EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote this post last March, and then with everything going on in the world it sort of got lost in the ether. So, as a warm-up to my (hopefully) much more timely 2020 albums of the year, I present my very belated 2019 albums of the year. I listened to 459 albums released in 2019, and these are the best of the best. It’s fun to see how many of these are still in my heavy rotation, even a year later.

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The List

  1. Moodymann – SINNER
    Electronic
  2. Cherry Glazerr – Stuffed & Ready
    Rock
  3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Infest the Rats’ Nest
    Rock
  4. Allegaeon – Apoptosis
    Metal
  5. Mohammad Reza Mortazavi – Ritme Jaavdanegi
    Traditional Persian Percussion
  6. HEALTH – Vol. 4 :: Slaves of Fear
    Electronic / Industrial
  7. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Hiding Places
    Hip-Hop
  8. Julia Kent – Temporal
    Experimental
  9. Deli Girls – I Don’t Know How to Be Happy
    Industrial Noise Punk
  10. Kokoko! – Fongola
    Congolese Electro