Norman Records' Best Albums of 2019

Our picks of the best new albums and reissues of 2019.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 No Home Record Kim Gordon Oct-11-2019, Post-Industrial
#2 Face Stabber Thee Oh Sees Aug-16-2019, Psychedelic Rock
#3 Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Bill Callahan Jun-14-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#4 Schlagenheim black midi Jun-21-2019, Math Rock
#5 GREY Area Little Simz Mar-01-2019, UK Hip Hop
#6 The Age Of Immunology Vanishing Twin Jun-07-2019, Neo-Psychedelia
#7 Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey Aug-30-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#8 U.F.O.F. Big Thief May-03-2019, Indie Folk
#9 American Football American Football Jan-01-1999, Midwest Emo
#10 Ecstatic Computation Caterina Barbieri May-04-2019, Progressive Electronic
#11 Fenella Fenella Nov-01-2019, Progressive Electronic
#12 MAGDALENE FKA twigs Nov-08-2019, Art Pop
#13 Purple Mountains Purple Mountains Jul-12-2019, Alt-Country
#14 House of Sugar Alex G Sep-13-2019, Indie Folk
#15 Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes Moor Mother Nov-08-2019, Industrial Hip Hop
#16 Bandana Freddie Gibbs, Madlib Jun-28-2019, Gangsta Rap
#17 Remind Me Tomorrow Sharon Van Etten Jan-18-2019, Indie Pop
#18 CALIGULA Lingua Ignota Jul-19-2019, Death Industrial
#19 Lost Girls Bat for Lashes Sep-06-2019, Synthpop
#20 I Föllakzoid Aug-01-2019, Minimal Techno
#21 I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill Jun-28-2019, Psychedelic Rock
#22 A Mobtown Suite, Vol. 2 Mahatma X May-10-2019, Instrumental Hip Hop
#23 Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery The Comet Is Coming Mar-15-2019, Jazz Fusion
#24 ~~~ Ana Roxanne Mar-15-2019, Ambient
#25 All Mirrors Angel Olsen Oct-04-2019, Art Pop
#26 uknowhatimsayin¿ Danny Brown Oct-04-2019, Hardcore Hip Hop
#27 Giant Swan Giant Swan Nov-08-2019, Industrial Techno
#28 Street Worms Viagra Boys Sep-28-2018, Post-Punk
#29 Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Oct-03-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#30 Reach the Endless Sea Tunes of Negation Oct-18-2019, Tribal Ambient
#31 The Undivided Five A Winged Victory For The Sullen Nov-01-2019, Ambient
#32 KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka Nov-01-2019, Psychedelic Soul
#33 Deceiver DIIV Oct-04-2019, Shoegaze
#34 i,i Bon Iver Aug-09-2019, Art Pop
#35 There Existed an Addiction to Blood clipping. Oct-18-2019, Industrial Hip Hop
#36 Fyah Theon Cross Feb-15-2019, Afro-Jazz
#37 PROTO Holly Herndon May-10-2019, Experimental
#38 Wrecked Zonal Oct-25-2019, Illbient
#39 When I Get Home Solange Mar-01-2019, Alternative R&B
#40 Venus in Leo HTRK Aug-30-2019, Ambient Pop
#41 Chernobyl (Music from the Original TV Series) Hildur Guðnadóttir May-31-2019,
#42 Closer To Grey Chromatics Oct-02-2019, Synthpop
#43 CHORDS Ellen Arkbro Jun-07-2019, Drone
#44 Miss Universe Nilüfer Yanya Mar-22-2019, Indie Pop
#45 Dogrel Fontaines D.C. Apr-12-2019, Post-Punk
#46 Echo's Verse R Beny May-15-2019, Ambient
#47 Titanic Rising Weyes Blood Apr-05-2019, Baroque Pop
#48 C'est Ça Fly Pan Am Sep-20-2019, Experimental Rock
#49 Angel's Pulse Blood Orange Jul-12-2019, Alternative R&B
#50 Modern Mirror Drab Majesty Jul-12-2019, Darkwave
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | No Home Record | Kim Gordon | Album, Oct-11-2019, Post-Industrial |
| #2 | Face Stabber | Thee Oh Sees | Album, Aug-16-2019, Psychedelic Rock |
| #3 | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | Bill Callahan | Album, Jun-14-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Schlagenheim | black midi | Album, Jun-21-2019, Math Rock |
| #5 | GREY Area | Little Simz | Album, Mar-01-2019, UK Hip Hop |
| #6 | The Age Of Immunology | Vanishing Twin | Album, Jun-07-2019, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #7 | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Lana Del Rey | Album, Aug-30-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | U.F.O.F. | Big Thief | Album, May-03-2019, Indie Folk |
| #9 | American Football | American Football | Album, Jan-01-1999, Midwest Emo |
| #10 | Ecstatic Computation | Caterina Barbieri | Album, May-04-2019, Progressive Electronic |
| #11 | Fenella | Fenella | Album, Nov-01-2019, Progressive Electronic |
| #12 | MAGDALENE | FKA twigs | Album, Nov-08-2019, Art Pop |
| #13 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Album, Jul-12-2019, Alt-Country |
| #14 | House of Sugar | Alex G | Album, Sep-13-2019, Indie Folk |
| #15 | Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes | Moor Mother | Album, Nov-08-2019, Industrial Hip Hop |
| #16 | Bandana | Freddie GibbsMadlib | Album, Jun-28-2019, Gangsta Rap |
| #17 | Remind Me Tomorrow | Sharon Van Etten | Album, Jan-18-2019, Indie Pop |
| #18 | CALIGULA | Lingua Ignota | Album, Jul-19-2019, Death Industrial |
| #19 | Lost Girls | Bat for Lashes | Album, Sep-06-2019, Synthpop |
| #20 | I | Föllakzoid | Album, Aug-01-2019, Minimal Techno |
| #21 | I Was Real | 75 Dollar Bill | Album, Jun-28-2019, Psychedelic Rock |
| #22 | A Mobtown Suite, Vol. 2 | Mahatma X | Album, May-10-2019, Instrumental Hip Hop |
| #23 | Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery | The Comet Is Coming | Album, Mar-15-2019, Jazz Fusion |
| #24 | ~~~ | Ana Roxanne | EP, Mar-15-2019, Ambient |
| #25 | All Mirrors | Angel Olsen | Album, Oct-04-2019, Art Pop |
| #26 | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Danny Brown | Album, Oct-04-2019, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #27 | Giant Swan | Giant Swan | Album, Nov-08-2019, Industrial Techno |
| #28 | Street Worms | Viagra Boys | Album, Sep-28-2018, Post-Punk |
| #29 | Ghosteen | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Album, Oct-03-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #30 | Reach the Endless Sea | Tunes of Negation | Album, Oct-18-2019, Tribal Ambient |
| #31 | The Undivided Five | A Winged Victory For The Sullen | Album, Nov-01-2019, Ambient |
| #32 | KIWANUKA | Michael Kiwanuka | Album, Nov-01-2019, Psychedelic Soul |
| #33 | Deceiver | DIIV | Album, Oct-04-2019, Shoegaze |
| #34 | i,i | Bon Iver | Album, Aug-09-2019, Art Pop |
| #35 | There Existed an Addiction to Blood | clipping. | Album, Oct-18-2019, Industrial Hip Hop |
| #36 | Fyah | Theon Cross | Album, Feb-15-2019, Afro-Jazz |
| #37 | PROTO | Holly Herndon | Album, May-10-2019, Experimental |
| #38 | Wrecked | Zonal | Album, Oct-25-2019, Illbient |
| #39 | When I Get Home | Solange | Album, Mar-01-2019, Alternative R&B |
| #40 | Venus in Leo | HTRK | Album, Aug-30-2019, Ambient Pop |
| #41 | Chernobyl (Music from the Original TV Series) | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Album, May-31-2019,  |
| #42 | Closer To Grey | Chromatics | Album, Oct-02-2019, Synthpop |
| #43 | CHORDS | Ellen Arkbro | Album, Jun-07-2019, Drone |
| #44 | Miss Universe | Nilüfer Yanya | Album, Mar-22-2019, Indie Pop |
| #45 | Dogrel | Fontaines D.C. | Album, Apr-12-2019, Post-Punk |
| #46 | Echo's Verse | R Beny | Album, May-15-2019, Ambient |
| #47 | Titanic Rising | Weyes Blood | Album, Apr-05-2019, Baroque Pop |
| #48 | C'est Ça | Fly Pan Am | Album, Sep-20-2019, Experimental Rock |
| #49 | Angel's Pulse | Blood Orange | Album, Jul-12-2019, Alternative R&B |
| #50 | Modern Mirror | Drab Majesty | Album, Jul-12-2019, Darkwave |