Colour

# 45 – Mudvayne – Mudvayne

# 44 – Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate – Puddle of Mudd

# 43 – The Circle – Bon Jovi

# 42 – Speed of Life – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

# 41 – Raditude – Weezer

# 40 – Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere – Powerman 5000

# 39 – The High End of Low – Marilyn Manson

# 38 – We Are the Same – The Tragically Hip

# 37 – The Fall – Norah Jones

# 36 – The Hazards of Love – The Decemberists

# 35 – Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons

# 34 – Can’t Slow Down – Foreigner

# 33 – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane – Elvis Costello

# 32 – American Soldier – Queensrÿche

# 31 – Humbug – Arctic Monkeys

# 30 – Noble Beast – Andrew Bird

# 29 – Mr. Lucky – Chris Isaak

# 28 – Approaching Normal – Blue October

# 27 – Far – Regina Spektor

# 26 –Evangelion – Behemoth

# 25 – Before the Frost…Until the Freeze – The Black Crowes

# 24 – Joy – Phish

# 23 – God & Guns – Lynyrd Skynyrd

# 22 – The Incident – Porcupine Tree

# 21 – Fork in the Road – Neil Young

# 20 – Crossing the Rubicon – The Sounds

# 19 – Abnormally Attracted to Sin – Tori Amos

# 18 – The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again – John Fogerty

# 17 -The Resistance – Muse

# 16 – Colour Me Free! – Joss Stone

# 15 – Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King – Dave Matthew Band

# 14 -Backspacer – Pearl Jam

# 13 – The Eternal – Sonic Youth

# 12 – Battle Studies – John Mayer

# 11 – Cosmic Egg – Wolfmother

# 10 – 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

# 9 – Brand New Eyes – Paramore

# 8 – Together Through Life – Bob Dylan

# 7 – Black Gives Way to Blue – Alice in Chains

# 6 – Lungs – Florence + the Machine

# 5 – House of a Thousand Guitars – Willie Nile

# 4 – Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot

# 3 –Working on a Dream – Bruce Springsteen

# 2 – No Line on the Horizon – U2

# 1 – Bible Belt – Diane Birch

Classicrockhistory.com claims ownership of all its original content and Intellectual property under United States Copyright laws and those of all other foreign countries. No one person, business, or organization is allowed to re-publish any of our original content anywhere on the web or in print without our permission. All photos used are either public domain creative commons photos or licensed officially from Shutterstock under license with ClassicRockHistory.com.

All photo credits have been placed at the end of the article. Album Cover Photos are affiliate links and the property of Amazon and are stored on the Amazon server. Any theft of our content will be met with swift legal action against the infringing websites.