Best Albums of 2019

Listed below are the best albums of 2019 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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2019 year summaryThe best artists of 2019 were Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator, Weyes Blood, FKA Twigs, Black Midi, Billie Eilish, Big Thief, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave and Little Simz.
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"At the end of his new album, Quelle Chris wonders how he will be remembered: "Twenty disks on the counter / Always presented as a new artist every other time" ("Wyrm"). The rapper from Detroit, but now based in Brooklyn, is not basically wrong. Despite a series of frankly successful albums (the e..."  [+]  Reply
- Kurtco | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Its a huge wall of sound. Its how I imagine Jean-Michel Jarre would sound if he turned all his sequencers and synths on at the same time. Uncompromisingly brutal electronica"  Reply
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"Not sure why they aren‘t massive. Ok, no art rock with a whiny singer. That might explain the position on this site. Instead you get highly energized indie soul (?), very catchy, adictive with some sort of a dirty street vibe. Very enjoyable album."  Reply
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"I'm loving the evolution of DIIV with this new record. More guitars and distortion (best exemplified in Blankership) but still dreamy. Skin Game works perfect as a single. Deceiver is growing on me more and more and will probably be there in my 2019 list."  Reply
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