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Best albums of 2019 so far

The 30 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)

The best of what this year’s had to offer in its first six months.

Essential Lost Albums

10 Essential “Lost” Albums

10 albums that were never supposed to be released…until they were.

10 Essential ’90s Movie Soundtracks

Looking back at a soundtrack renaissance.

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The 50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 21st Century

The best rap records of the past 20 years.

10 Essential Staten Island Albums

Our final installment in the 5 Boroughs Essentials series.

10 Essential Brooklyn Albums

The best albums from the most populous borough.

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10 Essential Bronx Albums

The second installment in our survey of the music of the Five Boroughs.

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10 Essential Manhattan Albums

Our series of essentials from the Five Boroughs kicks off with some NYC classics.

Essential Merge Records Tracks

Merge Records: 30 Years, 30 Tracks

30 years of top-notch indie rock in 30 songs.

10 Essential Bristol Albums

Ten must-listen recordings from the UK hub, best known for its trip-hop exports.

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The Best Albums of January 2019

One month into a year is never quite enough to understand how the next 11…

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10 Essential Punk Blues Albums

From the Delta on over to the Sunset Strip.

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10 Essential Delaware Albums

Essential jams from the First State.

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10 Essential Self-Referential Songs

Too clever for their own good? Or amusingly meta?

10 Essential Next-Level Albums

10 times where a great album took it to the next stage.

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The 20 Most Anticipated Albums of Winter/Spring 2019

A lineup of the albums we can’t wait to spin in the year ahead.

2018 individual ballots

Best of 2018: Individual Ballots

The top 10 albums from each contributor to Treble’s year-end top 50.

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The 10 Best Reissues of 2018

After the best new music of the year, the best classic material to achieve new life.

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The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2018

The best albums in one of the best years for jazz in a long time.

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Top 50 Albums of 2018

The 50 albums we agreed whipped the most ass this year.