Gothamist's Best Albums of 2019

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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Bill Callahan Jun-14-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#2 Purple Mountains Purple Mountains Jul-12-2019, Alt-Country
#3 U.F.O.F. Big Thief May-03-2019, Indie Folk
#4 Zeppelin over China Guided By Voices Feb-01-2019,
#5 Reward Cate Le Bon May-24-2019, Art Pop
#6 Remind Me Tomorrow Sharon Van Etten Jan-18-2019, Indie Pop
#7 I Am Easy to Find The National May-17-2019, Chamber Pop
#8 IGOR Tyler, The Creator May-17-2019, Neo-Soul
#9 All Mirrors Angel Olsen Oct-04-2019, Art Pop
#10 House of Sugar Alex G Sep-13-2019, Indie Folk
#11 Atlanta Millionaires Club Faye Webster May-24-2019, Alt-Country
#12 Fever Megan Thee Stallion May-17-2019, Southern Hip Hop
#13 Ode to Joy Wilco Oct-04-2019, Indie Rock
#14 Titanic Rising Weyes Blood Apr-05-2019, Baroque Pop
#15 KIRK DaBaby Sep-27-2019, Trap
#16 Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey Aug-30-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#17 In the Morse Code of Brake Lights The New Pornographers Sep-27-2019, Indie Pop
#18 So Much Fun Young Thug Aug-16-2019, Trap
#19 Tip of the Sphere Cass McCombs Apr-30-2021, Folk Rock
#20 Western Stars Bruce Springsteen Jun-14-2019, Americana
#21 Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? Deerhunter Jan-18-2019, Neo-Psychedelia
#22 This Is How You Smile Helado Negro Mar-08-2019, Indietronica
#23 Jinx Crumb Jun-14-2019, Psychedelic Pop
#24 Miss Universe Nilüfer Yanya Mar-22-2019, Indie Pop
#25 On the Line Jenny Lewis Mar-22-2019, Soft Rock
#26 Baby On Baby DaBaby Mar-01-2019, Trap
#27 Warp and Woof Guided By Voices Apr-26-2019, Indie Rock
#28 Sweating the Plague Guided By Voices Nov-01-2019,
#29 Two Hands Big Thief Oct-11-2019, Indie Folk
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | Bill Callahan | Album, Jun-14-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Album, Jul-12-2019, Alt-Country |
| #3 | U.F.O.F. | Big Thief | Album, May-03-2019, Indie Folk |
| #4 | Zeppelin over China | Guided By Voices | Album, Feb-01-2019,  |
| #5 | Reward | Cate Le Bon | Album, May-24-2019, Art Pop |
| #6 | Remind Me Tomorrow | Sharon Van Etten | Album, Jan-18-2019, Indie Pop |
| #7 | I Am Easy to Find | The National | Album, May-17-2019, Chamber Pop |
| #8 | IGOR | Tyler, The Creator | Album, May-17-2019, Neo-Soul |
| #9 | All Mirrors | Angel Olsen | Album, Oct-04-2019, Art Pop |
| #10 | House of Sugar | Alex G | Album, Sep-13-2019, Indie Folk |
| #11 | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Faye Webster | Album, May-24-2019, Alt-Country |
| #12 | Fever | Megan Thee Stallion | Album, May-17-2019, Southern Hip Hop |
| #13 | Ode to Joy | Wilco | Album, Oct-04-2019, Indie Rock |
| #14 | Titanic Rising | Weyes Blood | Album, Apr-05-2019, Baroque Pop |
| #15 | KIRK | DaBaby | Album, Sep-27-2019, Trap |
| #16 | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Lana Del Rey | Album, Aug-30-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #17 | In the Morse Code of Brake Lights | The New Pornographers | Album, Sep-27-2019, Indie Pop |
| #18 | So Much Fun | Young Thug | Album, Aug-16-2019, Trap |
| #19 | Tip of the Sphere | Cass McCombs | Album, Apr-30-2021, Folk Rock |
| #20 | Western Stars | Bruce Springsteen | Album, Jun-14-2019, Americana |
| #21 | Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | Deerhunter | Album, Jan-18-2019, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #22 | This Is How You Smile | Helado Negro | Album, Mar-08-2019, Indietronica |
| #23 | Jinx | Crumb | Album, Jun-14-2019, Psychedelic Pop |
| #24 | Miss Universe | Nilüfer Yanya | Album, Mar-22-2019, Indie Pop |
| #25 | On the Line | Jenny Lewis | Album, Mar-22-2019, Soft Rock |
| #26 | Baby On Baby | DaBaby | Album, Mar-01-2019, Trap |
| #27 | Warp and Woof | Guided By Voices | Album, Apr-26-2019, Indie Rock |
| #28 | Sweating the Plague | Guided By Voices | Album, Nov-01-2019,  |
| #29 | Two Hands | Big Thief | Album, Oct-11-2019, Indie Folk |