After careful thought about all of the music that crossed our desks in the past 12 months, we have chosen our top 50 releases of 2019. Here is the full list.
Rank | Artist | Album |
1 | Yola | Walk Through Fire |
2 | Black Pumas | Black Pumas |
3 | Vampire Weekend | Father Of The Bride |
4 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You |
5 | Maggie Rogers | Heard It In A Past Life |
6 | The National | I Am Easy To Find |
7 | The Black Keys | Let’s Rock |
8 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow |
9 | Beck | Hyperspace |
10 | Orville Peck | Pony |
11 | J.S. Ondara | Tales Of America |
12 | Cage the Elephant | Social Cues |
13 | Gary Clark Jr. | This Land |
14 | Brittany Howard | JAIME |
15 | Bon Iver | i,i |
16 | Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram | KINGFISH |
17 | Michael Kiwanuka | KIWANUKA |
18 | Andrew Bird | My Finest Work Yet |
19 | Cautious Clay | Table Of Context |
20 | Local Natives | Violet Street |
21 | Elbow | Giants of All Sizes |
22 | Sturgill Simpson | Sound & Fury |
23 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center |
24 | The Highwomen | The Highwomen |
25 | Jenny Lewis | On The Line |
26 | Of Monsters and Men | Fever Dream |
27 | Hozier | Wasteland, Baby! |
28 | The New Pornographers | In the Morse Code of Brake Lights |
29 | The Raconteurs | Help Us Stranger |
30 | Wilco | Ode To Joy |
31 | The Rails | Cancel the Sun |
32 | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | A Tuba to Cuba |
33 | Avett Brothers | Closer Than Together |
34 | Hayes Carll | What It Is |
35 | Sheryl Crow | Threads |
36 | Raphael Saadiq | Jimmy Lee |
37 | Foals | Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 |
38 | Caamp | By and By |
39 | The Commonheart | Pressure |
40 | Grace Potter | Daylight |
41 | Hiss Golden Messenger | Terms of Surrender |
42 | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Mettavolution |
43 | Sleater-Kinney | The Center Won’t Hold |
44 | The Head & The Heart | Living Mirage |
45 | Mavis Staples | We Get By |
46 | Robert Randolph and the Family Band | Brighter Days |
47 | Josh Ritter | Fever Breaks |
48 | The Lumineers | iii |
49 | Joseph | Good Luck, Kid |
50 | Chance The Rapper | The Big Day |