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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.

OOIOO - nijimusi
December 18, 2019
Score
90
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2.

Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head
December 13, 2019
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
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3.

El Khat - Saadia Jefferson
November 22, 2019
Score
90
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4.

Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola
October 25, 2019
Score
90
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5.

Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons
September 6, 2019
Score
90
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6.

The Good Ones - RWANDA, you should be loved
November 8, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

7.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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8.

The Garifuna Collective - Aban
September 15, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

9.

Céu - APKÁ!
September 13, 2019
Indie Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
Spotify

10.

Sudan Archives - Athena
November 1, 2019
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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11.

Klein - Lifetime
September 6, 2019
Post-Industrial
Score
90
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12.

Alexander Noice - NOICE
August 23, 2019
Score
90
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13.

Darrin Bradbury - Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs
September 20, 2019
Score
90
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Amazon

14.

Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
August 23, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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15.

JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
September 13, 2019
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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16.

Opeth - In Cauda Venenum
September 27, 2019
Progressive Rock
Score
90
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17.

Sampa The Great - The Return
September 13, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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Spotify

18.

Pere Ubu - The Long Goodbye
July 12, 2019
Post-Punk
Score
90
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19.

Saint Abdullah - Mechanical Flirtations
June 13, 2019
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

20.

Chick Corea - Antidote
June 28, 2019
Score
90
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21.

Luke Cissell - String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2
June 21, 2019
Score
90
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iTunes
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22.

Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends
August 30, 2019
Indie Rock
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

23.

Tinariwen - Amadjar
September 6, 2019
Tishoumaren
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

24.

Moodymann - SINNER
June 21, 2019
Deep House
Score
90
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Spotify

25.

Nekfeu - Les étoiles vagabondes
June 6, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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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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