Year-End Lists

Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2019, as published by Slate, in alphabetical order by artist

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

• Better Oblivion Community Center
  Better Oblivion Community Center
• Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
  Jaimie Branch
• Norman Fucking Rockwell!
  Lana Del Rey
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  Billie Eilish
• Jaime
  Brittany Howard
• Wildcard
  Miranda Lambert
• Reward
  Cate Le Bon
• Purple Mountains
  Purple Mountains
• The Center Won't Hold
  Sleater-Kinney
• LEGACY! LEGACY!
  Jamila Woods

25 Other Favorites

• Two Hands
  Big Thief
• Thanks for the Dance
  Leonard Cohen
• Courage
  Céline Dion
• GUY
  Steve Earle & The Dukes
• Magdalene
  FKA twigs
• Dogrel
  Fontaines D.C.
• No Home Record
  Kim Gordon
• A Tangle of Stars
  Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich
• thank u, next
  Ariana Grande
• Dedicated
  Carly Rae Jepsen
• On the Line
  Jenny Lewis
• Sonic Citadel
  Lightning Bolt
• Caligula
  Lingua Ignota
• Deserted
  Mekons
• Glitter Wolf
  Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom
• All Mirrors
  Angel Olsen
• Western Stars
  Bruce Springsteen
• Athena
  Sudan Archives
• Lover
  Taylor Swift
• Braindrops
  Tropical Fuck Storm
• While I'm Livin'
  Tanya Tucker
• Father of the Bride
  Vampire Weekend
• Titanic Rising
  Weyes Blood
• Walk Through Fire
  Yola
• So Much Fun
  Young Thug