Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2019, listed alphabetically

• (Sandy) Alex G
  House of Sugar
• Angel Olsen
  All Mirrors
• Bill Callahan
  Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
• Brittany Howard
  Jaime
• Caroline Spence
  Mint Condition
• Craig Finn
  I Need a New War
• Duster
  Duster
• Dylan LeBlanc
  Renegade
• Gary Clark Jr.
  This Land
• Jenny Lewis
  On the Line
• J.S. Ondara
  Tales of America
• Justin Townes Earle
  The Saint of Lost Causes
• Kelsey Waldon
  White Noise / White Lines
• Marc Cohn & The Blind Boys of Alabama
  Work To Do
• Michael Kiwanuka
  Kiwanuka
• Purple Mountains
  Purple Mountains
• Reba McEntire
  Stronger Than the Truth
• Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
  there is no Other
• Sharon Van Etten
  Remind Me Tomorrow
• Sturgill Simpson
  Sound & Fury
• The Claypool Lennon Delirium
  South of Reality
• The Highwomen
  The Highwomen
• The Lumineers
  III
• The Raconteurs
  Help Us Stranger
• Yola
  Walk Through Fire

Other Great Albums of 2019

• Allison Moorer
  Blood
• Billie Eilish
  When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
• Bon Iver
  i,i
• Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  I Made a Place
• Bruce Springsteen
  Western Stars
• Charles Wesley Godwin
  Seneca
• Dan Luke and the Raid
  Out of the Blue
• Ed Sheeran
  No.6 Collaborations Project
• Emily Scott Robinson
  Traveling Mercies
• Erin Enderlin
  Faulkner County
• FKA twigs
  Magdalene
• Horse Jumper of Love
  So Divine
• Jason Hawk Harris
  Love & the Dark
• Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage
  Bad Wiring
• Josh Ritter
  Fever Breaks
• Lana Del Rey
  Norman Fucking Rockwell!
• Leonard Cohen
  Thanks for the Dance
• Liam Gallagher
  Why Me? Why Not.
• Liz Brasher
  Painted Image
• Mavis Staples
  We Get By
• Michaela Anne
  Desert Dove
• Molly Tuttle
  When You're Ready
• Neil Young
  Colorado
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  Ghosteen
• Paul Cauthen
  Room 41
• people-proof
  invisibility
• PUP
  Morbid Stuff
• Spencer Radcliffe
  Hot Spring
• Steve Gunn
  The Unseen In Between
• Strand of Oaks
  Eraserland
• Taylor Swift
  Lover
• The National
  I Am Easy to Find
• Vampire Weekend
  Father of the Bride