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The best albums of 2019: The ballots

By The A.V. Club, Shannon Miller, Katie Rife, Baraka Kaseko, Danette Chavez, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom, Mosi Reeves, Max Freedman, Brian Howe  |  December 19, 2019 | 12:00pm
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