Best Albums

The Sydney Morning Herald

www.smh.com.au/culture/music

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Highest Rated Albums of 2019

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Art Rock
- Dream Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Indietronica
- Jazz
- Neo-Soul
- Pop
- Pop Rock
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop

2019

This is an ordered list of The Sydney Morning Herald's highest rated albums of 2019. Check out The Sydney Morning Herald's Year End List.

1. András Schiff - Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus

April 12, 2019

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

2. Joseph Tawadros - Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower

June 21, 2019

Score

100

3. The Gloaming - 3

February 22, 2019

Score

100

4. Daniel Weltlinger Quartet - Szolnok

May 3, 2019

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5. Waed Bouhassoun - Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées

March 29, 2019

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6. Phil Slater - The Dark Pattern

July 19, 2019

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7. Lise Davidsen - Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs/Wagner: Arias from Tannhäuser

Score

Source →

Amazon

8. Jo Berger Myhre & Olafur Björn Ólafsson - Lanzarote

October 4, 2019

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9. Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola

October 25, 2019

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10. Rachid Taha - Je suis Africain

September 20, 2019

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11. Richard Dawson - 2020

October 11, 2019

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12. Sampa The Great - The Return

September 13, 2019

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13. Thom Yorke - ANIMA

June 27, 2019

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14. Anat Fort Trio - Colour

April 5, 2019

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15. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

May 3, 2019

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16. Wand - Laughing Matter

April 19, 2019

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17. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

May 3, 2019

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18. Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs

March 8, 2019

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19. Cass McCombs - Tip of the Sphere

February 8, 2019

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20. Lonnie Lee - Back to Base X

June 0, 2019

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Source →

Amazon

21. Kate Alexander & Hana Brenecki - Don't You Have Better Things to Do?

March 29, 2019

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22. The Cope Street Parade - Australian Ragtime Music

March 29, 2019

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Source →

Amazon

23. Canalón De Timbiquí - De Mar y Río

April 12, 2019

Score

Source →

Amazon

Spotify

24. Elsen Price - Descent of the Free

February 22, 2019

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25. Mary Rapp - By ONe of thE night

February 21, 2019

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Source →

Amazon

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Sydney Morning Herald awarded albums throughout 2019.

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