Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best lighter/mellow rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 3 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009.

1. Thrice “The Great Exchange” Beggars (Vagrant)

2. The Noisettes “Atticus” Wild Young Hearts (Mercury)

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Hysteric” It’s Blitz! (Interscope)

4. Green Day “Last Night On Earth” 21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)

5. Arctic Monkeys “Cornerstone” Humbug (Domino)

6. The Veils “Sit Down by the Fire” Sun Gangs (Rough Trade)

7. U2 “White As Snow” No Line On the Horizon (Interscope)

8. The Mars Volta “Since We’ve Been Wrong” Octahedron (Warner Brothers)

9. Jeremy Enigk “April Storm” OK Bear (Lewis Hollow)

10. The Avett Brothers “I and Love and You” I and Love and You (Sony)

11. Bruce Springsteen “The Wrestler” Working On A Dream/The Wrestler Soundtrack (Columbia)

12. The Features “Concrete” Some Kind of Salvation (429)

13. Tori Amos “Abnormally Attracted to Sin” Abnormally Attracted to Sin (Republic)

14. Nico Vega “Iron Man” Nico Vega (MySpace)

15. Regina Spektor “Human of the Year” Far (Sire)

16. U2 “Cedars of Lebanon” No Line On the Horizon (Interscope)