Best of 2020: Albums
For all the misery of 2020, there was plenty to listen to in these unprecedented times. Some music was made for coping, some for escaping — so much of it essential. In an order I will soon find unacceptable, these are the best albums of the year.
20 – 11
20. GANG / Headie One & Fred again..
19. Inner Song / Kelly Lee Owens
18. Untitled (Black Is) / Sault
17. HiRUDin / Austra
16. 2017 - 2019 / Against All Logic
15. Saint Cloud / Waxahatchee
14. All Or Nothing / Shopping
13. Shabrang - Sevdaliza
12. What’s Your Pleasure / Jessie Ware
11. West of Eden / HMLTD
10
FREE I.H.: This Is Not The One You’ve Been Waiting For
illuminati hotties
is
a machine powered by thrills and spite.
09
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Perfume Genius
is
a portrait of a weathered heart.
08
Róisín Machine
Róisín Murphy
is
planting a flag atop a mountain of itself.
07
RTJ4
Run The Jewels
is
the most fun you can have being mad.
06
Heaven To a Tortured Mind
Yves Tumor
is
the sound of something being invented.
05
Every Bad
Porridge Radio
is
a relentlessly crashing wave of feeling.
04
Punisher
Phoebe Bridgers
is
the inheritance of a genre.
03
Live Forever
Bartees Strange
is
a master of all trades.
02
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
is
an achievement of sound and fury.
01
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Moses Sumney
is
the best album of the year.
Now Listen
The best albums (in part) of the year, in one playlist for you.