Albums of 2019

It is that time of year again, where every self-respecting music blog feels compelled to release a list of their favourite albums of the year. Some opt for a kitchen sink approach ("Top 100 Albums of 2019"), where the list in fact renders itself utterly useless from inception, as – at least, from a snobbish perspective – any number greater than ten feels like a total cop-out to excuse dreadful indecision.

So here you have The Snobs' approach. As ever, we're doing things marginally differently as we continue a vain attempt to differentiate ourselves amidst the sea of noise that is the Internet's attention economy.

We have selected a top five albums, based on simple overlap. We trust one another, you see, and it turns out we have quite similar taste (who would have thought) – enough to draw up a top five albums of the year at least. We then decided to each nominate one album to create an effective top 10. Below, you can find the results, alongside each Snob that backed it.

As ever, we actively encourage you to listen to every single one of these albums from beginning to end. We have, and we've bought the vinyl, which you should, too, if you like what you hear and want to support these artists.

Happy holidays, with love, as ever.
Your dear Snobs.