The Needle Drop's Top 50 Albums of 2019

# 1

Charli by Charli XCX

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 2

IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 3

2020 by Richard Dawson

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 4

CALIGULA by Lingua Ignota

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Industrial

# 5

Girl with Basket of Fruit by Xiu Xiu

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 6

GREY Area by Little Simz

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

# 7

H.A.Q.Q. by Liturgy

Album • Nov 12 / 2019 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 8

COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis by Matana Roberts

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

# 9

Miami Memory by Alex Cameron

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Pop Rock

# 10

Flamboyant by Dorian Electra

Album • Jul 17 / 2019 Hyperpop Electropop

# 11

Itekoma Hits by Otoboke Beaver

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Hardcore Punk

# 12

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 13

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

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Thrash Metal Stoner Metal

# 14

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

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

# 15

Schlagenheim by black midi

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

# 16

Nothing Great About Britain by slowthai

Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop

# 17

A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 by Slauson Malone

Album • Apr 18 / 2019 Sound Collage Experimental Hip Hop

# 18

Polyhymnia by Yazz Ahmed

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Spiritual Jazz

# 19

Return To Center by Kirin J Callinan

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Art Pop Pop Rock

# 20

Cuz I Love You by Lizzo

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Pop Soul Pop Rap

# 21

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

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 22

There Existed an Addiction to Blood by clipping.

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 23

Plastic Anniversary by Matmos

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 IDM Glitch

# 24

Guns by Quelle Chris

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 25

Bandana by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap

# 26

HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM by Beyoncé

Album • Apr 17 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 27

thank u, next by Ariana Grande

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 28

Pang by Caroline Polachek

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

# 29

Little Electric Chicken Heart by Ana Frango Elétrico

Album • Sep 12 / 2019 MPB Chamber Pop Jazz Pop

# 30

The Fall of Hobo Johnson by Hobo Johnson

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop

# 31

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

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

# 32

GINGER by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 33

Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 34

uknowhatimsayin¿ by Danny Brown

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

# 35

All My Heroes Are Cornballs by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop

# 36

A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night by Blu + Oh No

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 West Coast Hip Hop

# 37

ZUU by Denzel Curry

Album • May 31 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 38

Sonic Citadel by Lightning Bolt

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Noise Rock

# 39

The Origin of My Depression by Uboa

Album • Feb 14 / 2019 Dark Ambient Death Industrial

# 40

Pyroclasts by sunn O)))

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Drone Metal

# 41

Hiding Places by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 42

Morbid Stuff by PUP

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Pop Punk

# 43

Hi This Is Flume by Flume

Album • Mar 20 / 2019 Wonky

# 44

The Highwomen by The Highwomen

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Contemporary Country Americana

# 45

[Usa] by Anamanaguchi

Album • Nov 15 / 2019

# 46

Malibu Ken by Malibu Ken + Aesop Rock + TOBACCO

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Electronic

# 47

Braindrops by Tropical Fuck Storm

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Art Punk Punk Blues

# 48

Fever by Megan Thee Stallion

Album • May 17 / 2019 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 49

1000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • May 31 / 2019 Hyperpop

# 50

Eve by Rapsody

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