Top 20 Albums of 2019

For the full list and year-end wrap-up click here: MaxSounds 2019

  1. Tool • Fear Inoculum
  2. Vampire Weekend • Father of the Bride
  3. The New Pornographers • In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
  4. Black Mountain • Destroyer
  5. Opeth • In Cauda Venenum
  6. Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders • Get the Money
  7. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds • Ghosteen
  8. The Raconteurs • Help Us Stranger
  9. The Claypool Lennon Delirium • South of Reality
  10. Temples • Hot Motion
  11. The Cranberries • In the End
  12. Ladytron • Ladytron
  13. Karen O + Danger Mouse • Lux Prima
  14. Angel Olsen • All Mirrors
  15. The Black Keys • Let’s Rock
  16. Sharon Van Etten • Remind Me Tomorrow
  17. Lana Del Rey • Norman Fucking Rockwell
  18. The Regrettes • How Do You Love
  19. The Twilight Sad • It Won’t Be Like the Last Time
  20. Tacocat • This Mess Is A Place

On the bubble (a-z)

  • Amyl & the Sniffers • Amyl & the Sniffers
  • Mannequin Pussy • Patience

Other notable albums (a-z)

  • Cate LeBon • Reward
  • Charli Bliss • Young Enough
  • Clinic • Wheeltappers and Shunters
  • The Flaming Lips • The Kings Mouth
  • New Order • MIF Live – So It Goes
  • Sleater Kinney • The Center Won’t Hold
  • Surf Curse • Heaven Surrounds You
  • The National • I Am Easy to Find

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