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This is an ordered list of Spectrum Culture's highest rated albums of 2019. Check out
Spectrum Culture's Year End List
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Mary J. Blige - HERstory Vol. 1
December 6, 2019
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90
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Stephen Mallinder - Um Dada
October 11, 2019
Score
90
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Matana Roberts - COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
October 18, 2019
Avant-Garde Jazz
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90
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
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90
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clipping. - There Existed an Addiction to Blood
October 18, 2019
Hip Hop
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90
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MIKE - tears of joy
June 21, 2019
Abstract Hip Hop
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90
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Sunn O))) - Pyroclasts
October 25, 2019
Drone Metal
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90
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Luc Ferrari - Music Promenade / Unheimlich Schön
April 12, 2019
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90
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Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation
May 3, 2019
Progressive Electronic
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90
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Aldous Harding - Designer
April 26, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
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90
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Takako Saito - Spontaneous Music
January 18, 2019
Score
90
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Little Simz - GREY Area
March 1, 2019
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
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13
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Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile
March 8, 2019
Art Pop
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90
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Moor Mother - Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes
November 8, 2019
Hip Hop
Score
85
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Leo Svirsky - River Without Banks
August 23, 2019
Modern Classical
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85
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Joan Shelley - Like The River Loves The Sea
August 30, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
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85
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Masayuki Takayanagi And New Direction Unit - April is the cruellest month
June 7, 2019
Score
85
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Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love
September 13, 2019
Art Pop
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85
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Anna Meredith - FIBS
October 25, 2019
Glitch Pop
Score
85
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Boris - LφVE & EVφL
October 4, 2019
Drone Metal
Score
85
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Félicia Atkinson - The Flower and the Vessel
July 5, 2019
Electroacoustic
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85
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22
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Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
May 17, 2019
Neo-Soul
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85
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Cate Le Bon - Reward
May 24, 2019
Art Pop
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85
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24
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Holly Herndon - PROTO
May 10, 2019
Glitch Pop
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85
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Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
April 5, 2019
Art Pop
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85
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2019.
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