Year-End Lists

Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2019, as aired on The Needle Drop

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Charli
   Charli XCX
2. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
3. 2020
   Richard Dawson
4. Caligula
   Lingua Ignota
5. Girl with Basket of Fruit
   Xiu Xiu
6. GREY Area
   Little Simz
7. H.A.Q.Q.
   Liturgy
8. COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
   Matana Roberts
9. Miami Memory
   Alex Cameron
10. Flamboyant
    Dorian Electra
11. Itekoma Hits
    Otoboke Beaver
12. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
13. Infest The Rats' Nest
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
14. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
15. Schlagenheim
    black midi
16. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
17. A Quiet Farwell, Twenty Sixteen to Twenty Eighteen
    Slauson Malone
18. Polyhymnia
    Yazz Ahmed
19. Return to Center
    Kirin J Callinan
20. Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo
21. Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
    The Comet Is Coming
22. There Existed an Addiction to Blood
    clipping.
23. Plastic Anniversary
    Matmos
24. Guns
    Quelle Chris
25. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
26. Homecoming: The Live Album
    Beyoncé
27. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
28. Pang
    Caroline Polachek
29. Little Electric Chicken Heart
    Ana Frango Elétrico
30. The Fall of Hobo Johnson
    Hobo Johnson
31. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
32. GINGER
    BROCKHAMPTON
33. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
34. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
35. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
36. A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night
    Blu & Oh No
37. ZUU
    Denzel Curry
38. Sonic Citadel
    Lightning Bolt
39. The Origin of My Depression
    Uboa
40. Pyroclasts
    Sunn O)))
41. Hiding Places
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
42. Morbid Stuff
    PUP
43. Hi This Is Flume
    Flume
44. The Highwomen
    The Highwomen
45. [USA]
    Anamanaguchi
46. Malibu Ken
    Malibu Ken, Aesop Rock & TOBACCO
47. Braindrops
    Tropical Fuck Storm
48. Fever
    Megan Thee Stallion
49. 1000 gecs
    100 gecs
50. Eve
    Rapsody