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MCCh 2019 (07) April 30

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The best albums of 2019 (update April 30)

The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 34 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.

The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash (new); DIY; Drowned In Sound; God Is In The Tv (new); Load And Quiet (new); NME: The 405; The Guardian; Music OMH (out) ; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club (out); Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions (new); Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture (new); Under The Radar

Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…

New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score

Out:
Chai: Punk
Fennesz: Agora
Show Me The Body: Dog Whistle



40 - Devin Townsend: Empath - 74,9 (78,9 / 9)
Highlights: Spirits Will Collide - Genesis - Hear Me
Progressive Metal
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39 - Spellling: Mazy Fly - 75,0 (77,6 / 13)
Highlights: Hard to Please (Reprise) - Haunted Water - Under the Sun
Minimal Synth
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38- Sleaford Mods: Eton Alive – 75,2 (75,5 / 20)
Highlights: Kebab Spider - Flipside - O.B.C.T.
Post-Punk
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37 - 2 Chainz: Rap Or Go To The League - 75,2 (79,9 / 7)
Highlights: Wip - Momma I Hit a Lick - Forgiven
Trap Rap
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36 - Karen O & Danger Mouse: Lux Prima - 75,3 (73,6 / 26)
Highlights: Turn the Light - Leopard's Tongue - Woman
Art Rock
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35 - Desperate Journalist: In Search Of The Miraculous - 75,3 (80,0 / 7)
Highlights: Murmuration - Jonatan - Black Net
Indie Rock
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34 - PUP: Morbid Stuff - 75,4 (76,7 / 17)
Highlights: Kids - Full Blown Meltdown - City
Pop Punk
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33 - Lambchop: This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) - 75,6 (76,2 / 19)
Highlights: Crosswords, or What This Says About You - The Air Is Heavy and I Should Be Listening to You - Everything for You
Sophisti-Pop
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... IBuB4=&f=5[/imgsize]


32 - Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock - 75,7 (76,0 / 20)
Highlights: Western Sunset - Sunshine Rock - Send Me a Postcard
Alternative Rock
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31 - Lizzo: Cuz I Love You - 75,7 (77,7 / 15)
Highlights: Jerome - Tempo - Soulmate
Pop Soul
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30 - Kevin Morby: Oh My God - 75,8 (77,5 / 16)
Highlights: Hail Mary - No Halo - Seven Devils
Singer-Songwriter
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29 - Orville Peck: Pony - 75,8 (79,2 / 11)
Highlights: Hope to Die - Buffalo Run - Dead of Night
Alt- Country
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28 - Self Esteem: Compliments Please - 75,9 (79,9 / 9)
Highlights: Girl Crush - The Best - Steady I Stand
Electropop
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=6[/imgsize]


27 - Jayda G: Significant Changes – 75,9 (78,9 / 12)
Highlights: Leave Room 2 Breathe - Sunshine in the Valley - Stanley's Get Down (No Parking on the DF)
Deep House
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26 - Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra: Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) – 76,2 (78,2 / 15)
Highlights: Lento, Cantabile-Semplice (album with 3 tracks)
Modern Classical
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=5[/imgsize]


25- Foals: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) – 76,2 (74,2 / 27)
Highlights: In Degrees - Sunday - White Onions
Indie Rock
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24 - Jenny Lewis: On The Line – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Heads Gonna Roll - Red Bull & Hennessy - Dogwood
Pop Rock
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23 - James Blake: Assume Form – 77,5 (75,2 / 28)
Highlights: Where's the Catch? - Can’t Believe the Way We Flow - Assume Form
Alternative R&B
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22 - Pedro The Lion: Phoenix - 77,7 (80,0 / 14)
Highlights: Yellow Bike - Circle K - Clean Up
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... oO-nA=&f=5[/imgsize]


21 - The Japanese House: Good At Falling – 77,7 (78,4 / 19)
Highlights: Lilo - Everybody Hates Me - You Seemed so Happy
Indietronica
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20 - Káryyn: The Quanta Series – 78,0 (82,4 / 8)
Highlights: Segment & The Line - Ever - Yajna
Ambient Pop
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19 - The Twilight Sad: It Won't Be Like This – 78,1 (76,4 / 26)
Highlights: I/m Not Here (Missing Face) - VTr - Auge/Maschine
Post-Punk
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... 2-yAg=&f=5[/imgsize]


18 - Aldous Harding: Designer - 78,5 (78,8 / 20)
Highlights: Weight of the Planets - The Barrel - Zoo Eyes
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... xGXts=&f=5[/imgsize]


17 - Sunn O))): Life Metal - 78,7 (82,7 / 9)
Highlights: Novae (album with 4 tracks)
Drone Metal
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=5[/imgsize]


16 - Craig Finn: I Need A New War - 78,8 (82,8 / 9)
Highlights: Holyoke - Grant at Galena - A Bathtub In the Kitchen
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... _CLs0=&f=5[/imgsize]


15 - Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center – 78,9 (77,6 / 25)
Highlights: Dylan Thomas - I Didn't Know What I Was in For - Forest Lawn
Folk Rock
[imgsize 260x260]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... AXRBU=&f=5[/imgsize]


14 - Ariana Grande: thank u, next – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: thank u, next - ghostin - bloodline
R&B
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13 - Jessica Pratt: Quiet Signs – 79,8 (78,1 / 26)
Highlights: This Time Around - Fare Thee Well - Poly Blue
Folk
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12 - American Football: American Football – 79,8 (80,5 / 19)
Highlights: Uncomfortably Numb - I Can't Feel You - Doom in Full Bloom
EMO
[imgsize 260x260]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... x15tU=&f=5[/imgsize]


11 - Julia Jacklin: Crushing – 79,8 (78,5 / 25)
Highlights: Body - Comfort - Good Guy
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 260x260]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... pAJWo=&f=5[/imgsize]


10 - Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe – 80,6 (79,9 / 23)
Highlights: Heavyweight Champion of the Year - Angels - In Your Head
Indie Pop
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09 - Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – 81,5 (79,8 / 26)
Highlights: Xanny - I Love You - Bad Guy
Electropop
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08 - Dave: Psychodrama - 81,8 (86,4 / 7)
Highlights: Black - Lesley - Psycho
Hip Hop
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07 - Solange: When I Get Home – 82,1 (81,1 / 24)
Highlights: Almeda - Binz - Stay Flo
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 280x280]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... XXB1I=&f=5[/imgsize]


06 - Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow - 82,3 (78,6 / 32)
Highlights: Seventeen - Comeback Kid - No One’s Easy to Love
Indie Pop
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05 - Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? – 82,5 (78,5 / 33)
Highlights: Death in Midsummer - No One's Sleeping - What Happens to People?
Indie Rock
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... x15tU=&f=5[/imgsize]


04 - Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs – 82,5 (80,5 / 27)
Highlights: Beware of the Dogs - Lunch - Old Man
Indie Folk
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... oO-nA=&f=5[/imgsize]


03 - Little Simz: Grey Area – 84,4 (85,4 / 18)
Highlights: Flowers - Offence - 101 FM
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... IBuB4=&f=5[/imgsize]


02 - Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising - 85,3 (82,6 / 29)
Highlights: Everyday - A Lot's Gonna Change - Andromeda
Art Pop
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01 - Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel – 85,4 (85,8 / 20)
Highlights: Boys in the Better Land - Too Real - Big
Post-Punk
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JohnnyBGoode wrote:Not sure if anyone's ever asked this before, but any others above 70 ...? :whistle:
41 - Chai: Punk - 74,9 (77,5 / 13)
42 - Martha: Love Keeps Kicking - 74,9 (78,2 / 11)
43 - Show Me The Body: Dog Whistle - 74,8 (79,1 / 8)
44 - Hand Habits: Placeholder - 74,5 (77,5 / 12)
45 - Steve Mason: About The Light - 74,5 (77,8 / 11)
46 - La Dispute: Panorama - 74,5 (78,4 / 9)
47 - The Delines: The Imperial - 74,3 (79,0 / 7)
48 - Fennesz: Agora - 74,3 (78,0 / 10)
49 - The Comet Is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery - 74,1 (78,1 / 9)
50 - Robert Forster: Inferno - 74,1 (77,1 / 12)
51 - Cass McCombs: Tip Of The Sphere - 74,1 (73,1 / 24)
52 - Priests: The Seduction Of Kansas - 74,1 (74,0 / 21)
53 - Anderson .Paak: Ventura - 74,0 (74,4 / 20)
54 - Steve Gunn: The Unseen Inbetween - 73,9 (74,5 / 19)
55 - The Mountain Goats: In League With Dragons - 73,9 (77,2 / 11)
56 - Lucy Rose: No Words Left - 73,8 (77,5 / 10)
57 - Beirut: Gallipoli - 73,8 (71,5 / 28)
58 - Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile - 73,7 (77,4 / 10)
59 - Sigrid: Sucker Punch - 73,5 (73,2 / 22)
60 - Damien Jurado: In The Space Of A Storm - 73,3 (75,3 / 15)
61 - Rozi Plain: What a Boost - 73,0 (77,4 / 8)
62 - William Tyler: Goes West - 72,9 (77,3 / 8)
63 - Boy Harsher: Careful - 72,7 (76,0 / 11)
64 - Ex Hex: It's Real - 72,6 (73,9 / 17)
65 - The Chemical Brothers: No Geography - 72,6 (73,2 / 19)
66 - Maggie Rogers: Heard It In A Past Life - 72,4 (70,8 / 26)
67 - Strand Of Oaks: Eraserland - 72,4 (74,7 / 14)
68 - Gary Clark Jr.: This Land - 72,3 (77,0 / 7)
69 - These New Puritans: Inside The Rose - 72,3 (72,3 / 21)
70 - Tiny Ruins: Olympic Girls - 72,3 (74,3 / 15)
71 - Marvin Gaye: You're The Man - 72,2 (76,9 / 7)
72 - Avey Tare: Cows on Hourglass Pond - 72,2 (73,5 / 17)
73 - Blood Red Shoes: Get Tragic - 72,1 (76,1 / 9)
74 - Pom Poko: Birthday - 71,9 (76,3 / 8)
75 - Sasami: Sasami - 71,9 (72,6 / 19)
76 - Dawn: New Breed - 71,7 (76,0 / 8)
77 - Ibibio Sound Machine: Doko Mien - 71,7 (75,0 / 11)
78 - Amanda Palmer: There Will Be No Intermission - 71,6 (73,3 / 16)
79 - Spielbergs: This Is Not the End - 71,6 (74,2 / 13)
80 - Andrew Bird: My Finest Work Yet - 71,5 (73,2 / 16)
81 - Du Blonde: Lung Bread For Daddy - 71,4 (75,1 / 10)
82 - Tim Presley & White Fence: I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk - 71,3 (73,3 / 15)
83 - Drugdealer: Raw Honey - 71,3 (74,0 / 13)
84 - Kelsey Lu: Blood - 71,1 (74,8 / 10)
85 - Girlpool: What Chaos Is Imaginary - 71,1 (70,4 / 23)
86 - SOAK: Grim Town - 70,8 (74,1 / 11)
87 - Teeth Of The Sea: Wraith - 70,7 (74,7 / 9)
88 - Bibio: Ribbons - 70,7 (72,3 / 16)
89 - Pond: Tasmania - 70,4 (72,4 / 15)
90 - Rustin Man: Drift Code - 70,2 (71,9 / 16)
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Are live albums exempt? Because i was expecting given the reviews it has been getting for the Beyonce one to make it on here
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Playlist update time:



Wow that drop of Chai... From #19 (with an average of 77,7) to out of the list (or, at #41 with 74,9) is really a huge fall. I didn't guess such a huge drop all of sudden was possible. That album was a very distinctive presence here, so that is too bad. I hope we don't lose Spellling soon either, but she seems to be slowly crawling out of this list.

Also strange is that number one. I thought Weyes Blood was the obvious winner of the moment, but now a band I hear absolutely no one refer to is first place. Could just be me. This is no knock on the album, which I yet have to hear (and probably won't get around to for awhile).
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Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vampire Weekend doing well too but we already know who’s making the critics drool.
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luvulongTIM wrote:Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vampire Weekend doing well too but we already know who’s making the critics drool.
Which album are you talking about?
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Jackson wrote:
luvulongTIM wrote:Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vampire Weekend doing well too but we already know who’s making the critics drool.
Which album are you talking about?
Almost certainly the Big Thief album that came out today.
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