Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 by 
babyBlueSedan 
Some people measure the passage of time with each birthday, I do it with each year chart intro I write. As always, here are the dumb rules I follow:
1. Everything I listen to will be here because I am a completionist
2. The comments will vary wildly in quality and effort
3. Everything rated 70 or higher will someday work its way into my collection. Anything rated 65 or maaaaybe 60 is still recommended but I probably thought it had "consistency problems" or "no real standouts"
4. I've gotten a bit more critical with my rating scale because I noticed I rate 80% of albums a 65, so there may be a few more lower-rated albums this year
- Chart updated: 05/29/2020 17:15
- (Created: 01/23/2019 01:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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What dream pop should sound like
This one really surprised me. I missed Lana Del Rey's breakthrough in 2012 because I wasn't listening to new music at that point, but I gave Honeymoon a listen back in 2015 and hated it*. I basically gave up on her, and that fact that she released tracks with titles like "Coachella (Woodstock on My Mind)" gave me the impression that she was some stuck up flower girl who thought she was born in the wrong generation. But luckily I gave "Venice Bitch" a listen, because it was the song that convinced me to give this one a shot.
I don't even know where to start as far as why this is so great. I guess I can start with the music, which sounds crisp and relaxed despite there being a lot going on in some places. This is pretty much what I wished the entire dream pop album sounded like - I know this isn't dream pop, but the effortlessness and floaty feeling is what I imagine dream pop sounds like to people who like it. Maybe I'm too restless, because I can't sit still and listen to artists like Beach House, but this really calms me down. Verses and choruses flow together seamlessly. "Venice Bitch" is still the highlight, as it evolves over its nine minute runtime into something entirely different than what it started out as.
The other highlight of course is Lana herself. Again, I wasn't around back in 2012, but I get the impression that her nonchalant style rubbed some people the wrong way. I read something recently - maybe from a commenter here? - about how her style is almost the norm now, with a lot of singers and even rappers going for a laid back, slacker style that makes it seem like they really don't care. In that way she was almost ahead of her time, but she's still doing it better than pretty much anyone else. And the thing I like most about it is that it doesn't take away from her vocals, which are really great throughout. The closer is one of my favorite tracks, and her vocal performance is tremendous. On "Fuck It I Love You" every word she says sounds like an aside, like she's barely thinking about what she's saying. But the vocals are still great. She also uses her voice well in other ways too; her Leonard Cohen impression of "I'm your man" is pretty convincing, and the way she sings "bitch" on "Venice Bitch" has so much bite to it.
The other thing that sells her style is the lyrics, which come off as jaded. But given the times we live in, why shouldn't they be? On "The Greatest" she touches on the climate crisis and how despite the impending doom all any one person can do is keep doing what they're doing. She somehow manages to sell a line like "the culture is lit" in the context of LA getting hotter (get it?) and not have it come off as cheesy. She also manages to make "Kanye West is blonde and gone" a meaningful line despite it sounding like something from Mark Kozelek's** latest snoozefest. And besides that song I could list all kinds of great lines. I mean, it opens with "Goddamn manchild, you fucked me so good I almost said I love you." That whole song is a gold mine of lines about trying to be supportive of someone who isn't deserving of it, and though the song is about a childish man it speak almost as much to the narrator's state of mind - "Why wait for the best when I can have you?" Also, "you talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you" is a pretty great insult. Feelings of uncertainty and regret about relationships fill these songs - on "Cinnamon Girl" she sings "if you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did," while on "Venice Bitch" she (probably sarcastically) asks "give me Hallmark, one dream one life one lover." It's all framed with the idealist idea of California, and by extension America, that is often portrayed not just iconic art from people like Rockwell but in modern movies, TV, and Internet ephemera. But after all, California is just a stay of mind - "It turns out everywhere you go you take yourself."
This album should be a bit long at just over an hour, but it feels so free and dreamy that it just flies by. Not every track is great, but every track has great parts and there isn't a single one I would cut. I wouldn't surprise if my rating on this one were to still go up. It's all I've been listening to lately and I almost feel like there are things I've yet to discover in it. Also, this album was produced by Jack Fucking Antonoff? I guess I haven't listened to too much of what he's done but I'm pleasantly surprised he helped put together something so restrained.
*I gave this another listen and upped its rating from 15 to 40. I can see why I hated it back then, but a lot of the lyrics and her general persona don't rub me the wrong way now. Unfortunately the album is still really boring musically.
**I always end up making a Kozelek comparison when talking about great albums by female artists. Halp. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2019]
What dream pop should sound like
This one really surprised me. I missed Lana Del Rey's breakthrough in 2012 because I wasn't listening to new music at that point, but I gave Honeymoon a listen back in 2015 and hated it*. I basically gave up on her, and that fact that she released tracks with titles like "Coachella (Woodstock on My Mind)" gave me the impression that she was some stuck up flower girl who thought she was born in the wrong generation. But luckily I gave "Venice Bitch" a listen, because it was the song that convinced me to give this one a shot.
I don't even know where to start as far as why this is so great. I guess I can start with the music, which sounds crisp and relaxed despite there being a lot going on in some places. This is pretty much what I wished the entire dream pop album sounded like - I know this isn't dream pop, but the effortlessness and floaty feeling is what I imagine dream pop sounds like to people who like it. Maybe I'm too restless, because I can't sit still and listen to artists like Beach House, but this really calms me down. Verses and choruses flow together seamlessly. "Venice Bitch" is still the highlight, as it evolves over its nine minute runtime into something entirely different than what it started out as.
The other highlight of course is Lana herself. Again, I wasn't around back in 2012, but I get the impression that her nonchalant style rubbed some people the wrong way. I read something recently - maybe from a commenter here? - about how her style is almost the norm now, with a lot of singers and even rappers going for a laid back, slacker style that makes it seem like they really don't care. In that way she was almost ahead of her time, but she's still doing it better than pretty much anyone else. And the thing I like most about it is that it doesn't take away from her vocals, which are really great throughout. The closer is one of my favorite tracks, and her vocal performance is tremendous. On "Fuck It I Love You" every word she says sounds like an aside, like she's barely thinking about what she's saying. But the vocals are still great. She also uses her voice well in other ways too; her Leonard Cohen impression of "I'm your man" is pretty convincing, and the way she sings "bitch" on "Venice Bitch" has so much bite to it.
The other thing that sells her style is the lyrics, which come off as jaded. But given the times we live in, why shouldn't they be? On "The Greatest" she touches on the climate crisis and how despite the impending doom all any one person can do is keep doing what they're doing. She somehow manages to sell a line like "the culture is lit" in the context of LA getting hotter (get it?) and not have it come off as cheesy. She also manages to make "Kanye West is blonde and gone" a meaningful line despite it sounding like something from Mark Kozelek's** latest snoozefest. And besides that song I could list all kinds of great lines. I mean, it opens with "Goddamn manchild, you fucked me so good I almost said I love you." That whole song is a gold mine of lines about trying to be supportive of someone who isn't deserving of it, and though the song is about a childish man it speak almost as much to the narrator's state of mind - "Why wait for the best when I can have you?" Also, "you talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you" is a pretty great insult. Feelings of uncertainty and regret about relationships fill these songs - on "Cinnamon Girl" she sings "if you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did," while on "Venice Bitch" she (probably sarcastically) asks "give me Hallmark, one dream one life one lover." It's all framed with the idealist idea of California, and by extension America, that is often portrayed not just iconic art from people like Rockwell but in modern movies, TV, and Internet ephemera. But after all, California is just a stay of mind - "It turns out everywhere you go you take yourself."
This album should be a bit long at just over an hour, but it feels so free and dreamy that it just flies by. Not every track is great, but every track has great parts and there isn't a single one I would cut. I wouldn't surprise if my rating on this one were to still go up. It's all I've been listening to lately and I almost feel like there are things I've yet to discover in it. Also, this album was produced by Jack Fucking Antonoff? I guess I haven't listened to too much of what he's done but I'm pleasantly surprised he helped put together something so restrained.
*I gave this another listen and upped its rating from 15 to 40. I can see why I hated it back then, but a lot of the lyrics and her general persona don't rub me the wrong way now. Unfortunately the album is still really boring musically.
**I always end up making a Kozelek comparison when talking about great albums by female artists. Halp. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2019]
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90/100
Industrial rave
First off: best album cover of the year. Best album cover of the decade? Best album cover...of all time? I would not argue with any of these.
I've reached the "can do no wrong" stage of my Blanck Mass fandom. This isn't a radical departure for him, but it's still different enough to be essential. And I think it might be my favorite of his yet. Like the cover, the music feels cheesy in places, with happy synths and keys that clash with the intense noise behind them. I don't think I'm off base to say there are hints of atmospheric black metal in this release. And yet the keys that pop up in the second half of "Death Drop" are one of the best parts of this. "Death Drop" and "House vs House" are the standouts, with the latter being one of my favorite tracks of the year. The thing I always loved about Blanck Mass were the chopped up vocal samples, and "House vs House" is one of the only tracks where they show up here, but the fact that they absolutely kill there makes up for it. There are no bad songs here. I think this rating will rise, and unless someone (Danny Brown??) releases an all time masterpiece this year it will be tough to knock this out of my AOTY spot. [First added to this chart: 08/24/2019]
Industrial rave
First off: best album cover of the year. Best album cover of the decade? Best album cover...of all time? I would not argue with any of these.
I've reached the "can do no wrong" stage of my Blanck Mass fandom. This isn't a radical departure for him, but it's still different enough to be essential. And I think it might be my favorite of his yet. Like the cover, the music feels cheesy in places, with happy synths and keys that clash with the intense noise behind them. I don't think I'm off base to say there are hints of atmospheric black metal in this release. And yet the keys that pop up in the second half of "Death Drop" are one of the best parts of this. "Death Drop" and "House vs House" are the standouts, with the latter being one of my favorite tracks of the year. The thing I always loved about Blanck Mass were the chopped up vocal samples, and "House vs House" is one of the only tracks where they show up here, but the fact that they absolutely kill there makes up for it. There are no bad songs here. I think this rating will rise, and unless someone (Danny Brown??) releases an all time masterpiece this year it will be tough to knock this out of my AOTY spot. [First added to this chart: 08/24/2019]
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Bedroom pop
Like I always say (for the first time here), I like my rock understated and my pop overblown. I'm usually not a huge fan of this kind of bedroom pop stuff that feels pretty DIY, but this album actually sounds really nice and everything from the drums to the synths just fit together so nicely. From everything I've read about Sir Babygirl she seems like A Lot (TM), but it comes across in her music in the best way possible. Her choruses are manic and frenzied, and sometimes when you think the main hook has already hit another one comes out (like on "Cheerleader") that makes the song even better. She's a great lyricist too; "Heels" finds her lamenting that friends don't know her anymore because of how much she's changed, but that "lights shine brighter when there's tears in your eyes, I guess that's a nice surprise." "Flirting With Her" finds her comparing talking to a cute girl to butterflies screaming, and "Haunted House" perfectly captures my anxiety at parties. The latter example is another reason I really like this. Albums about anxiety can really hit or miss based on the specifics, because everyone has their one neuroses that they find familiar. But this album nails some of mine. The part in "Haunted House" about all of her friends leaving her and her being forced to socialize with other people describes one of my biggest fears. And on "Pink Lite" she sings "I buy my lunch and hold my composure in the grocery line, but I'm shitting myself every time," which makes me wonder if she lived in my body for a day to get ideas for this album. At under 30 minutes this is a really nice concise blast of an album where every song is a hit. [First added to this chart: 03/03/2019]
Bedroom pop
Like I always say (for the first time here), I like my rock understated and my pop overblown. I'm usually not a huge fan of this kind of bedroom pop stuff that feels pretty DIY, but this album actually sounds really nice and everything from the drums to the synths just fit together so nicely. From everything I've read about Sir Babygirl she seems like A Lot (TM), but it comes across in her music in the best way possible. Her choruses are manic and frenzied, and sometimes when you think the main hook has already hit another one comes out (like on "Cheerleader") that makes the song even better. She's a great lyricist too; "Heels" finds her lamenting that friends don't know her anymore because of how much she's changed, but that "lights shine brighter when there's tears in your eyes, I guess that's a nice surprise." "Flirting With Her" finds her comparing talking to a cute girl to butterflies screaming, and "Haunted House" perfectly captures my anxiety at parties. The latter example is another reason I really like this. Albums about anxiety can really hit or miss based on the specifics, because everyone has their one neuroses that they find familiar. But this album nails some of mine. The part in "Haunted House" about all of her friends leaving her and her being forced to socialize with other people describes one of my biggest fears. And on "Pink Lite" she sings "I buy my lunch and hold my composure in the grocery line, but I'm shitting myself every time," which makes me wonder if she lived in my body for a day to get ideas for this album. At under 30 minutes this is a really nice concise blast of an album where every song is a hit. [First added to this chart: 03/03/2019]
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Madlib & Gibbs, back again
My only gripe with this album is that they left the title track off of it. It's better than most of the songs here. [First added to this chart: 07/20/2019]
Madlib & Gibbs, back again
My only gripe with this album is that they left the title track off of it. It's better than most of the songs here. [First added to this chart: 07/20/2019]
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80/100
Abstract? hip hop
I've been a fan of Woods for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I realized how masterful his 2012 album History Will Absolve Me is. If I'm being honest, there's nothing on this one that's groundbreaking or even as good as the best songs from that album. Woods still crafts stories in an interesting way that involves stringing related images together, and he still is a commanding presence on the mic. The production here is much more laid back than on the other albums of his that I've heard, but it works to the albums advantage as it lets Woods's lyrics stand front and center. I could list all of the lyrics on here that I like - his description of kids running free on "Bedtime," how he describes living as pretending to play an arcade game since you're out of money on "A day in a week in a year," the part in "bigfakelaugh" where he says he's got no plan to make things right because this ain't a Denzel movie - but I won't list them all because I think the opening of "houthi" sums up pretty much everything I love about his lyrics:
"Stood pooled in porch light
Cut my shadow off with a dull knife
Whispered in its ear, then sent it off into the night" [First added to this chart: 04/14/2019]
Abstract? hip hop
I've been a fan of Woods for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I realized how masterful his 2012 album History Will Absolve Me is. If I'm being honest, there's nothing on this one that's groundbreaking or even as good as the best songs from that album. Woods still crafts stories in an interesting way that involves stringing related images together, and he still is a commanding presence on the mic. The production here is much more laid back than on the other albums of his that I've heard, but it works to the albums advantage as it lets Woods's lyrics stand front and center. I could list all of the lyrics on here that I like - his description of kids running free on "Bedtime," how he describes living as pretending to play an arcade game since you're out of money on "A day in a week in a year," the part in "bigfakelaugh" where he says he's got no plan to make things right because this ain't a Denzel movie - but I won't list them all because I think the opening of "houthi" sums up pretty much everything I love about his lyrics:
"Stood pooled in porch light
Cut my shadow off with a dull knife
Whispered in its ear, then sent it off into the night" [First added to this chart: 04/14/2019]
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80/100
Standup comedy rap
I was cautious going into this given that the singles were - for someone like Brown - a bit plain. But I'm of the mind that we should be thankful Brown ever released an album of the quality of Atrocity Exhibition instead of being disappointed that he wasn't able to recreate it. It's likely he didn't even try; given his cleaned up appearance and show on Viceland he appears to have moved past that part of his life. And honestly, given the darkness of AE, that's probably for the best.
Brown was still my favorite rapper working before AE, and really this is just a return to his style from the Hybrid - XXX period. He still has an ear for off kilter rhymes and lyrics, and there's nothing here that isn't enjoyable. If any other artist had said they were writing their comedy album I would have been worried they were trying to hard to be funny, but Brown is so naturally funny that the humor here sounds fully integrated. Besides, humor has always been a huge part of his music - XXX has quite a few laugh out loud moments. This is no different. I legitimately laughed at "I ignore whores like emails from LinkedIn." The "actual change" line on "Dirty Laundry" took me a while but now it's my favorite line on the album. The guest rappers play along well too - Peggy's Pharrel impression is great and the Run the Jewels folks sound right at home balancing humor and bravado. I would actually say that Brown is rapping better here than he was on AE. AE had crazier production, and I think there were times Danny was able to kind of coast and let the production carry things. The production here is still incredible, but even with amazing beats from Q Tip, Peggy, and others he still is at the center of these songs. Also, the beat on "Combat" might be one of the ten best beats I've heard. For what's basically a horn loop - the thing Q Tip did on most A Tribe Called Quest beats - it's insanely layered and groovy.
I'd throw this after AE and XXX in my list of favorite Danny Brown albums. But it's undeniably better than Old, even if the highs aren't as high. The standards in hip hop are shifting so that a compact album is now now the norm instead of a bloated 70 minute affair. But even then this 33 minute record with all knockout tracks stands above much of what hip hop has produced recently. Not a minute is wasted, and I'm much more likely to put this on than Old (maybe even moreso than XXX!). I kind of doubt we'll ever get another AE from Brown, but like I said, I'm just thankful we got that in the first place. Brown has enough charisma and such an ear for good beats that he'll continue to churn out enjoyable records even if he just stays in his pocket and talks shit for the rest of his career. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2019]
Standup comedy rap
I was cautious going into this given that the singles were - for someone like Brown - a bit plain. But I'm of the mind that we should be thankful Brown ever released an album of the quality of Atrocity Exhibition instead of being disappointed that he wasn't able to recreate it. It's likely he didn't even try; given his cleaned up appearance and show on Viceland he appears to have moved past that part of his life. And honestly, given the darkness of AE, that's probably for the best.
Brown was still my favorite rapper working before AE, and really this is just a return to his style from the Hybrid - XXX period. He still has an ear for off kilter rhymes and lyrics, and there's nothing here that isn't enjoyable. If any other artist had said they were writing their comedy album I would have been worried they were trying to hard to be funny, but Brown is so naturally funny that the humor here sounds fully integrated. Besides, humor has always been a huge part of his music - XXX has quite a few laugh out loud moments. This is no different. I legitimately laughed at "I ignore whores like emails from LinkedIn." The "actual change" line on "Dirty Laundry" took me a while but now it's my favorite line on the album. The guest rappers play along well too - Peggy's Pharrel impression is great and the Run the Jewels folks sound right at home balancing humor and bravado. I would actually say that Brown is rapping better here than he was on AE. AE had crazier production, and I think there were times Danny was able to kind of coast and let the production carry things. The production here is still incredible, but even with amazing beats from Q Tip, Peggy, and others he still is at the center of these songs. Also, the beat on "Combat" might be one of the ten best beats I've heard. For what's basically a horn loop - the thing Q Tip did on most A Tribe Called Quest beats - it's insanely layered and groovy.
I'd throw this after AE and XXX in my list of favorite Danny Brown albums. But it's undeniably better than Old, even if the highs aren't as high. The standards in hip hop are shifting so that a compact album is now now the norm instead of a bloated 70 minute affair. But even then this 33 minute record with all knockout tracks stands above much of what hip hop has produced recently. Not a minute is wasted, and I'm much more likely to put this on than Old (maybe even moreso than XXX!). I kind of doubt we'll ever get another AE from Brown, but like I said, I'm just thankful we got that in the first place. Brown has enough charisma and such an ear for good beats that he'll continue to churn out enjoyable records even if he just stays in his pocket and talks shit for the rest of his career. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2019]
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Classical electronic harp black metal
Alternatively, you know the ending of the Training Video episode of Spongebob where the narrator is doing th vocal fanfare that goes on forever? That, but if it was black metal.
I wish this didn't have the worst album cover I've ever seen because it's nearly as good as The Ark Work. It's more focused and better produced. Which is a pro and a con. The Ark Work tried so much more and failed at a lot of it, but I think it was better for it. And the sometimes terrible sound quality helped. Yes, I'm one of like 5 people who thinks this, and I am dumb. HAQQ is cleaner which does work well because you get to hear those beautiful harp flourishes and those woodwinds whose names I can't pronounce. Then there are the piano interludes which are neat. In a way it kind of feels like this is what Liturgy has been building towards since the start and it's hard to imagine where they'll go next. [First added to this chart: 11/26/2019]
Classical electronic harp black metal
Alternatively, you know the ending of the Training Video episode of Spongebob where the narrator is doing th vocal fanfare that goes on forever? That, but if it was black metal.
I wish this didn't have the worst album cover I've ever seen because it's nearly as good as The Ark Work. It's more focused and better produced. Which is a pro and a con. The Ark Work tried so much more and failed at a lot of it, but I think it was better for it. And the sometimes terrible sound quality helped. Yes, I'm one of like 5 people who thinks this, and I am dumb. HAQQ is cleaner which does work well because you get to hear those beautiful harp flourishes and those woodwinds whose names I can't pronounce. Then there are the piano interludes which are neat. In a way it kind of feels like this is what Liturgy has been building towards since the start and it's hard to imagine where they'll go next. [First added to this chart: 11/26/2019]
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75/100
Slow-dream-folk-core
I just had a revelatory listen to this while walking outside. I fully expect this to rise higher than a 75 as I get to know it better. I don't like it when people describe a band's sound by listing a bunch of similar bands, and that's the only way I can really describe this right now, so I'm going to err on the side of not saying much. But it's like the sound of water lapping on a shoreline turned into folky slowcore.
I will talk about "Cattails" though because if you told me that song was a cover of a Jason Molina song that I'd never heard I'd believe you. The song structure is on point and some of the lyrics like "Caroline...Hold the line, hold the line" and "In time everyone does seem trouble" are right out of his style. Like Molina already has to have a song called "Hold the Line, Caroline," right? [First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
Slow-dream-folk-core
I just had a revelatory listen to this while walking outside. I fully expect this to rise higher than a 75 as I get to know it better. I don't like it when people describe a band's sound by listing a bunch of similar bands, and that's the only way I can really describe this right now, so I'm going to err on the side of not saying much. But it's like the sound of water lapping on a shoreline turned into folky slowcore.
I will talk about "Cattails" though because if you told me that song was a cover of a Jason Molina song that I'd never heard I'd believe you. The song structure is on point and some of the lyrics like "Caroline...Hold the line, hold the line" and "In time everyone does seem trouble" are right out of his style. Like Molina already has to have a song called "Hold the Line, Caroline," right? [First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
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75/100
Diverse indie
I almost didn't listen to this because I remember his last album being a bit lackluster. I don't actually remember any of the music, but my chart comment notes that there were some great highs and some really low lows, which seems to be what other people say about his old stuff. This one is all pretty strong, with even the weaker songs like "Taking" sounding like they have a place. I've heard it compared to Elliott Smith, and I definitely hear it on the second track. But I think this is more diverse, even if it doesn't hit the level of Smith's run from the S/T to XO. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2019]
Diverse indie
I almost didn't listen to this because I remember his last album being a bit lackluster. I don't actually remember any of the music, but my chart comment notes that there were some great highs and some really low lows, which seems to be what other people say about his old stuff. This one is all pretty strong, with even the weaker songs like "Taking" sounding like they have a place. I've heard it compared to Elliott Smith, and I definitely hear it on the second track. But I think this is more diverse, even if it doesn't hit the level of Smith's run from the S/T to XO. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2019]
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75/100
Neo funk
I like Flower Boy better, and I don't think that's going to change. But I'm also glad Tyler didn't just try to make Flower Boy II. I've heard a lot of bad comparisons with this album, but one that's really good is Solange's album from this year. Which I...did not like. Both are really groovy with ill-defined songs, but one of the things that makes this one better is that each song has it's one style and, more importantly, they seems to evolve as the album goes on. There are also some standout tracks here, whereas Solange's album doesn't even have a song I can remember. "I THINK" is my favorite but don't sleep on "NEW MAGIC WAND." [First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
Neo funk
I like Flower Boy better, and I don't think that's going to change. But I'm also glad Tyler didn't just try to make Flower Boy II. I've heard a lot of bad comparisons with this album, but one that's really good is Solange's album from this year. Which I...did not like. Both are really groovy with ill-defined songs, but one of the things that makes this one better is that each song has it's one style and, more importantly, they seems to evolve as the album goes on. There are also some standout tracks here, whereas Solange's album doesn't even have a song I can remember. "I THINK" is my favorite but don't sleep on "NEW MAGIC WAND." [First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 4 from 23rd to 19thReflections by Hannah Diamond |
| Up 3 from 21st to 18th OOFIE by Wiki |
| Up 3 from 18th to 15th Guns by Quelle Chris |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 13 from 12th to 25th Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| Down 3 from 19th to 22nd Ventura by Anderson .Paak |
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95/100  | 01/12/2021 11:17 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
100/100 | 08/05/2020 12:01 |  Purplepash | | 88/100 |
 80/100 | 11/15/2019 07:30 |  mickilennial | | 77/100 |
| 100/100 | 11/09/2019 15:26 |  Mattdup279 | | 88/100 |
| 85/100 | 10/06/2019 05:27 |  Arthurknight | | 89/100 |
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From Larcx13 01/12/2021 11:17
Larcx13 01/12/2021 11:17
Once again, good work put in. I just cant stand IGOR at all....
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From mickilennial 11/15/2019 07:31
mickilennial 11/15/2019 07:31
Solid list. Interesting to see some artists as high as they are, but I really like the commentary and placements.
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