Sputnikmusic's Top 50 Albums of 2019

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# 1

The Big Freeze by Laura Stevenson

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 3

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 4

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 5

American Football by American Football

Album • Jan 01 / 1999 Midwest Emo

# 6

Clairvoyant by State Faults

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Screamo

# 7

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

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

# 8

A Dawn to Fear by Cult Of Luna

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 9

The Practice of Love by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Art Pop Synthpop

# 10

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 11

Det onda. Det goda. Det vackra. Det fula. by Vi som älskade varandra så mycket

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Screamo

# 12

Fear Inoculum by TOOL

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 13

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 14

Blushing by Copeland

Album • Feb 14 / 2019 Art Pop Indie Pop

# 15

IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 16

Mirror in Darkness by Serpent Column

Album • Sep 09 / 2019 Black Metal

# 17

Four of Arrows by Great Grandpa

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Indie Rock

# 18

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 19

Mother Nature by The Dangerous Summer

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Alternative Rock Emo-Pop

# 20

I Am Easy to Find by The National

Album • May 17 / 2019 Chamber Pop

# 21

Omoiyari by Kishi Bashi

Album • May 31 / 2019 Chamber Pop Indie Folk

# 22

In the Parlance of Our Times by Russian Girlfriends

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Garage Punk

# 23

Girl with Basket of Fruit by Xiu Xiu

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 24

COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis by Matana Roberts

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Avant-Garde Jazz Free Jazz

# 25

Morbid Stuff by PUP

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Pop Punk

# 26

When I Get Home by Solange

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

# 27

The Highwomen by The Highwomen

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Contemporary Country Americana

# 28

True North by Borknagar

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 29

Surviving by Jimmy Eat World

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Alternative Rock Power Pop

# 30

There Existed an Addiction to Blood by clipping.

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 31

Admission by Torche

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Stoner Metal

# 32

Crux by Moon Tooth

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Progressive Metal Alternative Metal

# 33

uknowhatimsayin¿ by Danny Brown

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Hardcore Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 34

Suffer On by Wicca Phase Springs Eternal

Album • Feb 15 / 2019 Emo Rap

# 35

Lotus by Soen

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Progressive Metal Progressive Rock

# 36

Schlagenheim by black midi

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

# 37

Flowers At The Scene by Tim Bowness

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Art Rock

# 38

Infest The Rats' Nest by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Thrash Metal Stoner Metal

# 39

Panorama by La Dispute

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Emo

# 40

Assume Form by James Blake

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

# 41

We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot

Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 42

Flamagra by Flying Lotus

Album • May 24 / 2019 Nu Jazz Glitch Hop

# 43

Periphery IV: HAIL STAN by Periphery

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Djent Progressive Metal

# 44

In Cauda Venenum by Opeth

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Progressive Rock

# 45

Nothing Left to Love by Counterparts

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Metalcore Melodic Metalcore

# 46

Two Hands by Big Thief

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 47

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

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 48

Exceptionalism by Desolate

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 UK Garage Ambient Dub Downtempo

# 49

I Love You. It's a Fever Dream. by The Tallest Man On Earth

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 50

i,i by Bon Iver

Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Art Pop