Top 100 Music Albums of 2020
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buzzdainer 
I don't need to tell you that 2020 was a tumultuous year, both for myself and for everyone. In addition to the stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the tense political situation in the United States, I've also had my share of work-related drama and struggles with my own emotional health. But there have been good things, too. I am grateful to remain gainfully employed, to have some wonderful students and colleagues, and to have rid myself of a co-worker who had decided to make me her nemesis. I live pretty simply, but I am so thankful for my quiet little apartment where, from the place I'm sitting, I can look to my right over acres of pasture, and beyond that the foothills of the Gallatin Range, and farther still, the beautiful snowy summit of Mount Blackmore. For a time in the spring, while we were all hunkered down and following the governor's shelter-in-place mandate, I found comfort in daily walks with my dog in the area around Spanish Creek, a piece of land owned by billionaire Ted Turner, where I could regularly see the bison that graze on his property, as well as the owls, eagles, coyotes, deer, elk, sandhill cranes, and other wildlife who make their homes there. It wasn't an easy year, but daily walks in such a beautiful landscape were the medicine I needed. This list, probably more than in a typical year, represents the musical comfort food that made 2020 tolerable. These are the songs that ran through my head on those long walks along Spanish Creek.
- Chart updated: 08/20/2021 13:15
- (Created: 02/02/2020 21:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 composition
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| Sault | 2 | 2% | |
| Josh Ritter | 2 | 2% | |
| M. Ward | 2 | 2% | |
| Drive-By Truckers | 2 | 2% | |
| Tennis (US) | 1 | 1% | |
| Emily Edrosa | 1 | 1% | |
| The Band Of Heathens | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 46 from 49th to 3rdBonny Light Horseman by Bonny Light Horseman |
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| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thReunions by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5thSerpentine Prison by Matt Berninger |
| Down 1 from 5th to 6thLP5 by John Moreland |
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