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Highest Rated Albums of 2019

Decade

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Genre

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  - Alternative R&B
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  - Ambient
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  - Art Pop
  - Dance Pop
  - Dream Pop
  - Electronic
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - IDM
  - Indie Folk
- - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Post-Punk
  - Power Pop
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

2019

1. The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time

The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time

January 18, 2019

Score

90

2. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

August 30, 2019

Score

90

3. Pom Poko - Birthday

Pom Poko - Birthday

February 22, 2019

Score

90

4. Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs

Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs

February 8, 2019

Score

90

5. Adia Victoria - Silences

Adia Victoria - Silences

February 22, 2019

Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

6. Spellling - Mazy Fly

Spellling - Mazy Fly

February 22, 2019

Score

90

7. Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited

Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited

February 8, 2019

Score

90

8. Yola - Walk Through Fire

Yola - Walk Through Fire

February 22, 2019

Score

90

9. Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive

Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive

February 22, 2019

Score

90

10. Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission

Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission

March 8, 2019

Score

90

11. Maverick Sabre - When I Wake Up

Maverick Sabre - When I Wake Up

March 22, 2019

Score

90

12. Balthazar - Fever

Balthazar - Fever

January 25, 2019

Score

90

13. Bjarki - Happy Earthday

Bjarki - Happy Earthday

February 15, 2019

Score

90

14. Hand Habits - placeholder

Hand Habits - placeholder

March 1, 2019

Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

15. Leyla McCalla - The Capitalist Blues

Leyla McCalla - The Capitalist Blues

January 25, 2019

Score

90

16. C Duncan - Health

C Duncan - Health

March 29, 2019

Score

90

17. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

May 10, 2019

Alternative R&B

Score

90

18. Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house

Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house

February 8, 2019

Score

90

19. Joshua Redman Quartet - Come What May

Joshua Redman Quartet - Come What May

March 29, 2019

Score

90

20. Elena Setién - Another Kind of Revolution

Elena Setién - Another Kind of Revolution

February 15, 2019

Score

90

21. Hatchie - Keepsake

Hatchie - Keepsake

June 21, 2019

Score

90

22. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

May 3, 2019

Score

90

23. Kevin Morby - Oh My God

Kevin Morby - Oh My God

April 26, 2019

Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

24. Solange - When I Get Home

Solange - When I Get Home

March 1, 2019

Score

90

25. Test Dept. - Disturbance

Test Dept. - Disturbance

March 1, 2019

Score

90

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

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