Best Albums

NME

Highest Rated Albums of 2019

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s
- 1990s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Pop
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Trap Rap

2019

1. Bring Me The Horizon - amo

Bring Me The Horizon - amo

January 25, 2019

Score

100

2. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

August 30, 2019

Score

100

3. Jenny Lewis - On the Line

Jenny Lewis - On the Line

March 22, 2019

Score

100

4. James Blake - Assume Form

James Blake - Assume Form

January 18, 2019

Alternative R&B

Score

100

5. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1)

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1)

March 8, 2019

Score

100

6. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 2)

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 2)

October 18, 2019

Alternative Rock

Score

100

7. Little Simz - GREY Area

Little Simz - GREY Area

March 1, 2019

Score

100

8. Employed to Serve - Eternal Forward Motion

Employed to Serve - Eternal Forward Motion

May 10, 2019

Score

100

9. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You

April 19, 2019

Score

100

10. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

March 29, 2019

Score

100

11. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

May 10, 2019

Alternative R&B

Score

100

12. Marvin Gaye - You're The Man

Marvin Gaye - You're The Man

March 29, 2019

Score

100

13. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel

April 12, 2019

Score

100

14. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana

June 28, 2019

Score

100

15. Solange - When I Get Home

Solange - When I Get Home

March 1, 2019

Score

100

16. Dave - Psychodrama

Dave - Psychodrama

March 8, 2019

Score

100

17. Baroness - Gold & Grey

Baroness - Gold & Grey

June 14, 2019

Score

100

18. Ohtis - Curve of Earth

Ohtis - Curve of Earth

March 29, 2019

Score

100

19. Flying Lotus - Flamagra

Flying Lotus - Flamagra

May 24, 2019

Score

100

20. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE

FKA twigs - MAGDALENE

November 8, 2019

Score

100

21. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

August 9, 2019

Alternative Metal

Score

100

22. Clairo - Immunity

Clairo - Immunity

August 2, 2019

Score

100

23. Bon Iver - i,i

August 9, 2019

Score

100

24. Tool - Fear Inoculum

Tool - Fear Inoculum

August 30, 2019

Progressive Metal

Score

100

25. Refused - War Music

Refused - War Music

October 18, 2019

Score

100

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

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