YEAR END MEGALIST 2019

Alright, it's the last day of the year, so I'm forcing myself to post this. I'm still refusing to pick and AOTY, as it chnages depending on my mood. Every single one of these albums has been on heavy rotation this year, so even distribution of points to each. I somewhat ordered them based on how often I'm in the mood for the album, but that is a very loose organization that would probably differ an hour from now.

Anyways, here's my top 20 (of 72 albums that I enjoyed this year).

Kishi BashiOmoiyari
The Japanese HouseGood At Falling
Lena RaineOneknowing
Moron PoliceA Boat on the Sea
Silversun PickupsWidow's Weeds
Ezra FurmanTwelve Nudes
DIIVDeceiver
Drab MajestyModern Mirror
FulusuThe Voice Between Us
Aesop Rock/TobaccoMalibu Ken
Bad ReligionAge of Unreason
Billie EilishWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
black midiSchlagenheim
Fever 333Strength in Numb333rs
Jade BirdS/T
Oso Osobasking in the glow
Sam FenderHypersonic Missiles
Weyes BloodTitanic Rising
Black PumasS/T
Moon ToothCrux

I'm already wanting to include others as I post this.
 
20 - The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All The Time
10 - The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
10 - Her Name Is Calla – Animal Choir
10 - TR/ST – The Destroyer (Parts 1 & 2)
5 - Chasms – The Mirage
5 - Lizzo – Cuz i Love You
5 - These New Puritans – Inside the Rose
5 - The Appleseed Cast – Fleeting Light of Impermanence
5 - Greet Death – New Hell
5 - BANKS – III
5 - Sin Fang – Sad Party
5 - Slow Riot – G.A.D
5 - Blushing – Blushing
5 - FKA Twigs – Magdelene
 
Welp. Here we go...

1. Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari (20)
2. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (17)
3. Mike & The Moonpies - Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold (14)
4. The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (12)
5. Black Pumas - s/t (10)
6. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel (8)
7. Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (5)
8. Little Simz - Grey Area (5)
9. The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears (3)
10. Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - Back At The House (3)
11. Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms Of Surrender (2)
12. Daniel Norgren - Wooh Dang (1)
13. Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
14. Holy Holy - My Own Pool Of Light
15. Black Midi - Schlagenheim
16. Paul Cauthen - Room 41
17. Durand Jones & The Indications - American Love Call
18. Bon Iver - i,i
19. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
20. Orville Peck - Pony
21. Nick Cave - Ghosteen
22. Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell
23. Neal Francis - Changes
24. Charly Bliss - Young Enough
25. Fruit Bats - Gold Past Life
 
Accidentally posted it in the wrong thread, here it is where it belongs


Not sure if I'm too late

20 - Thom Yorke - ANIMA

18 - The comet is coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the deep mystery

12 - Little Simz - Grey Area

11 - Nilufer Yanya - Miss Universe

10 - Tyler the Creator - Igor

9 - Alfa Mist - Structuralism

8 - Nerija - Blume

5- Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

4- Wilco - Ode to Joy

3- Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
 
This is a total rush job and I left the partially formed list I made a couple weeks ago on my work computer, but I wanted to get something in before the deadline:

15 - billy woods + kenny segal - Hiding Places
15 - Quelle Chris - Guns
15 - Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
7 - Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
7 - Little Simz - Grey Area
7 - The Comet Is Coming - Trust In the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
6 - Mavi - Let The Sun Talk
6 - black midi - Schlagenheim
6 - Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel
4 - Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
4 - clipping. - There Existed an Addiction to Blood
4 - Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - Back At The House
2 - Little Brother - May The Lord Watch
2 - The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears

HM (maybe move up with more consideration)
billy woods - Terror Management
Thom Yorke - ANIMA
Oh Sees - Face Stabber

I want to spend some more time with Ghosteen and Richard Dawson, and need to check out more 2019 Jazz.

Probably look different in a week or two. Wish I hadn't had such a crazy last couple of weeks.
 
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1 Point Albums
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - The Undivided Five
Bat for Lashes - Lost Girls
Bedouine - Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Benny Sings ~ City Pop
Bruce Cockburn - Crowing Ignites
Burna Boy - African Giant
Clairo - Immunity
Control Top - Covert Contracts
DaBaby - Baby on Baby
DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age
Eryn Allen Kane - a tree planted by water
Garcia Peoples - One Step Behind
J.S. Ondarra – Tales of America
JB Dunckel & Jonathan Fitoussi - Mirages
Joey Pecoraro - Deep in a Dream of You
Junius Paul -- Ism
Laura Stevenson - The Big Freeze
Lettuce - Elevate
Liz Brasher - Painted Image
Mavis Staples – We Get By
Mereba - The Jungle is the Only Way Out
Modern Nature - How to Live
Norah Jones - Begin Again
Only Child Tyrant - Time to Run
Plaid - Polymer
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Songs for the Firing Squad
Shana Cleveland -- Night Of The Worm Moon
Sheer Mag - A Distant Call
Snarky Puppy - Immigrance
Steve Mason - About the Light
The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe
The Delines - The Imperial
The Ex Hex - Its Real
The Harlem Gospel Travellers - He’s On Time
The New Mastersounds with Lamar Williams Jr. - Shake It
Tobe Nwigwe - Tobe From the Swat
Young Thug - So Much Fun
 
2 Point Albums
Arthur Moon - S/T
Balthazar - Fever
Bassekou Kouyate - Miri
Betty Who - Betty
Bring Me The Horizon - Amo
Cass McCombs - Tip of the Sphere
Chance the Rapper - The Big Day
Charlie Collins - Snowpine
Cigarettes After Sex - Cry
Cold - The Things We Can't Stop
Death Therapy - Voices
Hayden Thorpe - Diviner
Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve
Kali Malone - The Sacrifical Code
Karnan Saba & Hone Be Good - Bird of Paradise
King Nun - Mass
L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - Complicate Your Life With Violence
Lindemann - F & M
Little Brother - May The Lord Watch
Lower Dens - The Competition
Omni - Networker
pronoun - i'll show you stronger
Rose Droll - Your Dog
Sault - 7
Seba Kaapstad - Thina
The Futureheads - Powers
The Whiffs - Another Whiff
Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New
Vanishing Twin - The Age of Immunology
 
3 Point Albums
AA Bondy - Enderness
Alice Coltrane Sextet -- Live At The Berkeley Community Theater 1972
Andrew Wasylyk - 'The Paralian'
Angelo de Augustine - Tomb
Babymetal ~ Metal Galaxy
Black Flower - Future Flora
Cochemea -- All My Relations
Copeland - Blushing
Corey Fuller - Break
Crimeapple - Wet Dirt
Crypt Trip - Haze County
Drugdealer - Raw Honey
Elbow - Giants of All Sizes
Erland Cooper - 'Sule Skerry'
Haley Reinhart - Lo-Fi Soul
Josh Abrams Natural Information Society -- Mandatory Reality
Kanye West - Jesus is King
Kate Tempest - The Book of Traps and Lessons
Knocked Loose - A Different Shade of Blue
Lil Nas X - 7
Men I Trust - Oncle Jazz
Mexico City Blondes - Blush
Minature Tigers - Vampires in the Daylight
Octo Octa - For Lovers
Pedro the Lion - 'Phoenix'
Skarbo Skulekorps - S/T
slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
The Cranberries - In the End
Tobi Lou - Live on Ice
Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance
W.H.Lung - Incidental Music
Witch Vomit - Buried Deep in a Bottomless Grave
 
4 Point Albums
Andre Ethier - Croak in the Weeds
Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Bryce Dessner, Eighth Blackbird -- When We Are Inhuman
Carla dal Forno - Look Up Sharp
Dessa - Sound the Bells
Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers III
Ghostfunk Orchestra "A Song For Paul"
Grace Ives - 2nd
Holy Ghost! – Work
Jambinai - ONDA
Jeff Tweedy - WARMER
Jessica Pratt -- Quiet Signs
Leif -- Loom Dream
slenderbodies - komorebi
Tinariwen - Amadjar
 
5 Point Albums
Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
Andres y Xavi - Vibraciones y Sentimientos
Anna Mieke - Idle Mind
Arlo Parks - Super Sad Generation
Bad Religion - Age of Unreason
BANKS - III
Barrie - Happy To Be Here
Black Belt Eagle Scout - 'At the Party With My Brown Friends'
Blushing - Blushing
Bob Mould - "Sunshine Rock"
Bonnie Prince Billy - I Made A Place
Caamp - by and by
Caleb Elliott, Forever to Fade,
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Joia!
Cate Le Bon - Reward
Chasms – The Mirage
Compro Oro - Suburban Exotica
Darkthrone - Old Star
De Lorians ~ S/T
DJ Yoda - Homecooking
Dori Freeman - Every Single Star
Drab Majesty - Modern Mirror
Earthgang - Mirrorland
Eggplantegg ~ 我們以後要結婚
Erika de Casier - Essentials
Ezra Furman - Twelve Nudes
Fever 333 - Strength in Numb333rs
Fruit Bats - Gold Past Life
Fulusu - The Voice Between Us
GA-20 - Lonely Soul
Gabe Lee - Farmland
Ghostface Killah - Ghostface Killahs
girl in red - chapter two
Grace Potter - Daylight
Greg Foat ‎– The Mage
Griselda - WWCD
Gruff Rhys - Pang!
Harry Styles - Fine Line
Isaac Birituro and The Rail Abandon* - Kalba
Jizue ~ Gallery
Jon Pardi - Heartache Medication
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Mandatory Reality
Jungle Brown ‎– Full Circle
Khruangbin - 全てが君に微笑む
Kim Gordon - No Home Record
L'eclair ~ Sauropoda
Labrinth - Imagination & the Misfit Kid
LCD Soundsystem "Electric Lady Sessions"
Le Butcherettes ‎– bi/MENTAL
Lena Raine - Oneknowing
Lennon Claypool Delirium - South of Reality
Leonard Cohen - Thanks for the Dance
Lillie Mae - Other Girls
LSD - Labrinth, Sia and Diplo Presents LSD
Mach Hommy x Muggs - Tuez Les Tous
Megan thee Stallion- Fever
Midland - Let It Roll
Miss June - Bad Luck Party
Moon Tooth - Crux
Moron Police - A Boat at Sea
Naoito - DotA
Nils Frahm - All Encores
Our Native Daughters
Portico Quartet - 'Memory Streams'
Richard Dawson - 2020
Ride - This is Not a Safe Place
Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
Samthing Soweto - Akulaleki
Sarathy Korwar - More Arriving
Silversun Pickups - Widows Weeds
Simon Joyner - Pocket Moon
Sin Fang - Sad Party
Slow Riot - G.A.D.
Starflyer 59 - Young In My Head
Sunn O))) - Life Metal
Swindle - No More Normal
The Dip - Delivers!
The Great Old Ones - Cosmicism
The Leaf Library - 'The World Is A Bell'
These New Puritans – Inside the Rose
Wide Awake - Alienation Effects
Wiki - Oofie
Will Johnson - "Wire Mountain"
Wintersleep - In The Land Of
Yelfris Valdés ‎– For The Ones...
Young Marco - Bahasa
 
6 Point Albums
Angel Bat Dawid -- The Oracle
Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild
Circles Around the Sun Meets Joe Russo
Clowns - Nature/Nurture
Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble -- Where Future Unfolds
Daymé Arocena - Sonocardiogram
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Emily Scott Robinson - Traveling Mercies
Helado Negro -- This Is How You Smile
Jonas Brothers - Happiness Begins
Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel
Lukas Nelson – Turn Off the News
Maren Morris - Girl
Moodymann -- Sinner
Rachael and Vilray - Rachael and Vilray
Rammstein - Untitled
Shura - Forevher
Strand of Oaks - Eraserland
Sufjan Stevens (perf. Timo Andres) - The Decalogue
Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
Tycho - Weather
 
7 Point Albums
Art Ensemble Of Chicago -- We Are On The Edge
Asthma Castle - Mount Crushmore
Beirut - Gallipoli
Bleached - Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough
Brockhampton - Ginger
Channel Tres EP
Crumb - Jinx
Emily King- Scenery
Future - Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd
Greet Death - New Hell
Hand Habits - Placeholder
Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
John Paul White - The Hurting Kind
Kevin Morby - Oh My God
Lapalux - Aminoverse
Malibu - One Life
Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits
Paranoyds - Carnage Bargain
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
The Comet is Coming - The Afterlife
The Little Unsaid - Atomise
Torche - Admission
Twin Temple - Bring You Their Signature Sound
Uboa - The Origin of My Depression
 
8 Point Albums
Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet
Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
Dominique Fils-Aimé - Stay Tuned!
Dona Onete - Rebujo
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - ZAM!
Joan Shelley -- Like The River Loves The Sea
Lynden Rook - Ophelia the Album
MOLLY - All The Ever Could Have Been
Nerija - Blume
Patrick Wilson - Wave
Salami Rose Joe Lewis - Zdenka 2080
Two People - First Body
 
9 Point Albums
Alfa Mist - Structuralism
Bad Bunny - X 100PRE
Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender
Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken
Metronomy "Metronomy Forever"
Millencolin - SOS
Sampa The Great - The Return
Sara Bareilles - Amidst The Chaos
Sasha Sloan - Self Portrait
Vagabon - S/T
 
10 Point Albums
75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real
Alexander Taylor ‎– Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street
Altın Gün – Gece
Bad Bunny & J Balvin - OASIS
Bayonne - "Drastic Measures"
Biosphere - The Senja Recordings
Blind Guardian - Legacy of the Dark Lands
Bodywash - Comforter
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett
Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation
Chelsea Wolfe - Birth Of Violence
Chris Crack - Never Hated I Just Waited
Chromatics - Closer to Grey
Cochemea - All My Relations
Coladera ‎– La Dôtu Lado
Com Truise - Persuasion System
Damien Jurado - 'In The Shape Of A Storm'
Denzel Curry - Zuu
Denzel Curry - ZUU
Dhidalah - Threshold 発端
Emotional Oranges - The Juice, Vol. 1
Feels - Post Earth
Fly Pan Am - C’est ça
Föllakzoid - I
Frances Cone - Late Riser
Ghost Funk Orchestra - A Song For Paul
Girl Band - The Talkies
Gong - The Universe Also Collapses
GriffO ~ 通用计算
Hannah Diamond - Reflections
Her Name Is Calla – Animal Choir
Here Lies Man - No Ground to Walk Upon
HIDE - Hell is Here
Horse Jumper of Love - So Divine
HTRK - Venus in Leo
Iglooghost/Kai Whiston/Babii - XYZ
Jenn Grant - Love, Inevitable
Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love
Kadavar - For The Dead Travel Fast
Lightning Dust - Spectre
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard ‎– Yn Ol I Annwn
Nina Simone & Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Eunice Waymon
Pijn & Conjurer - Curse These Metal Hands
Pom Poko - Birthday
Prune Deer ~ Insufficient Postage
Rex Orange County - Pony
Robyn Hitchcock / Andy Partridge ‎– Planet England
Russian Circles - Blood Year
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Wont Hold
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
Sudan Archives - Athena
Suhnopfer - Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes
The Appleseed Cast - The Fleeting Light of Impermanence
The Budos Band ‎– V
The Harmaleighs - She Won't Make Sense
The Hold Steady – Thrashing Thru the Passion
The New Pornographers, In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
The Ocean Blue - Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves
The Tallest Man on Earth - I Love You. It's a Fever Dream.
TR/ST – The Destroyer (Parts 1 & 2)
Weezer - Weezer (teal album)
Whirr - Feels Like You
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia
Yogee New Waves ~ BlueHarlem
和平和浪 ~ 安福大厅
 
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