10 Best Records from 2019 Every Collection Needs

The best-selling record of 2019 is one of the year’s best albums every collection needs, Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” delivers fascinating pop hooks over stunning production making it a must-have record. But most of 2019’s other great albums come from outside pops centre and deserve the same level of attention.

This list of the 10 best records from 2019 every collection needs included two bracing collaborations, two debuts, and a series of responses.

Here are the 10 best records from 2019 every collection needs:

Thank u next–Ariana Grande (BEST RECORDS FROM 2019)

If a monoculture still exists, then Ariana is in the middle of it. The R&B pop artist is a prolific music creator in her genre. Only released a few months after “Sweetener,” “thank u, next” is a stunning album that she recorded during a time of well-documented personal challenges, both professional and romantic. The album solidifies Ariana’s definitive style, blending lyric flows and hip-hop beats with pop production. As one of the generations best vocalists, on “thank u, next” she has proven why you must listen to this album.

Better Oblivion Community Center – Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers is one of California’s best singer-songwriters. She followed the melancholic “2017’s Stranger in the Alps“, her debut album, with “2018’s Boygenius” a mesmerizing super group EP and, most recently, the compulsive, hypnotic collaboration with Oberst. Although most duet records revel in contrast between the creators, Oberst and Bridgers took an opposite approach, typically singing as a fused entity. In their attention to detail, pinpoint melodic sensibilities and sly wit lyrical perfectionism, they are perfectly suited for each other.

Big Thief–U.F.O.F. (BEST RECORDS FROM 2019)

This is one of the most profoundly gentle best records from 2019: the singer hardly raises her soothing voice above a whisper, and muted guitars plucked quietly. Nonetheless, do not let this masterpiece fool you; the album is quite passionate and balanced by deathly omens, aging anxieties, and trauma. The record digs deeper into the unlikely relationship between creation and pain.

Billie Eilish–When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?

Billie Eilish released a SoundCloud hit when she was only 15 years old. Now, two years later in 2019, Billie’s debut album is a precocious and precise collection of enthralling pop compositions. She is very comfortable releasing the melancholy content as she tests her ukulele skills. This has been proven in her latest album featuring songs like “Bad Guy,” blending experimental beats, and snappy jazz riffs. The outcome is a successful album that establishes Billie’s as a promising talent.

Billy Woods and Kenny Segal–Hiding Places

You will, without a doubt, enjoy listening to rapper Billy Woods and producer Kenny Segal’s claustrophobic collaboration. Kenny lays down groaning saxophones, piercing cymbals, and an array of menacing guitars. On the other hand, Wood’s puts together a narrative of big bad wolves, war zones, hospital bills, and stories of police brutality.

James Blake–Assume Form (BEST RECORDS FROM 2019)

On this album, James Blake leans into a melody-driven and more accessible side. Great songs featured in this album include “I’ll Come Too” and “I Can’t Believe the Way We Flow” and captivating R&B collaborations with Travis Scott, Rosalia, and Moses Sumney. “Assume Form” has been created from the viewpoint of a person in love. Hence an excellent record for any person who wants to explore their newfound confidence in love.

Flying Lotus–Flamagra (BEST RECORDS FROM 2019)

Every record from Flying Lotus, an avid tentative afro-futurist music creator, is a masterpiece: an exploratory amalgam of viscosities and terrains. This album is the same: “Flamagra” wanders through sultry R&B, boom-bap hip-hop, string movements, eerie campfire stories, and free jazz, with stunning sonic departures glancing from every corner. The primary reason you must have this album is that Flying Lotus’s popular guests join in to unleash some of their most uninhibited and weirdest impulses you should listen to.

Maggie Rogers–Heard It in a Past Life

“Heard it in a Past Life” is Maggie’s debut album, but the most fantastic thing is that she was able to meet the expectations of all her fans. Maggie gets some of her style from the folk traditions that she learned when she played the banjo. She also experiments on her willowy voice that swings from a delicate tone to a very warm tenor. Maggie’s record is an exploration of self-discovery and doubt, a clear display of her talent.

Kenny Beats and Rico Nasty–Anger Management

Playing Anger Management is a cathartic physical experience; you absorb scalding anger that slowly gives way to self-control and placid experience. Rico, a DMV’s renowned rapper does not need any rhythmic support because she viciously clips her consonants that bounce off your ears like a snare drum.

Solange–When I Get Home (BEST RECORDS FROM 2019)

“When I Get Home” is one of Solange’s albums where she displays her meditative style and abandons the more conventional pop considerations. Solange serves a blend of subtle hip-hop, chopped R&B, and unhurried jazz-funk that’s both probing and delicate, packaged with 19 tracks. A major reason you should have this album in your collection is that it is a series of mantras that are very informing in personal meaning.