PopMatters' 70 Best Albums of 2019

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# 1

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 2

Nothing Great About Britain by slowthai

Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop

# 3

Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 4

Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 5

PSYCHODRAMA by Dave

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

# 6

LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods

Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 7

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 8

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 9

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 10

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

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

# 11

GREY Area by Little Simz

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

# 12

Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Indie Pop Synthpop

# 13

Gold & Grey by Baroness

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Stoner Rock Stoner Metal

# 14

The Practice of Love by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Art Pop Synthpop

# 15

DRIFT Series 1 by Underworld

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Progressive House Techno

# 16

A Bath Full of Ecstasy by Hot Chip

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Synthpop Indietronica Electropop

# 17

Origin by Jordan Rakei

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul

# 18

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul

# 19

Eve by Rapsody

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 20

On the Line by Jenny Lewis

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Soft Rock Pop Rock

# 21

Hoodies All Summer by Kano

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

# 22

This Land by Gary Clark Jr.

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Blues Rock

# 23

American Love Call by Durand Jones & The Indications

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Chicago Soul

# 24

CALIGULA by Lingua Ignota

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Industrial

# 25

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

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

# 26

Any Random Kindness by Hælos

Album • May 10 / 2019 Trip Hop

# 27

Keepsake by Hatchie

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Dream Pop

# 28

I Am Easy to Find by The National

Album • May 17 / 2019 Chamber Pop

# 29

PROTO by Holly Herndon

Album • May 10 / 2019 Experimental Glitch Pop

# 30

Abeg No Vex by Ekiti Sound

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Afrobeats

# 31

There Existed an Addiction to Blood by clipping.

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 32

The Age Of Immunology by Vanishing Twin

Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 33

Walk Through Fire by Yola

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Country Soul

# 34

The Weight by Weval

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Downtempo

# 35

All My Heroes Are Cornballs by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop

# 36

In Cauda Venenum by Opeth

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Progressive Rock

# 37

Jaime by Brittany Howard

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 38

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 39

IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 40

Any Human Friend by Marika Hackman

Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Indie Rock

# 41

Somebody's Knocking by Mark Lanegan

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Alternative Rock New Wave Singer-Songwriter

# 42

there is no Other (with Francesco Turrisi) by Rhiannon Giddens

Album • May 03 / 2019

# 43

The Return by Sampa the Great

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

# 44

Eton Alive by Sleaford Mods

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 45

Pang by Caroline Polachek

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

# 46

Reward by Cate Le Bon

Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop

# 47

Stuffed & Ready by Cherry Glazerr

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 48

IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME by The Twilight Sad

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Post-Punk Revival Indie Rock

# 49

SOUND & FURY by Sturgill Simpson

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Blues Rock

# 50

1000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • May 31 / 2019 Hyperpop