Released by NME in association with Rhino UK, a division of Warner Music UK Ltd, the new album features 40 of the biggest tracks from both established and new bands that have been championed by NME across the year and have provided the soundtrack to 2009.
The Big Pink, Biffy Clyro, Bombay Bicycle Club, Muse, Golden Silvers, Little Boots and Kasabian are just a few of the essential artists to appear on the double CD.
NME editor Krissi Murison says: “From returning heroes Muse and Kasabian to future stars The Big Pink and Marina & The Diamonds, this album brings together all the artists who dominated NME’s stereo this year.”
Full tracklisting for NME The Album 2009:
CD1
Muse, Uprising
Kasabian, Fire
Friendly Fires, Kiss Of Life
The Temper Trap, Sweet Disposition
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zero
Jamie T Sticks, ‘n’ Stones
The Big Pink, Dominos
Maximo Park, In Another World
The Enemy, Be Somebody
Franz Ferdinand, Ulysses
White Lies, Death
Passion Pit, The Reeling
The Maccabees, No Kind Words
Gossip Love, Long Distance
Jack Penate, Tonight’s Today
Peter Doherty, The Last of the English Roses
Esser, Headlock
The Virgins, Private Affair
The Cribs, Cheat On Me
Gallows, I Dread The Night
CD2
Biffy Clyro, That Golden Rule
Paramore, Ignorance
Green Day, Know Your Enemy
The Prodigy, Warrior’s Dance
Enter Shikari, No Sleep Tonight
The Horrors, Who Can Say
The View, 5 Rebeccas
Ian Brown, Stellify
Bombay Bicycle Club, The Hill
Howling Bells, Into The Chaos
Little Boots, Remedy
Marmaduke Duke, Je Suis Un Funky Homme
Marina & The Diamonds, Obsessions
Animal Collective, My Girls
Dananananaykroyd, Black Wax
Golden Silvers, Please Venus
Phoenix, 1901
Manic Street Preachers, Peeled Apples
Graham Coxon, Dead Bees
Glasvegas, Flowers & Football Tops