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Highest Rated Albums of 2019

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- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop

2019

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

1. OOIOO - nijimusi

OOIOO - nijimusi

December 18, 2019

Score

90

2. Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head

Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head

December 13, 2019

Score

90

3. El Khat - Saadia Jefferson

El Khat - Saadia Jefferson

November 22, 2019

Score

90

4. Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola

Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola

October 25, 2019

Score

90

5. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons

Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons

September 6, 2019

Score

90

6. The Good Ones - RWANDA, you should be loved

The Good Ones - RWANDA, you should be loved

November 8, 2019

Score

90

7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

October 4, 2019

Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

8. The Garifuna Collective - Aban

The Garifuna Collective - Aban

September 15, 2019

Score

90

9. Céu - APKÁ!

September 13, 2019

Score

90

10. Sudan Archives - Athena

Sudan Archives - Athena

November 1, 2019

Alternative R&B

Score

90

11. Klein - Lifetime

Klein - Lifetime

September 6, 2019

Post-Industrial

Score

90

12. Alexander Noice - NOICE

Alexander Noice - NOICE

August 23, 2019

Score

90

13. Darrin Bradbury - Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs

Darrin Bradbury - Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs

September 20, 2019

Score

90

14. Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee

Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee

August 23, 2019

Score

90

15. JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs

JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs

September 13, 2019

Experimental Hip Hop

Score

90

16. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum

Opeth - In Cauda Venenum

September 27, 2019

Progressive Rock

Score

90

17. Sampa The Great - The Return

Sampa The Great - The Return

September 13, 2019

Score

90

18. Pere Ubu - The Long Goodbye

Pere Ubu - The Long Goodbye

July 12, 2019

Score

90

19. Saint Abdullah - Mechanical Flirtations

Saint Abdullah - Mechanical Flirtations

June 13, 2019

Post-Industrial

Score

90

20. Chick Corea - Antidote

Chick Corea - Antidote

June 28, 2019

Score

90

21. Luke Cissell - String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2

Luke Cissell - String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2

June 21, 2019

Score

90

22. Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends

Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends

August 30, 2019

Score

90

23. Tinariwen - Amadjar

Tinariwen - Amadjar

September 6, 2019

Score

90

24. Moodymann - SINNER

Moodymann - SINNER

June 21, 2019

Score

90

25. Nekfeu - Les étoiles vagabondes

Nekfeu - Les étoiles vagabondes

June 6, 2019

Score

90

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

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