August, traditionally, is slow month for media. Hollywood takes a (brief) break from blockbusters and gets ready to roll out autumn's big movies. The music world didn't get that memo, giving our ears much to love. Bon Iver surprise-released the abstract and beautiful i,i early, Lana Del Rey put the finishing touches on Norman F****** Rockwell! and Young Thug dropped So Much Fun with a week's notice.
Below you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 12 albums of August 2019. Be sure to check out our top 16 songs from the month as well.
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1 of
— Bon Iver, 'i,i'
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2 of
— Ellen Reid, p r i s m
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3 of
— Jay Som
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4 of
— Jazzmeia Horn, Love and Liberation
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5 of
— Joan Shelley, Like the River Loves the Sea
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6 of
— Lana Del Rey, 'Norman F****** Rockwell'
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7 of
— oso oso, 'basking in the glow'
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8 of
— Raphael Saadiq, Jimmy Lee
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9 of
— Rapsody, Eve
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10 of
— Sleater-Kinney, The Center Won't Hold
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11 of
— Tanya Tucker, While I'm Livin'
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12 of
— Young Thug, So Much Fun
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