Top 50 Albums of 2019

Matthew Beinart
5 min readDec 31, 2019

50. Memory — Vivian Girls

49. As Far as I Can See — Phil Cook

48. Bandana — Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

47. Crushing — Julia Jacklin

46. You Made It This Far — Esther Rose

45. Baby on Baby — DaBaby

44. Blume — Nérija

43. A Distant Call — Sheer Mag

42. Run Around the Sun — SACRED PAWS

41. Water — Dehd

40. Goes West — William Tyler

39. Dancing on the Wind — The Sloppy Boys

38. Long Live Mexico — Lil Keed

37. Songs from San Mateo County compilation — Tony Molina

36. Nothing Great About Britain — slowthai

35. Then I Try Some More — Joanna Sternberg

34. Immunity — Clairo

33. Fever — Megan Thee Stallion

32. IGOR — Tyler, the Creator

31. i,i — Bon Iver

30. So Much Fun — Young Thug

29. uknowhatimsayin? — Danny Brown

28. Bird Songs of a Killjoy — Bedouine

27. What Chaos Is Imaginary — Girlpool

26. Designer — Aldous Harding

25. Itekoma Hits — Otoboke Beaver

24. Years to Burn — Calexico and Iron & Wine

23. House of Sugar — (Sandy) Alex G

22. Tip of the Sphere — Cass McCombs

21. Morbid Stuff — PUP

20. Ghosteen — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

19. Charli — Charli XCX

18. Ode to Joy — Wilco

17. Patience — Mannequin Pussy

16. Pang — Caroline Polachek

15. U.F.O.F. — Big Thief

14. Four of Arrows — Great Grandpa

13. Tomb — Angelo De Augustine

12. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest — Bill Callahan

11. LEGACY! LEGACY! — Jamila Woods

10. Titanic Rising — Weyes Blood

9. Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2 — Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron

8. Basking in the Glow — Oso Oso

7. Emily Alone — Florist

6. Beware of the Dogs — Stella Donnelly

5. All Mirrors — Angel Olsen

4. Two Hands — Big Thief

3. Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains

2. Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend

  1. Norman Fucking Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey

--

--