2019 was a pretty unusual year throughout music. Established artists made sudden, drastic changes to their sound with a wide variety of results (Tyler, the Creator, Sturgill Simpson, BROCKHAMPTON), beacons of reliability stumbled (Fallujah, ScHoolboy Q, Offset) and acts that had been long creatively stagnant suddenly got rejuvenated (Whitechapel, Children of Bodom, Korn). Unsurprisingly, this general weirdness led to a slate of records that wasn't overloaded with true greatness or total failures, but remained interesting nonetheless. Plus any year that produces something as essential as Norman Fucking Rockwell! will never be looked back at with complete contempt by me. Below you'll find a number of 2019 retrospective lists including my picks for the 50 best songs, biggest surprises/letdowns and a worst to best ranking of every EP/LP I heard with grades. Hope you enjoy and may the next decade bless us with many more high quality pieces of music.
EP's:
6.Drake-The Best in the World Pack (C)
5.Future-Save Me (C+)
4.Lil Nas X-7 (B-)
3.Kevin Abstract-ARIZONA baby (B)
2.$ucideboy$ and Travis Barker-Live Fast Die Whenever (B)
1.Action Bronson and The Alchemist-Lamb Over Rice (B)
LP's:
103.ScHoolboy Q-CrasH Talk (D+)
102.Hootie & the Blowfish-Imperfect Circle (D+)
101.Kanye West-Jesus is King (C-)
100.Charli XCX-Charli (C-)
99.Tyler, the Creator-IGOR (C-)
98.James Blake-Assume Form (C-)
97.Yelawolf-Trunk Muzik 3 (C)
96.Pile-Green and Gray (C)
95.PUP-Morbid Stuff (C)
94.Baroness-Gold & Grey (C)
93.Sharon Van Etten-Remind Me Tomorrow (C+)
92.Hath-Of Rot and Ruin (C+)
91.Jackboys-Jackboys (C+)
90.Vampire Weekend-Father of the Bride (C+)
89.Beast Coast-Escape from New York (C+)
88.Secret Band-LP2 (C+)
87.JPEGMAFIA-All My Heroes Are Cornballs (C+)
86.Foals-Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 (C+)
85.Future-The WZRD (C+)
84.Wristmeetsrazor-Misery Never Forgets (C+)
83.Offset-FATHER OF 4 (C+)
82.The Number Twelve Looks Like You-Wild Gods (C+)
81.Trippie Redd-A Love Letter to You 4 (C+)
80.Angel Olsen-All Mirrors (C+)
79.Thaiboy Digital-Legendary Member (B-)
78.Soilwork-Verkligheten (B-)
77.Camilla Cabello-Romance (B-)
76.The Black Keys-“Let's Rock” (B-)
75.Kevin Abstract-ARIZONA BABY (B-)
74.DaBaby-Kirk (B-)
73.King Princess-Cheap Queen (B-)
72.Royal Coda-Compassion (B-)
71.Taylor Swift-Lover (B-)
70.Caroline Polachek-Pang (B-)
69.DaBaby-Baby on Baby (B-)
68.Fallujah-Undying Light (B-)
67.Antagonize-Slip Death (B-)
66.Amon Amarth-Berserker (B)
65.Injury Reserve-Injury Reserve (B)
64.Maggie Rogers-Heard It in A Past Life (B)
63.Exhumed-Horror (B)
62.Fit for An Autopsy-The Sea of Tragic Beasts (B)
61.EARTHGANG-Mirrorland (B)
60.Inculter-Fatal Visions (B)
59.Freddie Gibbs & Madlib-Bandana (B)
58.Car Bomb-Mordial (B)
57.Trippie Redd-! (B)
56.Thy Art is Murder-Human Target (B)
55.King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard-Infest the Rats' Nest (B)
54.Weyes Blood-Titanic Rising (B)
53.As I Lay Dying-Shaped by Fire (B)
52.Knocked Loose-A Different Shade of Blue (B)
51.Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats-Anger Management (B)
50.Hozier-Wasteland, Baby! (B)
49.Fleshgod Apocalypse-Veleno (B)
48.Big K.R.I.T.-K.R.I.T. IZ Here (B)
47.Kelsey Lu-Blood (B)
46.Carnifex-World War X (B)
45.Rings of Saturn-Gidim (B)
44.Blood Incantation-Hidden History of the Human Race (B)
43.City Morgue-City Morgue Vol.2: As Good as Dead (B)
42.Despised Icon-Purgatory (B)
41.Megan thee Stallion-Fever (B)
40.While She Sleeps-SO WHAT? (B)
39.Young Nudy & P'ierre Bourne-Sli'mierre (B)
38.Carly Rae Jepsen-Dedicated (B)
37.Gunna-Drip or Drown 2 (B)
36.Post Malone-Hollywood's Bleeding (B)
35.Born of Osiris-The Simulation (B)
34.Billie Eilish-When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (B)
33.Lil Pump-Harverd Dropout (B)
32.Venom Prison-Samsara (B)
31.BROCKHAMPTON-GINGER (B)
30.Killswitch Engage-Atonement (B)
29.Korn-The Nothing (B)
28.Equipoise-Demirgus (B+)
27.The Callous Daoboys-Die on Mars (B+)
26.Critical Defiance-Misconception (B+)
25.2 Chainz-Rap or Go to the League (B+)
24.Itacha-The Language of Injury (B+)
23.Counterparts-Nothing Left to Love (B+)
22.Sadistic Ritual-Visionarie of Death (B+)
21.Norma Jean-All Hail (B+)
20.Periphery-Periphery IV: HAIL STAN (B+)
19.Slipknot-We Are Not Your Kind (B+)
18.Shadow of Intent-Melancholy (B+)
17.After the Burial-Evergreen (B+)
16.Tove Lo-Sunshine Kitty (B+)
15.Ariana Grande-thank u, next (B+)
14.Danny Brown-uknowwhatimsayin? (B+)
13.Sturgill Simpson-Sound & Fury (B+)
12.FKA twigs-Magadelene (B+)
11.Moon Tooth-Crux (B+)
10.Young Thug-So Much Fun (B+)
9.Anderson. Paak-Ventura (B+)
8.Banks-III (A-)
7.Thank You Scientist-Terraformer (A-)
6.SeeYouSpaceCowboy...-The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit
Wounds (A-)
5.Children of Bodom-Hexed (A-)
4.Whitechapel-The Valley (A-)
3.Denzel Curry-ZUU (A-)
2.Allegaeon-Apoptosis (A)
1.Lana Del Rey-Norman Fucking Rockwell! (A+)
Biggest Surprises:
1.Whitechapel-The Valley
2.Children of Bodom-Hexed
3.Korn-The Nothing
4.Born of Osiris-The Simulation
5.Carnifex-World War X
Biggest Letdowns:
1.Fallujah-Undying Light
2.Freddie Gibbs & Madlib-Bandana
3.ScHoolboy Q-CrasH Talk
4.Car Bomb-Mordial
5.Offset-FATHER OF 4
Most Underrated:
1.Denzel Curry-ZUU
2.Whitechpel-The Valley
3.SeeYouSpaceCowboy...-The Correaltion Between Entrace and Exit Wounds
4.Banks-III
5.Moon Tooth-Crux
Most Overrated:
1.Freddie Gibbs & Madlib-Bandana
2.Tyler, the Creator-IGOR
3.JPEGMAFIA-All My Heroes Are Cornballs
4.Angel Olsen-All Mirrors
5.PUP-Morbid Stuff
Top Discoveries:
1.SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
2.Sadistic Ritual
3.Ithaca
4.Critical Defiance
5.Venom Prison
Top 50 Songs (in alphabetical order by artist):
After the Burial-Behold the Crown
Alleageon-Exothermic Chemical Combustion
Alleageon-Interphase/Meiosis
Alleageon-Metaphobia
Alleageon-Tsunami and Submergence
Anderson. Paak-Chosen One (feat. Sonyae Elise)
Anderson. Paak-Jet Black (feat. Brandy)
Ariana Grande-bloodline
Banks-Gimme
Banks-Propaganda
Banks-Till Now
BROCKHAMPTON-NO HALO
Children of Bodom-Kick in a Spleen
Children of Bodom-Relapse (Nature of my Crime)
Dance Gavin Dance-Head Hunter
Danny Brown-Savage Nomad
Denzel Curry-BIRDZ (feat. Rick Ross)
Denzel Curry-RICKY
Denzel Curry-WISH (feat. Kiddo Marv)
FKA twigs-Holy Terrain (feat. Future)
FKA twigs-Mary Magadelene
Gunna-Out the Hood
Hozier-No Plan
Kelsey Lu-Pushing Against the Wind
Lana Del Rey-California
Lana Del Rey-Cinnamon Girl
Lana Del Rey-Fuck It, I Love You
Lana Del Rey-The Greatest
Lana Del Rey-Norman Fucking Rockwell
Lil Pump-Nu Uh
Moon Tooth-Rhythm & Roar
Moon Tooth-Trust
Periphery-Garden in the Bones
SeeYouSpaceCowboy...-Dissertation of an Idle Voice
SeeYouSpaceCowboy...-Put on a Show, Don't Let Them You See Fall
Shadow of Intent-Gravesinger
Slipknot-Solway Firth
Sturgill Simpson-Sing Along
Thank You Scientist-Everyday Ghosts
Thank You Scientist-Swarm
Tove Lo-Jacques (feat. Jax James)
Venom Prison-Uterine Industrialization
The Weeknd-Blinding Lights
Whitechapel-Doom Woods
Whitechapel-Hickory Creek
Whitechapel-When a Demon Defiles a Witch
Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne-Dispatch (feat. DaBaby)
Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne-Shotta (feat. Megan Thee
Stallion)
Young Thug-Hot (feat. Gunna)
Young Thug-Mannequin Challenge (feat. Juice WRLD)
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