Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2019

From the rise of UK drill to AI-augmented music, to post-genre explorations via pirate radio stations, here are the 50 albums that captured the many faces of 2019

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# 1

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 2

Hoodies All Summer by Kano

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 3

Lust for Life by Sun Runners

Album • Feb 15 / 2019

# 4

IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 5

Fog FM by Anthony Naples

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Tech House Minimal Techno

# 6

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 7

CALIGULA by Lingua Ignota

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Industrial

# 8

Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 9

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 10

The Practice of Love by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Art Pop Synthpop

# 11

Triumvirate by Carter Tutti Void

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Post-Industrial Industrial

# 12

GREY Area by Little Simz

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 13

Guns by Quelle Chris

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

# 14

Resonant Body by Octo Octa

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Breakbeat Deep House

# 15

Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery by The Comet Is Coming

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 16

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Alt-Pop Electropop Alternative R&B

# 17

Your Need by Kedr Livanskiy

Album • May 03 / 2019 Outsider House

# 18

When I Get Home by Solange

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul Art Pop

# 19

Essentials by Erika de Casier

Album • May 16 / 2019 Contemporary R&B

# 20

Over It by Summer Walker

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Contemporary R&B

# 21

Dolos by Murlo

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 UK Bass

# 22

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 23

Bandana by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap

# 24

For You and I by Loraine James

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 IDM UK Bass Glitch

# 25

1000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • May 31 / 2019 Hyperpop

# 26

New Atlantis by Efdemin

Album • Feb 15 / 2019 Minimal Techno

# 27

The Talkies by Gilla Band

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Noise Rock Experimental Rock Post-Punk

# 28

Hiding Places by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 29

Trinity by Eartheater

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Art Pop Wave

# 30

Brandon Banks by Maxo Kream

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 31

Look Up Sharp by Carla dal Forno

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Minimal Wave Ethereal Wave

# 32

Giant Swan by Giant Swan

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Industrial Techno

# 33

Crushing by Julia Jacklin

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 34

Baby On Baby by DaBaby

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 35

Face to Phase by rRoxymore

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Ambient Dub UK Bass

# 36

PROTO by Holly Herndon

Album • May 10 / 2019 Experimental Glitch Pop

# 37

Rogue Intruder, Soul Enhancer by Oli XL

Album • Jul 22 / 2019 UK Bass IDM

# 38

Schlagenheim by black midi

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Math Rock Noise Rock Experimental Rock

# 39

Anger Management by Rico Nasty + Kenny Beats

Album • Apr 25 / 2019 Hardcore Hip Hop Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 40

Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 41

Loom Dream by Leif

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Tribal Ambient Ambient Dub

# 42

African Giant by Burna Boy

Album • Jul 25 / 2019 Afrobeats

# 43

Utility by Barker

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Ambient Techno

# 44

Pang by Caroline Polachek

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic

# 45

Quiet Signs by Jessica Pratt

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 46

Am I Who I Am by PTU

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 IDM Acid Techno

# 47

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 48

Music x Road by Headie One

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 UK Drill UK Hip Hop Trap

# 49

Lost Girls by Bat for Lashes

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Synthpop Art Pop

# 50

Sex Monk Blues by Tom of England

Album • Oct 07 / 2019 Synth Punk Neo-Psychedelia