Ghosteen by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds is the most acclaimed album of the year.
The ADM Top 10 2019
Now everyone's had their say with the Best Albums of 2019
roundups, it's time to take stock of the cold hard facts of what
really were the most critically-acclaimed albums over the past 12
months.
The AnyDecentMusic top 10 of 2019 is the most reliable guide to
what earned the most extensive overall praise from reviewers.
We have excluded from the rankings any albums with fewer than ten
reviews from our list of more than 50 sources from the UK, US,
Canada, Australia and Ireland, and the formula we apply to arrive
at the ADM rating takes the number of reviews into account
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9.02
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Ghosteen
"The most beautiful songs he has ever recorded" - The
Guardian
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8.72
Dave
Psychodrama
"Pretty close to a masterpiece and raises the bar for a new
standard in British rap" - music OMH
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8.54
FKA Twigs
MAGDALENE
"It is the fullest and most developed work from FKA Twigs to
date" - The Line Of best Fit
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8.51
Little Simz
Grey Area
"She's developed from an MC into a true artist" -
Clash
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8.48
Michael Kiwanuka
Kiwanuka
"Blending the personal, political, and pure to dazzling effect"
- Gigwise
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Lana Del Rey
Norman Fucking Rockwell
"An instant folk-pop classic" - Paste Magazine
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Fontaines D.C.
Dogrel
"A clear, unedited picture of who they are and what they're made
of. It's a joy to witness" - DIY
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8.43
Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising
"A grand, sentimental ode to living and loving in the shadow of
doom. It is her most ambitious and complex work yet" -
Pitchfork
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Angel Olsen
All Mirrors
"A dramatic, devastating new record with some unpredictable
flourishes" - The Skinny
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Baroness
Gold & Grey
"Just about every listener - no matter their history or prior
opinions - will deem Gold & Grey Baroness' masterpiece" - Pop
Matters
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11. Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy! Reviews
12. Big Thief - U.F.O.F. Reviews
13. Big Thief - Two Hands Reviews
14. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains Reviews
15. Sunn O))) - Life Metal Reviews
16. Richard Dawson - 2020 Reviews
17. Aldous Harding - Designer Reviews
18. Brittany Howard - Jaime Reviews
19. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Reviews
20. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow Reviews
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