Throughout the month of December, KEXP has been counting down our top albums. From Top 10 lists from our DJs to the Top 90.3 of 2019 as voted by listeners, we’ve chronicled a wide array of some of this year’s most thrilling released. Now we’re turning the mic over to our behind the scenes staff, volunteers, and interns who help keep the station running. Here are their favorite albums of 2019. How do their lists line-up with yours?
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julia Jacklin | Crushing | Polyvinyl |
| 2 | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Polydor/Interscope |
| 3 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO |
| 4 | Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Secretly Canadian |
| 5 | Jay Som | Anak Ko | Polyvinyl |
| 6 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | (Sandy) Alex G | House of Sugar | Domino |
| 8 | Stef Chura | Midnight | Saddle Creek |
| 9 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 10 | Nilüfer Yanya | Miss Universe | ATO |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haelos | Any Random Kindness | Infectious Music |
| 2 | The National | I Am Easy to Find | 4AD |
| 3 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life |
| 4 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 5 | Lana Del Ray | Norman Fucking Rockwell | Polydor |
| 6 | Thom Yorke | Anima | XL Recordings |
| 7 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 8 | Local Natives | Violet Street | Loma Vista |
| 9 | Cigarettes After Sex | Cry | Partisan Records |
| 10 | Hot Chip | Bathful of Ecstasy | Domino Recording |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Grandpa | Four of Arrows | Big Scary Monsters Recording Co. |
| 2 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO Records |
| 3 | Vagabon | Vagabon | Barely Dressed Records |
| 4 | Big Thief | Two Hands | 4AD |
| 5 | Sudan Archives | Athena | Stones Throw |
| 6 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 7 | Black Pumas | Black Pumas | ATO Records |
| 8 | Durand Jones & the Indications | American Love Call | Colemine Records |
| 9 | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | Elektra Records |
| 10 | Michael Kiwanuka | Kiwanuka | Polydor |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Callahan | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | Drag City |
| 2 | Jesca Hoop | Stonechild | Memphis Industries |
| 3 | Pedro the Lion | Phoenix | Polyvinyl |
| 4 | Tiny Ruins | Olympic Girls | Ba Da Bing! |
| 5 | Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan Records |
| 6 | Ezra Furman | Twelve Nudes | Bella Union |
| 7 | Big Thief | Two Hands | 4AD |
| 8 | Great Grandpa | Four of Arrows | Double Double Whammy |
| 9 | Joan Shelley | Like the River Loves the Sea | No Quarter |
| 10 | Cataldo | Literally Main Street | self-released |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helado Negro | This Is How You Smile | RVNG Intl |
| 2 | Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA Records |
| 3 | Wand | Laughing Matter | Drag City |
| 4 | Big Thief | U.F.O.F. | 4AD |
| 5 | Chastity Belt | Chastity Belt | Hardly Art |
| 6 | Pedro The Lion | Phoenix | Polyvinyl |
| 7 | Y La Bamba | Mujeres | Tender Loving Empire |
| 8 | Girlpool | What Chaos Is Imaginary | ANTI- |
| 9 | JPEGMAFIA | All My Heroes Are Cornballs | EQT Recordings |
| 10 | Jay Som | Anak Ko | Polyvinyl |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thom Yorke | Anima | XL Recordings |
| 2 | Hiss Golden Messenger | Terms Of Surrender | Merge |
| 3 | Michael Kiwanuka | KIWANUKA | Polydor |
| 4 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 5 | Tempers | Private Life | Dais |
| 6 | Moon Duo | Stars are the Lights | Sacred Bones |
| 7 | L'Epee | Diabolique | Cargo |
| 8 | Sturgill Simpson | SOUND & FURY | Elektra |
| 9 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 10 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleater-Kinney | The Center Won't Hold | Mom + Pop Music |
| 2 | L7 | Scatter The Rats | Blackheart Records |
| 3 | Boy Harsher | Careful | Nude Club |
| 4 | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Matador |
| 5 | Juliana Hatfield | Weird | American Laundromat |
| 6 | Tempers | Private Life | Dais |
| 7 | Mesa Luna | Lash | Afterlife Music |
| 8 | The National | I Am Easy To Find | 4AD |
| 9 | Amyl & The Sniffers | Amyl & The Sniffers | ATO Records |
| 10 | Chromatics | Closer To Grey | Italians Do It Better |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clipping. | There Existed an Addiction to Blood | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan |
| 3 | Little Simz | GREY Area | AGE 101 |
| 4 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 5 | Queen Zee | Queen Zee | Sasstone |
| 6 | Sampa The Great | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 8 | The Shivas | Dark Thoughts | Tender Loving Empire |
| 9 | Shopping | The Official Body | FatCat |
| 10 | SONS | Family Dinner | Noisesome |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solange | When I Get Home | Columbia |
| 2 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 3 | Rapsody | Eve | Jamla/Roc Nation |
| 4 | Jenny Lewis | On The Line | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Sleater-Kinney | The Center Won't Hold | Mom + Pop |
| 6 | Buke & Gase | Scholars | Brassland |
| 7 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 8 | Deerhunter | Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | 4AD |
| 9 | Lower Dens | The Competition | Ribbon Music |
| 10 | Sudan Archives | Athena | Stones Throw |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toro y Moi | Outer Peace | Carpark Records |
| 2 | The Chemical Brothers | No Geography | Virgin EMI Records |
| 3 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 4 | Cataldo | Literally Main Street | Self-released |
| 5 | Frankie Cosmos | Close It Quietly | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Great Grandpa | Four Of Arrows | Double Double Whammy |
| 7 | Bon Iver | i,i | Jagjaguwar |
| 8 | Caravan Palace | Chronologic | Le Plan Recordings |
| 9 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Atlantic Records |
| 10 | Hobo Johnson | The Fall of Hobo Johnson | Reprise Records |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FKA Twigs | Magdalene | Young Turks Recordings |
| 2 | The Black Keys | Let's Rock | Nonesuch Records |
| 3 | Durand Jones and the Indications | American Love Call | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | Rainy Moon Place | Gathered Ghosts | Self-Released |
| 5 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life / Atlantic |
| 6 | Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Secretly Canadian |
| 7 | The Raconteurs | Help Me Stranger | Third Man Records |
| 8 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO Records |
| 9 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 10 | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? | Dark Room / Interscope |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wand | Laughing Matter | Drag City |
| 2 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Ghosteen | Bad Seed Ltd |
| 3 | Tindersticks | No Treasure But Hope | Lucky Dog/City Slang |
| 4 | Bill Callahan | Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest | Drag City |
| 5 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Cigarettes After Sex | Cry | Partisan |
| 7 | Girl Band | The Talkies | Rough Trade |
| 8 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 9 | Sault | 5 | Rough Trade |
| 10 | Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Recording Corporation |
| 2 | Foals | Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 2) | Warner Music UK Limited |
| 3 | The Black Keys | Let's Rock | Nonesuch Records Inc. |
| 4 | Terror/Cactus | Impulsos | self-released |
| 5 | Jungle | Back to Mine: Jungle | Back to Mine |
| 6 | Holy Ghost! | Work | Holy Ghost! under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC |
| 7 | Caravan Palace | Chronologic | Le Plan Recordings under exclusive license from Lone Diggers |
| 8 | Black Pumas | Black Pumas | ATO Records |
| 9 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop Records |
| 10 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler, the Creator | IGOR | Columbia |
| 2 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 3 | Maren Morris | Girl | Columbia Nashville |
| 4 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 5 | Anderson.Paak | Ventura | Aftermath |
| 6 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | Redd Kross | Beyond The Door | Merge |
| 8 | Guided By Voices | Zeppelin Over China | Guided By Voices, Inc. |
| 9 | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? | Interscope |
| 10 | Brockhampton | Ginger | Question Everything/RCA |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAVVI | 2502 | Hush Hush |
| 2 | Hatchie | Keepsake | Double Double Whammy |
| 3 | Octo Octa | Resonant Body | T4T LUV NRG |
| 4 | Blue Hawaii | Open Reduction Internal Fixation | Arbutus Records |
| 5 | Trentemøller | Obverse | HFN Music |
| 6 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 7 | The Hecks | My Star | Trouble In Mind |
| 8 | Julian Zyklus | Four Dimensional Waves | Hush Hush |
| 9 | Squid | Town Centre EP | Speedy Wunderground |
| 10 | Christelle Bofale | Swim Team EP | Father/Daughter Records |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julia Jacklin | Crushing | Polyvinyl |
| 2 | (Sandy) Alex G | House of Sugar | Domino |
| 3 | Blood Orange | Angel's Pulse | Domino |
| 4 | SAULT | 7 | Forever Living Originals |
| 5 | Altin Gün | Gece | ATO |
| 6 | FKA Twigs | MAGDALENE | Young Turks |
| 7 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 8 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 9 | Flying Lotus | Flamagra | Warp |
| 10 | Jessica Pratt | Quiet Signs | Mexican Summer |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cate Le Bon | Reward | Mexican Summer |
| 2 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 3 | Angel Bat Dawid | The Oracle | International Anthem |
| 4 | Joni Void | Mise En Abyme | Constellation |
| 5 | Moor Mother | Analog Fluids Of Sonic Black Holes | Don Giovanni |
| 6 | Xiu Xiu | Girl With Basket of Fruit | Polyvinyl |
| 7 | CVN | I.C. | Orange Milk |
| 8 | Jenny Hval | The Practice of Love | Sacred Bones |
| 9 | Olivia Neutron-John | EP | Sister Polygon |
| 10 | Jun Chikuma | Les Archives | Freedom to Spend |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oozing Wound | High Anxiety | Thrill Jockey Records |
| 2 | Uzeda | Quocumque jeceris stabit | Temporary Residence |
| 3 | Lightning Bolt | Sonic Citadel | Thrill Jockey Records |
| 4 | FKA Twigs | MAGDALENE | Young Turks |
| 5 | Thom Yorke | Anima | XL |
| 6 | East Forest | Ram Dass | Aquilo Records |
| 7 | Wilson Trouvé | Malam | Hush Hush Records |
| 8 | Mathbonus | Evening Machine | Repost Network |
| 9 | Operators | Radiant Dawn | Last Gang Records |
| 10 | Sidewalks and Skeletons | Entity | Self Released |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | And Now for the Whatchamacallit | What Reality? |
| 2 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Sampa The Great | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 5 | Altin Gün | Gece | ATO |
| 6 | Solange | When I Get Home | Columbia |
| 7 | Snapped Ankles | Stunning Luxery | The Tea Leaf Label |
| 8 | Ex Hex | It's Real | Merge |
| 9 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 10 | Fontaines DC | Dogrel | Partisan |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | Big Thief | UFOF | 4AD |
| 3 | Aldous Harding | Designer | 4AD |
| 4 | Bedouine | Bird Songs of a Killjoy | Spacebomb Records |
| 5 | The Mountain Goats | In League With Dragons | Merge Records |
| 6 | Kevin Morby | Oh My God | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | Daniel Norgren | Wooh Dang | Superpuma Records |
| 8 | WHY? | AOKOHIO | Joyful Noise Recordings |
| 9 | Great Grandpa | Four of Arrows | Big Scary Monsters Recording Company |
| 10 | Calexico / Iron & Wine | Years to Burn | Sub Pop |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trentemøller | Obverse | In My Room |
| 2 | HTRK | Venus in Leo | Ghostly International |
| 3 | Holy Fawn | Death Spells | Whelmed Records |
| 4 | Black Pumas | Black Pumas | Colemine Records |
| 5 | RY X | Unfurl | Infectious Music |
| 6 | Little People | Landlooper | Youth and Progress Recordings |
| 7 | Loscil | Equivalents | Kranky |
| 8 | TR/ST | The Destroyer - 2 | Royal Mountain Records |
| 9 | Is Bliss | Strange Communication | Club AC30 |
| 10 | Chkbns | Autwik | self-released |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Pelada | Movimiento Para Cambio | PAN |
| 3 | Shanti Celeste | Tangerine | Peach Discs |
| 4 | Sasami | Sasami | Domino |
| 5 | JPEGMAFIA | All My Heroes Are Cornballs | self-released |
| 6 | Cate le Bon | Reward | Mexican Summer |
| 7 | Crumb | Jinx | self-released |
| 8 | Hannah Diamond | Reflections | PC Music |
| 9 | Violet | Bed of Roses | Dark Entries |
| 10 | MoMa Ready | SOFT, HARD, BODY | HAUS of ALTR |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gazm | Heavy Vibe Music | 11PM Records |
| 2 | Lingua Ignota | Caligula | Profound Lore |
| 3 | Flor de Toloache | Indestructible | Flor de Toloache |
| 4 | Vanum | Ageless Fire | Profound Lore |
| 5 | Ossuarium | Living Tomb | 20 Buck Spin |
| 6 | Amyl and the Sniffers | Amyl and the Sniffers | Flightless |
| 7 | Nox Novacula | The Beginning | Bat Cave Productions |
| 8 | Hide | Hell is Here | Dais Records |
| 9 | Vastum | Orificial Purge | 20 Buck Spin |
| 10 | Guayaba | Fantasmagoría | 950425 Records DK2 |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The National | I Am Easy to Find | 4AD |
| 2 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Infest the Rats' Nest | Flightless |
| 3 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 4 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 5 | Hot Chip | A Bath Full of Ecstasy | Domino |
| 6 | Nilufer Yanya | Miss Universe | Universal |
| 7 | Tei Shi | La Linda | Downtown |
| 8 | Africa Express | EGOLI | Africa Express Records |
| 9 | Clairo | Immunity | Fader Label |
| 10 | Girl In Red | Chapter 2 | AWAL |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Chip | A Bath Full of Ecstasy | Domino |
| 2 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 3 | Black Pumas | Black Pumas | ATO Records |
| 4 | Jay Som | Anak Ko | Polyvinyl Record Co. |
| 5 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 6 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Atlantic/Nice Life Records |
| 7 | Rudy Willingham | Dunk Reactions | Rudy Willingham |
| 8 | American Football | American Football (LP3) | Polyvinyl |
| 9 | Michael Kiwanuka | Kiwanuka | Polydor |
| 10 | Big Thief | UFOF | 4AD |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oso Oso | basking in the glow | Triple Crown Records |
| 2 | Big Thief | U.F.O.F. | 4AD |
| 3 | The National | I Am Easy To Find | 4AD |
| 4 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | Macseal | Super Enthusiast | 6131 Records |
| 6 | Thom Yorke | Anima | XL Recordings LTD |
| 7 | Charly Bliss | Capacity | Barsuk Records |
| 8 | Pedro The Lion | Phoenix | Polyvinyl Record Co. |
| 9 | Mannequin Pussy | Patience | Epitaph |
| 10 | Bon Iver | i,i | Jagjaguwar |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life |
| 3 | Sampa The Great | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | Michael Kiwanuka | Kiwanuka | Interscope |
| 5 | Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars | Columbia |
| 6 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO |
| 8 | Durand Jones and the Indications | American Love Call | Dead Oceans |
| 9 | Jamila Woods | Legacy! Legacy! | Dead Oceans |
| 10 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Thug | So Much Fun | 300 Entertainment |
| 2 | Lil Nas X | 7 EP | Columbia Records |
| 3 | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | Elektra Records |
| 4 | Steve Lacy | Apollo XXI | 3qtr |
| 5 | Doja Cat | Hot Pink | RCA Records |
| 6 | Megan Thee Stallion | Fever | 300 Entertainment |
| 7 | Stella Donnelly | Beware Of The Dogs | Secretly Canadian |
| 8 | Channel Tres | Black Moses EP | GODMODE |
| 9 | DaBaby | KIRK | Interscope Records |
| 10 | Sigrid | Sucker Punch | Island Records |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charli XCX | Charli | Atlantic |
| 2 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | FKA Twigs | Magdalene | Young Turks |
| 5 | Dorian Electra | Flamboyant | Self-released |
| 6 | Foals | Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) | Warner Bros/Transgressive |
| 7 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Kim Petras | Clarity | BunHead |
| 9 | Noah Gundersen | Lover | Cooking Vinyl |
| 10 | Slayyyter | Slayyyter | Self-released |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Partch, Partch Ensemble | Music of Harry Partch, Vol. 3: Sonata Dementia | Bridge Records |
| 2 | People's Plus | Third Space | Mood Hut |
| 3 | The Westerlies | Robert Henry (single) | The Westerlies Music Inc. |
| 4 | Clever Austin | Ark (single) | Touching Bass |
| 5 | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 6 | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 7 | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 8 | Van Halen | 1984 | Geffen |
| 9 | N/a | N/an | N/a |
| 10 | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar/Closed Sessions |
| 2 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO |
| 3 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 4 | Durand Jones & The Indications | American Love Story | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan |
| 6 | Big Thief | U.F.O.F. | 4AD |
| 7 | Toro y Moi | Outer Places | Carpark |
| 8 | Andrew Bird | My Finest Work Yet | Loma Vista Recordings |
| 9 | Lee Fields & The Expressions | It Rains Love | Big Crown |
| 10 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Fender | Hypersonic Missiles | Polydor Records |
| 2 | Lucky Daye | Painted | RCA |
| 3 | BROCKHAMPTON | GINGER | RCA |
| 4 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 5 | Harry Styles | Fine Line | Columbia Records |
| 6 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | Doja Cat | Hot Pink | RCA |
| 8 | Bon Iver | i,i | Jagjaguwar |
| 9 | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Polydor Records |
| 10 | Free Nationals | Free Nationals | Empire |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Japanese House | Good at Falling | Interscope Records |
| 2 | Bon Iver | i,i | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 | Bayonne | Drastic Measures | Mom + Pop |
| 4 | Barrie | Happy to Be Here | Winspear |
| 5 | Caroline Polachek | Pang | Perpetual Novice |
| 6 | Tycho | Weather | Mom + Pop |
| 7 | The National | I Am Easy to Find | 4AD |
| 8 | Jay Som | Anak Ko | Polyvinyl |
| 9 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO Records |
| 10 | Pedro the Lion | Phoenix | Polyvinyl |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SONS | Family Dinner | Caroline Benelux |
| 2 | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell | Interscope |
| 3 | Gary Clark Jr. | This Land | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Brett Benton | You Got To Pray | Knick Knack |
| 5 | New Age Healers | Debris | Self Released |
| 6 | The Black Tones | Cobain and Cornbread | Self Released |
| 7 | Koffee | Rapture | Promised Land Recordings |
| 8 | HAELOS | Any Random Kindness | Infectious Music |
| 9 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO |
| 10 | Harry Styles | Fine Line | Columbia |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chemical Brothers | No Geography | Virgin EMI Records, Astralwerks |
| 2 | TR/ST | The Destroyer Part 1 & Part 2 | Royal Mountain Records, Grouch |
| 3 | DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal Records |
| 4 | Octo Octa | Resonant Body | T4T LUV NRG |
| 5 | clipping. | There Existed An Addiction To Blood | Sub Pop |
| 6 | SAULT | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 7 | Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan Records |
| 8 | HÆLOS | Any Random Kindness | Infectious Music |
| 9 | The Black Tones | Cobain and Cornbread | Reptar Records |
| 10 | Toro Y Moi | Outer Peace | Carpark Records |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Test Dept. | Disturbance | One Little Indian |
| 2 | The Gloaming | 3 | Real World |
| 3 | These New Puritans | Inside the Rose | Infectious |
| 4 | Modern Studies and Tommy Perman | Emergent Slow Arcs | Fire |
| 5 | Meat Beat Manifesto | Opaque couché | Flexidisc |
| 6 | Le Butcherettes | bi/MENTAL | Rise |
| 7 | Lankum | The Livelong Day | Rough Trade |
| 8 | Jenny Hval | The Practice of Love | Sacred Bones |
| 9 | Mono | Nowhere Now Here | Temporary Residence |
| 10 | The Specials | Encore | Island |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operators | Radiant Dawn | Last Gang Records |
| 2 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 3 | Kyle Craft | Showboat Honey | Sub Pop Records |
| 4 | Fruit Bats | Gold Past Life | Merge Records |
| 5 | Mikal Cronin | Seeker | Merge Records |
| 6 | Zebra Hunt | Trade Desire | Tenorio Cotobade |
| 7 | The New Pornographers | In the Morse Code of Brake Lights | Concord Records |
| 8 | Telekinesis | Effluxion | Merge Records |
| 9 | Sonny & The Sunsets | Hairdressers from Heaven | Rocks In Your Head |
| 10 | Elbow | Giants of All Sizes | Polydor Records |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helado Negro | This Is How You Smile | RVNG Intl |
| 2 | Boogarins | Sombrou Dúvida | Boogarins |
| 3 | Y La Bamba | Mujeres | Tender Loving Empire |
| 4 | iLe | Almadura | Sony Music |
| 5 | Daymé Arocena | Sonocardiogram | Brownswood Recordings |
| 6 | Wos | Caravana | Wos |
| 7 | Nicola Cruz | Siku | ZZK Records |
| 8 | Mi amigo invencible | Dutsiland | Mi amigo invencible |
| 9 | Combo Chimbita | Ahomale | ANTI |
| 10 | Yawners | Just Calm Down | La Castanya |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altarage | The Approaching Roar | Season of Mist Underground Activists |
| 2 | Fetid | Steeping Corporeal Mess | 20 Buck Spin |
| 3 | Krypts | Cadaver Circulation | Dark Descent Records |
| 4 | Lingua Ignota | Caligula | Profound Lore Records |
| 5 | Misþyrming | Algleymi | Norma Evangelium Diaboli |
| 6 | Mortiferum | Disgorged from Psychotic Depths | Profound Lore Records |
| 7 | Nicola Cruz | Siku | ZZK Records |
| 8 | Serpent Column | Mirror in Darkness | Mystískaos |
| 9 | Sinmara | Hvísl stjarnanna | Ván Records |
| 10 | Teitanblood | The Baneful Choir | Norma Evangelium Diaboli |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 3 | SASAMI | SASAMI | Domino |
| 4 | Julia Jacklin | Crushing | Polyvinyl |
| 5 | Cate LeBon | Reward | Mexican Summer |
| 6 | NAVVI | 25O2 | Hush Hush Records |
| 7 | Guayaba | Guayaba Presents: Fantasmagoría | Self-Released |
| 8 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Dedication | Schoolboy/Interscope Records |
| 9 | Y La Bamba | Mujeres | Tender Loving Empire |
| 10 | Charli XCX | Charli | Asylum Records |
| rank | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | John Coltrane | Blue World | Impulse |
| 3 | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Polydor |
| 4 | Megan Thee Stallion | Fever | 300 Entertainment |
| 5 | SAULT | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 6 | Denzel Curry | ZUU | Loma Vista |
| 7 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Floating Points | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | Romeo Santos | Utopia | Sony |
| 10 | Telefon Tel Aviv | Dreams Are Not Enough | Ghostly International |
| (No Rank) | artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromatics | Closer to Grey | Italians Do It Better | |
| DIIV | Deceiver | Captured Tracks | |
| Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan | |
| Hildur Guðnadóttir | Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | WaterTower Music | |
| Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic | |
| Michael Kiwanuka | Kiwanuka | Polydor/Interscope | |
| Rudy Willingham | Dunk Reactions | self-released | |
| Thom Yorke | ANIMA | XL Recordings | |
| Trentemøller | Obverse | In My Room | |
| TR/ST | The Destroyer [Part 1 & 2] | Royal Mountain/Grouch |
