Top 30 Albums of 2019

By
Captn
Published: January 29, 2020

Here are our 30 favorite albums of 2019. It has been definitely hard to pick among the hundreds that we heard and liked last year! Let’s enjoy some of the best in indie rock, indie pop, folk, electro, post-punk, post-rock, hip-hop, experimental, ambient, and modern classical music released this year.

Best albums of the year 2019 - Playlist and collage by GooMorninCaptn, feat. Sasami - Sasami, Matmos - Plastic Anniversary, Hand Habits - Placeholder, Cate Le Bon - Reward, FKA Twigs - Magdalene, Kim Gordon - No Home Record, Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology, Holly Herndon - Proto, Lizzo - Cuz I Love You, Susanna & The Brotherhood Of Our Lady - Garden of Earthly Delights, Big Thief - U.F.O.F., Lafawndah - Ancestor Boy, Jungstötter - Love Is, Anna Meredith - FIBS, Christopher Tignor - A Light Below, Grey McMurray - Stay Up, Julia Jacklin - Crushing, Leafcutter John - Yes! Come Parade With Us, Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising, Jesca Hoop - Stonechild, JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs, Bon Iver - i,i, Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence, Glen Hansard - This Wild Willing, The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears, Lower Dens - The Competition, La Féline - Vie future, Lingua Ignota - Caligula, Oiseaux-Tempête - From Somewhere Invisible, Clipping. - There Existed An Addiction To Blood

Top 30 of 2019 - Playlist and collage by GooMorninCaptn

The playlist will be best enjoyed on YouTube, Spotify or Deezer. A couple tracks are missing from Soundcloud and Qobuz.

  1. Sasami – Sasami (Domino, US)
  2. Matmos – Plastic Anniversary (Thrill Jockey, US)
  3. Hand Habits – Placeholder (Saddle Creek, US)
  4. Cate Le Bon – Reward (Mexican Summer, UK)
  5. FKA Twigs – Magdalene (Young Turks, UK)
  6. Kim Gordon – No Home Record (Matador, US)
  7. Vanishing Twin – The Age Of Immunology (Fire Records, UK)
  8. Holly Herndon – Proto (4AD, US)
  9. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) (Atlantic, US)
  10. Susanna & The Brotherhood Of Our Lady – Garden of Earthly Delights (SusannaSonata, NO)
  11. Big Thief – U.F.O.F. (4AD, US)
  12. Lafawndah – Ancestor Boy (Concordia / !K7, EG/IR/FR/UK/US)
  13. Jungstötter – Love Is (Pias, DE)
  14. Anna Meredith – FIBS (Moshi Moshi Records, UK)
  15. Christopher Tignor – A Light Below (Western Vinyl, US)
  16. Grey McMurray – Stay Up (Figureight, US)
  17. Julia Jacklin – Crushing (Polyvinyl / Transgressive, AUS)
  18. Leafcutter John – Yes! Come Parade With Us (Border Community, UK)
  19. Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising (Sub Pop, US)
  20. Jesca Hoop – Stonechild (Memphis Industries, US)
  21. JPEGMAFIA – All My Heroes Are Cornballs (EQT Recordings, US)
  22. Bon Iver – i,i (Jagjaguwar, US)
  23. Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence (Sargent House, US)
  24. Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing (Anti-, IE)
  25. The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears (Human Season, IE)
  26. Lower Dens – The Competition (Ribbon Music, US)
  27. La Féline – Vie future (Kwaidan Records, FR)
  28. Lingua Ignota – Caligula (Profound Lore Records, US)
  29. Oiseaux-Tempête – From Somewhere Invisible (Sub Rosa, FR)
  30. Clipping. – There Existed An Addiction To Blood (Sub Pop, US)

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