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This is an ordered list of PopMatters's highest rated albums of 2019. Check out
PopMatters's Year End List
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1
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Céu - APKÁ!
September 13, 2019
MPB
,
Chillwave
,
Indie Pop
,
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
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Spotify
2
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Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head
December 13, 2019
Grime
,
Pop Rap
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons
September 6, 2019
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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El Khat - Saadia Jefferson
November 22, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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The Good Ones - RWANDA, you should be loved
November 8, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
6
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
November 8, 2019
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
,
Alternative R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Underworld - DRIFT Series 1
November 1, 2019
Progressive House
,
Techno
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Klein - Lifetime
September 6, 2019
Sound Collage
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Sudan Archives - Athena
November 1, 2019
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola
October 25, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Darrin Bradbury - Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs
September 20, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
13
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Opeth - In Cauda Venenum
September 27, 2019
Progressive Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
September 13, 2019
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Glitch Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Kae Tempest - The Book of Traps and Lessons
June 14, 2019
Spoken Word
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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The Garifuna Collective - Aban
September 15, 2019
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
17
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Sampa the Great - The Return
September 13, 2019
Neo-Soul
,
Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends
August 30, 2019
Indie Rock
,
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Tinariwen - Amadjar
September 6, 2019
Tishoumaren
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify
20
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Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
August 30, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Soft Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
August 23, 2019
Neo-Soul
,
R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Alexander Noice - NOICE
August 23, 2019
Art Pop
,
Post-Minimalism
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Lingua Ignota - CALIGULA
July 19, 2019
Death Industrial
,
Neoclassical Darkwave
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Chick Corea - Antidote
June 28, 2019
Latin Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Pere Ubu - The Long Goodbye
July 12, 2019
Post-Punk
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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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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