Loud and Quiet's Best 40 Albums of 2019

Voted for by Loud And Quiet's contributors, these are our favourite albums released in 2019 and a reminder of what they are.

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# 1

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 2

Designer by Aldous Harding

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

GREY Area by Little Simz

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

# 4

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

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

# 5

2020 by Richard Dawson

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Crushing by Julia Jacklin

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 7

Yes! Come Parade with Us by Leafcutter John

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Progressive Electronic

# 8

All My Heroes Are Cornballs by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop

# 9

Crush by Floating Points

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 IDM

# 10

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

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 11

FIBS by Anna Meredith

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Glitch Pop Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 12

Braindrops by Tropical Fuck Storm

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Art Punk Punk Blues

# 13

No Home Record by Kim Gordon

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Post-Industrial Noise Rock

# 14

Beneath the Floors by Deliluh

Album • Nov 15 / 2019 Post-Punk Experimental Rock

# 15

PSYCHODRAMA by Dave

Album • Mar 08 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 16

Schlagenheim by black midi

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

# 17

Compliments Please by Self Esteem

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Electropop Pop Alt-Pop

# 18

Injury Reserve by Injury Reserve

Album • May 17 / 2019 Experimental Hip Hop

# 19

Twilight Splendour by Housewives

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Experimental Rock Sequencer & Tracker Post-Punk

# 20

Nothing Great About Britain by slowthai

Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop

# 21

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 22

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 23

Miss Universe by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 24

You Cant Steal My Joy by Ezra Collective

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Jazz Fusion

# 25

Dog Whistle by Show Me the Body

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 26

Eton Alive by Sleaford Mods

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 27

The Book Of Traps And Lessons by Kae Tempest

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Poetry

# 28

Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 29

Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏 by Gong Gong Gong 工工工

Album • Oct 04 / 2019

# 30

Bandana by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap

# 31

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 32

When I Have Fears by The Murder Capital

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 33

There Existed an Addiction to Blood by clipping.

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 34

Hoodies All Summer by Kano

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

# 35

Honey by Lungbutter

Album • May 31 / 2019 Noise Rock Garage Punk

# 36

When I Say to You Black Lightning by Common Holly

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 37

Xyz by Iglooghost + Kai Whiston + BABii

Album • Sep 18 / 2019

# 38

Goes West by William Tyler

Album • Jan 25 / 2019 Americana Ambient Americana

# 39

Inside the Rose by These New Puritans

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Art Pop

# 40

PROTO by Holly Herndon

Album • May 10 / 2019 Experimental Glitch Pop