Tape Op Staff Picks for 2019 and the Decade

What another great year for music! It is always a challenge to sit down, reflect and try to narrow down all our favorite albums of the year (let alone a full decade!) into a simple list. Here at Tape Op we are frequently making music suggestions to each other and since there is nothing like a friend's reccomendation, we hope you find some favorites of your own and discover something new on our lists. Happy Holidays and New Year from your friends at Tape Op! Larry, John, Geoff, Marsha, Anthony, Scott and Andy

Larry Crane's Picks for 2019 Yola - Walk Through Fire Wilco - Ode to Joy Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold Jessy Wilson - Phase Pink Floyd - The Later Years Lily & Madeleine - Canterbury Girls Federale – No Justice Jeff Lynne’s ELO - From Out of Nowhere Peter Gabriel - Flotsam and Jetsam Brian Eno With Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno ‎– Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Edition) Nérija - Blume The Black Keys - Let’s Rock Durand Jones & the Indications - American Love Call Julian Lage - Love Hurts

John Baccigaluppi's 2019 Picks: The National - I Am Easy To Find (album and short film ) Nerija - Blume Bon Iver - i, i Arlo Parks - every track she released this year The Replacements - Dead Man’s Pop ( Don’t Tell a Soul remixed)

John's Dozen from the Decade: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool The National - I Am Easy To Find Wilco - The Whole Love Beck - Morning Phase David Bowie - Blackstar Bon Iver - 22, A Million Moses Sumney - Aromanticism Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell Juana Molina - Wed 21 Big Thief - Masterpiece Nils Frahm - All Melody Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again

Geoff Stanfield's 2019 Picks Black Pumas - Black Pumas Lee "Scratch" Perry - Heavy Rain Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan - Epistrophy (Live at the Village Vanguard) Tycho - Weather Khruangbin - Hasta El Cielo (Todo El Mundo En Dub) Tinariwen - Amadjar Brittany Howard - Jaime Altin Gün - Gece

Geoff's Favs of the Decade: Subatomic Sound System (featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry") - Super Ape Returns to Conquer Moses Sumney - Aromaticism Kendrick Lamar - Damn Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence David Bowie - Blackstar Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD Vanduras - In the Dark Circles Around the Sun - Interludes for the Dead Temples - Sun Structures Sun Kil Moon - Benji Nils Frahm - All Melody Cedric Burnside - Benton County Relic

Marsha Vdovin's 2019 Picks: James Blake - Assume Form Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

Anthony Sarti's 2019 Picks: Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! Grimes - My Name is Dark (Single) RL Grime - NOVA Pure Poppy - I C U (Music to Read To) Tycho - Weather Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic (Deluxe Version) The Anix - Hologram (Deluxe Edition) DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age Bring Me The Horizon - amo Charli XCX - Charli

Andy Hong's 2019 Picks: Lily & Madeleine - Canterbury Girls Danger Mouse & Karen O - Lux Prima Lists - EP 2 Meernaa - Heart Hunger The Japanese House - Good At Falling Marquis Hill - Love Tape Barrett Martin Group - Songs of the Firebird 65daysofstatic - replicr, 2019 Alcest - Spiritual Instinct Reason Define - In Memory... Bring Me The Horizon - amo Astronoid - Astronoid Endless Dive - Falltime We Lost the Sea - Triumph & Disaster