Q Magazine's 50 Albums of the Year 2019

# 1

Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 2

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul

# 3

Designer by Aldous Harding

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

GREY Area by Little Simz

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

# 5

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 6

Serfs Up! by Fat White Family

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 7

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 8

Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 9

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

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

# 10

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 11

Nothing Great About Britain by slowthai

Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop

# 12

Quiet Signs by Jessica Pratt

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Indie Pop Synthpop

# 14

PSYCHODRAMA by Dave

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

# 15

Oh My God by Kevin Morby

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock Soft Rock

# 16

IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 17

Rainford by Lee "Scratch" Perry

Album • May 10 / 2019 Dub Dub Poetry

# 18

Like The River Loves The Sea by Joan Shelley

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 19

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 20

When I Get Home by Solange

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

# 21

Pang by Caroline Polachek

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

# 22

i,i by Bon Iver

Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Art Pop

# 23

Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 24

Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest by Bill Callahan

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 25

ANIMA by Thom Yorke

Album • Jun 27 / 2019 Glitch Pop Ambient Pop

# 26

Here Comes The Cowboy by Mac DeMarco

Album • May 10 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Soft Rock Indie Pop

# 27

The Center Won't Hold by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Indie Rock

# 28

Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Pop

# 29

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 1 by Foals

Album • Mar 08 / 2019

# 30

Badbea by Edwyn Collins

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock Blue-Eyed Soul

# 31

When I Have Fears by The Murder Capital

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 32

Inside the Rose by These New Puritans

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Art Pop

# 33

A Bath Full of Ecstasy by Hot Chip

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Synthpop Indietronica Electropop

# 34

Encore by The Specials

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 2 Tone

# 35

Lover by Taylor Swift

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Synthpop Electropop Alt-Pop

# 36

Jaime by Brittany Howard

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 37

Face Stabber by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Psychedelic Rock

# 38

Eton Alive by Sleaford Mods

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 39

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

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

# 40

DRIFT Series 1 by Underworld

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Progressive House Techno

# 41

Why Me? Why Not. by Liam Gallagher

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Britpop

# 42

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 43

Assume Form by James Blake

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 44

Giants of All Sizes by Elbow

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Art Rock Chamber Pop Alternative Rock

# 45

On the Line by Jenny Lewis

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Soft Rock Pop Rock

# 46

thank u, next by Ariana Grande

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 47

Not Waving, But Drowning by Loyle Carner

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Neo-Soul Jazz Rap

# 48

Cheap Queen by King Princess

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Pop Soul Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop

# 49

THE S.L.P. by THE S.L.P.

Album • Aug 30 / 2019

# 50

Compliments Please by Self Esteem

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Electropop Pop Alt-Pop