As you can tell, the old blog downsized a bit this year. Still, I can’t seem to resist some musical retrospection as the year comes to a close.
This year, I found that I trended towards OLDER releases rather than new ones. I settled into playlists a lot more than albums. I’m not saying this was a weak year for music or anything, just that I was happy to spin familiar sounds rather than new ones a lot of the time.
With that said, here are my favorite albums of 2019 and a Spotify playlist with 1 song from each album.
1 | Thom Yorke – ANIMA |
2 | The National – I Am Easy to Find |
3 | Better Oblivion Community Center – self titled |
4 | Hammock – Silencia |
5 | Big Thief – Two Hands |
6 | Wilco – Ode to Joy |
7 | Elbow – Giants of All Sizes |
8 | Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride |
9 | Copeland – Blushing |
10 | Jenny Lewis – On the Line |
11 | Andrew Bird – My Finest Work Yet |
12 | Luxury – Trophies |
13 | Hatchie – Keepsake |
14 | Josh Garrels – Chrysaline |
15 | Hugar – Varda |
16 | Ghost Ship – To The End |
17 | M83 – DSVII |
18 | Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising |
19 | Sleeping at Last – Atlas: Enneagram |
20 | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Watchmen |
21 | Beck – Hyperspace |
22 | Coldplay – Everyday Life |
23 | Switchfoot – Native Tongue |
24 | The New Pornographers – In the Morse Code of Brake Lights |
25 | Bon Iver – i, i |
Great list Peter! Glad to see Switchfoot made it on there! Also, I somehow overlooked that Thom Yorke album, I need to check that out.