The arc of an artist is marked by detours, reinventions and returns. Among the month's best albums, you'll find veterans of varying age making some of the best music of their careers, but also a striking and honest debut by a promising R&B singer.
Below you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 15 albums of October 2019. Be sure to check out our top 16 songs from the month as well.
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— Blood
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— All Mirrors
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— Two Hands
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— Terror Management
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— Pang
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— unknowhatimsayin
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— Four of Arrows
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— No Home Record
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— The Livelong Day
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— Scarlatti
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— Auma
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— Over It
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— Vagabon
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— Ode to Joy
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