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Highest Rated Albums of 2019

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Genre

All
- All
- Alternative R&B
- Ambient
- Art Pop
- Contemporary Folk
- Contemporary R&B
- Electronic
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- House
- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Metal
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Southern Hip Hop
- Synthpop
- Trap

2019

This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2019. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE

November 8, 2019

Art Pop, Glitch Pop, Alternative R&B

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2. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

August 30, 2019

Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock, Folk Rock, Art Pop, Piano Rock

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3. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

May 3, 2019

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4. Big Thief - Two Hands

October 11, 2019

Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Indie Rock

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5. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors

October 4, 2019

Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Baroque Pop

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6. Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)

June 1, 2019

Alternative R&B, Indietronica

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7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

October 4, 2019

Singer-Songwriter, Ambient Pop

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8. Bon Iver - i,i

August 9, 2019

Art Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Experimental

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9. Brittany Howard - Jaime

September 20, 2019

Psychedelic Soul, Singer-Songwriter

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10. Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love

September 13, 2019

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11. Alex G - House of Sugar

September 13, 2019

Indie Folk, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Folk

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12. Various Artists - The Time for Peace Is Now - Gospel Music About Us

September 13, 2019

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13. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains

July 12, 2019

Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country, Folk Rock

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14. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

June 14, 2019

Singer-Songwriter, Americana

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15. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

May 10, 2019

Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul

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16. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

April 5, 2019

Art Pop, Baroque Pop, Progressive Pop, Dream Pop

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17. Fennesz - Agora

March 29, 2019

Ambient, Electroacoustic

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18. Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile

March 8, 2019

Art Pop, Indietronica, Synthpop, Indie Folk

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19. Arthur Russell - Iowa Dream

November 15, 2019

Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Art Pop

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20. Earl Sweatshirt - FEET OF CLAY

November 1, 2019

Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop

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21. Kim Gordon - No Home Record

October 11, 2019

Noise Rock, Post-Industrial

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22. John Coltrane - Blue World

September 27, 2019

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23. Laurie Anderson / Tenzin Choegyal / Jesse Paris Smith - Songs From the Bardo

September 27, 2019

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24. Young Thug - So Much Fun

August 16, 2019

Trap, Southern Hip Hop

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25. Florist - Emily Alone

July 26, 2019

Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2019.