Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2019, as published by Slate, in alphabetical order by artist
- Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
- Jaimie Branch — Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
- Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
- Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Brittany Howard — Jaime
- Miranda Lambert — Wildcard
- Cate Le Bon — Reward
- Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
- Sleater-Kinney — The Center Won't Hold
- Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
- Big Thief — Two Hands
- Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance
- Céline Dion — Courage
- Steve Earle & The Dukes — GUY
- FKA twigs — Magdalene
- Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
- Kim Gordon — No Home Record
- Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich — A Tangle of Stars
- Ariana Grande — thank u, next
- Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
- Jenny Lewis — On the Line
- Lightning Bolt — Sonic Citadel
- Lingua Ignota — Caligula
- Mekons — Deserted
- Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom — Glitter Wolf
- Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
- Bruce Springsteen — Western Stars
- Sudan Archives — Athena
- Taylor Swift — Lover
- Tropical Fuck Storm — Braindrops
- Tanya Tucker — While I'm Livin'
- Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
- Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
- Yola — Walk Through Fire
- Young Thug — So Much Fun