Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 by babyBlueSedan

Another year, another year chart. Are year charts a way to track the best music of a given year? Or are they a signpost of another year that has passed, a substitute for more traditional anniversaries brought on by our incessant need to rate and rank? As time passes, we will grow weaker. Leaders will rise and fall, fads will begin and end. Entire civilizations may be destroyed. But year charts will remain, every year, appearing like clockwork. When did they start? What is their purpose? There is only one thing we can be sure of: they will never end.

(everything i've heard is here, high scores are better than low ones, my comments suck, blah blah blah)

(This has been a really weird year for me musically. For the past few years I've listened to ~100 new albums and typically between 25-30 of those end up crossing the 70 plateau. This year I've already got nearly 20 of those and the year isn't even half over. But despite that, only two albums have crossed the 80 threshold. So I guess this year has had a lot of consistent quality but no real standout releases. It's possible a lot of the current 70s and 75s starts to inch up as I listen to them more, so I guess we'll see what happens as the year goes on.)

(I'm still short on albums I love but the year seems to have evened out as the quality has dipped as the year's gone on. Either that or I've finally hit the age where I don't like new music.)

• Chart updated: 03/17/2021 22:45
• (Created: 01/29/2020 02:29).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Keleketla! 

 Keleketla!

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80/100
Afro-jazz

This is fantastic, and loads of fun. All star cast of South African musicians including Tony Allen and Yugen Blakrok along with Shabaka Hutchings and probably other excellent musicians whose names I don't recognize. If you liked the last Sons of Kemet album you should like this too. [First added to this chart: 09/12/2020]

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

27

Rank in 2020:

546

Rank in 2020s:

1,938

Overall Rank:

29,682

Average Rating:

 71 (9 votes)

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2017-2019 

 Against All Logic

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75/100
Gritty house

I listened to A.A.L.'s 2018 compilation/album once back in 2018 and didn't give it a second chance, but before this came out I went back to it. And it's really great, so I'm glad I did. That album is defined by some really engaging house tracks with fun soul samples. For the most part, this one goes into grittier / rougher territory and leaves the uplifting feelings of the last one behind. This isn't completely a bad thing, and this is still really enjoyable on its own. The first four songs are my favorite, especially "Loving You Is Wrong" and "IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GOOD DO IT HARD." But the second side is growing on me too. [First added to this chart: 02/29/2020]

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2020:

52

Rank in 2020s:

185

Overall Rank:

4,791

Average Rating:

 73 (185 votes)

Comments:

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Sawayama 

 Rina Sawayama

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70/100
Pop nu metal

This is a crazy listen, if only because it makes me feel like it's 2001 again. These songs are all over the place but somehow it works? I don't even know if I like this but it definitely fascinates me. [First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

192 charts

Rank Score:

690

Rank in 2020:

24

Rank in 2020s:

66

Overall Rank:

2,327

Average Rating:

 77 (211 votes)

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We Are Sent Here By History 

 Shabaka And The Ancestors

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65/100
Spiritual jazz

Listening to this made me realize I like Sons of Kemet more for the tuba than the saxophone, though this is also a pretty good album. Probably would appeal more to big fans of jazz than more casual fans like myself. [First added to this chart: 03/24/2020]

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

113

Rank in 2020:

141

Rank in 2020s:

486

Overall Rank:

10,350

Average Rating:

 74 (65 votes)

Comments:

3

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Kaatayra	1	1%
Hum	1	1%
Skáphe	1	1%
Moor Mother & Billy Woods	1	1%
Deradoorian	1	1%
Porridge Radio	1	1%
Charli XCX	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	62	62%
	14	14%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 30th to 29th Daughter by Lydia Loveless
Up 1 from 29th to 28th Shrines by Armand Hammer
Up 1 from 4th to 3rd Purple Moonlight Pages by R.A.P. Ferreira

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 2nd to 4th Keleketla! by Keleketla!
Down 2 from 28th to 30th Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

New entries
Græ by Moses Sumney

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100/100	01/12/2021 11:16	Larcx13	1,090	86/100
90/100	12/17/2020 10:39	Arthurknight	361	89/100
85/100	11/16/2020 23:17	sssvnnn	2,821	83/100
100/100	11/12/2020 10:41	Purplepash	1,303	88/100
95/100	07/13/2020 16:05	AledJames	3	98/100

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From Larcx13 01/12/2021 11:16

perfect note for the work put in

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From sssvnnn 11/16/2020 23:14

Good chart, even better genre comments.

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From Purplepash 11/12/2020 11:32

I'm giving this chart a rating of 100 for the insightful and thoughtful comments (I wish I could work out and verbalise why I do or don't like an album as much as you seem to be able to) even though you diss a lot of my favourite albums of the year :-)

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From ledaero 05/31/2020 07:24

Really appreciate your writing on the albums! Don't always agree with your perspectives, but I love the thought and work that you put into your criticism. Look forward to checking out your lists more.

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