Best Albums of the Years: 2019

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Original Top 40

  1. Þóranna Björnsdóttir & Federico Placidi – LUCID
  2. Aurora – A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)
  3. Bobby Krlic – Midsommar (Original Score)
  4. The Caretaker – Everywhere at the end of time – Stage 6
  5. Sigur Rós – Variations on Darkness
  6. relief – The Gloaming
  7. Davíð Brynjar Franzson – Longitude
  8. Stefan Fraunberger – Quellgeister #3 Bussd
  9. Tim Clément & Lance Austin Olsen – Dark Night On The Black Dog Highway
  10. Enno Poppe – Rundfunk
  11. Esa-Pekka Salonen – Cello Concerto
  12. Jenny Hval – The Practice of Love
  13. Hildur Guðnadóttir – Chernobyl (Music from the HBO Miniseries)
  14. The Ballet – Matchy Matchy
  15. Tanya Barany – Lights Disappear
  16. Ståle Storløkken – The Haze of Sleeplessness
  17. Holly Herndon – Proto
  18. Zbigniew Karkowski – Encumbrance
  19. Tom Holkenborg – Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  20. Juhani Silvola – Post-Biological Wildlife
  21. Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann – LP1
  22. Jakob Ullmann – Fremde Zeit Addendum 5
  23. Quatuor Bozzini – Phill Niblock: Baobab
  24. Dis Fig – PURGE
  25. Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence
  26. John Williams – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  27. Vyacheslav Artyomov – In Memoriam
  28. Roland Kayn – Scanning
  29. C Duncan – Health
  30. Catherine Lamb – Atmospheres Transparent/Opaque
  31. Rose Elinor Dougall – A New Illusion
  32. Øyvind Torvund – The Exotica Album
  33. Clemens von Reusner – Electroacoustic Works
  34. Ensemble Musikfabrik – Erbe
  35. Erkki-Sven Tüür – Spectrums
  36. Sir Babygirl – Crush On Me: BICONIC Edition
  37. Benge – Forms 7 – Topological Landscapes
  38. Karin Hellqvist – Flock
  39. ionnalee – Remember the Future
  40. The Faint – Egowerk

Revised Top 30​

  1. Þóranna Björnsdóttir & Federico Placidi – LUCID
  2. Aurora [Aurora Aksnes] – A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)
  3. Bobby Krlic – Midsommar (Original Score)
  4. The Caretaker – Everywhere at the end of time – Stage 6
  5. Sigur Rós – Variations on Darkness
  6. relief – The Gloaming
  7. Giona Vinti – Orc
  8. Davíð Brynjar Franzson – Longitude
  9. Stefan Fraunberger – Quellgeister #3 Bussd
  10. Tim Clément & Lance Austin Olsen – Dark Night On The Black Dog Highway
  11. Enno Poppe – Rundfunk
  12. Esa-Pekka Salonen – Cello Concerto
  13. Jenny Hval – The Practice of Love
  14. Hildur Guðnadóttir – Chernobyl (Music from the HBO Miniseries)
  15. The Ballet – Matchy Matchy
  16. Tanya Barany – Lights Disappear
  17. Ståle Storløkken – The Haze of Sleeplessness
  18. Érick d’Orion & Guillaume Cliche – PUNT
  19. Holly Herndon – Proto
  20. Zbigniew Karkowski – Encumbrance
  21. Tom Holkenborg – Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  22. Juhani Silvola – Post-Biological Wildlife
  23. Kenneth Kirschner – January 1, 2019
  24. Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann – LP1
  25. Pierre-Luc Lecours – Paysages imaginaires
  26. Jakob Ullmann – Fremde Zeit Addendum 5
  27. Quatuor Bozzini – Phill Niblock: Baobab
  28. Petri Alanko & Martin Stig Andersen – Control (Original Game Soundtrack)
  29. Dis Fig – PURGE
  30. Vyacheslav Artyomov – In Memoriam