MCCh 2019 (15) August 31
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:31 am
The best albums of 2019 (update August 31)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 34 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; Drowned In Sound; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; NME: The 405; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Devin Townsend: Empath
Charly Bliss: Young Enough
Martha: Love Keeps KickingNone
80 - La Dispute: Panorama - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Rhodonite and Grief - Anxiety Panorama - Fulton Street I
EMO
79 - Shura: Forevher – 75,0 (75,7 / 19)
Highlights: Side Effects - The Stage - Forever
Sophisti-Pop
78 - Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars - 75,1 (73,4 / 26)
Highlights: Hello Sunshine - Western Stars - Tucson Train
Americana
77- Sleaford Mods: Eton Alive – 75,2 (75,5 / 20)
Highlights: Kebab Spider - Flipside - O.B.C.T.
Post-Punk
76 - Anderson .Paak: Ventura - 75,2 (74,5 / 23)
Highlights: King James - Come Home - Make It Better
R&B
75 - 2 Chainz: Rap Or Go To The League - 75,2 (79,9 / 7)
Highlights: Wip - Momma I Hit a Lick - Forgiven
Trap Rap
74 - Faye Webser: Atlanta Milionaires Club – 75,2 (75,9 / 19)
Highlights: Jonny - Kingston - Flowers
Alt-Country
73 - Karen O & Danger Mouse: Lux Prima - 75,3 (73,6 / 26)
Highlights: Turn the Light - Leopard's Tongue - Woman
Art Rock
72 - The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger - 75,3 (72,9 / 28)
Highlights: Help Me Stranger - Bored and Razed - Sunday Driver
Blues Rock
71- Desperate Journalist: In Search Of The Miraculous - 75,3 (80,0 / 7)
Highlights: Murmuration - Jonatan - Black Net
Indie Rock
70 - Amyl & The Sniffers: Amyl & The Sniffers - 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: Gacked on Anger - GFY - Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)
Garage Punk
69 - Chai: Punk – 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: Choose Go! - Wintime - Curly Adventure
Dance Punk
68 - Craig Finn: I Need A New War - 75,4 (77,1 / 16)
Highlights: Holyoke - Blankets - A Bathtub In the Kitchen
Singer-Songwriter
67 - Spellling: Mazy Fly - 75,0 (77,6 / 13)
Highlights: Hard to Please (Reprise) - Haunted Water - Under the Sun
Minimal Synth
66 - Lambchop: This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) - 75,6 (76,2 / 19)
Highlights: Crosswords, or What This Says About You - The Air Is Heavy and I Should Be Listening to You - Everything for You
Sophisti-Pop
65 - Ty Segall: First Tate – 75,6 (75,0 / 23)
Highlights: Taste - Self Esteem - The Arms
Garage Rock
64 - Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock - 75,7 (76,0 / 20)
Highlights: Western Sunset - Sunshine Rock - Send Me a Postcard
Alternative Rock
63 - Flying Lotus: Flamagra - 75,7 (75,0 / 23)
Highlights: Thank U Malcolm - More - Takashi
Nu Jazz
62 - Mark Ronson: Late Night Feelings – 75,8 (74,8 / 24)
Highlights: True Blue - Late Night Feelings - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
Dance Pop
61 - Orville Peck: Pony - 75,8 (79,2 / 11)
Highlights: Hope to Die - Buffalo Run - Dead of Night
Alt- Country
60 - Self Esteem: Compliments Please - 75,9 (79,9 / 9)
Highlights: Girl Crush - The Best - Steady I Stand
Electropop
59 - PUP: Morbid Stuff - 75,9 (76,9 / 18)
Highlights: Kids - Full Blown Meltdown - City
Pop Punk
58 - Young Thug: So Much Fun - 75,9 (78,9 / 12)
Highlights: What's the Move - I'm Scared - Hot
Trap Rap
57 - Jayda G: Significant Changes – 75,9 (78,9 / 12)
Highlights: Leave Room 2 Breathe - Sunshine in the Valley - Stanley's Get Down (No Parking on the DF)
Deep House
56 - Hatchie: Keepsake - 75,9 (74,9 / 24)
Highlights: Without a Blush - Unwanted Guest - Obsessed
Dream Pop
55 - Lizzo: Cuz I Love You – 76,0 (76,0 / 21)
Highlights: Juice - Like a Girl - Tempo
Pop Soul
54 - Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated - 76,1 (74,8 / 25)
Highlights: Julien - Too Much - Want You in My Room
Dance Pop
53- Foals: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) – 76,2 (74,2 / 27)
Highlights: In Degrees - Sunday - White Onions
Indie Rock
52 - Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell - 76,3 (79,6 / 11)
Highlights: The Greatest - Mariners Apartment Complex - Venice Bitch
Art Pop
51 - Rhiannon Giddens: There Is No Other - 76,4 (80,8 / 8)
Highlights: Gonna Write Me a Letter - He Will See You Through - Wayfaring Stranger
Folk
50 - Sunn O))): Life Metal – 76,5 (78,2 / 16)
Highlights: Novae (album with 4 tracks)
Drone Metal
49 - Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra: Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) – 76,7 (78,3 / 16)
Highlights: Lento, Cantabile-Semplice (album with 3 tracks)
Modern Classical
48 - Káryyn: The Quanta Series – 76,7 (80,7 / 9)
Highlights: Segment & The Line - Ever - Yajna
Ambient Pop
47 - Tyler, The Creator: Igor – 76,7 (77,1 / 20)
Highlights: Earfquake - Are We Still Friends? - I Think
Neo-Soul
46 - Jay Som: Anak Ko - 76,7 (78,1 / 17)
Highlights: Tenderness - Superbike - If You Want It
Dream Pop
45 - Jenny Lewis: On The Line – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Heads Gonna Roll - Red Bull & Hennessy - Dogwood
Pop Rock
44 - Marika Hackman: Any Human Friend – 77,4 (79,4 / 15)
Highlights: All Night - Hand Solo - Send My Love
Indie Rock
43 - James Blake: Assume Form – 77,5 (75,2 / 28)
Highlights: Where's the Catch? - Can’t Believe the Way We Flow - Assume Form
Alternative R&B
42 - Pedro The Lion: Phoenix - 77,7 (80,0 / 14)
Highlights: Yellow Bike - Circle K - Clean Up
Indie Rock
41 - Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won't Hold - 77,7 (76,0 / 26)
Highlights: The Center Won't Hold - Hurry on Home - Reach Out
Indie Rock
40 - The Japanese House: Good At Falling – 77,7 (78,4 / 19)
Highlights: Lilo - Everybody Hates Me - You Seemed so Happy
Indietronica
39 - Blanck Mass: Animated Violence Mild - 77,7 (78,7 / 18)
Highlights: Death Drop - House vs House - Love Is a Parasite
Electro-Industrial
38 - Various: Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's 'The Midnight Organ Fight' - 77,9 (82,6 / 7)
Highlights: The Twist (Wintersleep) - The Modern Leper (Biffy Clyro) - Floating in the Forth (The Twilight Sad)
Indie Rock
37 - The Twilight Sad: It Won't Be Like This – 78,1 (76,4 / 26)
Highlights: I/m Not Here (Missing Face) - VTr - Auge/Maschine
Post-Punk
36 - Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind – 78.2 (79.2 / 18)
Highlights: Nero Forte - Solway Firth - Unsainted
Alternative Metal
35 - Kevin Morby: Oh My God – 78,6 (76,9 / 26)
Highlights: Hail Mary - No Halo - Piss River
Singer-Songwriter
34 - Tool: Fear Inoculum - 78,8 (82,1 / 11)
Highlights: 7empest - Pneuma - Descending
Progressive Metal
33 - Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center – 78,9 (77,6 / 25)
Highlights: Dylan Thomas - I Didn't Know What I Was in For - Forest Lawn
Folk Rock
32 - Ariana Grande: thank u, next – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: thank u, next - ghostin - bloodline
R&B
31 - Florist: Emily Alone - 79,3 (84,0 / 7)
Highlights: Moon Begins - Time Is a Dark Feeling - Today I'll Have You Around
Indie Folk
30 - Holly Herndon: Proto – 79,6 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: Eternal - Alienation - Frontier
Glitch Pop
29 - Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride - 79,7 (76,0 / 32)
Highlights: Harmony Hall - This Life - Unbearably White
Indie Pop
28 - Jessica Pratt: Quiet Signs – 79,8 (78,1 / 26)
Highlights: This Time Around - Fare Thee Well - Poly Blue
Folk
27 - American Football: American Football – 79,8 (80,5 / 19)
Highlights: Uncomfortably Numb - I Can't Feel You - Doom in Full Bloom
EMO
26 - Julia Jacklin: Crushing – 79,8 (78,5 / 25)
Highlights: Body - Comfort - Good Guy
Singer-Songwriter
25 - Baroness: Gold & Grey – 80,4 (81,4 / 18)
Highlights: Throw Me an Actor - Front Toward Enemy - Seasons
Stoner Metal
24 - Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe – 80,6 (79,9 / 23)
Highlights: Heavyweight Champion of the Year - Angels - In Your Head
Indie Pop
23 - Thom Yorke: Anima – 80,6 (78,0 / 29)
Highlights: Dawn Chorus - Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain) - Traffic
Glitch Pop
22 - Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest – 80,7 (81,7 / 18)
Highlights: The Ballad of the Hulk – Circles - 747
Singer-Songwriter
21 - Dave: Psychodrama - 80,8 (85,1 / 8)
Highlights: Black - Lesley - Psycho
Hip Hop
20 - The Murder Capital: When I Have Fears - 80,8 (84,5 / 10)
Highlights: Don't Cling To Life - Feeling Fades - Green & Blue
Post Punk
19 - Cate Le Bon: Reward – 80,9 (79,6 / 25)
Highlights: Daylight Matters - Home to You - Magnificent Gestures
Arp Pop
18 - Black Midi: Schlagenheim – 81,4 (79,8 / 26)
Highlights: Near DT,MI - bmbmbm - Reggae
Experimental Rock
17 - Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – 81,5 (79,8 / 26)
Highlights: Xanny - I Love You - Bad Guy
Electropop
16 - Bon Iver: i, i – 81,5 (78,2 / 31)
Highlights: Hey, Ma – iMi - Faith
Art Pop
15 - The National: I Am Easy To Find – 81,5 (77,9 / 32)
Highlights: I Am Easy to Find - Rylan - You Had Your Soul With You
Chamber Pop
14 - Kate Tempest: The Book Of Traps And Lessons – 81,8 (83,1 / 17)
Highlights: Hold Your Own - Firesmoke - Holy Elixir
Spoken Word
13 - Aldous Harding: Designer – 82.1 (79,4 / 29)
Highlights: Weight of the Planets - The Barrel - Zoo Eyes
Singer-Songwriter
12 - Solange: When I Get Home – 82,1 (81,1 / 24)
Highlights: Almeda - Binz - Stay Flo
Neo-Soul
11 - Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow - 82,3 (78,6 / 32)
Highlights: Seventeen - Comeback Kid - No One’s Easy to Love
Indie Pop
10 - Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? – 82,5 (78,5 / 33)
Highlights: Death in Midsummer - No One's Sleeping - What Happens to People?
Indie Rock
09 - Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs – 82,5 (80,5 / 27)
Highlights: Beware of the Dogs - Lunch - Old Man
Indie Folk
08 - Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains – 82,7 (83,3 / 19)
Highlights: Margaritas at the Mall - All My Happiness Is Gone - Darkness and Cold
Indie Rock
07 - Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! - 83,4 (83,7 / 20)
Highlights: Zora - Muddy - Basquiat
Alternative R&B
06 - Slowthai: Nothing Great About Britain – 83,7 (85,4 / 16)
Highlights: Doorman - Inglorious - Dead Leaves
Hip Hop
05 - Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Bandana – 83,8 (83,5 / 22)
Highlights: Fake Names - Flat Tummy Tea - Cataracts
Hip Hop
04 - Little Simz: Grey Area – 83,9 (84,6 / 19)
Highlights: Flowers - Offence - 101 FM
Hip Hop
03 - Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising - 85,3 (82,6 / 29)
Highlights: Everyday - A Lot's Gonna Change - Andromeda
Art Pop
02 - Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel – 85,7 (85,3 / 22)
Highlights: Too Real - Boys in the Better Land - Big
Post-Punk
01 - Big Thief: U.F.O.F. – 86,7 (85,4 / 25)
Highlights: U.F.O.F. - Jenni - Cattails
Indie Pop
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 34 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; Drowned In Sound; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; NME: The 405; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Devin Townsend: Empath
Charly Bliss: Young Enough
Martha: Love Keeps KickingNone
80 - La Dispute: Panorama - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Rhodonite and Grief - Anxiety Panorama - Fulton Street I
EMO
79 - Shura: Forevher – 75,0 (75,7 / 19)
Highlights: Side Effects - The Stage - Forever
Sophisti-Pop
78 - Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars - 75,1 (73,4 / 26)
Highlights: Hello Sunshine - Western Stars - Tucson Train
Americana
77- Sleaford Mods: Eton Alive – 75,2 (75,5 / 20)
Highlights: Kebab Spider - Flipside - O.B.C.T.
Post-Punk
76 - Anderson .Paak: Ventura - 75,2 (74,5 / 23)
Highlights: King James - Come Home - Make It Better
R&B
75 - 2 Chainz: Rap Or Go To The League - 75,2 (79,9 / 7)
Highlights: Wip - Momma I Hit a Lick - Forgiven
Trap Rap
74 - Faye Webser: Atlanta Milionaires Club – 75,2 (75,9 / 19)
Highlights: Jonny - Kingston - Flowers
Alt-Country
73 - Karen O & Danger Mouse: Lux Prima - 75,3 (73,6 / 26)
Highlights: Turn the Light - Leopard's Tongue - Woman
Art Rock
72 - The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger - 75,3 (72,9 / 28)
Highlights: Help Me Stranger - Bored and Razed - Sunday Driver
Blues Rock
71- Desperate Journalist: In Search Of The Miraculous - 75,3 (80,0 / 7)
Highlights: Murmuration - Jonatan - Black Net
Indie Rock
70 - Amyl & The Sniffers: Amyl & The Sniffers - 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: Gacked on Anger - GFY - Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)
Garage Punk
69 - Chai: Punk – 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: Choose Go! - Wintime - Curly Adventure
Dance Punk
68 - Craig Finn: I Need A New War - 75,4 (77,1 / 16)
Highlights: Holyoke - Blankets - A Bathtub In the Kitchen
Singer-Songwriter
67 - Spellling: Mazy Fly - 75,0 (77,6 / 13)
Highlights: Hard to Please (Reprise) - Haunted Water - Under the Sun
Minimal Synth
66 - Lambchop: This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) - 75,6 (76,2 / 19)
Highlights: Crosswords, or What This Says About You - The Air Is Heavy and I Should Be Listening to You - Everything for You
Sophisti-Pop
65 - Ty Segall: First Tate – 75,6 (75,0 / 23)
Highlights: Taste - Self Esteem - The Arms
Garage Rock
64 - Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock - 75,7 (76,0 / 20)
Highlights: Western Sunset - Sunshine Rock - Send Me a Postcard
Alternative Rock
63 - Flying Lotus: Flamagra - 75,7 (75,0 / 23)
Highlights: Thank U Malcolm - More - Takashi
Nu Jazz
62 - Mark Ronson: Late Night Feelings – 75,8 (74,8 / 24)
Highlights: True Blue - Late Night Feelings - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
Dance Pop
61 - Orville Peck: Pony - 75,8 (79,2 / 11)
Highlights: Hope to Die - Buffalo Run - Dead of Night
Alt- Country
60 - Self Esteem: Compliments Please - 75,9 (79,9 / 9)
Highlights: Girl Crush - The Best - Steady I Stand
Electropop
59 - PUP: Morbid Stuff - 75,9 (76,9 / 18)
Highlights: Kids - Full Blown Meltdown - City
Pop Punk
58 - Young Thug: So Much Fun - 75,9 (78,9 / 12)
Highlights: What's the Move - I'm Scared - Hot
Trap Rap
57 - Jayda G: Significant Changes – 75,9 (78,9 / 12)
Highlights: Leave Room 2 Breathe - Sunshine in the Valley - Stanley's Get Down (No Parking on the DF)
Deep House
56 - Hatchie: Keepsake - 75,9 (74,9 / 24)
Highlights: Without a Blush - Unwanted Guest - Obsessed
Dream Pop
55 - Lizzo: Cuz I Love You – 76,0 (76,0 / 21)
Highlights: Juice - Like a Girl - Tempo
Pop Soul
54 - Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated - 76,1 (74,8 / 25)
Highlights: Julien - Too Much - Want You in My Room
Dance Pop
53- Foals: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) – 76,2 (74,2 / 27)
Highlights: In Degrees - Sunday - White Onions
Indie Rock
52 - Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell - 76,3 (79,6 / 11)
Highlights: The Greatest - Mariners Apartment Complex - Venice Bitch
Art Pop
51 - Rhiannon Giddens: There Is No Other - 76,4 (80,8 / 8)
Highlights: Gonna Write Me a Letter - He Will See You Through - Wayfaring Stranger
Folk
50 - Sunn O))): Life Metal – 76,5 (78,2 / 16)
Highlights: Novae (album with 4 tracks)
Drone Metal
49 - Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra: Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) – 76,7 (78,3 / 16)
Highlights: Lento, Cantabile-Semplice (album with 3 tracks)
Modern Classical
48 - Káryyn: The Quanta Series – 76,7 (80,7 / 9)
Highlights: Segment & The Line - Ever - Yajna
Ambient Pop
47 - Tyler, The Creator: Igor – 76,7 (77,1 / 20)
Highlights: Earfquake - Are We Still Friends? - I Think
Neo-Soul
46 - Jay Som: Anak Ko - 76,7 (78,1 / 17)
Highlights: Tenderness - Superbike - If You Want It
Dream Pop
45 - Jenny Lewis: On The Line – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Heads Gonna Roll - Red Bull & Hennessy - Dogwood
Pop Rock
44 - Marika Hackman: Any Human Friend – 77,4 (79,4 / 15)
Highlights: All Night - Hand Solo - Send My Love
Indie Rock
43 - James Blake: Assume Form – 77,5 (75,2 / 28)
Highlights: Where's the Catch? - Can’t Believe the Way We Flow - Assume Form
Alternative R&B
42 - Pedro The Lion: Phoenix - 77,7 (80,0 / 14)
Highlights: Yellow Bike - Circle K - Clean Up
Indie Rock
41 - Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won't Hold - 77,7 (76,0 / 26)
Highlights: The Center Won't Hold - Hurry on Home - Reach Out
Indie Rock
40 - The Japanese House: Good At Falling – 77,7 (78,4 / 19)
Highlights: Lilo - Everybody Hates Me - You Seemed so Happy
Indietronica
39 - Blanck Mass: Animated Violence Mild - 77,7 (78,7 / 18)
Highlights: Death Drop - House vs House - Love Is a Parasite
Electro-Industrial
38 - Various: Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's 'The Midnight Organ Fight' - 77,9 (82,6 / 7)
Highlights: The Twist (Wintersleep) - The Modern Leper (Biffy Clyro) - Floating in the Forth (The Twilight Sad)
Indie Rock
37 - The Twilight Sad: It Won't Be Like This – 78,1 (76,4 / 26)
Highlights: I/m Not Here (Missing Face) - VTr - Auge/Maschine
Post-Punk
36 - Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind – 78.2 (79.2 / 18)
Highlights: Nero Forte - Solway Firth - Unsainted
Alternative Metal
35 - Kevin Morby: Oh My God – 78,6 (76,9 / 26)
Highlights: Hail Mary - No Halo - Piss River
Singer-Songwriter
34 - Tool: Fear Inoculum - 78,8 (82,1 / 11)
Highlights: 7empest - Pneuma - Descending
Progressive Metal
33 - Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center – 78,9 (77,6 / 25)
Highlights: Dylan Thomas - I Didn't Know What I Was in For - Forest Lawn
Folk Rock
32 - Ariana Grande: thank u, next – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: thank u, next - ghostin - bloodline
R&B
31 - Florist: Emily Alone - 79,3 (84,0 / 7)
Highlights: Moon Begins - Time Is a Dark Feeling - Today I'll Have You Around
Indie Folk
30 - Holly Herndon: Proto – 79,6 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: Eternal - Alienation - Frontier
Glitch Pop
29 - Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride - 79,7 (76,0 / 32)
Highlights: Harmony Hall - This Life - Unbearably White
Indie Pop
28 - Jessica Pratt: Quiet Signs – 79,8 (78,1 / 26)
Highlights: This Time Around - Fare Thee Well - Poly Blue
Folk
27 - American Football: American Football – 79,8 (80,5 / 19)
Highlights: Uncomfortably Numb - I Can't Feel You - Doom in Full Bloom
EMO
26 - Julia Jacklin: Crushing – 79,8 (78,5 / 25)
Highlights: Body - Comfort - Good Guy
Singer-Songwriter
25 - Baroness: Gold & Grey – 80,4 (81,4 / 18)
Highlights: Throw Me an Actor - Front Toward Enemy - Seasons
Stoner Metal
24 - Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe – 80,6 (79,9 / 23)
Highlights: Heavyweight Champion of the Year - Angels - In Your Head
Indie Pop
23 - Thom Yorke: Anima – 80,6 (78,0 / 29)
Highlights: Dawn Chorus - Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain) - Traffic
Glitch Pop
22 - Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest – 80,7 (81,7 / 18)
Highlights: The Ballad of the Hulk – Circles - 747
Singer-Songwriter
21 - Dave: Psychodrama - 80,8 (85,1 / 8)
Highlights: Black - Lesley - Psycho
Hip Hop
20 - The Murder Capital: When I Have Fears - 80,8 (84,5 / 10)
Highlights: Don't Cling To Life - Feeling Fades - Green & Blue
Post Punk
19 - Cate Le Bon: Reward – 80,9 (79,6 / 25)
Highlights: Daylight Matters - Home to You - Magnificent Gestures
Arp Pop
18 - Black Midi: Schlagenheim – 81,4 (79,8 / 26)
Highlights: Near DT,MI - bmbmbm - Reggae
Experimental Rock
17 - Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – 81,5 (79,8 / 26)
Highlights: Xanny - I Love You - Bad Guy
Electropop
16 - Bon Iver: i, i – 81,5 (78,2 / 31)
Highlights: Hey, Ma – iMi - Faith
Art Pop
15 - The National: I Am Easy To Find – 81,5 (77,9 / 32)
Highlights: I Am Easy to Find - Rylan - You Had Your Soul With You
Chamber Pop
14 - Kate Tempest: The Book Of Traps And Lessons – 81,8 (83,1 / 17)
Highlights: Hold Your Own - Firesmoke - Holy Elixir
Spoken Word
13 - Aldous Harding: Designer – 82.1 (79,4 / 29)
Highlights: Weight of the Planets - The Barrel - Zoo Eyes
Singer-Songwriter
12 - Solange: When I Get Home – 82,1 (81,1 / 24)
Highlights: Almeda - Binz - Stay Flo
Neo-Soul
11 - Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow - 82,3 (78,6 / 32)
Highlights: Seventeen - Comeback Kid - No One’s Easy to Love
Indie Pop
10 - Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? – 82,5 (78,5 / 33)
Highlights: Death in Midsummer - No One's Sleeping - What Happens to People?
Indie Rock
09 - Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs – 82,5 (80,5 / 27)
Highlights: Beware of the Dogs - Lunch - Old Man
Indie Folk
08 - Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains – 82,7 (83,3 / 19)
Highlights: Margaritas at the Mall - All My Happiness Is Gone - Darkness and Cold
Indie Rock
07 - Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! - 83,4 (83,7 / 20)
Highlights: Zora - Muddy - Basquiat
Alternative R&B
06 - Slowthai: Nothing Great About Britain – 83,7 (85,4 / 16)
Highlights: Doorman - Inglorious - Dead Leaves
Hip Hop
05 - Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Bandana – 83,8 (83,5 / 22)
Highlights: Fake Names - Flat Tummy Tea - Cataracts
Hip Hop
04 - Little Simz: Grey Area – 83,9 (84,6 / 19)
Highlights: Flowers - Offence - 101 FM
Hip Hop
03 - Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising - 85,3 (82,6 / 29)
Highlights: Everyday - A Lot's Gonna Change - Andromeda
Art Pop
02 - Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel – 85,7 (85,3 / 22)
Highlights: Too Real - Boys in the Better Land - Big
Post-Punk
01 - Big Thief: U.F.O.F. – 86,7 (85,4 / 25)
Highlights: U.F.O.F. - Jenni - Cattails
Indie Pop