Best Albums of 2019
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
IgorA breakup record built on fuzz bass, a blond wig and almost no rapping, and it takes the rap Grammy anyway.Read the review
BandanaThe sequel that had no business working, harder and stranger than the first and only slightly less complete.
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?A teenager and her brother make a bedroom record out of whispers and sub bass, and change what a pop star is allowed to sound like.
ImmunityThe bedroom recordings grow into an actual album, and it is far more assured than the backlash allowed.
Oncle JazzTwenty four tracks of the softest bass tone in indie pop, and a band that finally sounds like itself.
Western StarsOrchestral country pop in the southern California mode, and the prettiest record he has ever made.
So Much FunThe commercial one, and it does exactly what the title promises for about forty minutes.
Die for My BitchA teenager with a broken clock for a sense of rhythm, and almost all of it lands.
When I Get HomeA jazz fusion mood piece about Houston, gorgeous to sit inside and almost impossible to hold onto.
Drip or Drown 2Slick, cold and consistent. The album that turned a style into a brand.