Year-End Lists

Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2019, as aired on The Needle Drop

1. Charli XCX
   Charli
2. Tyler, The Creator
   IGOR
3. Richard Dawson
   2020
4. Lingua Ignota
   Caligula
5. Xiu Xiu
   Girl with Basket of Fruit
6. Little Simz
   Grey Area
7. Liturgy
   H.A.Q.Q.
8. Matana Roberts
   COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
9. Alex Cameron
   Miami Memory
10. Dorian Electra
    Flamboyant
11. Otoboke Beaver
    Itekoma Hits
12. Weyes Blood
    Titanic Rising
13. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    Infest The Rats' Nest
14. Billie Eilish
    When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
15. Black Midi
    Schlagenheim
16. slowthai
    Nothing Great About Britain
17. Slauson Malone
    A Quiet Farwell, Twenty Sixteen to Twenty Eighteen
18. Yazz Ahmed
    Polyhymnia
19. Kirin J Callinan
    Return to Center
20. Lizzo
    Cuz I Love You
21. The Comet Is Coming
    Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
22. clipping.
    There Existed an Addiction to Blood
23. Matmos
    Plastic Anniversary
24. Quelle Chris
    Guns
25. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
    Bandana
26. Beyoncé
    Homecoming: The Live Album
27. Ariana Grande
    Thank U, Next
28. Caroline Polachek
    Pang
29. Ana Frango Elétrico
    Little Electric Chicken Heart
30. Hobo Johnson
    The Fall of Hobo Johnson
31. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
32. Brockhampton
    GINGER
33. Lana Del Rey
    Norman Fucking Rockwell!
34. Danny Brown
    uknowhatimsayin¿
35. JPEGMAFIA
    All My Heroes Are Cornballs
36. Blu & Oh No
    A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night
37. Denzel Curry
    ZUU
38. Lightning Bolt
    Sonic Citadel
39. Uboa
    The Origin of My Depression
40. Sunn O)))
    Pyroclasts
41. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
    Hiding Places
42. PUP
    Morbid Stuff
43. Flume
    Hi This Is Flume
44. The Highwomen
    The Highwomen
45. Anamanaguchi
    [USA]
46. Malibu Ken, Aesop Rock & TOBACCO
    Malibu Ken
47. Tropical Fuck Storm
    Braindrops
48. Megan Thee Stallion
    Fever
49. 100 gecs
    1000 gecs
50. Rapsody
    Eve