Best 50 Albums of 2019

Best 50 Albums of 2019

Wales Arts Review’s critics have come together, argued, scrapped, cried, and hugged, to bring you our rundown of our best 50 albums of what we’ve been listening to in 2019. We always have a lot of fun putting this together, and we hope there’s some music on here that is new to you. And you can now check out the albums on our exclusive Wales Arts Review playlist below, nearly four hours of the best music of the year.

50. Stonechild – Jesca Hoop

49. When We Are All Inhuman – Bonnie “Prince” Billy

48. Midnight – Stef Chura

47. Love + Fear – Marina

46. i,i – Bon Iver

45. Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne – Amy Speace

44. Spirit – Rhye

43. Designer – Aldous Harding

42. Curve of the Earth – Ohtis

41. Buxton Palace Hotel – Studio Electrophonique

Mattiel

40. Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend

39. The Centre Won’t Hold – Sleater-Kinney

38. Cows on Hourglass Pond – Avey Tare

37. Timebends – Deerhunter

36. Satis Factory – Mattiel

35. Burn – Wretch 32

34. Tower of Glass – Ladytron

33. Town Centre – Squid

32. Street Worms – Viagra Boys

31. Schlagenheim – black midi

Solange

30. All Mirrors – Angel Olsen

29. Anna Painting – Four Tet

28. Remind Me Tomorrow – Sharon Van Etten

27. Tip of the Sphere – Cass McCombs

26. When I Get Home – Solange

25. Encore – The Specials

24. Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen

23. Lux Prima – Karen O & Dangermouse

22. Reward – Cate le Bon

21. U.F.O.F. – Big Thief

Big Thief

20. Groove Denied – Stephen Malkmus

19. Eve – Rapsody

18. One of the Best Yet – Gang Starr

17. Polymer – Plaid

16. Dusty – Homeboy Sandman

15. Two Hands – Big Thief

14. Ancestral Recall – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

13. Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey

12. Kiwanuka – Michael Kiwanuka

11. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billy Eilish

Julia Jacklin

10. Buoys – Panda Bear

9. Magdalene – FKA Twigs

8. Ghosteen – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

7. Titanic Rising – Weyes Blood

6. Nothing Great About Britain – slowthai

5. Father Unknown – Harriet Tubman

4. Dogrel – Fontaines DC

3. Crushing – Julia Jacklin

2. ‘Cuz I love You – Lizzo

1. GREY Area – Little Simz

Little Simz