No 2: Sonic Youth's The Eternal was hugely anticipated and saw Matador Records come within an ace of snatching the top spot.
Time for another snapshot of musicOMH readers' viewing habits, seeing as the 2009 Q1 piece seemed to go down rather well. Below you'll find the Top 50 album reviews most read in Q2 - April, May and June 2009.
During the quarter we've been publishing an average of 18 reviews each week to the albums section; up from 14 in Q1. In two weeks during the period we published 27 reviews. So the list below scratches the surface of the coverage musicOMH has afforded new releases.
Lauded and slated albums alike make the list. Oh, and only reviews published in 2009 make the cut. Click on an album title to see the review; reviewers' names are in italics. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin...