Year-End Lists

Hanif Abdurraqib: 85 Favorite Albums Of 2019

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1. May the Lord Watch
   Little Brother
2. The Nigga in Me Is Me
   Soul Glo
3. Two Hands
   Big Thief
4. Morbid Stuff
   PUP
5. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
6. Defeater
   Defeater
7. GREY Area
   Little Simz
8. Pulp
   Ambré
9. LEGACY! LEGACY!
   Jamila Woods
10. Problems
    The Get Up Kids
11. Kiwanuka
    Michael Kiwanuka
12. It Won/t Be like This All the Time
    The Twilight Sad
13. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
14. Anger Management
    Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats
15. Hello Exile
    The Menzingers
16. Guns
    Quelle Chris
17. Hiding Places
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
18. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
19. Feet of Clay
    Earl Sweatshirt
20. Beautiful Oblivion
    Issues
21. Athena
    Sudan Archives
22. Carried By 6
    Carried by 6
23. The Wild End
    Tree & Parallel Thought
24. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
25. Eve
    Rapsody
26. Letters to Our Former Selves
    Youth Fountain
27. Hidden History of the Human Race
    Blood Incantation
28. The Return
    Sampa the Great
29. The Seduction of Kansas
    Priests
30. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
31. Shea Butter Baby
    Ari Lennox
32. Somebody's Knocking
    Mark Lanegan Band
33. A Different Shade of Blue
    Knocked Loose
34. Blood
    Kelsey Lu
35. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
36. The Plugs I Met
    Benny the Butcher
37. Immaculada High
    Cherubs
38. Cheap Queen
    King Princess
39. We Know That the Heavens Are Empty
    Ragana
40. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
41. Immunity
    Clairo
42. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
43. Dedicated
    Carly Rae Jepsen
44. This Is How You Smile
    Helado Negro
45. Jimmy Lee
    Raphael Saadiq
46. Onto Something
    Jayla Darden
47. WWCD
    Griselda
48. Birth of Violence
    Chelsea Wolfe
49. Fear & Impermanence
    Sarob
50. Big Shoes
    Big Tone & House Shoes
51. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
52. Routine Maintenance
    Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
53. Pang
    Caroline Polachek
54. While We Wait
    Kehlani
55. let the sun talk
    Mavi
56. Songs for You
    Tinashe
57. Anak Ko
    Jay Som
58. Juliet
    Next Town Down
59. I Need a New War
    Craig Finn
60. Fever
    Megan Thee Stallion
61. American Football
    American Football
62. Oliver Appropriate
    Say Anything
63. Sincerely, Detroit
    Apollo Brown
64. Pride & Disaster
    Sleep On It
65. Vagabon
    Vagabon
66. Wildcard
    Miranda Lambert
67. Rise of Da Moon
    Black Moon
68. When I Get Home
    Solange
69. ZUU
    Denzel Curry
70. Baby on Baby
    DaBaby
71. Breakup Season
    Future Teens
72. In League with Dragons
    The Mountain Goats
73. You Can't Sit With Us
    Pivot Gang
74. I Am Easy to Find
    The National
75. Over It
    Summer Walker
76. The Door to Doom
    Candlemass
77. Champion
    Bishop Briggs
78. Charli
    Charli XCX
79. Sound & Fury
    Sturgill Simpson
80. The SOL of Black Folk
    SOL Development
81. Real Life
    Emeli Sandé
82. Brandon Banks
    Maxo Kream
83. Crush on Me
    Sir Babygirl
84. Unfortunately, Terror Jr
    Terror Jr
85. We Get By
    Mavis Staples