Year-End Lists

PopMatters: The 70 Best Albums of 2019

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1. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
2. Nothing Great About Britain
   slowthai
3. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
4. Dogrel
   Fontaines D.C.
5. Psychodrama
   Dave
6. LEGACY! LEGACY!
   Jamila Woods
7. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
9. U.F.O.F.
   Big Thief
10. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
11. GREY Area
    Little Simz
12. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
13. Gold & Grey
    Baroness
14. The Practice of Love
    Jenny Hval
15. DRIFT Series 1 Sampler Edition
    Underworld
16. A Bath Full of Ecstasy
    Hot Chip
17. Origin
    Jordan Rakei
18. Kiwanuka
    Michael Kiwanuka
19. Eve
    Rapsody
20. On the Line
    Jenny Lewis
21. Hoodies All Summer
    Kano
22. This Land
    Gary Clark Jr.
23. American Love Call
    Durand Jones & The Indications
24. Caligula
    Lingua Ignota
25. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
26. Any Random Kindness
    Hælos
27. Keepsake
    Hatchie
28. I Am Easy to Find
    The National
29. PROTO
    Holly Herndon
30. Abeg No Vex
    Ekiti Sound
31. There Existed an Addiction to Blood
    clipping.
32. The Age of Immunology
    Vanishing Twin
33. Walk Through Fire
    Yola
34. The Weight
    Weval
35. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
36. In Cauda Venenum
    Opeth
37. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
38. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
39. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
40. Any Human Friend
    Marika Hackman
41. Somebody's Knocking
    Mark Lanegan Band
42. there is no Other
    Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
43. The Return
    Sampa the Great
44. Eton Alive
    Sleaford Mods
45. Pang
    Caroline Polachek
46. Reward
    Cate Le Bon
47. Stuffed & Ready
    Cherry Glazerr
48. It Won/t Be like This All the Time
    The Twilight Sad
49. Sound & Fury
    Sturgill Simpson
50. 1000 gecs
    100 gecs
51. For You and I
    Loraine James
52. Empath
    Devin Townsend
53. Animated Violence Mild
    Blanck Mass
54. Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo
55. Silences
    Adia Victoria
56. The Undivided Five
    A Winged Victory For The Sullen
57. Anima
    Thom Yorke
58. Fibs
    Anna Meredith
59. Careful
    Boy Harsher
60. Giants of All Sizes
    Elbow
61. Slayyyter
    Slayyyter
62. When I Get Home
    Solange
63. Jade Bird
    Jade Bird
64. Schlagenheim
    black midi
65. Young Enough
    Charly Bliss
66. Jimmy Lee
    Raphael Saadiq
67. The Center Won't Hold
    Sleater-Kinney
68. The Highwomen
    The Highwomen
69. Pony
    Orville Peck
70. The Oracle
    Angel Bat Dawid