Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2019

These are the best records of the year.

Published: December 09, 2019 14:21 Source

# 1

The Return by Sampa the Great

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Jazz Rap Neo-Soul Conscious Hip Hop

# 2

7 by Sault

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 3

Where Future Unfolds by Damon Locks + Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble

Album • May 31 / 2019 Spiritual Jazz

# 4

Nothing Great About Britain by slowthai

Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop

# 5

Ancestral Recall by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Jazz Fusion

# 6

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Alt-Country Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 7

LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods

Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 8

It's Real by Ex Hex

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Power Pop Garage Rock

# 9

This Is How You Smile by Helado Negro

Album • Mar 08 / 2019 Indietronica Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 10

Portent by False

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Black Metal

# 11

~~~ by Ana Roxanne

EP • Mar 15 / 2019 Ambient

# 12

Resavoir by Resavoir

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 13

Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise by Jaimie Branch

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Avant-Garde Jazz Spiritual Jazz

# 14

5 by Sault

Album • May 05 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 15

A People's History of Gauche by Gauche

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Art Punk Post-Punk

# 16

DEVIANCY by Backxwash

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Horrorcore

# 17

Hiding Places by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 18

Jaime by Brittany Howard

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Active Listening: Night on Earth by Empath

Album • May 03 / 2019 Noise Pop

# 20

Grandeza by Sessa

Album • Jun 04 / 2019 MPB

# 21

Designer by Aldous Harding

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Patience by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Indie Rock Power Pop

# 23

tears of joy by MIKE

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 24

Significant Changes by Jayda G

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Deep House

# 25

Keepsake by Hatchie

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Dream Pop

# 26

Death Drive by DEBBY FRIDAY

EP • Aug 16 / 2019 Electro-Industrial Synth Punk

# 27

Mazy Fly by SPELLLING

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Art Pop Minimal Synth Darkwave

# 28

The Oracle by Angel Bat Dawid

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Spiritual Jazz

# 29

Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Indie Pop Synthpop

# 30

Planetary Clairvoyance by Tomb Mold

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Metal

# 31

Guns by Quelle Chris

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 32

Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 33

Auma by ODD OKODDO

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Electronic East African Music

# 34

Wahala by YATTA

Album • Aug 02 / 2019 Sound Collage Art Pop

# 35

Resonant Body by Octo Octa

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Breakbeat Deep House

# 36

The Center Won't Hold by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Indie Rock

# 37

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 39

Burd by Wilma Vritra + Wilma Archer + VRITRA

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 40

Night of the Worm Moon by Shana Cleveland

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 41

From Untruth by Amirtha Kidambi + Elder Ones

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Vocal Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 42

Ripe for Anarchy by Business of Dreams

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 43

Offworld by Special Request + The Grid

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Ambient Techno

# 44

Next to The Sun by KAINA

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 46

Age Hasn't Spoiled You by Greys

Album • May 10 / 2019 Noise Rock Neo-Psychedelia Shoegaze

# 47

Stay Tuned! by Dominique Fils-Aimé

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Smooth Soul Sophisti-Pop

# 48

Let Me Know Your Moon by Leggy

Album • Mar 08 / 2019 Indie Pop

# 49

This Love by Bobby Oroza

Album • May 03 / 2019 Blue-Eyed Soul Soul

# 50

For You and I by Loraine James

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 IDM UK Bass Glitch

# 51

A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 by Slauson Malone

Album • Apr 18 / 2019 Sound Collage Experimental Hip Hop

# 52

Losing, Linda by Sui Zhen

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Art Pop Synthpop