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2019 Music

Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2019

19 December 2019

Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains

Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2019

[see also 2022 • 2018]

  1. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
  2. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
  3. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  4. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
  5. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
  6. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
  7. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
  8. In League with Dragons
    The Mountain Goats
  9. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
    Bill Callahan
  10. Young Enough
    Charly Bliss
  11. When I Get Home
    Solange
  12. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
  13. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
  14. Field Whispers (Into the Crystal Palace)
    Fire-Toolz
  15. COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
    Matana Roberts
  16. Anima
    Thom Yorke
  17. Life Metal
    Sunn O)))
  18. I Am Easy to Find
    The National
  19. The Seduction of Kansas
    Priests
  20. Solipsisters
    Katie Dey

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