Twangville’s Official Best Album of 2019 Is Josh Ritter’s “Fever Breaks”

Official Twangville Best New Album of 2019:

Josh Ritter, Fever Breaks

The Twangville pick for Best New Album of 2019 is Fever Breaks by Idaho-born singer-songwriter, Josh Ritter. This list combines best of year picks from our Twangville authors plus the Readers’ Tops which you helped us create. Congrats to all the finalists. Bring on 2020!

Official Twangville Top 50 of 2019:

#1. Josh Ritter – Fever Breaks (102 points)
2. Hayes Carll – What It Is (85)
2. The Highwomen – (self-titled) (85)
4. Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender (61)
5. Tyler Childers – Country Squire (55)
6. Wilco – Ode to Joy (54)
7. Mandolin Orange – Tides of a Teardrop (49)
7. Billy Strings – Home (49)
9. Brittany Howard – Jaime (47)
10. JS Ondara – Tales of America (46)
10. Lula Wiles – What Will We Do (46)
12. Vandoliers – Forever (45)
13. Ian Noe – Between The Country (43)
14. Whiskey Myers – Whiskey Myers (41)
14. Joshua Ray Walker – Wish You Were Here (41)
16. Yola – Walk Through Fire (39)
17. Robert Ellis – Texas Piano Man (37)
18. Joe Pug – The Flood in Color (36)
19. Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars (35)
20. North Mississippi Allstars – Up and Rolling (34)
21. Ted Russell Kamp – Walkin’ Shoes (33)
22. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Turn Off The News (Build Garden) (30)
23. Gary Clark Jr. – This Land (27)
24. Will Kimbrough – I Like It Down Here (26)
24. The Suitcase Junket – Mean Dog, Trampoline (26)
24. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Signs (26)
27. Ben Davis Jr. and The Revelry – Suthernahlia (25)
27. Grace Potter – Daylight (25)
27. Joan Shelley – Like the River Loves the Sea (25)
27. Todd May – Letâ€™s Go Get Lost (25)
27. Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Cypress Grove (25)
32. Rod Picott – Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil (24)
32. The Black Keys – “Let’s Rock” (24)
32. John Paul White – The Hurting Kind (24)
35. Calexico & Iron & Wine – Years to Burn (23)
35. Eilen Jewell – Gypsy (23)
35. Che Apalache – Rearrange My Heart (23)
35. Jason Hawk Harris – Love and the Dark (23)
35. Taylor Scott Band – All We Have (23)
40. Black Pumas – Black Pumas (22)
40. Jake Xerxes Fussel – Out of Sight (22)
40. The Mavericks – Play the Hits (22)
40. Michael McDermott – Orphans (22)
40. Blue Moon Marquee – Bare Knuckles & Brawn (22)
45. Chris Knight – Almost Daylight (21)
45. The Avett Brothers – Closer Than Together (21)
45. Son Volt – Union (21)
45. M. Lockwood Porter – Communion in the Ashes (21)
45. Manx Marriner Mainline – Hell Bound for Heaven (21)
50. Ana Egge – Is It The Kiss (20)
50. EmiSunshine and The Rain – Family Wars (20)
50. Tim Bluhm – Sorta Surviving (20)
50. John Calvin Abney, Safe Passage (20)

Additional Twangville Best of 2019 lists:

Twangville Hall of Fame
Finally to celebrate our 14th year, the Twangville Hall of Fame. Here’s our #1 picks starting from 2005.

2019: JOSH RITTER, Fever Breaks
2018: BRANDI CARLILE, By The Way, I Forgive You
2017: JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, The Nashville Sound
2016: LYDIA LOVELESS, Real
2015: JASON ISBELL, Something More Than Free
2014: JOE FLETCHER, Youâ€™ve Got The Wrong Man
2013: JASON ISBELL, Southeastern
2012: I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., New Kind of Lonely
2011: JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, Here We Rest
2010: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Harlem River Blues
2009: LUCERO, 1372 Overton Park
2008: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creationâ€™s Dark & THE HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (tie)
2007: JASON ISBELL, Sirens of The Ditch
2006: JACKIE GREENE, American Myth
2005: KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Back to Me

About the author: Washington, D.C. area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.