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The Best Music of 2009

From French pop-rockers Phoenix to Jay-Z’s new style of hip-hop, here are the best nine albums of 2009. Journalists John Ortved and Alex Littlefield on what to listen to and what to avoid.

John Ortved
Alex Littlefield
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John Ortved

John Ortved

Alex Littlefield

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