Mixmag's 50 Best Albums of the Year 2019

The albums that defined the year

Source

# 1

Utility by Barker

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Ambient Techno

# 2

Crush by Floating Points

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 IDM

# 3

Resonant Body by Octo Octa

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Breakbeat Deep House

# 4

For You and I by Loraine James

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 IDM UK Bass Glitch

# 5

Stockholm Marathon by Kornél Kovács + Rebecca & Fiona

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 House

# 6

Significant Changes by Jayda G

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Deep House

# 7

No Geography by The Chemical Brothers

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 House Big Beat

# 8

Tangerine by Shanti Celeste

Album • Nov 15 / 2019 Tech House

# 9

Sinner by Moodymann

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Deep House

# 10

Vortex by Special Request

Album • May 31 / 2019 Hardcore Breaks

# 11

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

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 12

Blue Spring by Nathan Micay

Album • May 03 / 2019 Ambient Trance

# 13

GREY Area by Little Simz

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

# 14

Essentials by Erika de Casier

Album • May 16 / 2019 Contemporary R&B

# 15

Ignorance is Bliss by Skepta

Album • May 31 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Grime

# 16

A Bath Full of Ecstasy by Hot Chip

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Synthpop Indietronica Electropop

# 17

Hoodies All Summer by Kano

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

# 18

Aletheia by O'Flynn

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Nu-Disco Deep House Downtempo Tropical House

# 19

Offworld by Special Request + The Grid

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Ambient Techno

# 20

PL by Paranoid London

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Acid Techno Acid House

# 21

Flamagra by Flying Lotus

Album • May 24 / 2019 Nu Jazz Glitch Hop

# 22

RTRN II JUNGLE by Chase & Status

Album • May 31 / 2019 Drum and Bass

# 23

ANIMA by Thom Yorke

Album • Jun 27 / 2019 Glitch Pop Ambient Pop

# 24

Information by Galcher Lustwerk

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Deep House

# 25

Giant Swan by Giant Swan

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Industrial Techno

# 26

Local Fuzz by Gene on Earth

Album • Aug 01 / 2019 Tech House

# 27

Dawn Chorus by Jacques Greene

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Deep House Future Garage UK Bass

# 28

Fog FM by Anthony Naples

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Tech House Minimal Techno

# 29

Halcyon Daze by Soundbwoy Killah

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Breakbeat Future Garage

# 30

Music x Road by Headie One

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

# 31

Once Upon a Passion by Bella Boo

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Deep House

# 32

PSYCHODRAMA by Dave

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

# 33

Hi This Is Flume by Flume

Album • Mar 20 / 2019 Wonky

# 34

7 Directions by NKISI

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Techno

# 35

Juice Flow by Fox

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 UK Funky UK Bass Nu Jazz

# 36

When I Get Home by Solange

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

# 37

Extreme Dance Anthems by Free Love

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Acid Techno

# 38

The Return by Sampa the Great

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

# 39

Upsurge by Stenny

Album • Nov 19 / 2019 Ambient Techno Breakbeat

# 40

Age of the Ego by Crazy P

Album • May 03 / 2019 Deep House

# 41

Alientronic by Ellen Allien

Album • May 17 / 2019 Techno

# 42

Eternal Children by Equiknoxx

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Dancehall

# 43

My World My Way by E-Saggila

Album • Aug 02 / 2019 Industrial Techno Deconstructed Club

# 44

Planet Hearth by Calibre

Album • Nov 29 / 2019 Ambient Minimal Drum and Bass Downtempo

# 45

African Giant by Burna Boy

Album • Jul 25 / 2019 Afrobeats

# 46

Bobby by Lenzman

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Liquid Drum and Bass

# 47

Excitable, Girl by 96 Back

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Electro

# 48

Mount Liberation Unlimited by Mount Liberation Unlimited

Album • May 31 / 2019 Outsider House Nu-Disco

# 49

Nuit by Photonz

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Techno

# 50

sketches of transition by Seb Wildblood

Album • Jul 26 / 2019 Ambient House Deep House Downtempo