Top 10 Albums of 2019

Top Ten Favorite Albums

i,i - Bon Iver
Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
Pony Rex Orange County
Lover - Taylor Swift
I Am Easy to Find - The National
Amina - Tom Yorke
The Big Day - Chance the Rapper
Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend
The Rose Gardener - Bellows
Dedicated - Carly Rae Jepsen

Honorable Mentions

Heard It In A Past Life - Maggie Rogers
Invocations / Conversations - JR JR
In League with Dragons - The Mountain Goats
The Big Day - Chance the Rapper
Hyperspace - Beck
True Love - Devon Welsh
Closer Than Together - The Avett Brothers
Here Right Now - Joshua Radin
Assume Form - James Blake The Big Day - Chance the Rapper

Playlist

As I do every year, I’ve put together a playlist of my favorite new songs from the year — this one clocks in at just over six hours with 96 tracks. You can stream the entire thing on Spotify for listen here:

And my monthly music diaries are also all available on Spotify to see what music I was listening to each month.

BONUS! Top Ten Favorite Television Shows

Fleabag (season 2)
Watchmen
Succession (season 2)
Barry (season 2)
Russian Doll
Chernobyl
Big Little Lies (season 2)
Catastophe (season 4)
The Morning Show
Tuca and Bertie

Honorable Mentions: Stranger Things (season 3), Glow (season 3)

Movies

I got out to the theater once (!) this year and didn’t get to see as many new films as I usually do so no top ten list this year. But like everyone, I loved Marriage Story and Us.