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Highest Rated Albums of 2019

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

1.

The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time
January 18, 2019
Post-Punk
Score
90
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2.

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
August 30, 2019
Art Pop
Score
90
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3.

Pom Poko - Birthday
February 22, 2019
Dance Punk
Score
90
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4.

Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs
February 8, 2019
Folk
Score
90
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5.

Adia Victoria - Silences
February 22, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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6.

Spellling - Mazy Fly
February 22, 2019
Minimal Synth
Score
90
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7.

Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
February 8, 2019
Alt-Country
Score
90
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8.

Yola - Walk Through Fire
February 22, 2019
Country Soul
Score
90
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9.

Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive
February 22, 2019
Post-Punk
Score
90
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10.

Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission
March 8, 2019
Chamber Pop
Score
90
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11.

Maverick Sabre - When I Wake Up
March 22, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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12.

Balthazar - Fever
January 25, 2019
Indie Pop
Score
90
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13.

Bjarki - Happy Earthday
February 15, 2019
IDM
Score
90
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14.

Hand Habits - placeholder
March 1, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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15.

Leyla McCalla - The Capitalist Blues
January 25, 2019
Score
90
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16.

C Duncan - Health
March 29, 2019
Chamber Pop
Score
90
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17.

Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
May 10, 2019
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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18.

Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
February 8, 2019
Ambient
Score
90
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19.

Joshua Redman Quartet - Come What May
March 29, 2019
Score
90
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20.

Elena Setién - Another Kind of Revolution
February 15, 2019
Score
90
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21.

Hatchie - Keepsake
June 21, 2019
Dream Pop
Score
90
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22.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
May 3, 2019
Indie Folk
Score
90
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23.

Kevin Morby - Oh My God
April 26, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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24.

Solange - When I Get Home
March 1, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

25.

Test Dept. - Disturbance
March 1, 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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